Collage

For these pictures I used Picnik to edit the photos and try to make them visually pleasing. I took a few pictures of arrows and life at Drew and I tried to make the eye follow the picture.

Name Poem

This is a project that we did which was to write a poem using the letters of our name and take pictures expressing that. For my project I used plastic toys against a background to spell out my name. I used my full name (Madeleine) for the project so there are a lot of pictures

Lisette Model

Lisette Model was born on November 10th 1901. She lived in Austria with her parents and a few siblings. Her family was Jewish. Lisette did not go to school for a while but had tutors. She studied with musicians and painters before deciding on becoming a photographer and she studied darkroom techniques before deciding to take pictures of people.

Model’s style is portraits mostly. She lived in New York for a while and took pictures of people. She liked to take pictures of “ugly” people: morbidly obese women, old men and the homeless. They were more interesting than posed portraits of pretty people. She got her influences from some great artists. 



Andre Lhote a sculptor influenced model and who later in life became a cubist artist when she was interested in visual art. Arnold Schoenberg a gifted composer also influenced her in music. When Model first became interested in photography her younger sister taught her the darkroom technique. However her photography teacher was Rogi Andre.

Model used her experiences and family background to enhance her pictures. She took unflattering photos of most people; it was an unsympathetic look at people and life. She spent time in New York, going into seedy bars to take pictures of different people.

Some of Model’s most famous works are of the rich at the Promenade des Anglais where she took pictures of the over privileged. Most of the people were fat and indulged too much. Another of her famous works was of a very fat woman at the Coney Island Baths.

Model was a very gifted photographer and because of that she influenced other photographers. Model even taught Diane Arbus, who is more famous than Model, but whose style is very similar.

Links:

http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/showcases/model/index_e.jsp

http://www.photo-seminars.com/Fame/lisettemodel.htm

http://www.masters-of-photography.com/M/model/model_articles.html

http://www.jeudepaume.org/pdf/PetitJournal_Lisette%20Model_GB.pdf?PHPSESSID=077bdbe761fe878f96bd13a797

SF MOMA

Cartier-Bresson:
His show was interesting because he was also a journalist. The pictures were really sad but they were just of every day life in different cultures and different time periods. The people were also really sad but they also looked interested because they were getting their picture taken.

Exposed:
There were a lot of famous people in this exhibit, like Andy Warhol and Jackie O. There were also gruesome pictures, like people missing body parts or mutilated. Most of the pictures in this exhibit were in color, while the Cartier-Bresson was in black and white.

Portraits Final Draft

This is the final draft of photos. These are my favorite pictures of this project. I was trying to take natural pictures of people, who are in my class or have seventh period free.

Portraits Rough Draft 3

This is the 3rd draft before the final. For these pictures I tried to take them when people were not paying attention, like in the other ones. These pictures are just a continuation of the 1st two drafts

Portraits Rough Draft 2

This is my 2nd draft of my project. I listened to the critiques given and tried to incorporate their suggestions into my pictures. Like the previous draft I wanted to take pictures of people being natural and tried although some may be a bit blurry.