James Nachtwey

James Nachtwey is an amazing war photographer who has been working for Time Magazine since 1984.


"I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony. The events I have recorded should not be forgotten and must not be repeated." -James Nachtwey-

The horizon line connects with the figure in the foreground in a way that creates a great flow through the picture. the negative space and repetition of form draws your eyes attention.

The yellow and the blue become shapes in themselves as they pop out of the image. The shadows almost become figures as they are to scale with the true figure.

The punctuated color of the two girl's dresses draws our attention away from the war helicopter in the background so that it is not the first thing we notice.

ParkeHarrison

So I wanted to do this blog on Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison's "Architect's Brother" after seeing it in person this weekend but then I realized that it's not exactly color photography and this is a color class. So instead I'm going to focus on "Gray Dawn" and "Counterpoint".

This isn't one of their photographs but instead an image of one of the sculptures used in their photographs. I don't know too much about their process with "Counterpoint" and "Gray Dawn" but I know that in "Architect's Brother" they would use sculpture that they created themselves in the photographs.

I think what draws me to the ParkeHarrisons the most is their use of nature based symbolism along with the fact that they create their own sculptures and (in "Architect's Brother") paint on the images. Their use of color is nice too, whether it's muted, punctuated or completely saturated.