Emmet Gowin

The photograph shown is by Emmet Gowin it is called Edith, Danville, Virginia 1970. This photograph caught my eye because of all the weird occurrences that seem to be happening in the photograph. I enjoy the way that the windows reflect on the floor and how it frames the figure in the center of the room. The dark figure stands leaning against the white bed, because of this the figure stands out.

http://www.masters-of-photography.com/G/gowin/gowin_curtains_full.html

Walter Whitman

http://www.whitmanphotography.com/portfolio.html


The third photograph in Whitmans collection really grabbed my attention with the subject and the way it was portrayed. The way that the sky and the white stripes look like they are one with each other. It is amazing how vivid the colors are and the intense shadow made by the path of light give off by the sun just makes the photograph worth really looking at.

Jerry N. Uelsmann

This photograph Untitled, 1996 by Uelsmann is amazing. The way that the hands are cupping the clouds  with the boat in the water make it seem like it could be real that this person is really cupping the water in their hands. The black background is a nice touch to the amount of light in the sky and water. The amount of detail in the hands is one of the biggest reasons why i was drawn to tis photograph. 

http://www.uelsmann.net/#a=0&at=0&mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=0&p=2

Tom Baril

This photograph by Tom Baril called Dahlias, 2002 shows light color flowers on a light background. The detail in shadows are intense you can distinctly tell the flowers apart from the background. The detail in the shadows in the center of each flower make the photograph flow. Because of the complex features of the flowers they make this simple photograph interesting and beautiful to look at. 

http://www.tombaril.net/gallery/pages/flowers%20TB759.html

Richard Avedon

This photograph by Richard Avedon called dorothy horan, best known as dovima, with elefants (1955) is a great way to show how elegant elephants can look. When the animal is put in a situation where there are elegant people with them they also look in such a way where they also look elegant. The way that the white skin of the girl and the white sash break up the space and make it more interesting. 

http://www.designboom.com/history/avedon.html

Helen Levitt

The fact is I love old people. This photograph by Helen Levitt has two older men eating watermelon. The way that their height does not exceed the top of the roof. The way that it slopes to the center, also how the red roof slopes into the green one to connect the two visually. The lady in the background in all white makes you look at the back ground and what is in it even though the subjects of the image are so strong. 

http://www.lensculture.com/levitt.html

Harry Callahan

I love trees, this photograph by Harry Callahan shows trees in snow. The spaces between the trees are so interesting. The pure black trees against the white makes the space very interesting. Even though i dislike how the top of the trees are cut off in the frame, but at the same time I feel like it makes the image more interesting. The way that the trunks of the tree do not go all the way to the bottom and out of the bottom of the frame. 

http://www.masters-of-photography.com/C/callahan/callahan_trees.html