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.