John Anthony Baldessari is an American conceptual artist known for his work featuring found photography and appropriated images. He lives and works in Santa Monica and Venice, California. In 1959, Baldessari began teaching art in the San Diego school system. He kept teaching for nearly three decades, in schools and junior colleges and community colleges, and eventually at the university level. In 1970 Baldessari and five friends burnt all of the paintings he had created between 1953 and 1966 as part of a new piece, titled The Cremation Project. The ashes from these paintings were baked into cookies. Baldessari began making prints in the early 1970s and continues to produce editions today. Baldessari has been in over 200 solo shows and 1,000 group shows in his six-decade career. His projects include artist books, videos, films, billboards and public works. His awards and honors include the 2014 National Medal of Arts Award, an upcoming award from the International Print Center New York in 2016.
Recent projects include exhibitions at Spruth Magers Gallery Los Angeles in 2016, the Stadel Museum in Frankfurt, Germany in 2015, Marian Goodman Gallery London in 2015.
It's got high contrast because it has low quality and it looks out dated and it looks like they got it from a really old film or newspaper the wrong thing about the photograph is that you cant see people's face all you can see is dots. The picture looks like vintage.