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Annie LeibovitzTypical Subject Matter:
Many of Annie Leibovitz photographs are mainly portraits and covers of
albums where she worked for the Rolling Stones magazine. She also did
many photographs for magazines of celebrities.
Setting:
The settings of Annie Leibovitz’s photographs are outdoors with many of them
Subjects:
The subjects in Annie Leibovitz photographs are arranged by her.
Visual Style:
The visual style of Annie’s photographs is very unique. Her photographs often focus on the clothing of the subject and their surroundings with many of her photographs showing the “true beauty” of the subject and their surroundings.
Main ideas of the artist:
The beginning of Annie Leibovitz’s career began in her junior year of college where spent five months living in kibbutz near northern Israel where she photographed her life and sent it to Rolling Stones magazine where the founder saw them and gave her a position at the magazine.
Max Dupain
Typical Subject Matter:
Max Dupain’s main subject matter includes people and they’re surroundings.
Especially everyday life and sometimes objects.
Setting:
Max Dupain’s photographs contain and outdoor setting.
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Subjects:The photographs taken by Max Dupain are a variety of objects and real life. Some
are arranged by Max himself whilst others are taken “on-the-go”.
Visual Style:
Many of Max’s photographs are black-and-white. His photographs are very simple and “relaxed”. It shows everyday life and the simplicity of it all.
Main ideas of the artist:
The main focus of Max’s work is to show everyday life and his passion for photography began when he received his first camera in 1924 as a gift. Since then, he joined the Photographic Society of NSW and worked for other famous photographers such as Cecil Bostock.
Bill Henson
Typical Subject Matter:
Bill Henson is an Australian contemporary art photographer whose subject matter includes chiaroscuro and many of his subjects include adolescents.
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Setting:The setting of Bill Henson’s photographs is mainly indoors.
Subjects:
The subjects of Bill Henson are usually adolescents with many of his
photographs having the faces of his subjects blurred out. He also
arranges the subjects by himself.
Visual Style:
Bill Henson often incorporates a “disturbing” sense of photography with many of the subjects facing away from the viewer as if to show they are “afraid” of him.
Main ideas of the artist:
Bill Henson has stated that he wishes to “push the boundaries” of art today through his use of nude adolescent models and the dark themes and tones present in his photography. His influences include Melbourne painter Louise Hearman.
Rosemary Laing
Typical Subject Matter:
The main subject matter of Rosemary Laing include landscape, portraiture and environmental.
Setting:
The setting of Rosemary Laing’s photographs is outdoors.
Subjects:
The subjects and objects in the photographs are taken from life as they are.
Visual Style:
The visual style of Rosemary Laing’s photographs is mainly a “fantasy” land. She shows how “abnormal” the world is and how it is one big “fantasy”.
Main ideas of the artist:
Her influences include her teachings from the University of Sydney, New South Wales and Tasmania.
Yasumasa Morimura
Typical Subject Matter:
Yasumasa Morimura is an appropriation artist.
Setting:
Many of his works are in an indoor setting with the subject being the focus of the photograph.
Subjects:
The subjects are arranged by himself.
Visual Style:
His visual style incorporates colour and with many pictures being of a “grandure” scale.
Main ideas of the artist:
His influences were probably from Noh and Kabuki classical theatre.
Analysis
Bill Henson’s “Untitled #5”
The lighting in this image is extremely evident as we can see the “back” of the subject has a shadow over it as if to show someone is behind the subject. The naked image of the child shows the vulnerability of the subject in the photograph. Another aspect of the photograph is the composition. The black background shows the subject by itself in an “isolated” environment where there is no-one to help her. The “biting of the fingernails” also helps to show the vulnerability of the subject. This typical Bill Henson image shows the subject facing away from the viewer as if to show that the viewer is simply a “watcher” and plays no role in the image. It also shows Bill Henson’s ideals about “pushing the boundaries of art” through the provocative naked adolescent and the dark and serious theme of image.
