Kiyo Murakami.
Kiyo is Japanese, and started her work in 1976. Kiyo Murakami is a talented fine art photographer, who combines photography and photo manipulation into amazing pieces of art, she manages to create fantasy worlds that you can’t even dream of. Kiyo was born and live in Tokyo, Japan. After graduated from the art school, she began to do various art, illustration, design and music.Shes been using Photoshop for over ten years.She gets no support she is a independent artists. She shoots with a cannon camera.
This is one of my favorite images,the theme is magic,I like the way she edited this photo,it seems eye catching and makes you want to look at more.I like the way she laid out the cards and semi blurred out the background,the focus point is the cards and hat,this is like a fairy tale with a joker.The lighting is light in the middle then gets gets darker on the corners.The lighting of this image is that it catches your attention,by the way the cards are laid out,this is because the focus point is mainly on his hands,hat and cards.The cards have been edited so that the capacity is translucent. This makes the image stand out because it seems interesting and catches your attention.The theme is that the man is dressed up as a magician,the man is also anonymous,you can only see the bottom half of his face,this draws your attention.
Kiyo's work.
Jerry Uelsmann.
Jerry Uelsmann is a surrealist photographer that was born in Detroit, Michigan. While attending public schools, at the age of fourteen, he sparked an interest in photography. He believed that through photography he could exist outside of himself, to live in a world captured through the lens. Despite poor grades, he managed to land a few jobs, primarily photographs of models. Eventually Jerry went on to earn a BA from the Rochester Institute of Technology
Jerry is one of the oldest photographers alive at the age of 79. He began teaching photography at the University of Florida in 1960 then after 7 years of teaching photography, he got his own art show, which was very popular and got him lots of jobs as a photographer. The photograph he is most famous for is the hands. The cupped hands that show a picture. He has won many awards for his photography. In 1967, he won the Guggenheim fellowship. Following in 1972, he won the National Endowment. Then finally in 1994, he was put into the Florida Artist Hall of Fame.His work is mainly shown in America but he has traveled to make art shows in places, such as London, Canada, Paris, Australia, Scotland, Korea and Tokyo.
Jerry is one of the oldest photographers alive at the age of 79. He began teaching photography at the University of Florida in 1960 then after 7 years of teaching photography, he got his own art show, which was very popular and got him lots of jobs as a photographer. The photograph he is most famous for is the hands. The cupped hands that show a picture. He has won many awards for his photography. In 1967, he won the Guggenheim fellowship. Following in 1972, he won the National Endowment. Then finally in 1994, he was put into the Florida Artist Hall of Fame.His work is mainly shown in America but he has traveled to make art shows in places, such as London, Canada, Paris, Australia, Scotland, Korea and Tokyo.
I really like this photo because of how complex the image is but how effective it looks.This picture is made up of many images.The hands make a frame so you are kind of going on a journey.The picture seems to have two focal points, the figure and the door of the house.I also like how he has added clouds as the foot path,this makes me feel calm.The colors represent the olden days which are Black and White.This image draws your attention, because the hands are edited and this looks interesting and makes you think how it was made.The image is also cropped to it's focus point which is the man and the house.
Jerry's work.
My plan.
My shoot will be about a fairy tale,this links to magic,stars,etc. I am then going to take a picture of my face and a friends,I am then going to crop half of our faces,then put them together,One side will be positive and the other will be negative.This links back to a fairy tale because one side is good which I can Photoshop stars and add anything that needs adding.The other side is going to be bad,for example I can Photoshop the half of the face to make it look like a witch,and add shadows to make it look effective.
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My best photo,I like the background colors and how the rose is in focus.
Planning my second shoot.
This is going to be based on fairy tales. I'm going to get an image of a lonely girl,then decrease the capacity,After I am going to over lay images in photo shop.This shoot will be based on loneliness and isolation.