famous photographers.

September 27, 2006 4:27 PM

we're to recreate a famous photo/piece of art for an assignment in my photography class, but i'm not finding what i want.

the example we were shown was a recreation of american gothic, a couple stood in the middle of a grocery store aisle holding a tray of meat, the aisles angling up created the feel of the a-frame and the refrigerator doors behind them replicated the front door of the house.

so that's the basis that we're working around, what are your favorite pieces? the more contemporary the better.

posted by kooop to media & arts (12 comments total)

You say you're not finding what you want...would you mind giving some parameters? What has/hasn't appealed to you so far?
posted by lalex at 4:43 PM on September 27, 2006

Here's the famous "Blue Angel" poster shot of Dietrich as Lola Lola (1929). And here's William Wegman's 1990 Lolita.

D'you know any Weimaraners? They seem quite pliant — and will work for kibble.
posted by rob511 at 4:45 PM on September 27, 2006

This photograph of a tricycle by William Eggleston is very famous, contemporary, and easily recreateable if you've got the architecture somewhere around...
posted by xo at 4:51 PM on September 27, 2006

Do they have dance classes at your school? How about a Degas?

If you could get dancers in modern dress to replicate something like this I think that would be nice.
posted by Rock Steady at 4:51 PM on September 27, 2006

Or you could do Dorothea Lange's migrant mother, updated to evoke Katrina/New Orleans.
posted by xo at 4:54 PM on September 27, 2006

Christina by Andrew Wyeth, Time by Salvador Dali, Campbell's Soup Can by Andy Warhol, and Flowers by Pablo Picasso are a few that immediately spring to mind that would be interesting to update and recreate. Also several by Magritte - think skies, hats, and apples.
posted by iconomy at 5:00 PM on September 27, 2006

Anything by Jeff Koons should be fun. Try this one.
posted by turducken at 5:56 PM on September 27, 2006

GIS for "End of the Trail."
posted by LarryC at 6:00 PM on September 27, 2006

Nude Descending a Staircase. Use a long exposure with a series of strobes.

Alternatively, get some friends with SUVs, shoot them from several stories up and recreate the famous Tiananmen Square photo.
posted by infinitewindow at 6:20 PM on September 27, 2006

Pablo Picasso's The Dream or Hand with Bouquet would be interesting and probably not that difficult to recreate. Another idea is Cezanne's Card Players.
posted by LoriFLA at 8:50 PM on September 27, 2006

Not screamingly contemporary, but easily made so: Flaming June.
posted by Dreama at 11:09 PM on September 27, 2006

Just What Is It That Makes Today's Home So Different, So Appealing? would be fun to reinterpret.
posted by dmo at 4:20 AM on September 28, 2006