Jaquita Hawthorne : Jill Greenberg

I chose Jill Greenberg because I like the pain and sadness she shows in her portraits of children.
I photographed my nephew trying to make an emotional portrait. I wanted to show a different type of emotion.

Maggie Mendelson -- Irving Penn

Irving Penn is one of my favorite photographers because his all around style is so simple, yet unforgettable. His portrait work is generally very minimalist with sharp images that have lots of shadows. When choosing an image to emulate I tried to disregard who was in the picture and instead concentrated on the composition, lighting, and general feel/emotion in the picture. This particular portrait is a prime example of Irving Penn’s portrait work, because it is complex and engaging in its simplicity. Although the lighting is a bit off, I think I did good job re-creating the feeling/emotion of the portrait even though it is a picture of such a public figure.

Jeff Levy - Susan Derges

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I chose Susan Derges becuase I thought her pictures captured the perfect moment in time. The picture with the moon almost give you a utopia feel to the world. My picture is an emulation of that one becuase it captures the moment in time when the moon is shown through the branches of a tree but it is not dark enough to only see the moon. I think my picture is very similar and almost better than the original one becuase it is more interesting and splendid

Vaniesa Bent-Bernice Abbott

The reason I chose Bernice Abbott was because I like the urban landscape scene that she photographed and I'm a big fan of black and white photography. I liked how she really paid close attention to the fine detail in her work.

The form of the building is very interesting because it gives great distinction about the place and time that the photograph was taken.

Callie Veiga; Brassai

I chose this image because of the contrast of light and dark on the womans body and how she leaves her own small shadow in this piece. The image itself is innocent and has an innocent background - i.e the cheese shop - but the photo ints of something possibly sinister the way that the light does not hit the woman's face and we only see a silhouette adding an alluring quality to the piece.

Lauren Culligan; Anna Gaskel

I choose Anna Gaskel because I really like her color choice and subject matter. I feel all her pictures make you feel a different way. I liked this picture from her wonder series because I loved the shallow depth of field and how you don't know who this girl is or what exactly she is doing.

Beth Hankel - David Hilliard

So. I chose the artist David Hilliard because his pictures do not necessarily tell a story, but instead tell of an emotion or a situation. To reflect this, I created a panoramic of a uprising in a dorm room. With possible spiritual intervention. No, it does not come bigger, and yes, JPG is compressed, but is oh-so-amazing on the interweb. :D

David Hilliard is amazing for his use of lighting, subject, and composition in his photographic panoramas.