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The photographer I choose for the final project is Aaron Sisikind. He was an American photographer who focus on the detail of things. He was involved in abstract movement.

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I was attracted to the unique style of Aaron Sisikind. I decided to imitate by the pattern, form and textures. Sometimes it takes time for myself to know what the picture is. I keep all the pictures in black and white since the colors would distract the attention from the objects itself. The other reason is also because the original works are in black and white.For the first one, the original picture was a peeling wall. There is not a lot of walls near the place I live. However, I saw this tree’s texture is similar to the peeling wall. The tree is also formed with a lot of small parts.The second picture was some of the paper which were burned on a wall. In the middle of the picture, there is a blank part.There were some burning wood in the backyard of my house.The white part of the wood is the texture left after burning. I took several pictures from different perspective. The fourth picture is a small pond with some plants and the water went through in the middle. The day I went out it was a raining day. There are some pipes besides the house. When the pipe drop water to the soil, it will form a small pond. I capture the moment when the water drop a few into the soil. The following picture is some paper falling off the wall. For making the wood look bigger so I put my camera closer to the object itself. The fourth picture is some of the rocks were binding by ropes. I found there is a big rock with some of the grass on it. It looks similar but less heavier. The grass is closer to a decoration on it. I was into the extraordinary textures whether it’s real or not. I decided to discover more of the textures from the nature. The two pictures are the trees branches and the cover for a water pump. For the editing part, most Aaron’s works focuse on the details of the objects. I made some changes to the photos to look more clear. Also, in the process of editing, I did not choose to blur any parts of the photo.In the original photos, they are usually in darker version of black and white. Therefore, I also make the black part darker so it would separate the colors clearly. 

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The photographer I choose for the assignment is a German photographer Alfred Ehrhardt. I’m interested in imitating his works because of the unique textures and patterns he includes in his photos. His pictures are mostly about nature.

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All of the pictures I took might follow specific pattern or has unique textures which are similar to the original one. I think it’s interesting how nature has its own rule of organizing creatures. Although each of the creature has its own unmacthed texture but when they are mixed together, there is another possibility. I made all of the photos to black and white since I have done these before, this is my first try of doing it.I took these pictures in the community I live right now. There are not a lot of plants there so I would minimize the scene. For the first photo, I placed it in the vertical form to look closer to a path that people walk. I could not find some real flowers so I decided to use leaves for the second imitation. For the third one, the texture of the rock is quite interesting. It is bumpy and rough which forms the contrast witht he original one.

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The photographer I choose is Eliot Porter. He was an American photographer known for his images of the nature. He began to photographing his family’s island property as a youth in Maine. He graduated from the Harvard university with the chemical engineering major In the mid 1940s, after he committed to pursue a career in photograph, he began to transfer from traditional black and white to the new Kodachrome color film.

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The last one is probably my favorite one since I think the objects are similar and also the color of the photo are similar.

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I was inspired by the blind shadow collocation of Charles Harris. I decided to use blind window as the background. In the first two pictures, I put the lamp on the right side to create the light affect so the light would be reflect on the face. My roommate is holding her cat so it’s more relaxing. Since the lady in the original photo seems causal and nature. The last photo is the closest to the original one. I asked my friend to put her phone as the light source next to blind window so the shadow will be on the wall.

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