My Inspiration & Connection to Contemporary and Historical Artists

Sally Mann, The New Mothers, silver print, 1989

Richard Avedon, Stephanie Seymour in Chanel, 1994

I chose these artists because I like the styles of their photography and plan on using these types of poses for my photos. I am going to be using the old tintype style like Sally Mann uses for my 1880’s era concept, and Richard Avedon’s modern, high-fashion photography for my 1980’s concept. I love how these two styles, while completely different and contrasting, are still beautiful and interesting. 

Sally Mann is very inspired by her family and uses her children as models in a lot of her pictures. This is what a lot of the photos from the 1880's looked like, with people going throughout their everyday lives. Families were often in photos together as well.

Richard Avedon's style is very different from Mann's. His photos are high fashion, modern, and clean. A lot of his photos show models posing by themselves, which differs from Mann's more traditional style.