LIU BOLIN

I already posted two photographers but I thought this was so cool, so i had to post another one. Liu Bolin is a photographer who incorporates painting with his subjects. They blend in as if they arent even there. I think this is inspirational as well because it forces you to think outside of the box about your images and see how far you can take your environment. Just because we are photographers doesnt mean we cant simulate imagination as well. 

this series is an exploration of human nature and animal instincts which features chinese 
citizens painted to blend into their surroundings.

BRETT WALKER

for my second photographer I chose Brett Walker. I saw him on ABDUZEEDO and thought his work was so intriguing. Now, im not a fan of HDR at all. in fact I hate it however with good contrast of black and whites it makes his photos look amazing. One of the reasons I was drawn to his work was because of his use of black and white and how he made it look less typically elegant. His work is dark and has a level of mystery in each of his portraits. Also, being a drawer I always appreciate a good use of black and whites and the color variations that come between them. I want to get more into portraits and black and white so I thought his work was perfect because it is something I can try to emulate within my own work. 

FUNES

here are my entries for the funes..

scott schuman. the man.

scott shuman has to be one of my al-time favorite photographers. The reason is because he incorporates both fashion and photography in a more candid perspective. He takes his eye for fashion and applies it to people he sees on the streets. As if, no one dressed these people, he just catches them on a day when they are wearing their normal wear. This normal wear just happend to be awesome. He blogs about his travels to milan, moscow, and nyc for fashion events and the people he sees on the streets. He talks about the style of their clothing and tips and ideas about each fit. The reason I like his blog is because he puts whatever he sees fashionable. No one is telling him what to photograph or what to write about, just what he finds appealing about regular people. I would like to be able to have the courage to go up to just anyone I see that i find intriguing and photograph them. Also, have the ability to be confident about all of the images i capture or like when i am on my travels. 

"Shortly after 9/11 I closed my showroom and began focusing more on photography. I didn’t want to become a “fashion photographer” but I knew somehow that my loves of fashion and photography would eventually merge. I just never guessed it would be in the form of a blog." scott schuman

MoMA

during this spring break I went to New York City with Alex. we went around looking at possible graduate schools to apply to after we graduate next spring. We looked at at the School of the Visual Arts, and Parsons. Because we were staying in manhattan we didnt have a chance to check out Pratt becuase it was over in Brooklyn and we didnt have time but that is the third school I am planning on applying to. We had a busy schedule but thoese schools were amazing. One of the days we were walking around looking at the sites and we came across the MoMA (museum of modern art) it was huge being 5 levels high. There were pieces from jackson pollack and monet. There were also many from dali and picasso.. it was amazing. There was also an exibit featuring Even Roth, a parsons graduate who also made the typographic music video from Jay-Z's "Brooklyn Go Hard". It was amazing that his work was being showcased in the same arena as jackson pollack and picasso. We also saw the same exhibit featured in the parsons school gallary when we visited it. They let us take pictures in side the museum which we thought was wierd, but here are some of the photos we took while inside.

EARTH DAY

This past weekend Alex and I went to earth day and helped out at Plant With Purpose. we passed out flyers and information on the program. So when we first go there it was about 100 degrees. One of the hottest days in san diego, really. It took us about an hour and a half to find parking and we ended up parking a couple blocks down the road from the park. Then we had to walk across the bridge to get to the actual festival. Immediately when we got there we noticed all of the people and the dogs. We also saw an amazing booth of Indian spiritual books. Im really interested in Hindu and Buddhist spirituality so I thought all of the images that were along with it cool. They were 20 percent off but I was too broke to buy anything. After we waited in line for the ATM for another 15 minutes we bought some burgers and fries and shared a water. It was really good bbq food. Im getting hungry just thinking about it. While we were in line, we noticed that along with the images of recycling and pro earth images there were many that were pro-life and "GOD CREATED EARTH" I thought It was an interesting arena to display those kinds of "advertisements" seeing as how this was an earth day event.  I fully understood how there were about 15 medical marijuana booths but not pro-life ones. I duno that was just me. After we helped out passing out information we spent the rest of the day walking around and tried to catch a movie at the KEN cinema however plans changed. We were trying to see the film TOKYO! by michael gondry. possibly this weekend we will be able to go.  

san fran.

so this past spring break was intense. first alex and I drove down to Temecula to spend the night at his parents before stopping in LA and then driving to San Francisco. the next morning we woke up and flew to NYC to spend around 5 days. then when we came back we went to the city to I could show alex the sights. we ended up going to the precedio by the golden gate bridge and found ourselves on a trail. The battery trail to be exact. They had many different kinds of plants as well as discriptions of the plants and their scientific names. I assume they are all native because they said california _______ plant. It was cool because the trail went from the top of the hill to the beach where there were a lot of families posing in front of the bridge. as I edit the photos i will update them, but until now here are some of the images we captured.