Hello GaGa

I came across this image by Markus Klinko of Lady GaGa celebrating Hello Kitty's 35th Anniversary. I love this images texture and colours. I feel that it is such a clever portrait as it both shows off the artists personality and is also visually exciting.

Jillian Lochner

When researching for my essay I came across this very interesting photographer, Jillian Lochner'. I believe she is the future of shock advertising. She pushes advertising to the limits of controversy and I believe that 'Shockvertising' is only going to get worse as companies struggle for consumer attention. Not all of her work is this controversial but all of her images have a certain conformity in the texture of the colour that I can't help but love.

Kate Moss YSL Advert Controversy

Film Noir Photography

I watched the film 'Out of the past' late last night, Film noir movies always inspire me to take images. I love the 1940/50's style of film making. I think my love for this era comes from looking at old photographs, especially the images from my grandparents wedding album, that used to fascinate me for ages as a kid.

It annoys me when this beautiful style of imagery is cheapened by portrait photographers who give a bald man a gun and take his picture in black and white and call themselves "film noir photographers" (http://www.lafterhall.com/film_noir_gallery_1.html) But then maybe I'm just bitter that they are making money out of a style of photography that i would kill to make?