Period 6 -- Critical Analysis #19

4/20/2018

Today you will be writing about artist William Wegman, best known for his photographs of his Weimaraner dogs.

We will watch the above video interview in together in class.

For your Critical Analysis, you will answer the questions below in response to the VIDEO. Be sure to answer each question thoroughly and in complete sentences.

Answer each question in complete sentences:

What kind of photographs does Wegman make? What camera/equipment is he known for using?
Consider your own experience as a photographer. What are some obstacles that might be associated with photographing animals?
What does Wegman say are some things that influence his work?
What does Wegman compare his video pieces to?
What does Wegman say about what kind of equipment you should work with?
Do you like or dislike William Wegman's work? Why?

Click HERE to view a selection of Wegman's photographs.

Matthew Weiss

4/20/2018 12:34:35 pm

What kind of photographs does Wegman make? What camera/equipment is he known for using?
He uses 20x24 Polaroid Camera that produces 20x24 Polaroid Photos.

Consider your own experience as a photographer. What are some obstacles that might be associated with photographing animals?
While photographing animals, the main issue that would make it difficult, would be getting the animal to stay still, and behave throughout the photoshoot.

What does Wegman say are some things that influence his work?
His influence were comedians, and writers, as they are what helped inspire and guide his work as he filmed and made photos.

What does Wegman compare his video pieces to?
He compares his video pieces to TV ads, as in their length, while still keeping the structure of the films that he made.

What does Wegman say about what kind of equipment you should work with?
Wegman says to work and a consistent medium, and he talks about how his 20x24 Polaroid camera, always made 20x24 Images, he describes the issues of using digital cameras being how inconsistent they are.

Do you like or dislike William Wegman's work? Why?
I like William Wegman’s work for the reason of how he can direct the animals, and keep the film short, and still keep structure in it. Even with animals, he amazingly keeps everything that he produces structured.

Claire Williams

4/20/2018 12:35:29 pm

He makes 20 x 24 prints. The camera he uses is one out of seven in the world and is a 20 x 24 polaroid camera.
The unpredictability of animals- its very difficult to get them to do what you want and stay in positions.
He loves his dogs which influences how he works.
He compared his video pieces to short commercials.
He says that you should use platforms to put the dogs on because of how large the camera is.
I love William Wegman’s work. It is so happy and uplifting and funny, and I love admiring all of it.

Elizabeth Wray

4/20/2018 12:35:49 pm

Wegman is known for photographing dogs. He uses the 20 by 24 polaroid to capture his images.
In my opinion, it taking images of animals might be hard because it will be hard to get them to stop moving, or keep them from being crazy.
Some things that influence wegmans work are Bob and Ray
Wegman compares his video pieces to a sculpture and short commercials
Wegman says that you should use real film
I do like his work, because i love dogs and the quality and effort it took to create such good images are crazy, especially of animals.

Jordan Bell

4/20/2018 12:38:39 pm

William Wegman makes photographs of dogs and he is known for using the polaroid 20x24.
Some obstacles that might be associated with photographing animals is getting them to sit still and positioning them.
William Wegman’s work was influenced by Bob and Ray comedians and Bordace the writer.
Wegman compares his video pieces to TV ad time.
Wegman recommends that you should work with a camera, a monitor and real film.
I like William Wegman’s work because he photographs something that we all love, dogs, but he makes it interesting. Wegman will dress the dogs up or position them like people and that captured my eye because it is not ordinary.

