Jim Lind

Updates galore.

I think that Jim is actually only a year older than myself, unless he took time off before enrolling at SCAD. Either way, I am thrilled to know that he exists and that he is making art.

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As well as the rest of his City of Exile series and the entirety of Bad Habits which must be viewed as a whole for full effect.

William Eggleston and Lee Freidlander

The two photographers that have what I still continually lust after: sheer grasp of color mastery and visual puns and storytelling. My latest finds included both of these gentlemen.

Eggleston's book "5x7" depicts more portraits than places and also includes black and white amidst the color vibrancy. For both of these reasons, it was like looking at an entirely different photographer. I found myself wholly unfulfilled by his black and white portraits - I was actually desiring the color that had once existed in the real-life scene. I relied on Eggleston for that.



With the converse:







While still retaining a huge amount of photographic merit, they are not his strongest images, nor his memorable ones for me. My inspiration comes from those above and beyond, which, when I speak of Eggleston, will mean his color photographs.


On the other hand...
Lee Freidlander is merely a stepping stone in my next findings.



From Freidlander's "At Work" as well as from his series with MIT about the affects of computer use on workers came an interesting series of images to me, particularly because of a professor I work closely with here at RIT.

James Rajotte is a Fine Art Photojournalist who has been teaching at RIT in waves since 2007. I'm currently the TA for his Photo Arts 1 class and teach the first years a thing or two. He was my professor when I was in their position two years ago and everything I love about photography I owe to him.

Back to my Freidlander image -

This is the parallel that caught my attention because Rajotte's series: Blasted has been in the forefront of my mind for a while.



I've got another find already lined up for tomorrow. I can't be lax like I have been recently.

Hannah Starkey

I found Hannah Starkey in one of my library-raidings and liked her so much I took her book home with me, initially because I thought I would update and scan photos from it for here, but knowing I don't have a scanner, I understood that I fell in awe of her point of view and execution. Her over-stylized lighting and scenarios seem straight out of the advertising department here at RIT, but I think it is her process that intrigues me most. It is a collaboration between her past experiences and those of her sitters coupled with the emotions and feelings from both parties. In Photographs from 1997 to 2007 the main subject was women and she explains about the parallel experiences she can share with them versus how men might interpret the scenarios themselves.



Hannah Starkey's Best Shot

Stephen Shore's Portraits

Although his book Uncommon Places is more well-known for it's namesake, in between the starkly occupied and vividly colored suburban landscapes are a series of portraits that correspond with the surrounding views. I'm spending a lot of time in the oversized section on the fourth floor where all the best photography books are and today, that was my find.