Brass Ring Awards 2011

I entered 4 images into the contest Sponsored by Oklahoma Christian University Art + Design. 

2 into each of these catagories:
Photography-Black & White
Photography-Color

CALL FOR ENTRIES

Prizes: “Best of Show”, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Merit awards in each category are based on the judges’ scoring. All winners will be shown online. “Best of Show” winners will receive an acrylic trophy and cash prize (based on the total number of entries).
Price:
$5.00 = High School per entry
$9.00 = College per entry

* There is no limit on entries! We accept credit card payments through PayPal (you do not need to have a Paypal account to pay).
Groups: We will accept checks from High Schools and Universities entering student work of 25+ (or more). Your teacher can contact jeff.price@oc.edu if that applies to your school entries.
Eligibility: All college and university undergraduates and high school students.
Contest Starts: February 1, 2011
Deadline: Noon, February 24, 2011 March 4, 2011
The Brass Ring Awards competition is designed to motivate and reward students for excellence in art and design. This year marks the 25th year for the Brass Ring Awards, which attracted 1,239 entries in 2010, from 60 universities and 18 high schools. To see the full list of schools, check out the “Previous Winners” section on the left.

Stephen Shore & William Eggleston

Stephen Shore

What I saw most in his images was that everything & I mean EVERYTHING was in focus.  I took that from my eyes as meaning that every part of the image was important and exact space of what was in the frame was to be considered.

Place vs Space is hard for me to differentiate but again I in my own words the space in its' entirety is what I think he wants his viewers to see.  I think it's very cool to find photographers that are somewhat specific to the assignments we are currently working on.  It's amazing to see it in motion through another photographers eyes.  It helps me to see what they see I guess is what I mean by that last statement.

His images give me a calm feeling about them.  I don't feel drawn to one thing but yet the WHOLE image.  I have been gazing at his work off and on all weekend and it's almost like everytime I do I find yet another something in one of his images I didn't feel before.

Look at the action going on in all of these shots combined.  I feel emotion, I feel like he wants the viewer to notice what is going on in the entire frame.  Again documenting the space from which these images were taken.

I bookmarked alot of his images and really was intrigued by the stories behind them.












William Eggleston

I think Eggleston really pays attention to the way light falls onto a subject.  Without doing the deep research this is what I am getting from viewing his images.  I think down to a T he is documenting the place he is in; filling the frame with a subject just so you were to be kept guessing what space it is acutally in.  So with that being hidden it has to be to show the so called space, right?!  LOL

I know our professor says that with photography there is no 2 + 2 = 4; no wrong answers but sometimes if I sit and dwell on the space vs place too long I get confused all over.  Art is through an artist eyes!

Both of these images are tidbits of information; leading you to figure out the space the actual place is in.  Ahhhhhh I got it!  Something can show space & place at the same time!!

Look at the monochromatic image on the right.....did someone drop that? Where is it?  Questions I think that Eggleston wants the viewer to consider.  I like images with a story behind them.  I also think he tends to stick to the more monochromatic side of things.

Joel Meyerowitz & John Pfahl

Joel Meyerowitz

IMAGERY!  This man can create some imagery.  I was drawn to alot of the simplistics in his landscape images.  I felt almost a peace out an image that I haven't felt before looking at his work.  This was MY FAVORITE.  I don't want to sound like I plan to like every photographer we are given to analize but I like to look & actually try to gaze into an image.  I want to see what feelings come from looking at certain images.  PEACE is what I felt when I looked at this one and I just kept coming back to it.

The planning & framing is contagious.  I see leading lines to an end that has no end.  It was very pleasing to the eye.

I think Joel is amazing at framing in the camera.  Who knows what he does post-work wise but I feel like he is really good and knowing what to leave out....which is something I am currently working on in the images I create for this class.

It was pretty amazing that he could go from this to street photography with so much chaos.  I felt like his use of light was phenominal with all the different genres of themes that I saw.

The 911 work was most impressing.  For me to be inspired it almost feels like it has to be at sunrise & dusk.  The images of 911 created a feeling of fog & atmosphere without actually being during those times.  I'm sure the pounds & mounds of dirt helped but what images he created were inspiring for all whom lived through that tragic moment!

This was a perfect example.

Look at the light!  Amazing where the highlights in this image fall.

John Pfahl

John Phahl and his altered landscapes.....hmmmmm.  What to say without describing my likes or dislikes about those types of images he creates.  I didn't get it.  I think his framing is great but I don't know what he wants a viewer to see when he produces these types of images.  ????

I enjoyed the horizon lines on his images.  In the middle is borning and it adds more to a photo when you change that horizon line.  He has quite a few monochromatic images that were very pleasing to the eye.  I felt his composition was very creative.  He definetley thinks outside of the box even if you can't quite understand it; this is what I think sets him apart.