ENVISIONING SIMILARITIES…AND

DIFFERENCES

Comparing Jlh to the World

Reza Khatirb. 1951 Tehran

• Began professional career as a photojournalist in the Middle East for agencies & magazines • Began a magazine and a

small publishing house• 1981-1992 worked

exclusively with Polaroid film in all formats

Reza Khatir cont.

• Won several international photograph awards• Works as a freelance

photographer, is Photo-Editor for Swiss weekly, and is professor of photography and visual communication at SUPSI (a university) and CISA (an international academy)

Difference:Smiles and Fun

Ciro Totku • Uses tightly framed

shots to tell larger stories

• Photos arouse viewers curiosity about the truth behind the image.

• Sometimes has to wait for exactly the right weather and lighting conditions to capture the image he’s looking for

• Never uses Photoshop or any other photo manipulation software

• Theme is not always evident

A Similarity!

Cole Thompson • Knew at age 14 he was destined to be a fine art photographer

• Was drawn to a particular style of image, one that caused a physical reaction in him; Dark images created by Adams, Weston, Bullock

• Why Black and White? Because he grew up in a Black and White world (TV, movies, news, comic book heroes, even the nation was segregated into Black and White)

• His images are an extension of the world in which he grew up

INVICTUS by William Ernest Henley

Out of the night that covers me,Black as the Pit from pole to pole,I thank whatever gods may beFor my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of CircumstanceI have not winced nor cried aloud.Under the bludgeonings of ChanceMy head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tearsLooms but the Horror of the shade,And yet the menace of the yearsFinds, and shall find me, unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate,How charged with punishments the scroll,I am the master of my fate:I am the captain of my soul.

Not So Similar

Courtney Coolidge – American Families: Beyond the White Picket Fence

Chronicles the lives of ten diverse American families

• Her photos explore moments of grace and intimacy in an effort to promote social understanding and connection

• Her work has been exhibited in galleries across the country and featured in numerous magazines and publications

• For the past 5 years she has been working on long term projects devoted to re-visualizing the American Family.

Diversity….

Graham Nashb. 1942

• Best known for singing and songwriting contributions with The Hollies and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Crosby, Stills and Nash in 1997 and with The Hollies in 2010; also inducted into songwriters hall of fame in 2009

• Holds 3 honorary doctorates, the latest in Music from the University of Salford (England) in 2011

• Interested in photography since childhood; hired Graham Howe as his photo curator

• In the 1980’s began to experiment with digital images of his photos on Mac computers and ran into a common problem of the period: he could create very sophisticated detailed images but no output device existed that was capable of reproducing what he saw on the screen

• Internationally renowned photographer and digital imaging pioneer

Photos by Graham Nash

Not Even Close

Guy Tremblay

• Self-taught• Teaches on a

volunteer basis• Art alternates

between landscape & portrait

• Chose Black & White for aesthetic reasons

• A direct and meticulous style, avoids distracting with special effects

• His work is a research of the extraordinary in the ordinary, of the true beauty

• Still uses silver print for its unequalled qualities

Indirect Aesthetics…?

Nicholas Trofimuk – Seeing in Black and White is like listening to music with your eyes closed

• Has been a photographer for 25 years

• Strongly dislikes the tendency to categorize photography in general

Similarity?

Richard Avedon1923 - 2004

• Born Richard Avonda to a Jewish Russian family

• Had an identical twin

• Started as a photographer for Merchant Marines in 1942, taking ID pictures of crewmen

Did not conform to standard indifferent/emotionless

technique of fashion photos

Was always interested in how portraiture captures the

personality and soul of its subject

Produced 125 portraits of people who ‘caught his eye’

His photography has inspired me…without my even knowing it