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Blood and Glitter!!!

Jana Margarete Schuler’s “Between Blood and Glitter” is a gorgeous and amazing piece. Jana Margarete Schuler was born in a small town in the district “Kellerwald” and currently lives in Bamberg, Germany. Jana Margarete Schuler had always had an interest in the more out there things that humanity has to offer, such as the wrestlers or luchadores of Mexico.

Unfortunately, the only place that holds these gorgeous photographs is Lens culture and they don’t include the sizes of the photographs, but it doesn’t change what is shown which is the spontaneous captures and a gorgeous story about not only this niche, but also the lives of these women that chose this as their career.

I love the way that this takes a niche and represents it so beautifully. It’s strengthened my idea that you should never be afraid to go against the norm. Don’t be afraid to be passionate about something when no one else is. Just continue doing what you love and don’t stop!

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Space

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Sarah Hobbs was born in 1970. She attended the University of Georgia and got two degrees. Her first being a Bachelor’s in Art History in 1992 and a Master’s in Photography. Her book “Sarah Hobbs: Small Problems in Living” shows the very interesting way that she tries to sell a message by using space.

The book was published as a hardcover on May 31, 2012 by Charta. The book has 72 pages in total, organized in a neat little 11 x 0.5 x 11 book. Each page has a photo on the right side of the book and small text at the top left of the left side of the page. It really takes advantage of that empty space to make a sense of unease that Sarah wanted to achieve for her message.

This really taught me that space is super important when it comes to trying to evoke feelings. The shots that Sarah Hobbs had taken were done intentionally to create a feeling and this doesn’t just apply to photos. I’ll be taking into account the way I also format text both outside the image and in it!

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Private

Tod Lippy’s “Private” is a very interesting book. Born in the year 1963 in Baltimore, Maryland, Tod Lippy had graduated with not just one but two degrees from two different colleges. A Masters in Art history and a Master’s in Cinema Studies with these two degrees from Williams College and New York University respectively. He worked just as hard to make a name for himself and made sure he could never fail as he not only made art with his photographs and books, but also music!

Private was a book, published by Mirrorical Books (2024) and with some help from Ed Park. The book was released as a softcover with 29 photographs in color, 66 pages and a perfect 8.5 x 8.5 inches. The pages hold one photograph every other page while the page next to it is blank.

I believe that something I can take away from Tod Lippy’s book is that, sometimes, you don’t need a whole lot of text in order to have someone understand your message. You can or should let the photo speak for itself. There’s always a beauty and strength to letting your art be perceived without trying to influence your audience with words when an image can speak a thousand words.

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Artificial Wonderland!

The collection, “Artificial Wonderland” by Yang Yongliang is a wonderful example of using a camera to capture reality but make it seem like an illustration coming from someone’s mind as well as how one can take inspiration from something's aesthetic and use that to make their own version of that art!

Yang Yongliang is from Shanghai, born 1980 and having graduated in 2003 from China Academy of Art. Yang has taken inspiration from paintings that are mostly seen from the Song Dynasty. The sizes are 61.81" x 338.58" / 157 × 860 cm and were taken in a landscape view, giving a wonderful view of the landscape. The photographs were made black and white to replicate that brushstroke feel that the Song Dynasty was known for.

I honestly think that it’s gorgeous the way that the photographs had me make a double take and check if it was even a photograph! I believe that Yang Yongliang succeeded in making his own Song Dynasty ‘paintings’. It really reminds me that you can always take inspiration from something and make your own twist. Take what you’ve seen around you and use it in your own art!

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❄ Snowflakes ❄

Wilson A. Bentley in the early 1900’s had captured the unique structures of snowflakes. He had captured many photographs and soon sent 500 prints to the Smithsonian Institution Archives where they still are today. The prints were 3.5 x 3 and were printed using Albumen. Each print shows a snowflake close up, giving view to the unique structures and patterns.

Each of the prints has either a circle frame around it or a background, showing the snowflakes. I like these pieces because it really reminds me of how every piece of art is unique. The way that, even if all of the pictures are photographed in the same kind of way, it doesn't take away from the subject. It really shows how sometimes you don't need a complicated or super different point of view to make something stand out. The snowflakes themselves already stand out, so why over complicate the camera angle when the focus is already a beauty itself? 

This has reminded me that you don’t need to over complicate things. It really inspires me to use the subject to its potential, especially when having limited options. You don't always need to spend or have the most expensive equipment to still make a statement or make wonderful art!

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Weekend Photos!!!

These were all taken on my phone! So, that's why they might seem blurry or weird, sorry bout that!

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I go back home to LA by bus which is what most of these are. The commute that the bus had taken passed by many florist places because it was Valentines Day when I went.

The last two photos are from my last day. I was able to get two pictures, one of my second little brother with the new penguin plushie I had gotten him which was only .25 cents and my parents!

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Hello!!!

I'm Suri! Welcome to my blog! I'm not much of a photographer, I don't even like taking pictures of myself T_T, but I have always admired people that do landscape pictures! Something about that is just so amazing to me!

Like, you're telling me you knew the right angle and time to get that gorgeous picture?! Photographers are just amazing! Skill and beauty combined into one! :3 So, I hope to just learn a new skill that might come in handy! Though, if you want to know more about me, I guess I can give a few things!

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As you could probably tell from my profile picture and the gif on top, I'm super obsessed with Transformers at the moment! My first introduction to it was the Transformers One movie but I've already watched the rest of the live action ones and I'm currently binging all the cartoons!

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Though, my longest obsession has been the blue blur, Sonic the Hedgehog! I liked him ever since middle school, listening to the soundtracks and playing the mobile port of the original games on my phone! My sister has recently gotten into it too because of the third Sonic movie so we share that interest now! Speaking of family, I'm the oldest with two younger brothers and my sister the second oldest.

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I'm really into cartoons, music and drawing! My music taste is all over the place though so I can never tell if my music taste is good or bad... then again I vibe with Sonic the Hedgehog music so maybe that says more about me than I think :3 I don't know what else to say but I'll leave the ask box open if you want to ask me anything!

Also little self portrait drawing I made :3