Album Art: Jimmy Eat World- Bleed American

Jimmy Eat World are an american rock band who throughout their discography have paid homage to alot of famous photographers through their artwork. I was drawn to the artwork for 'Blled American' where they had used one of William Eggleston photographs , a trophy cabinet representing America's obsession with 'competiton' which in many cases, politically led to conflict.

GOOGLE STREET VIEW: SLOVAKIA

I decided rather than choosing a city I wanted to look at an interesting landscape from the google street view to contemplate as to whether or not hte landscape has been photographed in the same way a photographer would show it. I decided to look at the Tatra Mountains that connected Slovakia to the rest of Europe.

Gotye- somebody that i used to know

i like this album cover because its like they have been drawn up by tiny little drwings and colouring in's. the song also has some kind of affect on it aswell by how they are being peiced together and then by what the song is called

UFO

http://www.google.co.uk/m/search?site=images&client=safari&hl=en&gl=uk&source=mog&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g1-k0d0t0&fkt=6319&fsdt=12998&cqt=&rst=&htf=&his=&maction=&q=ufo+album+cover#i=3

No Line On The Horizon - U2

The image that features on the cover of this album was taken by Hiroshi Sugimoto. This image is an image of Lake Constance which was titled the Boden Sea. This image is on eout of a collection of 200. It was used because it inspired a section of lyrics in a particular song that featured on the album. Sugimoto had a deal that the band were allowed to use the image as long as no text was placed over the image.

Abbey Road

Photographed by Iain McMillan, based on an original sketch by Paul McCartney. This image has become the most iconic album cover ever seen in Britain. The Beatles, who by this point were an international phenomenon, used this albukm cover to come back to their Liverpudlian roots and give off an air of being down to earth.The Zebra crossing has become a huge tourist attraction.

P.S Katie the man in the white suit is John Lennon, he is not a member of U2. <3

This photograph was taken by Jeanloup Sieff and I think that it is a good image as the subject is highlighted very well. I like the fact that it is in black and white and there is a lot of shadows as this makes the body stand out and you only focus on the body which is why it was lit like this :)

I chose Patrick Demarchelier as my photographer because the majority of his nude images seem really natural and i think the fact that he does them in black and white gives it that extra effect, because as there are no bright colours it doesnt draw any unneeded attention to a certain part of the image.

Simon Bolz

i chose to look at this photographer because i like how he has used to mask over the women's face to disguise them but also because we all tend to judge people by their faces before anything else. The top image i liked because the women has freckles and i think this comes across as sexy and very unique. You don't really see a lot of models that have freckles all over their body. I think this photographer likes to paint women in a different view to what we all think we see. This project was called 'Mysterious Mask' and was done in july 2006. He has a load more of his work on his website..... go on there and see his projects!!!!

Imogen Cunningham

Imogen Cunningham is a femail photographer who has shot nude images. These images were shot in black and white, this makes the image have a natural feel. I like this because it shows the simplicity of the human body.

Lee Earle

Lee earle is a glamour photographer who shoot a lot of nude photography, his work is know as tasteful and sensual nudes but in my opinion it is really not hugely tasteful. his shots are very simple shots of the female form usually topless but sometimes completely nude.

he was responsible for discovering famous model lucy pinder after spotting her sun bathing on the beach and after photographing her that day he managed to sign her up to a contract for the daily star where he photographed her for a few years until she moved on to 'mens magazines' such as zoo of fhm

Simon Bolz

“I shoot nude photo series for magazines and capture only what’s necessary not to overstimulate you.” – says nude photographer Simon Bolz from Frankfurt, Germany.

His works recently were printed on:

XXL Russia · stern.de · Men’s Health · TRIPmagazin.de · VIEW Stern · Penthouse Russia · PRINZ.de · WomenWeb · C-Heads Magazine · PHOTOGRAPHIE · fotoMagazin.de · VIEWspotlight · GQ-Magazin.de · Penthouse.de

DAVID BAILEY'S NUDES 1970S

I decided to look at Nudes done by David Bailey because when studying his work for my homage project I found that it was interesting how his nude portraits seemed so bare and natural in comparison to the heavy fur and almost fakeness of the models he used in his fashion work. Towards the end of the 70s Bailey had finished a series of nudes that he described the people as 'human beings' rather than models. To this day he still continues to work on nudes, most recently with models such as Kate Moss combining beauty with nude photography to show these iconic people in a new and natural light.

Alasdair McLellan

Alasdair McLellan shot photographs of Agyness Deyn, supposedly the ONLY nude shoot she has ever done. The photographs ooze confidence whilst in a vulnerable position. Her individuality brings an alternative beauty in a conventional way.