The final project in this class is to take a photographer (or other artist), and either try to mimic their style and work, or improve on it. Since I would rather learn from others, and not show them up, I chose to mimic a photographer. After much searching, my wife and I found Michael Eastman. Michael Eastman began taking pictures in 1972, and his work is really impressive! He has done a series of different subjects, from Americana to horses to abstract to Cuba. His images have a certain aesthetic appeal I really like, and I find that his study of reflective, refractive, transmitting of light in a city at night is intriguing, bordering on abstract, but with a certain sense of place. You look at things you see everyday in a new way, or at things people never notice at all that's right in front of them.
Usually his images are of textures and play of light. I have to wonder how he gets into all these places, but I really enjoy his work. I spent the better part of a weekend (with some planning beforehand) taking pictures around Atlanta. Here is a preview of some of these images.
I will also be using a similar aesthetic to follow is Vanishing America series, contrasting the big city with rural country.
In the end, I have to pick a grand total of 10, so that's around 5 for each study. But what I really care about in this is keeping consistant with te aesthetic and building some good photography samples for my demo reel.
Enjoy!
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