Thank-you for selecting my torn paper image as the winner of the last artist challenge.
After some consideration, I've selected the Parisian photographer Eugene Atget. I don't see a comprehensive list of previous artist challenges, but his work is quite distinctive and seems like a good choice even if he has been previously selected. He is credited with having influenced many other photographers.
"Eugène Atget was a French photographer best known for his photographs of the architecture and streets of Paris. He took up photography in the late 1880s and supplied studies for painters, architects, and stage designers. Atget began shooting Paris in 1898 using a large format view camera to capture the city in detail. His photographs, many of which were taken at dawn, are notable for their diffuse light and wide views that give a sense of space and ambience. They also document Paris and its rapid changes; many of the areas Atget photographed were soon to be razed as part of massive modernization projects.
Atget’s photographs drew the admiration of a variety of artists, most notably Man Ray, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso. Man Ray even used one of Atget’s photographs for the cover of his surrealist magazine la Révolution surréaliste. The photographer Berenice Abbott preserved Atget’s prints and negatives and was the first person to exhibit Atget’s work outside of France."
The Challenge:
+ STARTS April 23, 2018 (all time zones considered)
+ ENDS May 7, 2018 (all time zones considered)
+ TAG: ac-atget
+ Only photographs taken on or between these dates will be chosen for voting by your peers. Take a photograph that is in the artist's style, or emulate a certain work, or simply be inspired by his work. You may process your photos to emulate the artwork or stay true to your own style of processing.
+ You may enter more than one photo. In each case, however, I would appreciate very much if you would include a link to the photograph(s) that inspired yours.
Also, I encourage you to post your entry/ies in the comments section below to keep this discussion active and to inspire others. To do so, simply click on the button on the right of the star button at the bottom right of your photo’s narrative, copy the Embed Code and paste it on your comment here.
Funny, I like his eye for detail AND the fact he doesn't seem to care about composition. And the old images of course. I really have a weakness for that.
very diverse examples. must do a walkabout on the weekend to participate. i missed the last one so i'll make sure to do at least one for this challenge. thanks, miss F.
http://www.atgetphotography.com/Images/Photos/EugeneAtget/atget45.jpg Here he has used the curved stairway, and I studied all of them for the coloration of the skies that ranged between a hint of sepia pink to sepia yellow to try to capture the color tone...
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This was the image that inspired me
https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/objects/parc-delessert-32-quai-de-passy