Cole thompson

12
Cole Thompson By: Caitlyn

Transcript of Cole thompson

Page 1: Cole thompson

Cole Thompson

By: Caitlyn

Page 2: Cole thompson

Biography

• Born in Salina, Kansas• His father was in the Air Force

so they moved around a lot

• Knew he was destined to be a fine art photographer when he was just 14 years old

Page 3: Cole thompson

Biography Cont’d

• As a young man if he wasn’t taking pictures or in his dark room he was looking at every book and image he could find

• He was drawn to a particular style of image that would cause a physical attraction– Dark images created by Adams, Weston,

Bullock, etc.– He doesn’t really have particular theme but as

of late he has been enjoying using motion

Page 4: Cole thompson

Influential poem “Invictus”Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of Circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeoning of Chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds, and shall find me, unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the

scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.

-by William Ernest Henley.

• Cole said that for him this powerful poem invokes dark and contrasting images which was a basis and inspiration for his photographs

• The darkness in his images represent the trials of our human existence while the light represents the strength and power that comes from the realization that we are the captains of our souls

Page 5: Cole thompson

Why Black and White?• He grew up in a world that was black and

white– Television was black and white– Movies were in black and white– The News was in black and white– Even the world was segregated into black and white

• His images are the extension of the world he grew up in

• “For me color records the image, but black and white captures the feelings that lie beneath.”

» Cole Thompson

Page 6: Cole thompson

• This picture is called angel Gabriel

• He is homeless and was eating French fries out of a garbage can when Cole Thompson found him

• Cole offered to buy him lunch if he could take a few pictures of him and he agreed

• They talked and when they parted he asked for a way to contact him if he made any money off the image

• He said just give it to someone who could really use it and that he had everything he needed

Page 7: Cole thompson

Why eyes closed?

• When we strike a pose in front of a camera we are putting on a “mask” its what we want other to see

• So if we take a picture with are eyes closed is are “mask” lifted

• “It is said that eyes are the window to the soul perhaps the face is the mirror that reveals a glimpse of inner self”

-Cole Thompson

Page 8: Cole thompson

Auschwitz pictures

Page 9: Cole thompson

• He said that he didn’t want people to only think of it as history because real people lived and died there

• He didn’t really intend to take pictures he just went there on a tour

• But the tour reminded him of this part in the book "The Mysterious Stranger“ by Mark Twain where seppi is talking to Satan points out that no other creature on the planet would treat another in such a terrible way except humans

• He thought about all the people who walked where he was walking

Page 10: Cole thompson

• Cole Thompson took a few pictures of this remarkable women named lenni who is going threw breast cancer

• When she asked him to take these pictures he was nervous at first

• He said that he never been really good at portraits and he didn’t want to mess up because the subject matter; terrifying, destructive, deadly and very personal

Page 11: Cole thompson