Brian Ingram
1987-now
1)Brian Ingram is an American that was born and raised in Athens, Georgia. Aside from photography, Ingram was also a trial attorney. In 2013, He entered his photos in a international photography competition and took home 1st prize. Soon after his first taste of success, he then took up photography full time. Two years later, his photos were being featured in magazines, newspapers, and even on the album packaging of a Grammy nominee.
2)Brian Ingram’s portraits are each very unique. He uses lots of different resources and materials for his photography such as face paint and furniture. The people he takes pictures of have a wide range of ages and personalities. His pictures usually have dark backgrounds and are black and white or they are in color and have a filter. Ingrams photos can be compared to the Renaissance era because his photos are realistic and use lots of shadows to exaggerate his subjects facial structure.
3)Ingram tries to show the personalities of his subjects in each photo. He does photography because he loves it. You can often find him making canvas backdrops with his wife on the family farm on the weekend or building sets for his next shoot when he is not making images. “He treats every photo and shoot as if it were his last”. He was lots of respect for photography and can’t wait to see what’s to come.mmmm
4)Brian Ingram has influenced my work because he uses lots of different angles and styles in his work. He also uses lots of different kinds of people as the subjects of his portrait which make his photos unique. One of his photo album even includes pictures of war vets and another has dozens of pictures of a girl named Abigail. Some of his pictures are also black and white while others are in color. He sometimes does close up portraits while other times he makes his subject pose with furniture or outside.
Personal Artist Statement: I think that my images are very mysterious and different because of the different people and angles he used. They also are all black and white which makes them all go together easily. I also like my images are not exactly the same as Brian Ingram's which makes have a different emotion and feeling to them. His images are interesting because the features of his subjects are always very defined and there are lots of shadows. Overall, I love all of these images and had lots of fun editing them and taking them.
1987-now
1)Brian Ingram is an American that was born and raised in Athens, Georgia. Aside from photography, Ingram was also a trial attorney. In 2013, He entered his photos in a international photography competition and took home 1st prize. Soon after his first taste of success, he then took up photography full time. Two years later, his photos were being featured in magazines, newspapers, and even on the album packaging of a Grammy nominee.
2)Brian Ingram’s portraits are each very unique. He uses lots of different resources and materials for his photography such as face paint and furniture. The people he takes pictures of have a wide range of ages and personalities. His pictures usually have dark backgrounds and are black and white or they are in color and have a filter. Ingrams photos can be compared to the Renaissance era because his photos are realistic and use lots of shadows to exaggerate his subjects facial structure.
3)Ingram tries to show the personalities of his subjects in each photo. He does photography because he loves it. You can often find him making canvas backdrops with his wife on the family farm on the weekend or building sets for his next shoot when he is not making images. “He treats every photo and shoot as if it were his last”. He was lots of respect for photography and can’t wait to see what’s to come.mmmm
4)Brian Ingram has influenced my work because he uses lots of different angles and styles in his work. He also uses lots of different kinds of people as the subjects of his portrait which make his photos unique. One of his photo album even includes pictures of war vets and another has dozens of pictures of a girl named Abigail. Some of his pictures are also black and white while others are in color. He sometimes does close up portraits while other times he makes his subject pose with furniture or outside.
Personal Artist Statement: I think that my images are very mysterious and different because of the different people and angles he used. They also are all black and white which makes them all go together easily. I also like my images are not exactly the same as Brian Ingram's which makes have a different emotion and feeling to them. His images are interesting because the features of his subjects are always very defined and there are lots of shadows. Overall, I love all of these images and had lots of fun editing them and taking them.
Compare and Contrast: For my first photo I chose a picture of a man trying to block the camera. To recreate this photo I used my dad and the wooden desk he has for work in our basement. As you can see my picture is different from his picture because the hand is positioned higher up, the desk is a different color, and my dad was not wearing the clothing as the man on the left. Both the pictures show the same expression and their bodies are positioned the same way. One thing I had trouble with was trying to create the same dramatic shadows as Brian Ingram's photo without losing the lightness of his face.
Compare and Contrast: For my next photo I chose the picture taken of a girl with black streaming down her face. I used my mom, brown eye shadow, and black nail polish to recreate this photo. Some differences between these two photos include the distance between the subject and camera, the shine of the black, and the freckles. Both photos do capture the eyes in a similar way and have the a similar dirty look. One thing I had trouble with was trying to find the same black color for her eyes. We did not have black face paint anywhere in the house so I used a black gel for your hair from halloween, brown shimmery eye shadow, and some ashes from the fire we had the night before. Still with all those elements we could not capture the subtle black Ingram's photo had.
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Compare and Contrast: For my last photo I chose a picture of a man looking off into the distance. To recreate this photo I used my dad, made him wear a v-neck t-shirt (although he refused at first) and placed him in our sun room. The differences between these two photos are the dramatic shadows, hair, watch, and definition of his features. They are similar because they are both basically positioned the same way, the back round and outfit is the same. I had problems with trying to make my dads shadows more defined and trying to get the position of his head and arms correct.