Option 1: Take at least five photographs inspired or in the same style as a photographer by your choice and write 600 words explaining the similarities, or why you took the photos in a particular way. You should explain the most important aspects of the work of the photographer you have chosen. Post the assignment on your website and submit the link through WebCt Assignments.
ANNE GEDDES
Anne Geddes is a famous baby photographer. She is one of the most respected and successful professional photographers in the world. Her pictures celebrating life and birth have won the hearts of people all around the world. Her photographs have made it to calendars, greeting cards, books, photo albums, and other products, that are published all over the world. her success is all because of her deep love for children. This is something that Anne Geddes and I have in common. This is why I choose her as the photographer of my choice.
Anne Geddes style of photographs is that she focuses on babies innocents. Another factor that contributes to the popularity of her images is that she places her babies in interesting environments and contexts. The babies are always taken in a symbolic manner, whether it involves nature or the baby alone. She also uses a wide variety of photography enhancements. For example, some will be in black in white, some in sepia, and some will have a high contrast. In an interview, Anne Geddes explains why she uses black and white photos. She stated that she finds that, “I find that in black-and-white work, there are no distractions; I can zero in on the image I want.” She also feels that it has a far more emotional content (http://www.photoinsider.com/pages/AnneGeddes/AnneGeddes.html).
All the photographs that I took were all taken by me and my nieces are the subjects. I tried my best to re-create Anne Geddes photographs; however, it was very difficult. Although I am scarce of many of the props and resources that Anne Geddes uses, I tried to display as much emotion as she does. The two main features that I noticed about her subjects (babies) were that they were either naked or wearing a costume. I tried my best to display this aspect of her photographs as well.
this photograph was inspired by one of Anne Geddes photographs of a new born baby who is in a pile of roses. The moment that I saw this picture, I feel in love with it and knew I had to re-create it in my own way. Short of resources, I got my rose printed scarf and used that as the background. I feel that this gave off the same emotion as the original picture. The subject is also naked in this picture, which is used in her photographs frequently.
Photographer number 2:
This photograph is of a toddler, who is a little bit older than the subjects in Anne Geddes photographs. I put her in a wooden basket with a stuffed animal, which is specifically an angel. I have seen a lot of Anne Geddes photographs where she puts the babies in a basket or inside of any particular prop. The angel is symbolic because she also uses angel wings on the babies and angels in general in a lot of her photographs. I also made this photograph sepia, which, sepia and black and white, is a trademark of Anne Geddes as well.
Photograph number 3:
This picture that I took reminds me of a very traditional Anne Geddes photograph. The baby is in a costume and the colour is very bright and a lot of contrast is used. This photograph is probably the closest to Anne Geddes’ style.
Photograph number 4:
This photograph was inspired from one of Anne Geddes’ photographs. I saw the photograph of the baby in the mother’s hands, and I knew I had to re-create it. Anne Geddes’ photographs are all about purity and the delicacy of a baby. This picture explained all of that. Although this position was very hard to accomplish, I tried my best. I also made it black and white which is very common for an Anne Geddes photograph.
Photograph number 5:
This is another traditional baby photo by Anne Geddes. It is of a baby in a costume.
Sources
All photographs are taken from http://www.annegeddes.com/
or taken by myself.
