Anyone know the photographer who...

J

John.D

Suspended / Banned
Messages
335
Name
John
Edit My Images
No
... Gets people to write things on boards that reflects their personality, and then they hold it up for the shot. I saw her work in the Portrait Gallery a few years back. I've done a similar thing for one of my uni projects, and just can't remember her name!
 
Hi there, I think the person you're thinking of is Gillian Wearing. Hope this helps.
 
I studied her for one of my projects when I was studying photography at college.
 
I think this was a nice idea but it's been copied by just about every student by now. :(
 
Better late than never guys, I have 2 hours to do a bit of research on her before I hand in my project! :P Cheers :D
 
DTM said:
I think this was a nice idea but it's been copied by just about every student by now. :(
Click to expand...

Christ, yeah.
That's the thing I hate about the curriculum in photography gcse and a-level.

Everyone is shown the same photographers to 'research' and all it ends up being is images inspired by either David LaChappelle, Nan Golding or Barbara Krueger!
 
foodpoison said:
Christ, yeah.
That's the thing I hate about the curriculum in photography gcse and a-level.

Everyone is shown the same photographers to 'research' and all it ends up being is images inspired by either David LaChappelle, Nan Golding or Barbara Krueger!
Click to expand...

What, no Mapplethorpe anymore?

I suppose he is out of Vogue now! :lol:
 
Very Dylan/Warhol-esque

bleedinChips3.jpg
 
foodpoison said:
Our teacher did show us a few images from Mapplethorpe but unfortunately the photographer was frowned upon by the majority of our department.

Tbh, I never really got his work anyway :p
Click to expand...

Some of his flower series were nice images, but to be honest I thought most of his stuff was rubbish. He made his name by taking outrageous photographs of the gay community and it was Gay porn under the guise of art. I thought it was rubbish then and still do.

it is amazing what you can get away with in the name of art! :bang:

When I was at art college for the second time (early 90s) they were ramming Mapplethorpe down our throats.
 
Mapplethorpe's Pistils and Altars books are fantastic coffee table talking points, if a bit bonkers, especially the well hung black dude with his flies unzipped!!

Great treatment of light but he is totally overrated as a photographer - it's all abit in our face for my liking.
 
You can't argue about the technicals of his photography, he was a great photographer, not everyone can stomach his subjects though, which is a shame really.
 
EdBray said:
Some of his flower series were nice images, but to be honest I thought most of his stuff was rubbish. He made his name by taking outrageous photographs of the gay community and it was Gay porn under the guise of art. I thought it was rubbish then and still do.

it is amazing what you can get away with in the name of art! :bang:

When I was at art college for the second time (early 90s) they were ramming Mapplethorpe down our throats.
Click to expand...

Steady on! :gag:
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top