Peter Dench (Artist Talk)

 These are a couple of Dench's images, with the bottom one being one of my favourites just because of the way the guy is standing and the expression on his face. Dench’s work look at the British population, and particularly people that drink a lot, he documents them doing whatever there doing, he does this mostly in Britten but has also been commissioned to shot abroad focusing on the same thing, he also did some really interesting work abroad looking at balconies that people have fallen from while drunk and died, so even though his work is all ways looking at people that are intoxicated it’s all ways diverse.

Personally I really like his work because of the way it’s photographed, capturing a moment without intruding or makes it looks like he’s not intruding on the events that are unfolding, but also how he photographs events that aren’t every day, he doesn’t focuses on festivals or things like that but finds individuals that are different.

No Country for old men (Coin Toss) (Visual Studies)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLCL6OYbSTw

I picked this clip out of No Country for Old men, because of how simple and dramatic it is, with how other than the establishing scene of the gas station it’s all set in side, with the camera mostly only changing from their faces when they are talking or to capture their emotions or reactions to the situation, as well as that the dialog is also simple in some ways but also very suggestive, he doesn’t directly say what’ll happen if he loses the coin toss but the way it’s filmed and the attitude of the actors tell you everything you need to know without bluntly saying it, which is why I’m using this video I like the subtle style of it, and how it doesn’t directly say what’s happening, and the simplicity of the scene works really well and is a style I like.

Confessions (Independent Research)

This is a body of work which I found on the internet about confessions of people that are in Vegas either visiting of work there, often the confessions are something that people wouldn’t normally share, the idea of the work was to turn the gallery into a place where people contemplate anonymity, vulnerability trust and understanding, the idea behind the work was based on Shinto Shrines and other religious places where secretes could be shared, with this idea in mind the artist created a place where people could write and submit their confessions on wooden plaques in voting types booths, the artist then hung them on the gallery walls over the course of the work so that they ended up building up over time much like that of Shinto shrine prayer walls, then also painted select responses on large canvases.

I particularly like this work just because of the way the information is gathered and displayed, the wooded plaques have a really simple look to them, but also makes it look somewhat more precious because of the fact that thin wood can be fragile. And also the fact that it’s the individual’s hand writing, making it more personal to them and giving the viewer a small idea of who the person was, as well as these I like the narrative be hide the work the idea of gathering secrets, or confessions, giving people a glimpse into what other people are doing and thinking.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2uMfwQ/:My5yr!4o:mVNShKOo/candychang.com/confessions/