Artist Research Week 3: Line and Pattern, Manual Mode

Week 3 Line and Pattern Artist Research

Artist 1

Max Dupain

Max Dupain, Boys playing cricket on the Beach, Melbourne, 1945

Max Dupain, Australia Square, A Key-Whole to the Future, 1968

Max Dupain was born in 1911, and was an Australia photographer who developed an influential style of commercial photography that emphasized the geometric forms of his architectural and industrial subjects. Dupain first exhibited Landscape Photographs while attending grammar school. From 1930 - 1934 he apprenticed with commercial photographer Cecil Bostock. During World War 2 he left his fashion and portrait photography studio to work for the army camouflage Unit. From 1945 - 1947 he worked for the Australian Department of Information. Upon returning to studio work be began more abstract architectural and industrial imagery that established him as one of Australia's most significant Modernist photographers. His work had appeared in numerous exhibitions, notably an exhibit at the Photographers gallery in London, that celebrated his 80th Birthday. He was made an officer of the order of the British Empire in 1982.

The Top Image (Boys on Beach). I really love the angle of this image. I feel this image is really good for leading lines with eyes. The first person in the image I looked at was the boy in front and then looked down to the middle boy from the direction the first boy is  looking and then down again to the last boy throwing the ball, then because he's looking up I kinda went back to the middle boy and then back to the first boy.    

The Bottom Image (Australia Square). This image is a really amazing leading line image. Your eyes just go straight to the top of the image because the building is your leading line. Really good framing with the key-hole shape as well which kinda makes your eye looking in different area's of the image.

Artist 2

Olive Cotton

Olive Cotton, Tea Cup Ballet, 1935

Olive Cotton, Fair Ground Ride 1937

Olive was born in 1911 and is an Australian photographer. At age 11 Olive was given her very first camera and from there her love of photography grew. In 1934, she began working at The Studio of Australia with photographer Max Dupain, whom she later married, then divorced 2yrs later.  Her professional photographer status came with her acceptance of running Dupain's Studio during his three year absence. During the 1930's Cottons work featured in several exhibitions. In 1964, Cotton opened her own studio, producing portraits and capturing weddings. Cotton was awarded an Emeritus Fellowship from the Australian Council in 1993. 

The Top Image (Tea Cups). This image is a really good example of  a disturbed pattern. With one tea cup being out of place in the image. I also really like the use of  Negative Space around the cups and shapes being done with the shadows, and light. 

Bottom Image (Fair Ground). I like the leading lines in this image being done by the cables on the chair swing. Your eyes get led to the top left hand corner of the image and get led around by the people on the chairs.