Aaron Siskind
Aaron Siskind was an American photographer who was best known for his black and white photography which focused on surfaces and objects. His work has been described as sculptural, vast and painterly due to their lack of scale or context. I chose to look into Siskind because his photographs inspired me to start looking closer at the surfaces and objects which surround me. I began to start examining surfaces of glass object to find patterns which were created by a small amount of light.
Wolfgang Tillmans
Wolfgang Tillmans is a German photographer whos work focuses on observations of his surroundings. His photographic practice focuses on diaristic photography, large scale abstraction and commissioned magazine work.
"I want the pictures to be working in both directions," the artist had said. "I accept they they speak about me, and yet at the same time, I want and expect them to function in terms of the viewer and their experiences." This is what I want to get across within my own photographic practice. A photograph is just a flat image and the story behind it doesn't entirely matter to me unless the viewer and take that image and relate to it some way within their own lives.
Frances Seward
Frances Seward is an English photographer who creates large spacial photographs. Her work is inspired by Asian art and culture, as well as tranquility found in nature. I chose to look into Seward because her the technique which she uses to create her pieces, is similar to how I create mine. She uses her camera to capture the wonder of glass and natural light which is what I experiment with. Glass and mirrors have been something which I have found fascinating since I was young. To me there are a window to another world which is filled with refracted light and colours. This is something which I like to capture within my own practice which can be seen within my previous project called "The Highstreet".
