Wednesday 11 December 2013

David Hockney


     David Hockney was born in Bradford, England, July 9, 1937. He went to art school in London before moving to Los Angeles in the 1960s. Hockney is openly gay. His nationality is English. He admired the art of Picasso, Matisse and Fragonard. His parents encouraged him to be creative and explore different types of art, that is how he found out how to do the unique photos that he does now. 
     Hockney’s early paintings incorporated his literary leanings, and he used fragments of poems and quotations from Walt Whitman in his work. Hockney would go to see movies with his father and they would inspire them to make more art. 


         

Wednesday 30 October 2013

Pin Hole Artist:

www.craigbarber.com

                              Craig Barber.                               


WHAT IS THEIR WORK ABOUT?
During the past 15 years he has focused his camera on Viet Nam, Havana, and the Catskill region of New York State, documenting cultures in rapid transition and fading from memory. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States, Europe and Latin America and is represented in several prominent museum and private collections including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; and many other museums.

WHO IS THE ARTIST?
Craig is a photographer who travels and works using antiquarian processes and focuses on the cultural landscape.  During the past 15 years he has focused his camera on Viet Nam, Havana, and the Catskill region of New York State, documenting cultures in rapid transition and fading from memory.

WHERE ARE THEY FROM?
Craig Barber lives in Woodstock, NY and teaches workshops in pinhole photography and other archaic processes. He has been photographing for over 35 years and teaching for 20 of those years. Craig has taught classes and workshops and Lectured throughout the United States, Europe and Latin America, at the International Center for Photography in New York, the Center for Photography in Woodstock, NY, Charles University in Prague, CZ, and others.

WHAT THEMES ARE IN THEIR WORK?
Craig Barber takes lots of different types of photos. I have found that he takes most of his photos of people or nature. In lots of his photos he has a busy background.

WHAT IS THEIR SUBJECT MATTER?
He makes tintypes, ambrotypes, platinum/palladium prints and wet plate images.
 
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