Aaliyah Miranda-Lara

      Chema Madoz is very well known for his surrealist photography, I have always been a fan of the quirky and abstract things in life so when I saw his work I knew I had to write about him. When thinking about what to do for my final project I knew I wanted to do more portrait photography because the model I used truly portrayed the mood and aesthetic I was going for. Madoz uses more objects than people for his photographs, which I feel is evidence of his talent because not every object can be manipulated.      This first photograph is my favorite! It left me speechless and I now have a mission for the summer to photograph objects in ways that you would not think of photographing them. I used to do this when I got my first camera at 12 years old and have no idea why I stopped. But as you can see, the photograph below is absolutely breathtaking.     The photograph below is the same theme as the one above. It reminds me of a drawing I once sa...

       Matt Black is a photographer in California, one day he started making trips to Oaxaca, Mexico to photograph the life of the community of indigenous people there. He has done other photography projects but the reason why I chose to talk about a couple pictures from the Mixteca portfolio is that I am from Oaxaca and these next three pictures touched my heart and allowed me to reminisce about home.     This first photograph is quite simple, but when I look at it it is like I am 6 years old again and walking to school with my cousins. My grandmothers' house was not close to others like the ones in the picture, we were out farther in the country. The only things around my Mami Ali's house were her store across the street and the river next to the house. But similar to the vibe that the picture gives off, our town was always quiet except for the noises of nature and farm animals.          My mom sent us to live with my Mami Ali due...

  Salgado is a Brazilian social documentary photographer, he has traveled to over 120 countries for his photographs. His work looks simplistic because of the subject and the surroundings but it is all stunning. I struggled to pick just three pictures to talk about, but the ones I picked are amazing. I chose this first picture because of the sky in the background. The mountain in the picture is like no other I have ever seen. The small amount of sun shining on the left half of the mountain gives the picture a spiritual look. The angle at which the photograph was taken makes me wonder what the rest of the mountain looks like. The second picture is the best one, it seems to be taken from either the top of a mountain or structure or from inside a plane/helicopter. It is one of the best aerial view pictures that I have seen, I think it is all due to the fluffy could that your eyes instantly go to. The lighting in the picture is also beautiful, I believe the sun is behind them. The patte...