Mirrors: George Ferris

"I love mirrors. They let one pass through the surface of things." -Claude Chabrol

        My image was influenced by mirrors and band posters.  I looked at the theme as the name of a faux-band ('The Mirror').  The Mirror is a one-man post-punk band that was created by Christopher Montenegro in Salem, OR in 2009.  The Mirror is signed by HJK Records for a 3-record deal and starts its first national tour in May.  This image was purchased by HJK Records for distribution and circulation of the tour.


        Concert posters ('music posters') have been around for centuries with the first handbills being hand-drawn for local acts.  With the invention of lithography in the early 1800s, concert advertisement (posters) went from a local market and expanded into a regional and even national scene.  Poster advertisement began to fade as radio and movies took over the first part of the 20th century; the more popular streams of advertisement won out.  It wasn't until the rise of Rock and Roll and the counter-culture that came along that music and concert posters gained their comeback and strong influence that is still prevalent in today's society.

Here's a great article about the brief history of concert and event posters.  50 amazing and inspirational gig posters.
While you're at it, here's a band named Mirror Mirror I discovered while researching my faux-band.

©George Ferris
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Rich: Emily Schulte

Recently I've been a little obsessed with painting.  When I should be doing my homework, I chose to paint instead, but at least it's better than watching television or cruising the internet all day.  While painting the other day, I saw a great photo opportunity to demonstrate the concept "rich" right in front me.  I realized while I was mixing paint that the colors seemed to all blend together and look very rich.  That is what I tried to capture in this image.  Thanks to my lensbaby, I was able to make all the colors blend together in order to create the same feeling I felt while painting.

Texture -Beäte Burgess

Abstract design and implied texture that the human form can create when conforming itself into juxtaposed positions. Organic lines outline the textural surface and suggested tactile feel of the body, revealing the potential essence of who this may be.

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Texture: Ariel Elich

As a child, one of my favorite things to do was draw designs in the steamed up mirror after someone had taken a shower and see how the steam and water droplets distorted my image. Now every time I get out of the shower and swipe the mirror to see myself I have a small flashback of sitting on the bathroom counter making faces as my self and laughing at the distortion of my face. As I got older I began to notice the texture the mirror and water would create, so I did a self portrait (the first I have ever done), to bring me back to the simple entertainment of my childhood and to experiment with the inherent texture of water on glass. But what I got was an image that more disturbs me then elates me. In this image I have become an eyeless texture filled "THING".

Texture

I love crafting, cutting, pasting, gluing, melting, and really using any medium to create. I was working with crayons for a personal project and realized they would work perfect for the texture concept. It is interesting to me that a simple crayon can have so many different textures, smooth, rough, jagged, shiny, dull. I had fun putting this together and think it represents the concept well.

Texture: Junior Robles

The bright highlights surrounding the raspberries allowed for them to pop out of the picture to show texture. The contrast between the snow and the raspberries is perfect. Perhaps a bit too perfect, or not. Probably not. The raspberries feel isolated as well. There's something missing...

Texture

Texture is ultimately a feeling, an appearance. With many photographs to choose from, Karla's freckles and eyes stood out most to me, here. Against the dark blue of her scarf and red of her hair the colors contrast to create a feeling that draws me in. Between the scarf, her skin, and hair.. texture is overflowing.

Photographer: Lauren Alysse Larsen

Model: Karla Heath

Texture: Justin Wilhelm

This assignment turned out to be completely different then I had anticipated. Originally I thought that I would shoot something macro in studio. Then I saw this as I was walking around Confluence Park. The sun was going down and cast some wonderful shadows on these columns and bench and the variety of texture was fantastic. Although everything in this scene was made of similar material, the texture varied greatly; from the smooth finish on the bench to the rough feel of the columns.

Texture: Emily Schulte

The wonderful thing about macro photography is that it makes the viewer focus on the texture and shapes that are in the frame, rather than the subject as a whole.  It is the beauty of not knowing what the subject actually is that makes macro photography so unique.  I hardly ever look this closely at anything I photograph, but after doing so I realized that even a dead weed in my backyard can be captivating and even beautiful.

Texture- Carl Farrier

Strings! That is what I was gong for the texture of the strings of a guitar. Also going for a short depth of field and over sharping technic to make the strings of the guitar pop more. Then I converted the image to black and white and put a vignette around the image so your eye goes to the strings. This was fun but hard because I wish I had a bass guitar instead of a electric guitar. What a bummer!!

TEXTURE - DREW LUNDQUIST

IT LIVES!!!
Texture, texture, texture!!! Personally I've shot loads of pictures for 'Texture' related projects and never really thought any of them were overly exciting to look at. This shot however, I had a lot of fun with! I enjoy working in photoshop; creating fantastically imaginative images. This particular shot is a composition of some dry mud found in my backyard and a willing participant, Ryan Norris, to pose for me. I had the image of the character 'The Thing' from Marvels 'Fantastic Four' comic in mind when creating this image.
"It's Clobberin' Time!!!"

Higher res image on Drew's personal BLOG - [drewlundquist.tumblr.com]