WK 6 LIGHT-DIRECT RESEARCH

Artist 1
Hellen Van Meene

Hellen Van Meene (born 1972) is a Dutch photographer known especially for her portraits.
She was born in Alkmaar and became interested in photography very early after her mother gave her a camera at age 15.
For her portraits, she most often approaches girls on the street. She chooses her subject matter by finding girls who" could be said to have ‘imperfect’ faces and 'flawed' bodies". She pre-visualizes the portrait but is open to improvisation.

HELLEN VAN MEENE
Untitled 0422, 2013
Chromogenic Print
12 × 12 in
30.5 × 30.5 cm
Edition of 10

I like this image,looks like the model was standing next to a window so ambient light or direct light was used here creating shadows on her face.The red dress shes wearing makes her skin looks porcelain and very flawless.This would be taken from a low vantage point with a narrow depth of field because you can see the background.

HELLEN VAN MEENE
Untitled, 2015
Chromogenic print
Edition of 10

This image shows ambient light used from a window,direct light you can see shadows on her face its almost like a cold image because of the grey cement wall and her pale face and she looks like shes sitting on a chair but her dress is covering it making her appear to be floating.Taken from a low vantage point and narrow depth of field.Using the rule of thirds the model is placed in the centre of the horizontal lines.




Artist 2
Larry Sultan 

Larry Sultan (July 13, 1946 – December 13, 2009) was an American photographer from the San Fernando Valley in California.He started his career in the 1970s as a conceptual photographer.In 1977, he published a collection of photographs he found in corporate and government archives called "Evidence" with fellow photographer Mike Mandel.The New York Times characterized them as "a watershed in the history of art photography." The two men also created billboards aimed at slowing down road traffic. He then published Pictures From Home, a collection of photographs taken of his parents in the San Fernando Valley from 1982 to 1992, whose role was to question societal expectations of gender and aging.

               Dad on Bed / 1984

This is an image of Larry sultans dad,this is a good example of diffused light and direct light.Direct light from the window at the back and diffused light,He would have used a reflector placed on the right side to take the image because there are no shadows on his dads face.The image has cool colours the green rug,the blue suit and red tie and theirs green,purple clothes at the back.The wall paper has patterns and the texture of the duvet is shown in the image.

              Dads leg/1986
This image would be taken using direct light because you can see shadows at the back.complementary colours can bee see here with the green rug and wall and blue shorts.Larry would have been kneeling to take this image.




Reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellen_Van_Meene
https://www.artsy.net/artist/hellen-van-meene
http://larrysultan.com/gallery/pictures-from-home/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Sultan
Books:
Women Photographers: From Julia Margaret Cameron to Cindy Sherman Hardcover – May 8, 2014
by Boris Friedewald  (Author)
Page 146
Larry Sultan: Here and Home Hardcover – November 11, 2014
by Rebecca Morse  (Author), Sandra Phillips (Contributor), Philip Gefter (Contributor)