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Ansel Wouldn’t ApproveThe Rebellious Spirit of Street Art Photography
“Street Art Photography”One cannot even find a definition via Google
Traits of Street Art Photography
• “Spontaneity” • Not studio based• Emergence by the artist in the subject matter • Use of film prevalent over digital• Limited to no post processing• Limited concern with capturing a flaw • Final product often appears “Amateurish” in
technique
William Eggleston
• 1st photographer to have a color photography exhibit at New York’s MOMA (1976)
• Ansel Adams was displeased writing the curator that “color is only acceptable if abstract and parting from reality”Untitled (The Red Room 1973)
“The Godfather of Street Art Photography”
Untitled (Los Alamos Glass 1980)
Untitled (Halloween Outskirts of Morton, Mississippi 1973)
Boogie
• Born in Belgrade, Serbia
• Photographs urban life
• In 2006 released a book entitled “It’s All Good,” Boogie was an overnight success.
Gang member and his little sister. Brooklyn, 2003
“Fearless Urban Photographer”
Martie, crack addicted mother of 4, washing her new born baby. Brooklyn, 2005
2010 marked a major change in Boogie’s work.
Gypsy children in my neighborhood. Belgrade, Serbia 2010
Apocalypto. Greenpoint, Brooklyn 2010
Craig Mammano
• Documented New Orleans in the aftermath of Katrina.
• Image is considered by Craig the pure truth no post processing used.
“Truth in the aftermath”
Tim Barber
• Born and raised in Amherst, Massachusetts.
• Adopted a casual approach to art and design while in college.
• Photography is about capturing the moment not creating one.
“Curator of Casual”
Actress and Musician Chloe Sevigny
Untitled (Sink of Steam)
Seba Kurtis“The Man Without a Country”
• Born in Argentina
• Lived as an illegal immigrant
• Overall Goal is too put illegal immigration in a new context
• Exposes film negative to light and/or other elements
Apache Sign. Tombstone, AZ
700 miles
Ari and Nachos. El Portal, AZ God. Guadalupe, AZ
A Few Days More
Saint Germain Tanta
Drowned
Medano Abrigos
The Exhibition
• Salon Style exhibition
• White walls
• Small number under each piece that corresponds with a list of the art
• Quotes by each artist