David Bailey.

David Bailey.

David Bailey is a very popular and very inspirational photographer, he has done a lot of different pieces of work and they are all interesting. Bailey has done really well for himself and has got quite an interesting career history.

CAREER HISTORY

1959 onwards: Photographer for British, American, French & Italian Vogue

1966 onwards: Director of commercials

1968 to 1971: Director and Producer of television documentaries including "Beaton", "Warhol" and "Visconti"

Films 1992: BBC Drama "Who Dealt?" Directed by David Bailey, starring Juliette Stevenson,

Films 1995: South Bank Films "The Lady is a Tramp" Directed and Written by David Bailey, featuring Catherine Bailey

1998: Documentary  David Bailey & Ginger Television Production "Models Close Up"

Directed by David Bailey Commissioned by Channel 4 Television

1999: GFT Kingsborough/Steve Walsh Productions

Director feature film "The Intruder" 

2003: BBC  “The Real Blow Up”

2004: BBC “ Bailey’s  70’s” Fame Fashion and Photography

David Bailey has photograph many of models such as Kate Moss, Jerry Hall etc. Jerry hall has said that bailey is dyslexic and is very articular but thats just bailey but he is such a nice man that when he photographs you, you feel relaxed and the day just flows nicely and he is a pleasent man.

David has also won quite a lot of awards and these are what they are:

AWARDS

Numerous awards including for commercials:

The  Golden Lion - Cannes

The Cleo - America

American Television Award

D&AD Gold - London

EMMY Award - America

1998 D&AD - Presidents Award - London

2001 Awarded CBE

2005 Centenary Medal RPS

2006 Lucie Awards

    

2008 New York Arts Club Gold Medal

i really like Davids work as he does a series of images that could suit everyone so he likes to pleases his fans, i particularly like his image of kate moss then using oil pastels he painted her face. it gave me the idea of pop art which is what Andy Warhol did with his Marylin Monroe image. I also like his studio work with the self portraits and he just wanted to give the effect of the photographer and model.

Here are some images of David's work

with this image i really like the black and white effect, i also like the black background aswell  i think that it works really well, i also like the pose this could be an idea for my future assignments.

i really like this image as i find it unusual and i really like the gold metallic lips i think this gives of an interesting effect. 

Fujifilm Film Student Awards- 'The Colour Of...'

FujiFilm Student Awards- 'The Colour Of....'

We have been asked to enter a competition called fujifilm and the theme is 'colour'. we have to take a series of images but submit them singular and the judges will decided an overall winner and a monthly winner. the overall winner will recieve £200 worth of fujifilm film, a professionally produced folio of prints and a one-to-one printing/consulting session with one of metroprint's top printers. the winning image will then feature in an exhibition to be held in london next summer.

http://www.fujifilmstudentawards.co.uk/prizes.php 

Initial Ideas:

1. Shoes.
2. sweets
3. paint
4. crayons
5. animals
6. food
7. balloons
8. hair & beauty
9. make-up
10. flowers
11. eyes
12. sculptures
13. shapes
14. drink
15. eye make-up.

For my idea im thinking of doing eye make-up, some that are very simple and elegant and then doing some that are over the top with bright colours, false eyelashes and eye gems etc.

Craig Fellows.

Craig Fellows

Craig Fellows is a fashion designer who does simple work but makes it into something amazing. He uses a lot of images and repeats them and then prints them onto material and makes scarfs, pillows, cards, little clutch purses etc. I really like his work because its simple but i find that his work is a little overpriced. By looking at his work you can really tell he has spent a really long time with designing process and making process. with his work as well you can tell that he has had a target audience with the design and the prices. other than that i am not really a big dan of Craig's work, as it's not my particular taste but you can tell he has worked very hard on his work

This is one of his clutch purses £29.50

This is one of his scarfs £89.99

This is one of his pillows £29.50

Kid Acne.

