Sixth Blog Post

Andres Serrano SHIT (Bull Shit), 2008 Yvonne Lambert Gallery

http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/kuspit/kuspit9-11-08.asp

Inez van Lamsweerde  ME #5 1998, Cibachrome mounted to plexiglas, 49 x 38 inches; 124.5 x 96.5 cm

http://www.matthewmarks.com/artists/inez-van-lamsweerde-and-vinoodh-matadin/selected-works/ 

Chapter 4 in our photography book was about the human subject and looking at us as the subject with the theory from the beginning of photography to now. I choose Andres Serrano and Inez van Lamsweerde as the two photographers that I wanted to compare. They both commenting on subjects that have to deal with being human. Serrano's work may not be portraying a human in his THE TRIUMPH OF SHIT series of photographs but he is looking at social taboos that we as a society come to agree a pone. Even by having other animals in comparison is commenting on things such as evolution and our own place on this Earth that we are still animals and wouldn't even be able to separate us from the animals. As for Lamsweerde when looking at the image of the two girls ideas of human altercation ideas begin to pop up. Human modification or genetic oddity's is very human. As technologies advance we are trying to strive for a perfect human and standard that we could achieve.

Fifth Blog Post

Situ Studio (2005–present), Brooklyn. Rendering of reOrder, an installation to open in the Great Hall of the Brooklyn Museum in 2011

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/reorder/

This is simply amazing the sheer scale of these sculptures related to the people below. I wonder what is like to be able to walk under one 

 Glenn Ligon (b. 1960), Rückenfigur, 2009. Neon and paint, 24 × 145 in. (61 × 368.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from the Paint and Sculpture Committee  T.2010.71

http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/GlennLigon 

This image is great it has typography, neon and paint what more can you ask for it is simple yet I keep staring at it. 

David Zwirner Proofs and Refutations 

http://www.davidzwirner.com/exhibitions/242/index.htm

All I can say is this is an example for me of why I do what I do. I tend to lean to the more creative side of my brain then to the more analytical portion. 

The next three images are some more from my night photography shoot of the front of houses.

Forth Blog Post

Sam Taylor-Wood (British, b. 1967). Ghosts VI, 2008. Chromogenic photograph, 43 x 55½ in. (109.2 x 141 cm). © The artist, courtesy White Cube, London

 

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/sam_taylor_wood/

I liked this photo because I enjoy scenery photos but with this photo I was really drawn to the colors. Having the colors muted gives a calmness feel. I also liked the storm cloud it gives it's presence by it's shadow on the ground. 

Gilbert and George The Red Sculpture, 1975 Chromgenic color print with text, 9,1/8 x 13,7/8 in, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift 

http://moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1100

This is not the photo on the website but it the same subject matter. I'm drawn to this image because I enjoy Gilbert and George's art work personally, but this photo documents one of their performances. 

 

Phantom, 1971. Phosphorous pigmented polyurethane 102 x 420 x 96 inches 259.1 x 1066.8 x 243.8 centimeters Installation at Union Art Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas February 3-7, 1971 Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York

 

 http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/432/lynda_benglis

 

When I saw this photo I thought about toxic slim or this toy that I use to play with when I was younger. So to me I enjoyed this photo because it brought up these past memories and it's interesting to see this sculpture that has this fluid gravity feel and look. 

 

So with my three images that I am going to show all have to do with my new project in which I took these photos because I was fascinated by the front porches of peoples houses when I decided to get lost in a neighborhood I've never been in. 

Matt Mondragon Untitled, 2011

 

 

Matt Mondragon Untitled, 2011

 

Matt Mondragon Untitled, 2011

Third Blog Post

Luis Camnitzer, Landscape as an Attitude, 1979 black and white photography 28.1 x 35.5 cm 

http://www.elmuseo.org/en/event/luis-camnitzer 

I like the idea of the photograph by using the face as a landscape, it makes me want to know what the meaning of this image is if there is one. 

Marcia Resnick, Kipper Kids, 1980

http://www.deborahbellphotographs.com/exhibitions.html 

With this image I think I was drawn to the humor of the photograph and got the sense of mischievous behavior. Then reading the title of the show bad boys- punks, poets and provocateurs said it all. 

Todd Hido, 9545-c, 2010 Chromogenic print 20 x 24 in edition of 10

http://www.brucesilverstein.com/galleries.php?gid=588 

With entire series of photos the lighting and color that the photos have are just amazing the natural lighting is what drew me in even though the exhibition just ended I think it would be a shame not to mention this. 

Matt Mondragon untitled, 2011

These photos were taken on my second visit to the recording studio I wanted to capture more of the people and what they were doing when they weren't recording. 

Matt Mondragon, untitled, 2011

This was another new photo of my second visit at the recording studio I just liked the composition of the photo. 

Matt Mondragon untitled, 2011

With this image it was more of just experimenting with lighting sparked by the conversation of studio lighting and finding other ways to do this.

Second Blog Post

Carlos Cruz-Diez: Color in Space and Time

http://www.mfah.org/exhibition/carlos-cruz-diez-color-space/ 

Just seeing the colors of this image drew me to look into the exhibition but always looking at how lighting and color in my own work is something I try to focus on. 

nadav kander Chongqing XI, 2007

http://www.camerawork.de/lang-en/exhibitions.html

Looking at all the photos in his exhibition the overwhelming sense of scale of people compared to the rest of the picture is truly amazing.

Stillborn, 2010, Ink jet print, Courtesy Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago and Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York

http://www.mocp.org/exhibitions/2011/01/kahn_selesnick.php

This image grabbed my attention because of the juxtaposition of this space aged figures with the natural landscape. 

Matt Mondragon untitled, 2011

The next three images are the most recent in images I shot. This photo for me is simply stating my love for punk music and the scene of it. 

Matt Mondragon untitled, 2011

I wanted to show the people that were involved in the recording process from the people in the band to the person recording. 

Matt Mondragon untitled, 2011

 

I wanted to get a "action shot" and was pleased with the light that was hitting off the symbols and gave a very calm feeling before the noise. 

First Blog post

Walker Evans. Posed Portraits, New York, 1932

http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/exhibition/americanmodern

I was attracted to this image because of knowing Walker Evans work.

Harry Callahan, Atlanta, 1984; dye transfer print; Collection SFMOMA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Accessions Committee Fund purchase; © Estate of Harry Callahan

Source: http://www.sfmoma.org/exhibitions/408#ixzz1E0LrKZ3h
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

I think the idea about voyeurism is interesting because it now it seems to be very clear on how easy it is to document people without knowing it with the advances of technology. 

Sharon Hayes, In the Near Future, 2009. Slide-projection installation: 13 actions, 13 projections, dimensions variable, edition 1/3. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Purchased with funds contributed by the Photography Committee and Manuel de Santaren 2010.12. Image courtesy the artist and Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin 

http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/on-view/found-in-translation 

 

I think the idea of language within photos is such a powerful thing and just glancing at this photo made me stop and grab my attention. 

Matt Mondragon Printfits, 2010 

 

I picked this photo because it was a one of a few self portraits that I started to take of myself and starting to use different light sources.

Matt Mondragon  fence, 2010

I choose this because of the simplicity of the image but it still contains a lot of information. 

Matt Mondragon untitled, 2010

 

This was just another look at trying different lighting sources.