Monica collazo artist statement

What would we do without art or photography? Lots of people identified themselves with art/ photography and others with a person or artist.In my case I learn a lot about minor white and other photographers.I really like the way Annie Leibovitz use the colors.She is one of the best photographers that i seen so far.Specially because of the pictures of Disney.I’m a Disney fan. I think photographers have a different way of thinking because they express everything they see in photos.Like some of the famous painters;van gogh.some people don't understand the way he paints,triangles, circles and other stuff but that is the way he thinks about life and things he see.
I took photos of different things and people.I always work with nature and light colors. I learn a lot of tools for my photos. I identified my photos as a way to show my feelings. I think the photos i take are the way i feel sometimes i can feel happy ,sad, etc;. Lots of things inspired me to take this photos.
Some things that inspired me were songs, actions that i used to see ,even movies. I think the the thing that most inspired me was music. I love hearing music and every time i hear something i like it gives an idea. I live to interpret life the way it looks and it is. Sometimes i used to take pictures that were just something beautiful that was just there. But it really had a meaning.
The songs i used in my DVD were some songs that i really like. I used a couple of songs that remind me of some special moments in my life.The artist were Hilary Duff and Belinda.This course have help me a lot not only to learn new thing but also to see what I'm going to be working with in college.The persons in my photos were my family, Friends or random people.I really want to thank all those people that help me get better in my work and inspired me.

Louis and Connie.

Annie Liebovitz

Annie Liebovitz  considered one of Americas best portrait photographers was born october 2, 1949 in westbury,connecticut.She had 5 more brothers or sisters. Her parents are sam , an air force lieutenant, and marilyn leibovitz, a modern dance instructor.She first started her career as a staff photographer for start-up rock music magazine, where she work for 10 years.  she was going to study painting but after her sophomore year she was interested in taking photographs.

minor white

What makes Minor White a great photographer?

  After the second World War Minor white was one of the best-known names in photography until the end of the 1970's.He was a religious man whose whole life was a spiritual journey.Minor white was a great teacher.He used to take pictures of spiritually empty landscapes.
   His grandfather was a keen amateur photographer and also owned a fine collection of lantern slides with many classic images of the Civil War and the opening up of the American West by Alexander Gardner, Timothy O'Sullivan and others. White started taking his own pictures when he was given a Box Brownie camara when he was around eight years old.White went to university of Minnesota to study a botany course. During the time he was studying he became more interested in poetry and creative writing, and ended up in 1933 with a degree in botany with a minor in English. 
  Minor white served in the u.s army from 1942 to 1945.Participating in the battle of the Philippines and was awarded a bronze star. I think he is a person to follow because he was judge for been a homosexual and never give up.He is a dedicated person that works hard.

Minor White

  Minor white was an American photographer, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in (1908-1977).He was an American photographer, educator, poet and critic. I decided to used him ,because he used the same textural for photography as i do. He usually take pictures of landscapes, bush, a tree, cracks in the road, or even a rusted up car.
  He studied botany at the University of Minnesota.He work on odd jobs before he started concentrating on photography.He used to work as a photographer for the works progress administration in oregon.In 145 he moved to new york city, where he studied at the university of columbia.
   In 1946 in California school of fine arts he worked as an assistant to Ansel Adams.White co-founded the magazine "aperture"with Adams, Lange, and Beaumont and Newhall. White became the Director of the California school.During this year he did a lot of work and accomplish a lot of stuff.

william eggleston

  William eggleston was born in Menphis Tennessee July 27, 1939.William was interested in visual media and audio technology as a child.He attend a lot of different universities, but never earn a degree in any.During college his interest in photography grow.He got a camara from his friend and started taking pictures.

(GREEN NEON REFLECTION AND PUDDLE, MAN WALKING, PARIS)
2007

  He was introduce to a lot of people and someone thought it was a surprising work.William taught at Harvard in 1973and 1974 that is where he prepared his first portfolio, entitled 14 pictures in (1974).He became known as"the father of color photography" for his striking photos, events and landescapes in the south.He won the Hasselblad foundation internacional award in photography in 1988, the Gold Medal for photography from the national arts club in 2003 and was   awarded the Getty lifetime achievement award from internacional center of photography in 2004. He has travel to a lot of places like Europe.