Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Reading/Blog 4


  1. Stephen Shore believes art is made because art is needed to explore the world and the culture. Art is also made to explore the chosen medium and to explore one’s self. 
  2. Shore states that the great art is the product of an artist’s personal request.
  3. Shore believes ambition is not a problem and is necessary to be able to carve out the time needed to produce work on your own personal demands. Shore also states that if your work needs to evolve, then it may mean abandoning an approach that brought you recognition. 
5. 
  1. Preplanned images are thought of as less surprising and also the fact of the matter is that sometimes those are more important than clarity. 
6. 
  1. In advance to shooting he feels that it is way too easy and there is no real value behind it.

7. 
  1. Since the whole story did not make any sense there was nothing important about it so it made no sense to discuss it.
8. After reading the following passage, I felt a close connection to the artist’s words. It’s as though Shore is still trying to find himself in the world and has no answered all the questions of his life. He talks about growing and stumbling upon things in his life. What I got from this specific passage is that as a photographer myself I am still growing as well and my journey is not as nearly close to over. 





I found the three Andy Warhol photographs quite interesting. The first image with the young girl holding her toy bear looking at the camera with stunning blue eyes. She looks a bit troubled and somewhat distant. The second image with the bare-chested man looking directly at the camera was an interesting view as well. His hair is quite stunning with volume and falls perfectly on his shoulders. The final image of Andy Warhol himself was quite different. I have to admit the hair really brings out his character and at first I thought it was an older woman. The red bright lipstick is also very noticeable. 

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