Thomas Dworzak

I Have recently being watching a lot of Magnum's In Motion essays and found this one on the georgian conflict titled A Georgian Diary, by Thomas Dworzak, very interesting.

Stuart Franklin

Stuart Franklin
Tiananman Square
1989
Beijing, China

What interests me about this image is that Charlie Cole took and published a similar image that went on to win the World Press Photo award but Franklin's image seems to be re-produced far more often. Extreme case of right place right time perhaps?

1989 - World Press Photo, Charlie Cole

I read in the book Magnum Stories that Cole and Franklin were actually sharing the same hotel room and the two obviously saw an opportunity to shoot and as a result took similar images.

M. C. Escher

M. C. Escher
Ascending and Descending
1960

M. C. Escher
Drawing Hands
1948

I first looked at Escher's work during my GSCE art course at high school. I was doing a self portrait project and used the above image as my main ifluence. This time I used his work as inspiration to my found objects project which focused on our perceptions on reality.

Gregory Crewdson

Gregory Crewdson
Untitled
Summer 2004

Gregory Crewdson
Untitled
Summer 2004

Gregory Crewdson
Untitled
Summer 2001

Laura Letinsky

Laura Letinsky
Untitled #43
Rome
2001

I looked at Laura Letinsky's work throughout my still life module and was very interested in her fine art roots in which I share. Her contempory still life's draw influence from the Dutch 17th Century Golden Age of Painting.

Laura Letinsky
Untitled #60
2002

Arthur Tress

Arthur Tress
Flying Dreams
1971
Queens, New York

Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon
Figure with Meat
1954

I recall seeing a collection of his work at the Tate when visiting London with my college during my study of A level art and was instantly struck by the nightmarish manner of his work and the impact it had on me. After reading John Russell's Francis Bacon I was really intrigued about the links with World War II and Mussolini.

Francis Bacon
Study after Velazquez's portrait of pope Innocent X
1953

I have been a huge fan of Francis Bacon's work ever since the beginning of my GCSE art course during high school. His work continued to influence me throughout my performance piece of work.