By personal opinion I have paired Hannah Starkey the photographers photo of untitled café scene with Edward Hopper the painters work called 'Automat' 1927. This photograph is in my opinion is remarkably similar to Hopper's painting. Both show a solitary woman sitting at a table lost in thought with a mug. In both the women … Continue reading Hannah Starkey Café scene →

  Trine Sondergaard is a visual artist and contemporary photographer. In her series 'Guldnakke', her photographs show women today, wearing golden bonnets from mid 1800 in Denmark. It is 'Guldnakke #6' that as soon as I saw it, it made me think of Johannes Vermeer's 'Girl with a pearl earing'. I am hesitant in adding … Continue reading Trine Sondergaard ‘Guldnakke #6’ →

For this blog post I have decided to flip the roles of who inspired who. This is also my own assumptions and it is never explicitly stated that this painter was inspired by this photographer. I believe that Bill Jacklin's 'Chance encounter, Grand Central II' painting is inspired by Brassai's own Central station photograph. The … Continue reading Brassai ‘Grand Central Station’ 1957 →

As my blog develops I am also going to look at photographers work that I personally think is similar, feels the same or think may have been influenced by artists. I have chosen to look at Georgia O'Keeffe's 'Radiator Building' in relation to one of Brassai's New York city night landscapes. O'Keeffe spent much of … Continue reading Brassai Untitled 1957 →

Cindy Sherman is a famed stills photographer. In her work she uses herself to create the central character subject. They are so seamlessly created that it can be hard to tell that it is her as the character. In 1990 she created the series 'History Portraits'. The portraits cover several centuries and exhibit different styles … Continue reading Cindy Sherman Untitled# 212, 1989 →

Richard learyod's picture is made with the photographic process known as 'Camera Obscura'. He created a room sized camera where the photographic paper is. This gives us the perfect image that we see. It is simply composed and does not complicate us. It is striking and defined. Learoyd has been inspired by the Dutch masters … Continue reading Richard Learoyd ‘Model’ 2018 →

Jeff Wall is a celebrated contemporary photographer. This is probably one of his most famous work "Picture for Women" from 1979. It was inspired by Manet's "A bar at the Folies-Bergene" 1882. Wall's picture is very interesting as it is a reflected image looking at itself like Manet's and Velasquez before him. In  Velasquez we … Continue reading Jeff Wall “Picture for Women” 1979 →

I am looking again at Helen Sobiralski 'Cockaignesque'. These images feature Vanitas with symbols of death. These are shown as skulls, flowers and burning candles. The first image is that of a woman sitting staring out at us with hr shoulders and upper arms coated in melting wax from the candles that lay along the … Continue reading Helen Sobiralski II →

Helen Sobiralski is a German photographer from Berlin, whose series 'Cockaignesque' is highly dramatic. It is inspired by the lush Baroque style of still life painting. Sobiralski creates the medieval dream of the land of Cockaigne, 'A place full of food and drink, a place where virtues are meaningless and physical pleasure is the key. … Continue reading Helen Sobiralski ‘Cockaignesque’ →

Thorsten Brinkmann plays with images that have been carved into our collective memory. The photographs allude to compositions by old masters. Brinkmann's picture "Jean D'Esk" is inspired by Sir William Blake Richmond's painting "Saint Joan of Arc on horseback". We can tell this by the near identical stance. The desk in Brinkmann's represents the horse. … Continue reading Thorsten Brinkmann “Jean D’Esk”-2018 →