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Blog Eighteen
Artist Worksheet:
Matthew Currier
Name of Photographer: Dennis Stock
Title of Photograph: James Dean in Times Square
Artist Bio: Born: July 24, 1928
Died: January 11, 2010
Education: Dennis Stock did not have much education at all. He only earned a High School Diploma.
Upbringing: Dennis was born on July 22, 1928 in New York City. Dennis was an American photojournalist, documentary photographer and a member of Magnum Photos. Dennis soon went to war in 1947-1951 for the United States Army. He was not a photographer, but an infantryman. After Dennis returned home he began interested in photography. He met a man Gjon Mili while fighting side by side in Europe. Dennis soon met James Dean and began taking photos of him. The famous photo of James Dean in Times Square was taking in 1955. The same year James Dean died.
Art experience: Photographs, Postcards, and Posters.
Artistic Background:
Did your artists work in other artistic Mediums such as paint, clay etc?
No, he only worked with photographs.
No, he only worked with photographs.
Why is he or she a photographer?
Dennis became a photographer thanks to Gjon Mili and Magnum Photos.
What inspires his/her work?
Dennis was inspired by photography by meeting and seeing photographers while he fought in world war two.
Has your artists encountered any hardships or successes in his or her life that are directly reflected in their work?
He fought and survived World War II.
Your image:
Why did you select this image?This image would be great to recreate. There are so many options to recreate this photo. Anything can replace the cigarette in James Deans mouth and also anything could replace James Dean himself, as long as it makes sense.
How would you describe your photographers style? (in your own words)
Dennis Stocks style is older times, not modern, also in black and white and is based on one subject at a time not a bunch of photos thrown at you at once.
After researching the photographer what have you found most interesting about his/her photographic style or image production?
The most interesting thing I have learned about Dennis Stock was that he was focused on James Dean a very famous young Hollywood star at the time. All it took was one famous photo to trigger Dennis Stock’s career. How are you planning to recreate your photographers image?
Im am planning on having and younger teenager to replace with James Dean and have the kid with a lollipop in there mouth to show how times have change since 1955 also how modernized times square looks now. What images do you anticipate taking to recreated this image? (i.e. describe the shots you intend to take to reach your final goal)
Shots of Times Square, and it has to be sunny instead of a rainy gray day.
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