Shooting Assignment #5
Capturing Movement:
Flying

Shooting Assignment # 5
Capturing Movement:
Jumping & Flipping

Shooting Assignment #5
Capturing Movement:
Dropping & Pointing





Capturing the spit bubble
plopping out of a little boy's mouth!








Capturing the movement of
a little girl pointing out
a bug for all to check outttttttttttttttt.

Shooting Assignment # 5
Capturing Movement:
Dancing!

Shooting Assignment # 4

Shooting Assignment # 3


This image reminds me of a Scott Fortino photograph in that it has a sense of balance to the composition, but not necessarily a sense of desertion. I'm someone who enjoys and is confused by a life of organized chaos, so I figured I would photograph a piece of my world in a balanced composition, much like what Scott seems to do on his journeys in school houses.

Shooting Assignment # 3
As an ode to Eugene Atget, or Bernice Abbott (who followed in Eugene Atget's footsteps), I decided to mix Scott Fortino's style of photography (where his photographs have, in my opinion, a deserted and somewhat stale or lifeless feeling), with that of photographers from the past. I took a History of Photography course this summer, and learned about one very influential photographer in particular: Eugene Atget; famous for his 'documentary' photographs (from 1900s-1920s) of mannequins and store front windows in seemingly deserted areas of Paris, France. Bernice Abbott received Atget's negatives of his 'documents' of Paris upon his death, and afterward decided to emulate Atget's work in her own way. Bernice Abbott wanted to"...photograph her [city of residence] before it changed completely." said Susan Sontag about Abbott in her book titled On Photography.

After this lengthy and epic cheesy introduction, I must mention that my photographs in this post, in comparison to either Atget or Abbott, fall far fromawesome, incredible or [any positive describing word you can insert here] in any matter. As a matter of fact, when I arrived at the location to take these pictures, I realized I left my tripod at home. I failed big time and will have these pictures as a reminder of my failure forever. Enjoy the creepy dolls.

Shooting Assignment # 3

In a sense, these photographs capture a similarity to Scott Fortino's style of photography, where everything contained in the photograph carries somewhat of a deserted and lifeless feeling within it.

Shooting Assignment # 3

Shooting Assignment # 3

Scott Fortino

The Artist I chose for this week's assignment, Shooting Exercise # 3: Seeking Inspiration, I chose to emulate Scott Fortino's style and subject matter of photography, as I feel as though I'm interested in photographing similar aspects of the world in a parallel way. Scott Fortino's work displayed on www.mocp.org (the website of the Museum of Contemporary Photography in the Collections section under Midwest Photographers Project), is shown as a set of three works containing only spaces that have been photographs. These three in particular do not have any people residing or visiting the photograph space; they are seemingly lost in this collection of eclectic and oddly characterized world of photos. The photographs themselves have an aura of displacement, however they also bring a sense of organization and thought to mind when viewing. The colors in each photograph give visual weight and balance to the photograph, and the chosen subject matter creates a sense of eerie, odd world and a somewhat uncomfortable feeling. School house photographs and a jail cell photograph fill the 3 spots of work displayed along with the description and background of Scott Fortino, however the field of photography that Scott Fortino seems to work in is that of a much more expanded body of work, seen in some of his other landscape and close-up photographs elsewhere online.

As someone who is interested in organization and chaos, his photographs caught my eye right off the bat. I am glad that I get a chance to do an 'ode' to Scott Fortino. Also, his photographs on the MOCP website are from 1952, meaning he's an old and probably awesome guy.