Kid Acne

Kid Acne is a young graphic and fine art designer. He was a teenager when he created the name Kid Acne as he was a spotty teenager, but his real name is Ed. His first exhibition was in his home town called 'kill your darlings'. He has done a range of projects from t-shirts, album covers, memorials with graffiti on the wall etc. His first album cover was for his brothers band called 'Brian and the teenagers'. He did study fine art at university. I find that Ed's work is very graphic and illustrating I do really like his work as he has not afraid to challenge himself I think this what makes him inspiring. When his name started to get reconised he was having his work shown by other companies such as night clubs, festivals etc but alongside still did graffiti but stopped in 2002. After this Ed started to get interested in fantasy imagery and did work/ album sleeve for a music group (TTC) from france and this then made his work go public. Ed does his designs by hand and then scans them into photoshop and does more work on top of it to make his work perfect. Ed has literally been over the world such as Miami, LA, Barcelona etc. When he went to barcelona he did most of his memorial work on walls as it was risk free and there was no chance that you were going to get arrested. After he did his graffiti he had an email of Prada asking him to do a series of funky t-shirts for the seasons from autumn to winter and then did a series for spring to summer, these t-shirts were really crazy and really fashionable. I really liked them, carry on from his fashion project his mates wife asked him to put some of his designs on knitwear, these were really good. Another year goes by and he has done a tour in Brazil and did a pinting tour he has met some different people from different cultures and religions. He is still friends with them now. In 2008 he did a project for skateboards with different designs in kid acne style. He then wanted to do something different with graffiti and started painting slogans on walls such as "everyone is a winner" and "you will thank me one day", they were that big it took two people with rollers as they were some on glass roofs. He then decided to go around the world and write in the different languages for example he went to germany and graffitied on the glass roof in german. He just wanted to make a statement. He then had other ideas to make a book cover with characters and a toy company in new york ask if he could let them make them into toys, he agreed to do this, he then did some designs and sent them off. Ed then got the images back from the toy company and there were adjustments to be made which everyone was fine about, there is always improvements. After this was done he was asked if they could be made into people to make a filmplay which he was interested in doing and it turned out to be successful. Ed has based his work on pop art and actual people with real stories. He has done a range of different projects in the UK and all over the world, but still sticks to his fine art side, he finds that this is his strongest point in all the stuff he does. One of his recent projects was for perfume but the photographer wanted to exhibit them but felt like the images needed more so asked Ed and he did his graphic on top of the work and then these images turned out to be really good. When he was at university Ed and his mate created a comic book this was called zebra face. It is very comical and interesting. With Ed's work I find that he likes a challenge and is willing to do anything, I find that doing this you are really passionate about what your doing. I really like Kid Acne's work as it is colourful, outstanding and makes you passionate about what you would like to do yourself in the future.

Annie Leibovitz

Annie Leibovitz.

Annie Leibovitz, is the sort of woman who will photograph anything and everything weather it is on assignment or family she is seeing life through a lens. Annie is a very enthusiastic mother with three children, her photography is based on family friends and famous people. She is very daring in her images and tries to please everybody weather it is for a magazine agents, agents of big stars such as George Clooney, Kristen Dunset, Brad Pitt, Chris Rock, Kiera Knightley. The majority of her works were very staged that were outstanding but then she did realistic pieces with the big story on John Lennon she photographed John Lennon naked with his wife, Yoko Ono. With finishing the shoot about six hours later John was shot and it was a shock to Annie then later John then passed away in the emergency room. Annie was devastated. Annie Leibovitz, did another realistic piece with the rolling stones working on covers on the magazine and with the band itself. Annie then got involved with the rock star life and got hooked on to drugs and was then put into rehab. She photographed some work based on this as well, Annie also did work for vogue, vanity fair and life magazine. Although she did do photography she went to San Francisco university and wanted to become an art teacher, Annie went to San Francisco because her father got involved in the Vietnam War and was based in the Philippines. This was a very difficult time for Annie but by photographing this her mind was taken of it. Leibovitz did a piece on dance and photographed a young lad doing ballet and because of the movements she decided that dance couldn't be photographed, but then said "wouldn't it be beautiful and wonderful if it was". Annie had a saying and it was that she thought that with having a big family then the "camera was another family member". With Annie's work she was told that she had simple and basic ideas and turned them into something amazing her reply was "no i have silly ideas", with this she is putting a stamp on her work.



In 2007, Annie did a shoot on Disney Characters, such as beauty and the beast, snow white, cinderella etc.

Cinderella.

Snow White.

Captain Hook.

Little Mermaid.

These are some images of Annie's work for the rolling stones covers and the John Lennon piece.

The Rolling Stones In Action.

The Rolling Stones Cover Of John Lennon (6 hours before he was shot).

Brian Griffin. (to be Edited)

Brian Griffin.

Brain Griffin is a well-known photographer who has been working in the industry for 40 years and has produce a lot of work.

Sally Mann.

Sally Mann.

Sally mann, is a famous photographer who photographed literally everything that was around her, she made everything that looks boring and turned it into something beautiful. With Sally's work she photographed mainly her family, lanscapes and dead bodies or dead body parts. Her husband, Larry, mentioned that Sally has always got a camera in her hand and if you were there you had to be part of the image. Sally mann is a big inspiration to young photographers as she see's beauty in everything and she believes that the things that are close to you make the art the best. I don't think she got her inspiration from another artist that is known but she did get inspiration the old-fashioned way from a book called 'world of artist'. she came to the intention of photographing her children. By doing this she saw things differently when she had her children I think that if she photographed her children then she understood that her inspiration was right in front of her nose to photograph her family. Which she finds beautiful. When Sally photographs things she does it so she doesn't forget things. Sally wasn't the easiest child to raise, her father didn't want to disappoint and was a very proper and demand her parents were very popular in there community and never paid attention to sally. She met her husband when she was 18 and have been married 33 years. I really like Sally Mann's work as she has got inspiration the old-fashioned way which i find interesting, With getting her inspiration from one little thing and then making her images to make them her own is truly amazing and she has always got a camera in her hand so this proves that she is passionate about photography. 



 
This image is a photograph of her daughter and she got her to jump in a pool and spread her hair around in the water and then close her eyes and took her photo. then changed the image to black and white, I  really like this image as to look at you know it has a meaning and has depth, this is what I like about her images there is always and meaning and she truly is one beautiful inspiration.