Amber Gregson

I Love Photography

Dave Enlgedow

I always loved the idea of taking pictures

while growing up. I haven’t known any

other way. I like looking back at things and digging through

old photo albums. His daughter, Alice Bee, is really going to get a

kick out of these when she grows up,

everyone will. This guy has got to be one of

the coolest artists ever in my eyes. He’s so

creative. This picture is from his series

called World’s Best Father. You can watch his daughter get older

throughout the photos. I also think it is really cool that he

incorporates his coffee cup into every photograph.

World’s Greatest Dad

Maia FloreSleep Elevation

This is a beautiful picture. It is from a whole collection called

Sleep Elevations. I like everything about this picture. The places Maia sets up are

like dreamlands. The background is so serene.

Everything is oddly calming. It makes me want to fly.

Hiding LimbsKyle Thompson I really like how

delightfully morbid this is. The boat is a

nice touch. This is from a series

by Kyle Thompson

called Hiding Limbs. I was

always inclined to be drawn

more towards the more

morbid things in life.

Ansel Adams

Clearing Winter Storm,Yosemite National Park 1942 or earlier

I love photography because you don’t

need the most high-tech, expensive

camera to take really amazing shots. This sure wasn’t taken

with a Cannon Rebel, but it doesn’t matter because the scene is

absolutely breath taking no matter

what. Landscapes are so cool to me

because you can take a photo of the same thing every

single day and chances are, no two photos will be the

exact same

1930s

Frida Kahlo in Manuel Alvarez Bravo's Studio

Manuel Alvarez BravoI love when artists come

together and make things. In my opinion, Frida Kahlo was an

amazing artist and an inspirational person. Manuel

captures a part of her that other photographer’s don’t. If you

didn’t know her story you would think she was just an average woman. She doesn’t look like

she is in pain or anything. This picture has little details that I

really enjoy, like the little stone face. I also like how you can

make out the other side of the room through the shiny ball.

Everything about this photograph is interesting.

1945

Taking PoisonMargaret Bourke-White

“Dr. Kurt Lisso, Leipzig's city treasurer,and his wife and

daughter after taking poison to avoid surrender to U.S. troops,

Leipzig”

As morbid as this photo is, I think it still manages to have a

few graceful aspects. The bodies are not

mangled or deformed, simply slumped over in a chair. Everything is neatly arranged,

except for that single piece of paper on the floor. It is also very

strange to me that the windows are open. It

makes you wonder just exactly they were

doing right before they died. Casual

conversations about the weather maybe?

1908-09Lewis Hine

Handicapped - Crippled Steelworker Different pictures

convey different things. When I see this I immediately think of Battleship Potempkin and the man with no legs. It

is about how everyone should be treated equal. You

can’t exactly tell how the man is feeling and I think that is what makes the

picture so amazing. Even though it is of something most of us would consider a hardship, the man doesn’t look like he

is struggling.

This photograph makes me think

of something from Alice in

Wonderland. It is so simple, but it still managed

to catch my eye.

Eugene AtgetSaint Cloud

1921-22

Frederick Sommer1939

Chicken

What makes a decapitated chicken head so interesting to look at? Is it the raised skin on the stub of its neck or is it the way its beak is slightly ajar?

Its eyes are closed and it would appear as if it were sleeping. The still intact

organs are a nice touch, so are the minuscule drops of

blood. Who would ever think of photographing something

as disturbing as this? Frederick Sommer would.

 Arno Rafael MinkkinenPictures give you a whole

new perspective on things. Everything about

this picture is so amazing. It reminds me

of something Escher would do. You don’t

necessarily need Photoshop to put illusions

into photos. You also don’t need color to make

pictures interesting. I really like this photo.