PHOTOGRAPHERS RESEARCH

ART DIREC TION Chu Quynh Anh - GDH18297 Nguyen Duc Phuc - GDH18708 Vu Ha Anh - GDH18175 Nguyen Linh Chi - GDH18060 PHOTO GRAPHERS RESEARCH 02 ABOUT Andy Gotts MBE MA is a photographer based in London, England and New York He is most noted for his black and white portraits of Hollywood actors and singers Since 1990 Gotts’ work has been published internationally and has appeared in many magazines, including; GQ, Empire, FHM, Total Film, Stern, French Vogue, Glamour, El Mundo, OK Salute!, Marie Claire, io Donna; as well as weekend newspaper supplements and advertising campaigns ANDY GOTTS 03 CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 2009 2011 2012 The National Portrait Gallery holds a selection of his photographs in their permanent collection and Gotts was honoured with the presentation of the Fox Talbot Award 04 Gotts was conferred the degree Doctor of Arts by De Montfort University and he is a former President of the British Institute of Professional Photographers Gotts appointed MBE in the New Years Honours PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS Andy mainly focuses on close up Black and White portraits shoot He like the idea of capturing the unique characters of people and as a result he choose the mono lighting to express it 05 Andy usually using either very soft or very hard lighting in his photographs The lighting source would be placed on one side or in front of the model He normally use three ELC Pro HD heads, a softbox or an Octa as his main light source, maybe also a grid on another light or a bounced light 06 Andy’s photograph mainly using whether black & white colour set or monochromatic set He also uses very light ashes filter on his photographs making the subject looks more appealing and also describes the model’s characteristics The photograph would focus on the upper part above the shoulder ABOUT Ren Hang (1987 - 2017) was a poet and film photographer born in Nong’ An, China At the age of 17, he left his hometown to settled down in Beijing to study marketing His college work didn’t interest him so in order to kill boredom - he bought himself a small Minolta point-and-shoot film camera and taught himself to use it Ren endured a long battle with cyclical depression throughout his life His struggle eventually led him to commit suicide on February 23rd 2017 Rest in peace Ren Hang REN HANG 07 CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ren created several photographic series between 2008 and 2016 2010 2014 2016 Awarded the Third Terna Contemporary Art, Italy Solo Exhibitions “In addition to sleep” Copenhagen Photo Festival, Denmark “Naked/Nude, Foam” Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands 08 PutsetUnseen Exhibition Fund PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS Over the years, he gradually shifted from seemingly candid shots of individuals nudes to sexually-charged and explicit photographs, in which young naked bodies interlaced with one another in uncommon settings and complex compositions His models posed naked, in impromptu choreographies, stacked like compression sculptures, often contorted in unnatural shapes Their body parts were interlaced with flowers, hairs, and animals amongst other atypical props Ren combined indoors, outdoors, natural and urban environments to create a playful raw vision of young people, regardless their gender When it comes to Ren Hang’s photography, there is no filter, no photoshop, no luxury equipments “My camera is a very cheap film camera It’s very easy, you don’t need to anything You just hit the flash”, said Ren He was also known for his distinctive speed, decisiveness, and spontaneity Right hand there, left foot there, body like this, he directed exactly on the composition, placement of bodies, how he’d wanted the image to turn out 10 Sex organs, breasts and butt holes were not covered up, but featured, or accentuated with props and close-ups In quick succession, naked bodies and hands were stacked, splayed, and sprawled Then his film-loaded, point-and-shoot camera would start snapping ABOUT Nobuyoshi Araki (May 25, 1940) is a Japanese photographer and contemporary artist.He is known primarily for his photography which blends eroticism and bondage in a fine art context, with 500 photographic books have been published NOBU YOSHI ARAKI 11 CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 1997 2005 2008 Many musicians such as Bjork, Lady Gaga and Sky Ferreira, etc have served as his models 12 Travis Klose, an American director, recorded a documentary about Araki called “Arakimentari”, which discuss his personal lifestyles and arts Araki was diagnosed with prostate cancer and was successfully cured Later on, Araki lost his right eye vision due to a retinal artery obstruction, therefore released “Love on the Left Eye” PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS For over half a century, Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki has devoted himself to plumbing the depths of that which is most intimate – the invisible, intangible spirit that animates our very flesh In his hands, the erotic transcends the mere functionality of pornography and reveals the raw intensity of the emotional, physical, and psychological self that gives sex its power 13 Araki freely uses different cameras in his compoundeye photographic techniques Along with a medium-format Pentax, his primary camera, Araki keeps one autofocus and another manual 35mm, a mirrorless DSLR and a Polaroid SLR on standby Although they are only part of his collection, one does not often meet photographers like him, who use these many cameras to shoot one model Regardless of subject, Araki photographic style is to create multiple works simultaneously from a single model 14 ABOUT DANIEL KORDAN Daniel Kordan has a deep fascination with the possibilities that photography offers as an expressive medium Growing up in the lake region of Russia just south of Moscow, Kordan’s niche is precise - the art of landscape photography Like so many other travel and landscape photographers, he offers photography workshops 15 CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 2013 2015 2016 National Geographic Russia contest 2013 winner 16 Trierenberg Super Circuit Award for Best landscape photographer Having publications in such magazines as Digital SLR Magazine, UK, Photography week, Photography Master Class, National Geographic, Discovery, etc PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS Kordan’s work is what we call “a travel motive” or a constant invitation to anyone - photographer or not - to explore the world and to let themselves be moved by the magnificence that our planet has to offer He is not a traditional landscape photographer that sets himself apart from human nature but, instead, he loves to show how the human presence resides inside the incredible, endlessness of nature itself 17 As an ambassador of Nikon, he uses Nikon DSLRs and Nikkor lenses.To capture the beauty of the nature, he usually takes panorama pictures using long exposure method Also he uses transitioning neutral density filters to achieve a gorgeous effect similar to a very natural HDR by slightly darkening the sky with a physical filter that become lighter towards the bottom 18 REFER ENCES PHOTOGRAPHERS RESEARCH http://thewordmagazine.com/art/ portfolio-report-ren-hang/ https://www.camerapress.com/photographers/studio-photographers/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren_ andy-gotts Hang_(photographer) https://www.elinchrom.com/interviews/andy-gotts.html http://photographyofchina.com/blog/ ren-hang-obituary https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Nobuyoshi_Araki https://www.anothermag.com/ art-photography/11599/archive-erotic-photographer-nobuyoshi-araki-impossible-love-vintage-photographs 19 ... towards the bottom 18 REFER ENCES PHOTOGRAPHERS RESEARCH http://thewordmagazine.com/art/ portfolio-report-ren-hang/ https://www.camerapress.com /photographers/ studio -photographers/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren_... by De Montfort University and he is a former President of the British Institute of Professional Photographers Gotts appointed MBE in the New Years Honours PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS Andy mainly focuses... Polaroid SLR on standby Although they are only part of his collection, one does not often meet photographers like him, who use these many cameras to shoot one model Regardless of subject, Araki