Artist Research - John Goto

John Goto was born in 1942. He is an English photographer and now works as a Professor of Fine Arts at the University Of Derby. His work is named, usually as a series, and is usually what the picture is about in general, not directly what the subject is. John Goto started producing work in the late Sixties when he studied Fine Art at St. Martins School Of Art, London; he has continued producing work since, with many on-going projects. His work varies, he has taken many pictures of many different subjects; so I have been looking at his landscapes where he has digitally manipulated the images by taking at least two photographs then cutting out one subject from one photo then copying and pasting the object onto the other picture. Then he probably used more techniques like blurring the outside of the object to make it appear more natural. His work is clear and usually bright. You can usually tell which subject he has photoshopped in and his work is in colour. I like his work as it is imaginative and fun and I will definatly try more fantasy landscapes in the future. I think his work is relevant to my research as we have been set a task to create a fantasy landscape. I think our work is very similar and have been created usuing similar methods; however, a lot of his work usually has the people as the subject thats been photoshopped in. In my work, the people were already in the initial shot.