Research Photographers

 Rinko Kawauchi is a Japanese photographer who was born in 1972. Kawauchi studied graphic design and photography at Seian University of Art and Design, a private university in Shigan, Japan, where she graduated in 1993. Her work is known for her poetic deceptions of everyday life and shows ordinary moments in a poetic way.

This picture below caught my eye in many ways. I love how close the clouds are to whatever the surface is below. I can't really tell if its just water or not but the clouds towering over the surface from such a short distance above looked very cool to me. Also all the lights in the distance caught my attention and the very dark sky above the clouds.

Dana Scruggs is a photographer born in Chicago, Illinois but is now based in Brooklyn, New York. In 2016, she launched SCRUGGS Magazine, a print publication dedicated to her vision of the male form. Dana stated; "I want to capture the male form within and throughout its layers of physicality, vulnerability, and masculinity." She says she is interested in the male form because in her experience, men are willing to go outside their comfort zone.

This image below caught my interest. I love the odd position the man is in while the picture is being taken and also what he is wearing in the photo. I love seeing men do anything for the art of a picture. Also where the picture is taken made it interesting to me as well. To me it looks like they are in a desert of some sort with the hot sun beaming down on them.

Lee Friedlander is an American photographer and artist who was born in 1934. He studied at the school ArtCenter College of Design in Los Angeles from 1953-1955 before moving to New York City in 1956. When he arrived in New York City, he began his career by taking pictures for Atlantic Records of the label's blues and jazz musicians. Friedlander is known for his asymmetrical black and white pictures of the American "social landscape", everyday people, places, and things.

This image below is interesting to me because of all these people he caught in this one shot. Also the fact that all these individuals are living different lives but are all being captured in the same picture. Also love the fact that no one in the picture was looking in the way of the camera and are just going on with their everyday lives.