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Comparing Photographers Jlh and Ciro Totku
- 1. Comparing Jlh to the World
- 2. • Began professional career as a photojournalist in the Middle East for agencies & magazines • Began a magazine and a small publishing house • 1981-1992 worked exclusively with Polaroid film in all formats
- 3. • Won several international photograph awards • Works as a freelance photographer, is Photo- Editor for Swiss weekly, and is professor of photography and visual communication at SUPSI (a university) and CISA (an international academy)
- 5. Ciro Totku • Uses tightly framed shots to tell larger stories • Photos arouse viewers curiosity about the truth behind the image. • Sometimes has to wait for exactly the right weather and lighting conditions to capture the image he’s looking for • Never uses Photoshop or any other photo manipulation software • Theme is not always evident
- 7. • Knew at age 14 he was destined to be a fine art photographer • Was drawn to a particular style of image, one that caused a physical reaction in him; Dark images created by Adams, Weston, Bullock • Why Black and White? Because he grew up in a Black and White world (TV, movies, news, comic book heroes, even the nation was segregated into Black and White) • His images are an extension of the world in which he grew up
- 8. Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of Circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of Chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds, and shall find me, unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.
- 10. • Her photos explore moments of grace and intimacy in an effort to promote social understanding and connection • Her work has been exhibited in galleries across the country and featured in numerous magazines and publications • For the past 5 years she has been working on long term projects devoted to re-visualizing the American Family.
- 12. • Best known for singing and songwriting contributions with The Hollies and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young • Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Crosby, Stills and Nash in 1997 and with The Hollies in 2010; also inducted into songwriters hall of fame in 2009 • Holds 3 honorary doctorates, the latest in Music from the University of Salford (England) in 2011 • Interested in photography since childhood; hired Graham Howe as his photo curator • In the 1980’s began to experiment with digital images of his photos on Mac computers and ran into a common problem of the period: he could create very sophisticated detailed images but no output device existed that was capable of reproducing what he saw on the screen • Internationally renowned photographer and digital imaging pioneer
- 15. • Self-taught • Teaches on a volunteer basis • Art alternates between landscape & portrait • Chose Black & White for aesthetic reasons • A direct and meticulous style, avoids distracting with special effects • His work is a research of the extraordinary in the ordinary, of the true beauty • Still uses silver print for its unequalled qualities
- 17. • Has been a photographer for 25 years • Strongly dislikes the tendency to categorize photography in general
- 19. • Born Richard Avonda to a Jewish Russian family • Had an identical twin • Started as a photographer for Merchant Marines in 1942, taking ID pictures of crewmen
Notes de l'éditeur
- Although portraits are close-up and personal, they are different in tone from the portraits I produce.
- I’m not a fan of smile and say cheese photography, but sometimes it’s necessary.
- Says: The dirtiest places are the most inspiring. As a rule these places are small (200x200 meters inside dirty districts of big cities). You cannot find the same images anywhere in the world.
- Says Cole: For me, this powerful poem evokes dark and contrasty images, which form the basis and inspiration for my photos. Darkness represents trials of our human existence while light represents the strength and power that comes from the realization that we are the captains of our souls. Color records the image but Black and White captures the feelings that lie beneath the surface.
- In 1990 bought an inkjet printer and in 1991 started a fine art digital based printing company (Nash Editions Ltd.) An internationally renowned photographer and digital imaging pioneer. Smithsonian recognizes him for his role in invention of digital fne art printing. His photography has drawn honors
- Next: studied with Alexey Brodovitch (Harper’s Bazzar art director), then began working as an advertising photographer for a department store in 1944. In 1945 his photos began appearing in JR Bazaar, and a year later in Bazaar. In 1946 he set up his own studio and began providing images for other magazines. He was criticized for showing what some considered to be a disparaging view of America, but was also praised for treating his subjects with the attention and dignity usually reserved for politically powerful and celebrities.
- Brooke Shields: When [he] walks into the room, a lot of people are intimidated. But when he works, he’s so acutely creative, so sensitive. And he doesn’t like it if anyone else is around or speaking. There is a mutual vulnerability, and a moment of fusion when he clicks the shutter. You either get it or you don’t.
- His portraits are easily distinguished by their minimalist style, where person is looking directly in the camera, posed in front of a sheer white background. He would sometimes evoke reactions by guiding them into uncomfortable areas of discussion or asking psychologically probing questions. He would also produce images revealing aspects of the subject’s character and personality not typically captured by others. Funny Face – a musical and fictional account of his early career. He provided some of the still photos used in production, including his most famous image: an intentionally overexposed close-up of Audrey Hepburn’s face, in which only her famous features (eyes, eyebrows, mouth) are visible. Hepburn was his muse in the 50’s – 60’s, and he went so far as to say: “I am, and forever will be, devastated by the gift of Audrey Hepburn before my camera. I cannot lift her to greater heights. She is already there. I can only record. I cannot interpret her. There is no going further than who she is. She has achieved in herself her ultimate portrait.
- In The American West is a best-selling book and traveling exhibit of a six-year project in which he was commissioned. He was drawn to working people such as miners, oil field workers in their soiled clothes, unemployed drifters and teenagers growing up in the West. He also took studio portraits of civil rights workers, politicians and cultural dissidents of various striped in an America fissured by discord and violence. He photographed mental health patients, the Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam War protesters, and the fall of the Berlin Wall. He also photographed rock bands such as the Beatles and ELO; Buster Keaton, Mariylyn Monroe, and Ezra Pound.