Other+Artists+(Contemporary)



Both Richard Avedon and Annie Leibovitz are famous and celebrated photographers whose images span a period of time that includes both the end of the Modern Art Period and the our present art period referred to as Contemporary Art. These somewhat arbitrary categories are not strictly based on timeframe but also on attitude and approach. Both artists spent their lives capturing images as professional photographers, and both had distinctive styles unique to themselves, that evolved over time.

Check out these links to see some world famous portraits by each of these of photographers, images so famous that you may easily recognize many! http://www.richardavedon.com/

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/annie-leibovitz/photo-gallery/19/

[|http://www.boingboing.net/2005/0] 1/31/blind-painter.html A very interesting article explaining how this artists' brain appears to be "seeing" while he's imagining scenes, even though he's blind.

http://www.deeoverly.com/index.html Dee Overly is a very talented colored pencil artist who works with a variety of subjects and subject matter.

http://www.jdhillberry.com/pencil_drawings_still_life.htm J.D. Hillberry uses pencil and charcoal to create remarkably realistic drawings.

This is a modern twist on a very traditional art form: rounded vessels in red clay have been made by Native Americans for centuries, but this more modern form includes a beautiful, asymmetrical cut-away where a miniature cliff dwelling and kiva (sacred underground room) can be seen. Photographed in the Denver Art Museum.

http://www.root2art.co.uk/img1/contemporary_art_blog.png

Holly Lenzner

http://www.mcachicago.org/exhibitions/exh_detail.php?id=65 Elaine Sloan