Brandon Collins

4/20/2018 12:38:54 pm

1. The photographs Wegman makes is 20x24 pictures of his dogs, and he made videos of him and sometimes with his dogs. The camera he used was a 20x24 polaroid camera, and he had a monitor for videos.
2. I feel like his biggest striggles was trying to keep the dogs to stand still.
3. Wegmans influences of his work is comedians Bob and Ray, and a writer Borghese, and his dogs.
4. Wegman compares his videos to to a sculpture.
5. He says that you should use what is in the current era.
6. I like Wegmans work because it takes a lot of time and patience ,like stop motion in a way, just so he can have the dogs stand still. I also enjoy how he has a comedic side to his videos and pictures.

boyd meltzer

4/20/2018 12:39:15 pm

William Wegman is a photographer known for his images of his Weimaraner dogs. He initially began as a painter. Then he transitioned into a photographer that made smaller negatives, like those that can fit into magazines, but he later transitioned to a 20x24 Polaroid that makes much larger prints. Considering my own experience as a photographer, the biggest obstacle when photographing animals is cooperation. If I were to try to photograph my dog, I wouldn’t be able to keep her still at all. Knowing this, Wegman most likely had to be extremely patient or his dogs be trained very well. Wegman says that his inspirations are not photographers, but instead comedians Bob Elliot and Ray Goulding. He compares his video pieces to “those erie experiences when you buy a suit with your mother” Regarding the equipment that one works with, he says that you should enjoy working with it. I really enjoy his work because of how unique it is. It’s very interesting to see each and every scenario and video he makes with his dogs.

Parker Brown

4/20/2018 01:47:20 pm

Wegman made photographs that were strong in publication, and the photographs were always from a 2 and a quarter camera and always 8x10.

When photographing animals you might struggle to keep the animal still, and just overall cooperation from the animal.

Wegman was influenced by comedians and writers.

He compares his videos to TV ads or short commercials because of their length.

Wegman recommends to work with a consistent medium, and real film.

I think Wegman’s work is great. The way he uses the dogs in the videos and photos makes it very interesting and enjoyable to look at.

Lucas Prado

4/25/2018 09:57:46 am

Wegman makes photographs on 20 x 24 canvas using a giant polaroid camera.

The main problem with photographing animals is just getting the animals to stay still enough for a good photo, let alone dressing them up for a photo.

Wegman’s work is primarily influenced by his dogs, but also by comedians Bob and Ray and the author

Wegman compares his video pieces to seeing yourself in the mirror when buying clothes with your mother in the sense that you look and get an odd, estranged feeling from it. He also compared his earlier pieces to video ads.

Wegman says that you should work with real film and a camera.

I like Wegman’s work because of his sense of humor. I find it funny seeing dogs doing stuff that normal humans would do like wearing clothes or even making bread.

Kylie Bruehler

4/25/2018 10:02:49 am

1. Wegman makes 20x24 size prints. He is known for using a 20x24 polaroid camera. His is one of 7 in the world.

2. Some obstacles that might be faced when photographing animals are: trying to get the animals to stay still enough to photograph, focusing their attention to where you need it, convincing the animals to go along with the set/studio that they are in.

3.Wegman talks about his drive is photographing something that he loves. Watching comedians and writers also influenced Wegman on what to include or portray in his art.

4. Wegman compares his videos to advertisements on tv.

5. Wegman tells us that working with a digital camera can be difficult and have many issues. Wegman works mostly with a polaroid camera to avoid these difficulties He tells us that digital cameras are not consistent as polaroids are and he likes this about them.

6. I like Wegman’s work a lot. His content is very different than many other artists and this separates him from others in a special way. I also admire his choice to use a polaroid camera. This also separates his work from others.

Gilly Thompson

5/1/2018 05:19:52 pm

William Wegman is an American photographer , he was previously a painter until he formed interest in videography and photography. He ended up using a 20x24 Polaroid Camera that produces instant film.

Wegman was fascinated in using his dogs for his images, in my opinion that must have been difficult at times because animals have a mind of their own. Most dogs are very active and will move around when you are trying to photograph them. In order for him to have gotten these types of images his dogs must have been very disciplined.

Wegman explains that he is motivated because he photographs things he loves , he also says he was inspired and influenced by comedians and writers.

He compares his videos to commercials, short films or short ads , and his photos are compared to sculptures.

He recommends working with film and using a real camera to help capture photographs.

I like his videos , they are humorous and enjoyable to watch. Even though some of his photographs are a bit odd it definitely interested me to want to look at some more of his work.

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