Photographers Research

Photographer Research (connotation, denotation and context)

   No1 why picked..... 4 photos......evaluations....... influence....sum.....

   No2 why picked..... 4 photos..... Evaluations....... influence....sum.....

   No3 why picked..... 4 photos..... Evaluations....... influence....sum.....

NB The next two should be non American or European

   No4 why picked..... 4 photos..... Evaluations....... influence....sum.....

   No5 why picked..... 4 photos..... Evaluations....... influence....sum.....

This is a more detailed level of research (than the research log) where you need to look at 5 photographers (No1, No2, etc.).  For each photographer, you are required to evaluate each photograph, the evaluations will require a critical analysis of the photograph (denotation, connotation and context) and some contextual information on the photographer.  If they are a known photographer (e.g. Henri Cartier Cresson, Robert Frank), you can start with an intro with contextual information about them.





1) Stephen Gill

Stephen Gill was born in 1971 in Bristol, UK, he became interested in photography in his early childhood, due to his father and interest in insects and initial obsession with collecting bits of pond life to inspect under his microscope.

Gill's photographs are held in various private and public collections and have also been exhibited at many international galleries and museums including London’s National Portrait Gallery, Stephen Gill’s photographs, show the disorderly zones behind billboards, and offer a reality check in some ways, his billboards series could even be associated with the quote ' don't judge a book by its cover'

2) Stephen Shore

3) Rob Hann

4) Marion Post Wolcott

5) Sharon Blance [https://www.sharonblance.com/bio-contact/]

Blance is a Canadian photographer, but it based in Melbourne Australia , typically she creates human centred photography for brands and businesses, her neon signs series depicts the beauty of neon signs adjacent to unlit buildings and darkened skies. The visual contrast of these eye-catching designs offer a stunning and peaceful tribute to the noble gas. Blance has always loved neon, and wanted to capture the last of these iconic coloured glowing signs before Hong Kong completely gives way to the ​​LED age, the gas-filled glass icons illuminate the night in electric red, green and blue. Hong Kong’s neon age reached its peak in the 1960s-80s, but now that age is dimming as LED lighting becomes cheaper and easier to maintain. Tighter building regulations means the Buildings Department is removing hundreds of signs each year for failure to meet code. Her Neon Signs project really accentuates the beauty of signs with the bold and bright light of neon lighting.