Seven - David Hockney

Aritst: David Hockney
Date: 1986
Title: Pearblossom Highway

David Hockney is an amazing artist and painter. He is well known for his collages of images or "joiners" He used two main techniques to create his collages. He first would have the subjects move around and photograph them from the cameras perspective, but later on in his works he would move the camera around his subject.
 I chose his image pearblossom because I find it simple but beautiful. It is amazing how he collages multiple photos but still keeps the depth in the image.

Six - Chris Jordan

Artist: Chris Jordan
Date: 2009
Title: Packing Peanuts

I chose Packing peanuts by Chris Jordan because I really enjoy his technique. I think its interesting how he uses thousands of the same object collaged together in order to convey a certain message. When I first saw these images I was overwhelmed by the statistics these images were trying to convey. This image in particular depicts 166,000 packing peanuts which represents the number of overnight packages shipped by air in the US in one hour!

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Three - Loretta Lux

Artist: Loretta Lux
Date: 2001
Title: Isabella

Loretta Lux is an amazing fine art photographer, and is known for her surreal photos of children. She uses a combination of photography, digital manipulation, and painting in her works.

At first glance, in my opinion, the photos seemed boring and simple. This however is far from what I feel after studying her work more extensively. Even though these photos may look simple, it is amazing how they can evoke such a discomforting emotion in me. I think the reason these photos make me feel uncomfortable is that they are of children looking, in most of them, uneasy.

Two - Laurie Simmons

Artist : Laurie Simmons
Date : 2009-2011
Title : The Love Doll

Laurie Simmons is an American photographer born in New York in 1949. In mid 70's she began shooting staged photographs of dolls and dummies.

When I first looked at this series, I was shocked that the model was a doll! It is amazing how Laurie Simmons can create such lifelike portraits using a life size doll. I think the main thing that makes these portraits so life like is how she chooses to pose her model. She uses very natural poses and composition in order to create a realism within the viewer.