Notes 4/20/16

-Elad Lassry: post-appropriating photographer that works with found photographs
-frames around the photographers are the most predominant color in the photographs
-takes photos away from their original use and context, makes it more flat
-uses wires and other pigments in his photographs, sometimes using motion as well
-Alex Prager: dropped out of school at 14 and moved to Switzerland, then later back the states
-highlights a lot of emotional turmoil in her work and makes short movie videos
-a lot of her work in inspired by Los Angeles and public areas
-personally go through and dress each person in her photographs and uses a lot of primary colors
-Sophie Callee: travels for 7 years to get her art degree
-early work was black and white photographs and puts them in a book
-Detective was when she knew she was being followed but to her favorite places in Paris
-photographed people's first reactions of when they saw the ocean for the first time
-Richard Renaldi: takes a lot of self portraits of him and his partner and are often staged
-all his photos look like someone else takes the pictures
-travels to different places and documents him and his partner
-takes pictures of different people at the bus station  and where they are going is documented on the photograph
-Richard Galpin: works with processing of change in urban areas and the environment
-prints and peels away areas of the photos to create unique block-like shapes
-orbital sanding makes more blurred lines where you can't identify what it is; labeled in numbers
-makes 3-D photo sculptures that are anchored to the walls in his current work