James Nachtwey

"I have been a witness, and these pictures are

my testimony. The events I have recorded should

not be forgotten and must not be repeated."

I love documentary style photography. His work speaks volumes to me. I struggled with light and form in photography. His work always captures it perfectly. This quote from him truly sums up a beautiful way to look at photography.

Sean Gilligan

His work is stunning to me. I feel like all photographers are just gifted in lots of different facets of art and I think its really cool that he is also a musician. I feel like he create images you have to continue to look at and you can feel his feeling and what he was going for immediately.

Ethan Pines

I dig his work because I understand him. I feel like I understand him. He says he wasn't born with a camera in his hand but he always wanted to tell stories. I completely agree. My first passion even as a child was telling a story. I made up story for my dolls for school for everything. I rewrote goosebumps books. He just enjoys creating a new world depicted by the images m his head and I can totally relate to that. One of my favorites to explore.

Jennifer Silverberg

I kinda never really looked at anything but street photography and portrait work before this semester. So when we were in class and I was able to look at her work I was pretty intrigued. Even though Im not interested in taking pictures of food, I think he photos pf them are so clean. Im still learning how to see beyond what is placed in front of me. She takes pictures of a lot of athletes which I think is cool, and also tough for me. Even cooler to me is that she is based here in St. Louis.

I really dig contemporary photography. Every time I look at this super iconic post I get captivated by it. I think its super cool how he just picked up his camera and just tracked across the country and just decided to shoot. His connection with India is really sweet as well. Fascinating photographer in my eyes who I want to learn more about. Mainly because I love the way his images pop off the page.

CARRIE MAE WEEMS

THE FIRST TIME I LOOKED AT THE ENTIRE TABLE TALKS SERIES BY CARRIE MAE WEEMS I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED. I FEEL LIKE I AM DEVELOPING INTO A DOCUMENTARY STYLE PHOTOGRAPHER AND HER WORK REALLY TAUGHT ME ALOT. I LOVE HOW SIMPLE YET TELLING EACH IMAGE IS. 

MY FAVORITE ANNIE!

MY FAVORITE PERSON TO LEARN ABOUT THIS SEMESTER! I feel like her life her philosophies, her style, the way she developed as a photographer, I connected with the most. Annie Leibovitz really spoke to my personal style, feelings and beliefs and to learn her work was really cool for me.