I have chosen street photography as that is what I am most interested in and practice quite a bit. There is nothing like the thrill and fear of going out into the streets, not knowing what you are going to find, whether it be of the images you capture or the limits of your own bravery.
For a historical inspiration I have chosen:
There is a this as well http://www.henricartierbresson.org/prix/home_en.htm
http://www.lukasvasilikos.com/index.html
http://www.street-photographers.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vasilikos/
I have contacted Lukas to ask about the equipment, processing and competitions through a contact button on his website.
This is the email I sent and response I got:
Hi Jenny.
All the questions are here in an interview http://leicaliker.com/2012/04/20/2-lukas-vasilikos-athens-street-photographer/ and here http://www.topphotographyfilms.com/2010/10/21/lukas-vasilikos-2/
If you have any questions just tell me
Lukas
From the website attached I found out that Lukas uses a Canon 5D Mark II with 35mm f/2 lens which has a full frame sensor.
Visually his work is stunning and would appeal to a large audience of appreciators of art, I don't think that his work would be good for advertising or anything like that. Yet there is a bit of debate as to whether Gregory Crewdson is in fact a photographer or not as he doesn't actually use his camera. He sets the scene for an event and envisions a world where the strange meet the familiar, inviting you to step into and look more closely at an eery world.
He uses a medium to large format camera and takes multiple exposures in different lighting situations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Crewdson
For a historical inspiration I have chosen:
Henri Cartier-Bresson
I chose Henri Cartier-Bresson as he
does street photography and that is what I am very much into. I would
say that it is very democratic also, artistic as well as he looks for
lines, composition and the extraordinary in every day circumstances.
This type of photography speaks to pretty much everyone as it is just
everyday life highlighted and captured to show how life is lived by
indeviduals an the mass's.
You can find Cartier-Bresson's work on
the Magnum website where you can find out about his other exhibitions
and works.
He was one of the early adopters of the 35mm format camera, Leica's and such pocket cameras useful to the discipline also everything was printed in black and white. Although that was the only option available at the time he continued this through out his photographic career.
The world had never seen the likes of Henri, I believe him to be the one person that it takes to move away from the traditional and look for new ways to represent people and space. Henri Cartier-Bresson influenced many generations with his work but to find someone who influenced him is quite difficult.
20 Min Video but interesting
Cartier-Bresson entered a private school and the Lhote academy, the Parisian studio of the Cubist painter and sculptor Andre Lhote. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Cartier-Bresson
"Cartier-Bresson is the recipient of many of prizes, awards and honorary doctorates. A partial listing of his awards:
- 1948: Overseas Press Club of America Award
- 1953: The A.S.M.P. Award
- 1954: Overseas Press Club of America Award
- 1959: The Prix de la Société française de photographie
- 1960: Overseas Press Club of America Award
- 1964: Overseas Press Club of America Award
- 1974: The Culture Prize, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie
- 1981: Grand Prix National de la Photographie
- 1982 Hasselblad Award
- 2006: Prix Nadar for the photobook Henri Cartier-Bresson: Scrapbook"
Lukas Vasilikos
http://www.lukasvasilikos.com/index.html
http://www.street-photographers.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vasilikos/
I have contacted Lukas to ask about the equipment, processing and competitions through a contact button on his website.
This is the email I sent and response I got:
On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Jenny <reddjinn@live.com> wrote:
Hello Lukas,
I am a University student studying photography at Blackburn UCBC, England and i\'m doing a presentation on street photography.
I came across your work and really enjoy looking at your images and would like to go further into it.
I was just wondering if you would e-mail me back regarding the equipment that you use, the process you use to develop your pictures and if you have participated in any competitions.
Thank you for your time,
Jenny
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2012 16:27:27 +0200
Subject: Re: Message for www.LUKASVASILIKOS.com
From: lvasilikos@gmail.com
Hi Jenny.
All the questions are here in an interview http://leicaliker.com/2012/04/20/2-lukas-vasilikos-athens-street-photographer/ and here http://www.topphotographyfilms.com/2010/10/21/lukas-vasilikos-2/
If you have any questions just tell me
Lukas
On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 1:03 AM, Jenny Nicholls <reddjinn@live.com> wrote:
Thank you Lukas, your a star.
Will let you know if there are further questions but I think this pretty much covers it.
Love your work,Jenny
From the website attached I found out that Lukas uses a Canon 5D Mark II with 35mm f/2 lens which has a full frame sensor.
Gregory Crewdson
I chose Gregory Crewdson because I love his work. Although he is not in my genre of photography it does have aspects of street photography in it as he does location shoots and what he calls sound stage. The location work requires going out into an an environment and choosing a street or piece of land to tell his story.
Visually his work is stunning and would appeal to a large audience of appreciators of art, I don't think that his work would be good for advertising or anything like that. Yet there is a bit of debate as to whether Gregory Crewdson is in fact a photographer or not as he doesn't actually use his camera. He sets the scene for an event and envisions a world where the strange meet the familiar, inviting you to step into and look more closely at an eery world.
He uses a medium to large format camera and takes multiple exposures in different lighting situations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Crewdson
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