Photographer of the week

Good Afternoon, today I will talk about our first Photographer of the week. Each week I will introduce you to a famous photographer and we will look at their work all week. Today, we will also continue with the reports and sign up for presentations. If you have completed everything, you will create your BLOGGER account, where you will post all information and photos from this class.

Born July 1967 in Montreal, Canada

Although born in Montreal, Greenberg grew up in Detroit. She was interested in photography from childhood, along with drawing and other arts. She obtained a BFA in photography from Rhode Island School of Design in 1989.

Main Photographic Subject:

Greenberg's main photographic subject is portraiture. Whether for magazines or solo exhibits, Greenberg focuses on portraits of her subjects. Animal or baby, politician or the less famous, these are most often staged and her methods have often thrown her in the spotlight with a lot of "bad press" fairly often. Greenberg readily admits that her photography is heavily manipulated after the fact to achieve a finished look.

Greenberg's Photographic Technique:

Greenberg's signature style are portraits with harsh lighting and "shiny" highlights. They look much like HDR composites that have been overexposed on the highlights. As far as how the look is achieved, Greenberg told Digital Photo Pro that she uses "a lot of masking, apply color curves, dodge and burn. It's all done by hand, like painting." While Greenberg does still use film to capture the initial images, the final outcome is the result of very heavy digital editing.

Crying Babies Controversy:

In July 2006 Greenberg unveiled a politically charge photographic series entitled "End of Days." The photos showed toddlers in what appeared to be extreme distress. Some screaming, others with red eyes, and still others with faces nearly covered in tears. Instantly parents around the world protested that these photos were of much more than slightly upset children.

http://photography.about.com/od/famousphotographers/p/endofdaysphotocontroversy.htm