Rodchenko

"Shukhov Tower", a photoograph taken by Rodchenko in 1926, is illustrative of the considerations we are required to take for our photography assignment.
This being a black and white photo, there is no color. However, there are shifts in value that indicate line and shadow. The lack of color focuses attention on the form. The composition is symmetrically composed, and the tower forms a strong central triangle. This creates a powerfully strong image, and also one that catches the machine made perfection of the form. The perspective is from the bottom looking up. Because of this, the tower becomes extremely imposing and monumental. It's a pyramid for the 20th century.

Photo Color

This is a shot I took up at lake Hartwell a while back, I feel it shows nice depth

Stencil Lyon

So this is a stencil done by "Broken Crow", which is actually the work of 2* stencil artisits: John Grider & Michael Fitzsimmons. They both recently visited Austin, TX to display some of their "larger than life" stencils, to include these two lions. I wonder what the completion time was on this masterpiece, seeing how large it is. I think that their color palete choice is interesting; these lions look like they have "the blues"...haha. ha.

this is a good example of stencil. This is a stencil graffiti by Ray Noland in Chicago. This is piece former Governor Rod Blagojevich jogging down the street.

This is an awesome example of stencil work. The most amazing thing about stencil art is the way this type of art interact instantly with the viewer. Using the stencil on it’s favor the same artwork can be displayed in numerous places at the same time without a problem. This work was part of a peace protest outside the Houses of Parliament on May 11, 2006 in London.

Not really related to our stencil/stamp compositions, just thought that since we'd be getting into photography soon, that this was a nice blend of photo and sketching. If you check out the guy's flickr, his stuff is really really dope:

Artist - Ben Heine
Flickr

-Nate

Monkey Men by M.C. Escher

"Monkey Men" by M.C. Escher.

I chose to use this image for my weekly blog post because I think Escher as an artist has a very good interpretation of what good composition is. He uses the pattern and direction in which he places it to illustrate motion. The gradient from white to black also assists in moving one's eye around the image.