Artist Research Week 7: Gels

Week 7 Gels

Artist 1

Ryan McGinley

Ryan McGinley, Dakota Hair, 2004

Ryan McGinley

Ryan Ginley is an American Photographer, Born in 1977. Ryan began photography by photographing images of his friends when he was a teenager. The fine art community took notice of his work when he printed a 50 page inkjet book entitled "The kids are alright" in 1999. And His large-formate colour photographs were soon exhibited on the walls of the Whitney Museum of American Art, where he was the youngest person ever, at the age of 25, to be given a solo exhibition. McGinley work has since appeared in prestigious publications such as New York Times Magazine, Vogue, and W, allowing him to boarden  his subject matter to include Olympic Athletes, Artists, Actors, and Models. He has exhibited his work at 26 different exhibitions, and won 6 awards including "Most Important Photographer in America" By American Photo Magazine. and "International Center of Photography, Infinity Award, Best Young Photographer" 2007 

Top Image (2004), This image is being lit up at the front probably by the sun but could be a gel to make her front seem red. This image was also taken with a slow shutter speed to get the background as nice as it looks. 

Bottom Image, I don't usually like nude images but this one showed the oranges better than a lot of the other images so I picked it. I think for this image either he's gotten her in just the right place that the sun's hitting her or he's used orange gels to lit up the image at the front. 

Artist 2

Olafur Eliasson

Olafur Eliasson, Rainbow, 2006

Olafur Eliasson, The Weather Project, 2003

Olafur is a Danish Photographer, Born in 1967. He is best know for his sculptures and large scale installation art employing elemental materials suck as light, water, and air temperature to enhance the viewers experiance. In 1995, he established Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin, Olafur has his first solo show Nicolas Schafhausen in Cologne in 1993, before moving to  Berlin in 1994. In 1996, Olafur had his first show in the United States. at Tanya Bonakar Gallery. He has since had major solo exhibitions at Kunsthaus Bergenz, Musee d'Art Moderne, in Paris 2001. Schirn Kunsthalle, Franfurt, 2004. and many more. 

Top Image (Rainbow), I really love the lighting in this image, It's so pretty. The walls almost act as Gels putting colours onto the people inside the image. For example the two boys in this image ae red from standing in front of the red wall. 

Bottom Image (Weather), This is really amazing too, I love the reflection on the roof and the Orange colour streaming through the building kinda acting as a giant Gel reflecting orange all through the room.