Name of Artist:
Dwight Burdette
Dates of Artist’s Life:
He is in his 60s [ exact birth date isn’t determinable.]
1. Personal Background: (5 sentences. Culture, nationality, schooling, important life events, etc.)
He graduated high school in 1970. He went to the UofM , but left in 1981. Then he went WCC from 1989-1991. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio and graduated from WTHS in cLeveland, Ohio. He likes to go to the New Yorker, Haab’s Restaurant. He is currently living in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Dwight Burdette
Dates of Artist’s Life:
He is in his 60s [ exact birth date isn’t determinable.]
1. Personal Background: (5 sentences. Culture, nationality, schooling, important life events, etc.)
He graduated high school in 1970. He went to the UofM , but left in 1981. Then he went WCC from 1989-1991. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio and graduated from WTHS in cLeveland, Ohio. He likes to go to the New Yorker, Haab’s Restaurant. He is currently living in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
2. Style: (5 sentences. What visual characteristics does this artist’s work possess? If you can compare it to a painting or art history style please do.)
His art is kind of like documentary art, but at the same time there are things like landscape. Dwight Burdette has different styles of his photography, he likes to do a little bit of everything, and he has a good variety of images. He doesn’t have many oil painting art like some photographers do he has his own little style. Some of his pictures can be simple, but some can be complex. He is a very talented photographer, he even takes pictures of places that are right here in Ann Arbor,Michigan.
3. Philosophy: (5 sentences. What were the major ideas behind this artist’s work? Where they personal, political, social, etc. What were they trying to “say” with their photographs?)
I don’t think that he had really any major ideas fro his work, It as mainly just taking pictures of places he thought were pretty. He would also take pictures of things that were happening around the world. For example he took a picture of president trump working in the white house. He would also go to places like concerts and take pictures of the singer[s] performing. According to his photos that he has taken his main view of taking pictures was taking pictures of what he was doing, so I think that his pictures were more on a personal level.
I don’t think that he had really any major ideas fro his work, It as mainly just taking pictures of places he thought were pretty. He would also take pictures of things that were happening around the world. For example he took a picture of president trump working in the white house. He would also go to places like concerts and take pictures of the singer[s] performing. According to his photos that he has taken his main view of taking pictures was taking pictures of what he was doing, so I think that his pictures were more on a personal level.
4. Influences: (5 sentences. How has the photographer influenced you in your work?)
This photographer has influenced my work because he takes really pretty landscape pictures and I want my work to look like that. I love the pictures where the golden sun is shining on the trees, it looks very pretty. Personally I love taking landscape pictures because they are very open, and that is like my personality. I live by a lake and trees like in his pictures, so I think that I could recreate these picture and make them even better or at least really close to the OG picture. His landscapes are very beautiful and that inspires me to recreate very pretty landscape pictures.
This photographer has influenced my work because he takes really pretty landscape pictures and I want my work to look like that. I love the pictures where the golden sun is shining on the trees, it looks very pretty. Personally I love taking landscape pictures because they are very open, and that is like my personality. I live by a lake and trees like in his pictures, so I think that I could recreate these picture and make them even better or at least really close to the OG picture. His landscapes are very beautiful and that inspires me to recreate very pretty landscape pictures.