This photograph by Jerry Uelsmann is particularly captivating to me. The way that he involves a sand castle into the rug of a room is very interesting, creative, and unique. His use of texture allows him to blend the rug and sand nicely. I feel as though this photo examines the contrast between being inside a room and being outside, potentially creating sand castles. Jerrys work always aimed to make people think differently and “outside the box”. As I was watching the video, I noticed that Jerry said that if an audience is able to look at his work and have an authentic response to it then he has done is job. He wants for his work to have the capacity to make somebody feel something. Today, photos like these are more easily created using photoshop but Jerry created said images through the use of different negatives and a few enlargers. It was much more difficult for Jerry to create photos like this in the way that he did years ago, however, the impact that his work has on people definitely makes the work worth it.
Here is the citation for the above photo: Uelsmann, J. (1990). [Photograph].
I picked this image by Maggie Taylor because I felt like it displays an interesting message. This photo emphasizes the many possibilities one may have to explore the world and themselves. It creates a story for the audience and instills a feeling of curiosity within them. I think the ability to do these things is what makes Taylor’s works so inspirational and powerful. In order to create images like this Taylor first takes images on a camera and then layers and changes them into one montage in Adobe Photoshop. Taylor is interested in color and most of her photographs are all quite vibrant. She uses this skill in the above image to highlight the trees that frame this scene. In the video Taylor talks about how sometimes she even incorporates concepts or ideas that she remembers from her dreams into her work. This image could also be an example of a dream Taylor might have had about what the future holds.
Here is the citation for the above photo: Taylor, M. (2015). Now What? [Photograph].