Edward Burtynsky and Annie Leibovitz

Daily class notes

Edward Burtynsky

Edward's China pictures, I think, spoke to every person in the class. I think he was trying to show how industries enslave those workers. They have a dorm and wear uniforms to even heighten the idea. It made me want to go there and ask them how they feel every morning when they walk into the factory doing the same job every day. The pictures also show how much we rely on goods that are mostly made in China. In China, there are many factories full of equipments that fill rooms to make goods that would suffice most of humanity.

Yes, his other photographs were horrid and disturbing, but he still captured reality without any manipulation of the contents in his photographs, which I find amazing. He finds art in what he sees and takes photos. I think that Edward has the creative eye. I call people who approach art in a different and unexpected way as having the "creative eye"—his eyes see the beauty of what most of us would find repulsive.

Annie Leibovitz

Annie's unmanipulated pictures such as the photos of Mick Jagger's concert had a flowing composition, which I find hard to do if the subjects and objects were not arranged by me. She automatically knows which picture is going to be the perfect picture. The qualities of the pictures are also very high and beautiful. In her photos you see movement, emotion, innovation, and creativeness. I am looking forward to adopting some of her amazing talent of approaching the world in a creative way.