Elad Lassry is an Israeli-born L.A. based photographer, uses bright colors and a variety of objects to create his images. Through the diversity in his photography Lassry creates multilayered images encompassing ideas and themes of media, complexion, and commercialism. In 2003 Elad Lassry received his Bachelors of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts, Valencia USA where he studied film. Later, he received an MFA from the University of Southern California. In 2007, Lassry earned a Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Today he works and lives in L.A.
"I often exhibit pictures that I take in my studio that are a result of a mixture of my own accumulated "mental pictures" and collections found in archives. In a sense, I think of them as a new encapsulated archive that fits in a small frame." - Elad Lassry in an interview with Beryl Gilothwest about his new show at New York's 303 Gallery (2013)
Jerry Uelsmann, born 1934 in Detroit, Michigan, is well-known for his multilayered, black and white, photographs. His interest in photography started in high school, and in 1953 he attended the Rochester Institute of Technology before graduating in 1957. He then went on to grad school at Indiana University, graduating in 1958 with a degree in Fine Arts. Jerry Uelsmann taught photography at the Department of Art at University of Florida and was a graduate research professor of art in 1974. He is now retired in Gainesville, Florida. Jerry Uelsmann has received many awards and honors including a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1967, a National Endowment for Arts Fellowship in 1972, a founding member of The Society for Photographic Education, and has had work exhibited in 100 individual shows in the U.S. and abroad as part of permanent collections of many museums some including the Museum of Art, The Alberts Museum in London, and The National Gallery of Australia.
Aperture The aperture of a camera lets in more or less light. A tiny aperture (ex. f/22) would have crisp background or a sharp death of field contrasting a wide aperture (ex.f/5) with a shallow depth of field. A wide aperture in a photo will have a blurry background.
This photo has an aperture of f/32 creating a sharp, crisp, background.
This photo has an aperture of f/8 creating a shallow, blurry, background.
Shutter Speed Shutter Speed is the part of the camera that opens and closes to let in more or less light. A slow shutter speed (ex, 1") lets in more light and can be used to create blurry light affects. A fast shutter speed (ex. 1/4000) lets in less light and can be used to capture something in motion.
This photo has an shutter speed of 20.0 and used a flashlight to show the movement of the light.
This photo has shutter speed of 1/4000 resulting with a image captured in motion.
ISO ISO is the sensitivity to light. The more light you have the less ISO should be used, and the less light you have the more ISO should be used. However, a too high ISO can result in noise (the grainy, pixelations, that can occur in a photo).
Top row: (left to right), ISO 100, ISO 200, ISO 400 Bottom row: (left to right), ISO 800, ISO 1600, ISO 3200
White Balance White Balance, is the process of finding a true white. Adjusting the white balance settings on a camera may give your photo, for example, a cooler or warmer colored tint.
Images at various White Balance settings
Richard Avedon
Richard Avedon, was born and lived in New York City. He was alive from 1923 to 2004 and is know for his photos of portraits and work in fashion. He worked taking salior portarits during WWII, black and white photographs of new fashions, and simplistic portraits.