An artistic work in a style that initiates that of another work, artist or period.
Homage - Noun
Special Honour or respect shown publicly
Intertextuality
Description of the way the meanings we form are influenced by other texts
(Simpsons/118-118)
Tom Hunter - Taught by Peter Kennard, 'the Golden Age of Dutch Painting' - influenced by Vermeer
Audio essay http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00zt7ky
ART WITH A SOCIAL IMPACT
Methodology
MONDAY 5TH DECEMBER
Albert Watson
One of the most successful fashion, commercial and portrait photographers in last 40 years.
Shoots appeared on more than 250 covers of Vogue.
Subjects include rappers, rock stars, actors and many other celebrities.
Also worked on hundreds of ad campaigns for corporate campaigns such as Gap, Levis, Revlon and Chanel.
Images 'reflect an effortless versatility, identifiable by sheer power and technical virtuosity.
His way of lighting objects creates an aura that takes the viewer into the image whilst at the same time demanding a reverent distance.
Albert Watson's famous portrait of Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple.
Kate Moss, model/actress.
Alfred Hitchcock, famous director.
Richard Avedon
His stark imagery and brilliant insight into his subject's character has made him one of the top American portrait photographers.
Made his living primarily through work in advertising but his real passion was the portrait and its ability to express the essence of its subject.
Avedon’s ability to present personal views of public figures, who were otherwise distant and inaccessible, was immediately recognized by the public and the celebrities themselves.
Avedon portraits are often minimalist, well lit and in front of white backdrops. When printed, the images regularly show the dark outline of the film in which the image was framed. Within his empty studio, Avedon’s subjects move freely, and this brings a sense of spontaneity to the images. Often containing only a portion of the person being photographed, the images 'seem intimate in their imperfection'.
Andy Warhol, artist
Marilyn Monroe, actress/model
Liz Taylor, actress/model
Elin Hoyland
Worked on a personal project about two brothers who lived in an isolated village in Norway. Brothers were not married and lived in family home all their lives.
The photos were printed on duotone (two blacks), a technique created to give greater depth to black and white images.
About the book:
"Harald (75) and Mathias (80) had always lived on the small farm in which they were born. Neither had married. Mathias once worked in Oslo for two months, but hadn't like it, whilst Harald spent one night, 'the worst of his life,' he would say, in a hotel in Lillehammer, some three hours away. They'd worked for an electricity company, as loggers and also as carpenters, but now much of their time was taken up just managing firewood for their home. As Harald said, they chopped wood, carried wood and burned wood. At least twice a day, they also fed wild birds in the twenty bird boxes that they monitored. Their days followed a predictable and comforting routine. In their free time they each listened to a radio or read the local paper. In the 1960s they had rented a TV for a one month trial but returned it after deciding that it took up too much time. Little changed from year to year, though Mathias once said that changes were happening the whole time and it would probably end up with them getting an inside toilet with running water. Harald died from an asthma attack while shovelling snow in conditions of -20C. Mathias continued to live alone in the house until he moved into an old people's home. He died in 2007."
Worked on a personal project about two brothers who lived in an isolated village in Norway. Brothers were not married and lived in family home all their lives.
The photos were printed on duotone (two blacks), a technique created to give greater depth to black and white images.
About the book:
"Harald (75) and Mathias (80) had always lived on the small farm in which they were born. Neither had married. Mathias once worked in Oslo for two months, but hadn't like it, whilst Harald spent one night, 'the worst of his life,' he would say, in a hotel in Lillehammer, some three hours away. They'd worked for an electricity company, as loggers and also as carpenters, but now much of their time was taken up just managing firewood for their home. As Harald said, they chopped wood, carried wood and burned wood. At least twice a day, they also fed wild birds in the twenty bird boxes that they monitored. Their days followed a predictable and comforting routine. In their free time they each listened to a radio or read the local paper. In the 1960s they had rented a TV for a one month trial but returned it after deciding that it took up too much time. Little changed from year to year, though Mathias once said that changes were happening the whole time and it would probably end up with them getting an inside toilet with running water. Harald died from an asthma attack while shovelling snow in conditions of -20C. Mathias continued to live alone in the house until he moved into an old people's home. He died in 2007."
