3 Photographers of note

I love photography. I especially love photography of people, because it is always so unique. People move and change all the time and a photograph captures that moment perfectly.

Children are always a great subject because they are full of life and energy. They do not yet hide their emotions. They are an open book. That is why out of the 50 photographers that we could choose from I chose this photograph by Vivian Maier. She took pictures of various people from all walks of life. This particular photograph appealed to me because the way these two girls interact with one another. They are clearly the best of friends and are probably having a great time. The way Maier has composed this photograph is interesting. It is not a full body shot and neither is it a portrait, because we more that just their heads. The girls faces are central so it is the first thing we looked at, but by having more of the girls than just their heads, we can see their body language, this adds a lot to the photograph. Although facial expressions show our emotions, our body language shows more about how we interact with the people around us.

Photographs of people really up close I sometimes could like at for hours. Because they are so close up you can often see all the detail in the subject's face: their emotions, wrinkles around their eyes, the curve of their mouth and in the case of this photograph the freckles on their face. This photograph was taken by Sally Mann, who did a whole series of faces, but I chose this one because of the expression that the subject has. It is an expression of complete peace. The subject is calm, but it is still quite intense. The some of other pictures in the series are erotic, and I find that this one has it too, but at the same time it is innocent because of the freckles. The nose and the mouth are in focus but the rest is not. The nose covered in freckles is innocent but the half open mouth is very erotic, and having only these two features in focus dictates the mood of the photograph.

Another reason I love photography is because the subjects far weirder than when it is a painting. The internet is full of funny pictures but only some which are put in the right context or are taken by the right people can be called art. This photograph by Tony Ray Jones I personally found very amusing. But I guess that it captures a bit of history too. This couple is clearly enjoying a luxurious picnic with good wine and a book and the smell of cow poo/the great outdoors. This photograph tells us a story more than the other photos did. We clearly see here a couple, who probably been together for some time and decided to go for a picnic today, but it could not just be a normal picnic, they are a respectable couple and they will not sit on the ground in order to enjoy their lunch and the good weather, they brought a table and chairs to sit on. It looks a bit like a dining room has been set up in the middle of a field, I find that pretty hilarious.