Toshio Shibata vs Robert Adams
When it comes to contrasting Toshio Shibata and Robert Adams, there are inherent differences between their work. Before outlining how their photography differentiates, it is first important to understand how their individual background and photographic journey varies. Born in Tokyo in 1949, Toshio Shibata is best-known for his Large Format 8x10 photographs that exhibit the traditional aesthetic of Japanese painting. After completing an extensive education in painting and printmaking in Japan and Belgium, he eventually progressed towards photography as a medium of expression (Barker 2013). After viewing the American West exhibit, specifically works by Edward Weston, he definitively chose photography as
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Although technically he was born on the East coast, he grew up in Colorado, and moved to Southern California in 1956 to attend the University of Redlands, where he received a Ph.D. in English in 1965 (Chuang 2009). When Adams returned to Colorado to begin an anticipated career as an English Teacher, he was in shock by the changes he saw in the landscape. Due to the increase of migration into the ‘wild west’, the once familiar wilderness was becoming inundated with industrial development and sub-urban cities. Shortly after returning to Colorado, he bought a 35-mm camera, taught himself the fundamentals of photography, and began making pictures with a passion for the geography of his ‘home’ state (Lippard 2011). Toshio Shibatas and Robert Adams work isn’t entirely different from each other’s, though. They both combine organic landscapes with manmade structures, highlight the interaction between humans and their natural environment, and have both photographed during times of economic growth, industrialization, and exponential population expansion. Aside from similar timeframes, visual qualities, and photographic techniques, the greatest differences between their photography exists behind their artistic purposes and personal …show more content…
However, I find that their work is also inherently opposite due to their backgrounds, ideas, and intentions. The style in which both photographers pre-visualize their concepts arrange their compositions allows their viewer to experience their work uniquely. What they choose to capture within their frame and the style in why they do it, are in direct contrast to one
are depicted with the same degree of variation. To understand such a diverse set of paintings –
Each of this sculptures and paintings have there own unique style. This is what makes them so interesting to observe. Their diverse backgrounds say a lot about the cultures and artists who created these unique irreplaceable creations of art.
In Yasumasa Morimura painting, Portrait (Futago) the viewer is faced with two people who are of different skin colors. However, instead of painting a woman in the reclining position, Morimura has put himself in this posi...
Ansel Easton Adams born February 20, 1902 in San Francisco, California. Adams is famously known photographer and environmentalist. Ansel Adams best known for his iconic images of the Yosemite Park and the great American West. Most of Adams’s photographs was about the environment, nature, and landscape. Due to his love for the beauty of nature, Adams help promote, and protect the American wilderness. Ansel Adam first talent was playing the piano, it became his passion. But that surely change in the year 1916, Adams who took a trip to Yosemite National Park began to have interest in photography. According to Adams, his first experience with the camera, “were very poor photographs indeed” (Adams, 43). Ansel Adams first camera was a Kodak No.1 Box Brownie that was introduced in 1888. He did not give up on photography and continued to learned about the techniques of a camera, darkroom, and attended photography exhibits. What are Ansel Adams achievements that help and expanded photography? He had a lot of critics during his lifetime but Ansel Adams wasn’t an ordinary photographer. Ansel Adams was an important and great pioneer of photography.
Born in Home, Pennsylvania in 1927, Abbey worked as a forest ranger and fire look-out for the National Forest Service after graduating from the University of New Mexico. An author of numerous essays and novels, he died in 1989 leaving behind a legacy of popular environmental literature. His credibility as a forest ranger, fire look- out, and graduate of the University of New Mexico lend credibility to his knowledge of America’s wilderness and deserts. Readers develop the sense that Abbey has invested both time and emotion in the vast deserts of America.
... Each artist had a very distinct style that sets their expression of impressions apart.
In this series of essays, photographer and teacher Guy Tal shares his thoughts and experiences as an artist who seeks to express more in his images than the mere appearance of the subject portrayed. The photographer covers topics such as the art of photography, approaches to landscape photography, and the experiences of a working photographic artist. His essays also include reflections on nature and man’s place in it, living a meaningful life, and living as an artist in today’s
Before delving into each of these artists separately, I would like to first discuss the idea of pure abstraction, as well as how I, as a member of the audience, feel about purely abstract art. Pictured above for reference is a watercolour
During the era of 1980 to 1918, Industrial Revolutions and WWI brought the photography field to a new trend - a symbol of modernity. Since the electricity invention was introduced, the production of photography expanded to a mass market and the concept of photography shifted resembling to modernity. “The perceived vulgarity of mass culture and the excitement of modern art combined to encourage photographers interested in art and personal expression to create a separate aesthetic (Mary).” Unlike other Pictorialists, British photographer Frederick H.Evans, preferred to photography in a “pure inclination,” that he refused to employ special lenses and negative settlement on his photographs. Evans discovered the structure of architecture in art photography that would deliver both “emotional and aesthetic responses to space,
Both paintings are examples of the Baroque style. The paintings are characterized by strong colors, strong contrasts of light and the illusion of deep space, which is obtained by applying radical promising solutions.
When comparing art, there are many different variables one must consider. Technique, median, inspiration, color palette, etc. When viewing art with similar but different views, you must consider several different things, and ask yourself several questions. Art is meant to inspire and bring about feelings (happiness, sadness, excitement, etc) When we look at these three paintings of very similar subjects, we can see just how different while being similar art can be.
When looking at art you have to look from a deeper point of view, you have to look pass the surface and see the story within the artwork. This is shown when you compare and evaluate the each individual style; each artist takes with their paintings. While some difference between Nighthawks and Starry Night are noticeable, the similarities are pronounced.
The theme I have chosen for comparison is the female self-portraiture. The first piece is The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo. She created this piece in 1939 during the Surrealism period and can be found currently at Museo de Arte Moderno (Museum of Modern Art) in Mexico City. It depicts two almost identical Fridas sitting on a bench, holding hands with exposed hearts. The second piece is Self Portrait by Judith Leyster and depicts Judith herself in the midst of painting one of her commonly known pieces of the Merry Company, to turn towards the viewer in an inviting way. This piece was created in 1630 during the Dutch Baroque period and can be currently found at the National Gallery of Art. The two women are showing two very different emotions, Frida
The area of creative arts practice that I’m going to investigate is landscape photography and how to take the perfect landscape photo. I chose this specific area to focus on because I have always been interested in nature photography and I’ve always wanted to know how to take a brilliant landscape photo, I love that one photo can bring such amazing stories and emotions. Landscape photography focuses on a section of scenery from the natural world (or sometimes man-made) seen through a single viewpoint. It shows places within the world and makes a connection with the viewer. Different scapes such as cityscapes, seascapes, landscapes of rural areas, roads and gardens all fall into the same category. During this investigation I hope to discover the correct techniques, methods and technologies to use to uncover the secrets of taking the perfect landscape image. I chose two well known practitioners; Paul Arnold and Ansel Adams to help seek information from and to validate that what I’m stating is correct.
perfect example of the varying styles in modernism. The reason these two may have differed from each