Today you will be writing about artist William Wegman, best known for his photographs of his Weimaraner dogs.
First, watch this short video interview with Wegman. You may use headphones to watch the video, or watch on your laptop/phone. For your Critical Analysis, you will be answering the questions below in response to the video. Please answer in complete sentences and take time to think about you answer.
Your analysis is due by midnight tonight.
Chloe C
1/30/2020 12:31:11 pm
Wegman makes photographs and videos that are typically of dogs. The videos that he makes vary from him talking to the dog to him making a song with his stomach. He used his camera and monitor to take the photos. He mentions that he took his camera with him to New York and would take it on shoots in a big truck with drying racks and generators. The camera that he used was very important to him and says that the camera changed him. I can understand the struggle in photographing animals because they never really sit still besides when they are asleep. So, I’m sure that it would be tough to get the dogs to sit still when they are so used to running around free. One thing that Wegman says influences him when taking pictures is knowing that his dogs whole life is being captured under one lens. He loves photographing things that he loves, whether that be family, friends, or dogs. Also, at the beginning of the video he says that he tries to follow the themes of current ideas in art magazines. Wegman mentions that while taking the video pieces, it seemed like standing in front of a three way mirror in the sense that you see yourself from different angles and it seems to estrange you from yourself. He says it is weird to see yourself talking in that way.
isabella grossman
1/30/2020 12:31:48 pm
What kind of photograph does Wegman make? What camera/equipment is he known for using?
Flint Rose
1/30/2020 12:33:06 pm
Wegman has an interesting style of beautiful absurdism. All of his work is very nice to look at, sometimes its hard to not look at it, but the subjects don't make sense. He takes may photos of his dogs. Sometimes the dogs are doing something very normal, but other times there in crazy situations.
Abby Muir
1/30/2020 12:36:35 pm
What kind of photographs does Wegman make? What camera/equipment is he known for using?
Ben Barlow
1/30/2020 01:53:48 pm
What kind of photographs does Wegman make? What camera/equipment is he known for using?
Nathan Harrison
1/30/2020 06:40:20 pm
What kind of photographs does Wegman make? What camera/equipment is he known for using?
Tomas Espejo
2/2/2020 01:24:02 pm
Wegman created mostly black and white photos about dogs. The photos were composition with unusual characteristics for dogs. While he was creating these photos, he was using a Polaroid camera. His images were mostly 11 by 14 inch. And his camera was 20 by 24 inches.
Kellen Dukatnik
2/23/2020 08:15:49 pm
What kind of photographs does Wegman make? What camera/equipment is he known for using? He always made them from a 2 ¼ camera and 8x10. He made videos in his career prior to making photographs. 2/25/2020 06:20:45 pm
Wegman photographs are known for their absurd and odd nature. Most of his photos have a dog as the main subject doing human-like things. He would shoot most of his photos on a Polaroid camera. Comments are closed.
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