Book Research 13/3

This is who I am: Our beauty in all shapes and sizes.

Rosanne Olson

"Allowing themselves to be photographed to inspire other women to make peace with their physical selves."

- I like that she both photographs and interviews her subjects. She gave them a questionnaire designed to provoke thoughts about body image. She "collected their stories as well as their images".

A Body.

John Coplans

"I make my art by telling other people what to do. I talk it into being."

- I find it intriguing that he basically thinks up a concept for a shot, art directs the process, and is the model, but he doesn't actually take the picture. What does it actually mean to be a photographer? These are obviously still called his images even if he wasn't the one to press the button.

- I like how he takes multiple photos and pieces the body part back together.

Photo-Wisdom: Master Photographers On Their Art.

Albert Watson

I really like the lighting in this image.

Nadav Kander

"I've always admired art that tells me more about the artist's opinion and state of mind shown to me through the subject matter."

"Remove the context of time and place"

"I also let the subjects in part be the authors of these pictures; they were never cajoled into anything they didn't naturally do. I might invite them to try a stance that was typical of them, but I was very conscious they should be themselves."

I like the colours in this image and also the way it has been framed. I also enjoy how the subject is looking off to the side.

Phillip Toledano

"My personal work is very much about the world we live in. I'm interested in socioeconomics - in the bones of society and what fleshes it out; how we live and who we are."

Platon

"The most important thing is the people. It is not about photography for me so much as the chance to interact with people, study them, and get to know them a little."

"My task is not only to show what somebody looks like in my portraits, but to get across what it is like to meet them, touch them, and how they make me feel."