Tyler Angelo 

Week 7

Portraits

Iphone 7 Plus

Week 6 Stieglitz And O'Keeffe

Intense, was the first thing that came to mind as I listened and read to this love story between Stieglitz and O'Keeffe.  Writing letters 2-3 times a day, some of those letters where 40 pages long, seems very extreme!  He was very well known and established and she was younger and no where near as famous as Stieglitz when they met.  Eventually, they married and things seem to change thereafter.  O'Keefe's work becomes famous and she decides to go to New Mexico and falls in love with it. Stieglitz was worried and upset, O'Keefe chooses New Mexico, she does what's best for her and her happiness.  I feel that throughout their correspondence they grew to know one another very  intimately. They had a connection and a bond that seemed comfortable. They had trust, respect and most of all honesty.  Even if it wasn't what Stieglitz wanted to hear, O'Keefe explained her time away and I think that takes an authentic person. I wish I knew more about their love story and I would consider reading their book, might be a good summer read. 

Tyler Angelo
Week 5: Details
East Haven, Ct
Iphone 7 Plus
Edited in Photoshop

Week Six

Week Six

First and foremost, I am a mother of four children ranging in ages 1 1/2- 11 years of age. I am also very self conscious. With that being said, I believe this is vivid in the pictures that I modeled for. I tried to get my 11 year old, my 3 year old, and my boyfriend to model for me, however it was just a no-go, so I decided to take matters into my own hands.

Stieglitz and O'Keeffe

The article on Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O'Keeffe is a story about how one artist and one aspiring/soon to be artist manage to find each other. I feel happy for them when they discuss how they were send each other lots of long letters and even eventually fall in love and get married. I eventually feel for O'Keeffe. Although they seemed to be so in love O'Keeffe's dreams in the art world were calling her name and by stepping away from someone and something that doesn't allow her to move forward in the direction she see's herself in, she became successful and well known, but also most importantly, she became happy and free and I love that.

In relation to this course I loved although it may have been a bit provocative: "photograph you — the hands — the mouth — & eyes — & the enveloped in black body — the touch of white — & the throat — but I didn't want to break into your time — " I could almost see a photograph/image with these things mentioned in my mind. 

Week 6

Decided to give it a go with pets. I have my own dog sitting/dog walking business and work at a kennel so my models were everywhere!

Alisha Norton
This set is of my niece Sofie, who is 3 years old. It was very difficult to catch her with more of a natural face and to keep her in place by the window. I also tried different times of the day to see when the best sun shine came through. The window is on the left and I used a white poster board just outside the camera frame to reflect the light back on to her face. I have a new appreciation for the cost of a professional portrait photographers. The pictures were edited with PIXLR.

EDIT* I darkened Sofie's dress

Edit* I used the full version in color

Week 6

Week 6

Anthony Belbusti 

Alfred Sieglitz and Georgia O'Keefe Story

I found the story kind of interesting because their story is documented through their letters early on. It sounds a little weird how it explained that Seiglitz lusted to take photos of O'Keefe in the beginning. I more interpreted that it showed the passion he had for photography and O'Keefe as a person. It was even more weird knowing that he was 52 and established when they met, while she was 28 and unknown as an artist with ambition. Even though Seiglitz was unhappy in his first marriage he still felt that he could live out his dreams and he wanted O'Keefe to be apart of that life. I found it very inspiring how even though they both found a way to live with each other and marry later on they still had passion for their crafts. O'Keefe really wanted to be an artist and have her work recognized world-wide. Even though Seiglitz was a photographer he still struggles with how he is going to provide for his new life with O'Keefe. This story shows that sometimes their is a constant struggle with love, passion, and relationships. I find it kind of bizarre that when they both married in 1924 that they had marital issues. They couldn't agree on having children, O'Keefe didn't like that they stayed with Seiglitz's family in the summer, and the age difference I feel played a role in that later. In my opinion I feel like the best thing O'Keefe did was go to New Mexico to find herself. It seemed like Seiglitz was holding her back from being the woman that she wanted to be and Seiglitz couldn't handle her absence. 

Week 5

Week 5- Flowers and one drink