Paul Cocksedge

http://www.paulcocksedge.co.uk/

Paul's pieces were all very spectacular, capturing everyone's attention that saw them as shown by the videos on his website. This could be because the basis of his works are everyday objects or images which he then suspends, like A Gust Of Wind above, or projects lights through or onto them. Most of his work is also large scale which makes them quite awe inspiring.

Ross Lovegrove

http://www.rosslovegrove.com/

I really admire Lovegrove's work for how he uses organic shapes to shape his pieces. This combined with how his works tend to have an organic use, the Generator House reducing the amount of electricity just like the Solar tree, makes his work original and inspiring. He is very succesful with his use of colour, everything looking clean and refreshing - just like the nature it is based on.

William Eggleston

http://www.egglestontrust.com/

 

 

There is something truly gorgeous about Eggleston's images. His excellent use of angles make an everyday image look extraordinary. Out of the images I have seen, there is no sign of any human activity, making his images seem desolate and alien. I particularly admire his eye for angles however, and this is something I aim to improve in my own photography.

Martin Parr

http://www.martinparr.com/index1.html

 

 

There is something about Parr's work that is both charming and disgusting at the same time, and this is his ability to capture nothing but the naked truth. When I look at Parr's work, I find myself knowing the characters within them more than any other artist I know of; this is because they are real. Despite how engaging this is, there is something about his work that I find uncomfortable. I think that this is due to the garish colours used in his images. However, saying this, this is all part of the ugly truth, and without this Martin Parr would just be another photographer.



Robert Mapplethorpe 2

http://www.mapplethorpe.org/

 

 

There is something about Mapplethorpe's photography of nude humans that seems even more naked than other nude photography. It is this difference that makes his work so much more fascinating. This could be due to how he doesn't strive to achieve the commercial sense of beauty; he instead focuses on the shapes and angles of the body. The way that the body fills the photo frame makes it clear that a lot of thought and passion has gone into his art.



Carrie Mae Weems

http://carriemaeweems.net/

 

 

Carrie Mae Weems's selection of photographs around this kitchen table differentiated a lot from her other work for me. This was due to the normality of this scene, how different activities take place around a kitchen table. Despite this normality, each picture has a distinct sense of loneliness as there doesn't seem to be any communication taking place what is the center of the home. The plain decor of the kitchen with a simple low spotlight casts a harsh light on this loneliness and  adds to the empty feeling you get from the image.

Idris Khan

 

Idris Khan is a unique photographer due to his technique of layering different images on top of eachother to create an abstract blurring of lines of where one image ends and another begins. I found this particularly effective in this image as it appears he has layered images of buildings and humans. This makes the final piece eery as the viewer knows there are several human forms in the figure yet they can't fully distinguish them - almost like a hallucination. It is this slightly disturbing feel that I admire the most in this image.