Armando Merino's Art 240 Blog

        Lee Friedlander is known for using the “social landscape,” photographing parts store reflections, framed fences, posters and street signs. Friedlander specifically is known to primarily influence reflection photos, his popular photos are mainly reflection photos. So what is reflection photography? A reflection photo is when an object is reflected from a reflective surface, such as a mirror or window, due to light redirecting towards a certain subject.      Lee Friedlander, Wilmington, Delaware, 1965, Gelatin silver print              Lee Friedlander has a major influence on photography, specifically his use of reflections and other components associated with city life. He does well to portray the chaos and unique lifestyle within the city through his use of reflections and other components of framing. Although he represents the chaotic life in a city, it also has a certain feeling when it comes to ...

  Man Ray has been well known for his work in photograms, or as he calls them “rayographs.” Photograms are a form of a photograph that is made by objects being placed on photosensitive paper, in which the items are traced on the paper due to the light. This form of photography has been pioneered by Man Ray during the surrealism and dada times in photography. Man Ray’s work throughout the surrealist and dada movements entitles the weirdness and unreal factors of art by altering photographs to add that surrealistic factor.           A lot of Man Ray’s creative work with photograms is unique to him of the way he can maneuver objects to form beautiful pieces of work. As the photogram shown below, it demonstrates Man Ray’s creative eye with objects while also being able to maneuver them to show some items much lighter (less exposed to light) than others. His work was revolutionary, and to be able to show art in this way indicates how genius he was with ph...