Tuesday, January 25, 2011

COLOR WEEK 2

For this blog, I chose Helen Levitt, Todd Hido and Alec Soth. I felt their color images really related to what Szarkowski was talking about in the article and I was incredibly drawn to them.

HELEN LEVITT:


I chose this first image because I've had it hanging on my bedroom wall for years. I found it in New York Magazine a while back and was in love with it. I was so excited to find out who took it. I was drawn to it because when you first look at it, you see the blue car then the green car and then a person. Why was she there? What was she looking for or at? Why is she leaning down like that? It took me back to when szarkowski was talking about photographing people and photographing people you don't know and keeping their story private.


This second image held the same meaning for me. I also don't think this image would be anywhere near as interesting in black and white. The red car popping out from the building really stood out for me. Then when I noticed the woman on the steps and the cat under the car, it brought it all together.


I feel like this came right out of a family album. The candidness and the fun you see in their faces and body language makes you feel like it could be your family. The difference is, it's not cheesy and the color is fantastic. You also don't know their story which makes you want to know it even more.

TODD HIDO:

I'll admit it, I'm in love with Todd and all of his images so I don't think I can say anything bad about his images. In every single one, he finds this light that gets the perfect color EVERY SINGLE TIME. I have not found one where I cringed at it. The compositions are always fantastic and the subject matter is so mundane but he makes it incredible. 




ALEC SOTH:

I also have a crush on alec so deal with it while I go on about how fantastic the color is. And it doesn't hurt that my favorite one is symmetrical.










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