ED FREEMAN.

Ed is a working commercial and fine art photographer living in Los Angeles. Emily told me about him the other night, so I looked him up and I fell in love! His work is currently traveling for shows as large format prints and I think they're beautiful. The only problem I have with them is that he manipulates every single image. I find it kind of a down fall to it especially because he wants to heighten the abandoned feeling and he has to use photoshop to do so. Disappoint. The images I chose, were the ones I was most attracted to and didn't look at as if they were manipulated. From the series, Desert Realty and Urban Realty.

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

Christopher Anderson

Anderson was born in Canada and raised in Texas. He first began photographing documentary style and then spanned his interests photographing portraits, fashion and even his own family. These images are from his series, Non Fiction, which came out in 2003. I was interested in these because they seemed to be kind of like a snapshot, family album document with a story behind them that could be read by everyone. I also think the colors are super funky and even though they aren't the norm, they capture the feel of the photographs really well.

Trent Parke

I chose Trent to put on my blog this week because this one series of street photography really interested me. Although this is by far not even close to anything I would be interested in, I was attracted to it because I could sort of relate it to my current series. I was drawn in by his centering in each frame which is focused on one pop of bright, saturated color. I also like how he has people his in shots but they aren't directly photographed head on. (I think this is kind of what I wanted to achieve with seaside!) The only thing I wish I could change would be the color saturation. It almost seems too strong or bright for my liking.