Personal Background:
Neil Winokur was born in New York, New York in 1945 and is still alive today. He lives with his wife and twin children in Manhattan. He graduated from Hunters college with a degree in physics and math. He worked at Strand bookstore and decided to quit to pursue his photography career, but soon returned back to the bookstore. He has accomplished many great achievements in his career, including his work being included in the photography of invention. His work was also featured in the National Museum of American Art, as well as The Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort at the Museum of Modern Art.
Style:
Neil Winokur carefully chooses what object he photographs and makes sure it work well with his backdrop. His photos all have a solid bright backdrop that brighten up the photo and adds a huge pop of color which creates a beautiful contrast. He also seems to have light come from the back of the object he is photographing. If you look closely at every photo, every object's shadow is in front and not behind the object. He photographs any object that catches his eye, which can be the most random objects but mean something to him such as, a can inside a bag.
Philosophy:
Neil Winokur creates meaning behind his photos by capturing object that aren’t appreciated by most people. He takes regular object such as toilet paper, a safety pin, a banana, etc. and captures them and shows them for people to view and appreciate the art behind it. He wants everyone to acknowledge the everyday objects that most people don’t value. When he photographs these objects he is trying to show how they are important before they are gone. His photos are simple with a single colored backdrop, but he still captures the simplicity of each item well.
Influences:
Neil Winokur has shown me through his photos that every object and anything can be photographed beautifully. He has proven to me that any object can be photographed even if it’s not a typical item or if it is portrayed as “unnecessary”. He has also shown me that you have to take everything into account such as, lighting and making sure you watch where the shadow is. Also taking into account the colors and how the backdrop and object work together. Everything that is in frame should be carefully thought out, and should work cohesively with everything else in the photo.
Sources:
https://www.pinterest.com/acciophoto/es9-neil-winokur/
http://the-adaa.tumblr.com/post/121197203811/neil-winokur-janet-borden-inc
https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/new-york-by-neil-winokur/
Neil Winokur photos:
Neil Winokur was born in New York, New York in 1945 and is still alive today. He lives with his wife and twin children in Manhattan. He graduated from Hunters college with a degree in physics and math. He worked at Strand bookstore and decided to quit to pursue his photography career, but soon returned back to the bookstore. He has accomplished many great achievements in his career, including his work being included in the photography of invention. His work was also featured in the National Museum of American Art, as well as The Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort at the Museum of Modern Art.
Style:
Neil Winokur carefully chooses what object he photographs and makes sure it work well with his backdrop. His photos all have a solid bright backdrop that brighten up the photo and adds a huge pop of color which creates a beautiful contrast. He also seems to have light come from the back of the object he is photographing. If you look closely at every photo, every object's shadow is in front and not behind the object. He photographs any object that catches his eye, which can be the most random objects but mean something to him such as, a can inside a bag.
Philosophy:
Neil Winokur creates meaning behind his photos by capturing object that aren’t appreciated by most people. He takes regular object such as toilet paper, a safety pin, a banana, etc. and captures them and shows them for people to view and appreciate the art behind it. He wants everyone to acknowledge the everyday objects that most people don’t value. When he photographs these objects he is trying to show how they are important before they are gone. His photos are simple with a single colored backdrop, but he still captures the simplicity of each item well.
Influences:
Neil Winokur has shown me through his photos that every object and anything can be photographed beautifully. He has proven to me that any object can be photographed even if it’s not a typical item or if it is portrayed as “unnecessary”. He has also shown me that you have to take everything into account such as, lighting and making sure you watch where the shadow is. Also taking into account the colors and how the backdrop and object work together. Everything that is in frame should be carefully thought out, and should work cohesively with everything else in the photo.
Sources:
https://www.pinterest.com/acciophoto/es9-neil-winokur/
http://the-adaa.tumblr.com/post/121197203811/neil-winokur-janet-borden-inc
https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/new-york-by-neil-winokur/
Neil Winokur photos:
My photos: Compare and Contrast
"A lemon"
I would say mine is more intense, compared to Neil Winokur. We have the same object and relatively same backdrop color but my green is definitely darker. If you also pay close attention my shadow, it is more visible than Winokur's, where his is very faint. Regarding the size of the image mine is also more wide from the sides were his is taller in length. The two photos are definitely not exactly the same but are very similar in many ways. |
"Big pan"
This photo definitely has some similarities to the original photo, including the shadow and backdrop color. The shadow is same around the handle, but in Winokur’s photo, the shadow is in front, while mine is from the back. I would say the color is pretty close, but the size of my image is cut off at the bottom. The sides of my photo are cutting into the pan while Winokur’s photo has more of the backdrop around the sides. For the most part I would say they are pretty similar. |
"Plain Bagel"
For my last photo I took it of a bagel with a firey bright pink backdrop. In my photo I seem to have a double shadow, while in Winokur's photo he has just one shadow in front of the bagel. His photo also looks like it has some sort of vintage old feel to it while mine has a new and bright feel. I would say the size and layout of the two photos match up nicely. Also in Winokur’s photo his bagel is more detailed with lines and indents. |
Personal Artist Statement:
Neil Winokur is the photographer I chose because his one object photos with a bold backdrop interested me. These photos were relatively easy to recreate other than making sure I got enough of the backdrop in frame. My first photo is a picture of a lemon with a green backdrop. I angled my lemon so it was in the right position and made sure the lemons shadow was in front of the lemon. For my second photo I took a picture of a pan in front of a bright yellow backdrop. I made sure I got the handles shadow in the right spot while making sure I only got the yellow in frame. My last photo was a picture of a plain bagel. This photo was fairly easy to shoot and I used a bright pink backdrop.
Neil Winokur is the photographer I chose because his one object photos with a bold backdrop interested me. These photos were relatively easy to recreate other than making sure I got enough of the backdrop in frame. My first photo is a picture of a lemon with a green backdrop. I angled my lemon so it was in the right position and made sure the lemons shadow was in front of the lemon. For my second photo I took a picture of a pan in front of a bright yellow backdrop. I made sure I got the handles shadow in the right spot while making sure I only got the yellow in frame. My last photo was a picture of a plain bagel. This photo was fairly easy to shoot and I used a bright pink backdrop.