His piece was an aerial photograph of man made landscapes. I liked his work because it was blown up in such a large scale you feel like the world below belongs to ants. I enjoyed looking at his work because everything was in focus. It felt like i could reach out and grab the landscape. His works mainly consist of consumption and natural resources.
Uta Barth "State of Idling as an act of Defiance"
Her work is about her immediate surroundings which is primarily about finding ways to make the viewer more aware of their own activity of looking. I enjoyed her works of art because she takes pictures of everyday things and make them beautiful. It reminds me of people who blog with pictures because the take pictures of everyday things and sometimes make them beautiful. It makes me want to try photo blogging sometime.
Susan Rankaitis-
Her work consists of her interests in relationships between art and science and the connection between mind, emotion, and awareness. It was kind of hard to understand where she was coming from in this piece however it was easy to appreciate its beauty. I liked how the curved lines extend out of the piece and the variations of the colors in the background add more texture.
Ken Gonzales-
He appropriates images of lynchings by digitally removing the victim's body from each photographs, which forces the audience to focus on the participants of the lynchings. This piece made me sad but however, like how Gonzales wanted I ended up focusing on the audiences and it made me wonder what they were thinking and how they were feeling at that time. It also made me think about how I would feel like if I was there during that time when the picture was taken.
Mona Kuhn-
Her work was about shots of her native country in brazil from her return to it after 20 years of being out of the country. Her pictures were very pretty but I found myself being bored and having little interest in her work. Sorry!
Todd Hido-
He takes pictures of background of northern United States. The photograph I liked the most is one that was shot during twilight through a rainy window. It made me happy looking at his pictures because they were peaceful and serene. His shots were done in a monochromatic manner with emphasis on the weather.
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