The Six Portrait Artists

Cristina Mittermeier
http://www.cristinamittermeier.com/


Mittermeier was born on the 26th of November 1966 Mexico City, Mexico. She is a photographer, writer and a conversationalist. Mittermeier has published two books titled Fresh Water:The Essence of Life and Transboundary Conservation: A New Vision for Protected Areas. She has received in the past recognition of the worlds top 40 most Influential Outdoor Photographer of the Year award and the North American nature Photographers Association Mission award. As well, Mittermeier is the founder and president of the International League of Conservation Photographers and co-founder and executive director of Sealegacy.
I'm very intrigued with her photography due to how she captures an every day life of people still intact with their culture and heritage and how she uses her photography to urge the need for conservation of  nature and of humans.













David Lloyd
https://davidlloyd.net/



Lloyd is from New Zealand though is now living in London. He is a photographer with the interest for colour and balck and white styles in his wildlife art. Lloyd moved to London for a six month journey and is still there. he has a book titled As Long as There Are Animals.
Lloyds work interests me since he captures animals within there natural habitat but as well can give them an elegant portrait with character and a story.












Jakkree Thampitakkul
https://500px.com/mingmuang


Thampitakkul unfortunately does not have a bio or any description of himself or his accomplishments however only his photos are liked greatly.
His work captures my attention due to how the colors are intensified and the photographs seem to capture a feeling of  warmess and family value.













 Jimmy Nelson
http://www.beforethey.com/
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/oct/29/jimmy-nelson-indigenous-people-survival-international


Nelson was born in Sevenoaks, United Kingdom 1967. he is a British journalist and a photographer. He is well-known for his portraits of indigenous people and tribal communities. he has published a book titled Before They Pass Away. Nelson has also been criticized by his work due to how the indigenous civilians he has photographed are not truly themselves. Their style has changed to the 'high fashion' of Nelsons photography fantasy.
I find Nelsons work to be mesmerizing due to the texture he creates and lighting he uses and the indigenous people expressing their culture.














Sebastiao Salgado
https://www.artsy.net/artist/sebastiao-salgado


Salgado was born on the 8th of February 1944 in Airmores, Minas Gerais, Brazil. he is a photographer, painter and sculpture and a writer. he has written books titled  Other Americas, Migrations: Humanity in Transition, Terra, From My Land to the Planet, and at least 8 more books. he has received the Hasselblad award, the World Press Photo Oskar Barnack award, the World Press Photo Award for general News and the World Press Photo Award for Daily Life.
Salgados work gives an old old photography look within the culture and the locations he works with.














Steve McCurry
http://stevemccurry.com/


McMurry was born on the 24th of February 1950, Darby, Pennsylvania. he is a contemporary photographer and attended Pennsylvania state University. McMurry  received the Word Press Photo Award for General News, the World Press Photo Award for Daily Life, the World Press Photo Award for Nature and the World Press Photo Children's Award. he is as well founded the ImagineAsia in 2004. This non-profit organization helps provide resources and opportunities to children and young adults in Afghanistan.
McMurry's photographs feels as if he is conveying a message toward others with the use of eyes. He intensifies the colors and what he captures looks purposeful.

1. Name, phone #, and e-mail. Blog address. Please take a "selfie" and include it on your blog. 

Robert Segura
(210)251-9347
rsegura1@leomail.tamuc.edu / rsbobbi17@gmail.com
RobSeg19.blogspot.com

2. What’s your major? What year will you graduate? 

Visual Communications - New Media
2020

3. Why did you choose a photography class (or photography as a major), and what do you hope to learn from school in general and this class specifically? 

I chose a photography class to learn what photography really means and how it works in society.
I hope to learn different styles to add to my art portfolio and I want to learn what does it mean to be a photographer.

4. What are your goals after graduation? Please list your goals in reverse order, starting five years out, then three, two, one, and six months. 

In five years I plan to be working at my dream job, fourth is to be married, third is to graduate from college, third is to intern at companies in Dallas, second is to expose myself to more art and get my work out there to people and artist to be well known, and first is to stick to my goals and make them happen for real, and in six months I want to travel and see artwork that has culture and heritage.

5. What artists, musicians, photographers, writers, movies, books have influenced you/your work?

Frida Kahlo, Gustav Klimtz, Fernando Botero, John Lasseter, Walt Disney, vasily Surikov, K. Y. Craft.
Sergio Mendes, las Ketchup, Billy Joel, Shakira, Selena Quintanilla, Chocolate, Daddy Yanke, Beatriz Adriana, Whitney Houston, Gloria Gaynor.
The Woman in Gold, Never Been Kissed, Shes All That, Star Wars, all Disney and Pixar films, Austenland, The Signs, Halloween, Friday the 13th, Scream 1,2,3,4, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Cabin in the woods.
Robert Frost, Ray Bradbury, George Orwell, John Steinbeck, Aldous Huxley, Charlotte Bronte.
Jane Eyre, A brave New World, Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave, Is Your Mama a Llama?, Of Mice and Men, If You Gave a Mouse a Cookie, Corduroy,

6. Where do you get information about current national and international events?

Mostly from people around me or on social media.

7. Are there any important websites that you are referencing for art/photo competitions and/or information? What websites do you regularly visit? What TV programs?

No not at this moment.

8. What museums and/or galleries have you been to in the past year? 

I have gone to the San Antonio Art Museum in San Antonio and the galleries here at Texas A&M University at commerce.

9. Have you had any photo projects and/ or training in the past? 

No.

10. What is the value of art for the artist? 

The value of art for an artist is to show others what the artist has in his mind, what he wants to express about a certain cause.

11. What is the value of art for the audience? 

The value of art for the audience is question what the artist is thinking and to try and feel how the artist feels about something.

12. Is photography a vocation or an avocation?  

I believe photography is a vocation.

13. What is your passion? 

My passion is to draw, paint and more to create life and to show others what my world looks like through my eyes.

14.What are you afraid of? What makes you uncomfortable? 

I'm afraid of not pushing myself hard enough, I'm afraid of people judging me for the wrong reasons, I'm afraid of not doing my best and not following orders. I usually dont uncomfortable but, if ever i do I'll tell you as soon as possible.

15. Do you have a passport?

Yes.

16. Why did you sign up for this class? What do you hope to learn from it?

I don't know much of photography and I want to learn as much as possible about it to help others understand the question why it is so important and very useful in society.

17. Name three people who have influenced you and tell me how and why.

My aunt Elizabeth Lopez because her dream was to open up a Latino bakery and she made it happen.
My English teacher Mr. Ronald Calvo in High School because he was so passionate about english and took it to heart and never favored any students.
My mother Josefina Magana-Lopez because she has hope in everything she believe in, even when people and issues intervene she always has her head held high.

18. Name three books (four, if one is the Bible) that have been important in your development. How have they influenced you?
 Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave, Jane Eyre, and The Help.
They influence me because in my mind they say beauty is bravery, innocence is better to have than all the fortunes in the world, being bullied or mistreated doesn't define who you are, being poor doesn't mean your dreams wont happen, and being different color of skin and stereotyped is a great advantage to shame and right the wrong.