I hate UH wireless...
so here ya go!
Jerry Uelsmann
He is known for his manipulation of black and white photographs in the darkroom, otherwise known as photomontage. His pictures involve multiple exposures merged into one to produce the surreal. What’s also neat is that his film of choice is Kodak T-MAX 400.
Arthur Tress
The Dream Collector, Shadow Series, and Theater of the Mind, all of these works, show the extent of their creator’s imagination. Tress doesn’t seem to get too complicated with his prints. He simply takes carefully planned shots.
Josef Sudek
A Czech photographer known for his haunting night-scapes in Prague. It seems that losing his arm while in the Austro-Hungarian Army greatly affected his life and influenced his style of photography. However, having one arm didn’t keep him from taking such beautiful pictures (like those of the St. Vitus cathedral) with large format, bulky cameras.
Alfred Stieglitz
He helped, in great part, to make photography an equally acceptable art form such as painting and sculpture. He is best known for his works with Georgia O’Keeffe, of whom he took over 300 pictures.
Edward Steichen
Already an established as a fine painter by the beginning of the 1900s, Steichen master pictoralism before moving on to straight photography and eventually fashion photography. The Pond-Moonlight, one of his early pictoralist photographs using a then-experimental approach to color, sold in 2006 for $2.9 million, the highest price ever paid for a photograph at auction.
W. Eugene Smith
Smith’s fame comes from his photo-essays. Throughout his life he seems to have been in the front lines of every major political issue, always looking for complete control of his subject matter.
Sandy Skoglund
Known for her surrealist images. Skoglund originally started learning photography as a way to document her art. That quickly changed to her works involving elaborate sets with actors or objects, of contrasting or monochromatic colors.
Sebastiao Salgado
Salgado’s photography can be categorized as documentary. He is most noted for his photography of workers in less developed nations, such as the picture in our Black and White Photography book (Firefighters at Work).
Arnold Newman
Known for his “environmental portraits,” pictures of subjects in a controlled environment, in their most familiar surroundings. His idea was that the photograph had to be interesting even if the subject was unknown or had long been forgotten. For Newman, the subject wasn’t the only thing that made the photograph interesting, but the surroundings as well.
Barbara Morgan
Is most noted for her dance-photography. Of particular interest is Morgan’s photograph, Valerie Bettis: Desperate Heart. It captures the element of motion while at the same time an artistic effect by placing two exposures in one photograph.
Duane Michals
He describes himself not as a photographer but rather, an expressionist, someone who expresses himself according to his needs. Michals steps out of the norm by using text in some of his pictures and photo sequences.
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
An optician, married, a father of three, president of the Parent-Teacher Association, and a coach of a boy's baseball team, Meatyard wasn’t the most typical of photographers. Neither are his photographs. With such eerie and disturbing pictures, it’s hard to believe Meatyard when he says, “an educated background of Zen influences all of my photographs.”
Sally Mann
Known for her photographic books: “Immediate Family,” “At Twelve: Portraits of Young Women;” and “Mother Land: Recent Landscapes of Georgia and Virginia.” For her collection, “Deep South,” Mann used damaged cameras and lenses to produce eerie, ghostly pictures.
David Levinthal
When Levinthal takes photographs, he thinks small. He uses miniatures in his photographs, complete with a surrounding environment and skillfully placed lighting. The miniatures at times can easily be mistaken for real people.
Dorothea Lange
Like S. Salgado and W. E. Smith, Lange was a documentary photographer and photojournalist. Her works dealt mostly with the Great Depression. They brought to public attention the lives of the poor, the migrant workers, the displaced families.
Barbara Kruger
Kruger is an American photographer known for her conceptual art, usually black and white photographs with overlaid captions of white on red. Her messages are about how we are to each other, about our society.
Michael Kenna
This English photographer is known for his unusual landscapes. His film of choice is black and white. His choice in angles, time of day, and exposure times make his photographs unique.
Jim Goldberg
An American photographer known for mixing photographs and text to create a type of storytelling. Goldberg explores various aspects of our subcultures and social classes. The text in his photographs often involves the writing of his subjects.
Oct 23, 2008
Oct 22, 2008
New Proposal
Veronica Valadez
Cindy Sherman was never involved in the arts until she entered college. Her freshman year she studied painting but felt limited and frustrated with her work. Sherman turned to photography instead and used herself as a model for her photos. She admits she tried to pay someone else to be her muse but discovered she couldn't completely rely on them. In Sherman's first series of photographs she presents herself as different women that represent the stereotypical roles they play in society. Her photos are often mistaken as self portraits. However if one looks closely her expression is blank and often resembles a mannequin. Sherman also detaches herself from the photos by leaving them without a title.
Like Sherman I wish to question the roles of women in society, the media, and the art world. I also want to explore how these roles have changed in our society including values and morals. I plan to use myself as a model for my photographs and to include some props as well. To be honest I can relate more to Sherman on a personal level more than I could with Hans Bellmer. I wouldn't call myself a feminist but her photographs make me question my place as a woman and artist. In a way I believe her work challenges everyone. You look at the stereotypes she's created on film and it makes a girl want to break them.
Cindy Sherman was never involved in the arts until she entered college. Her freshman year she studied painting but felt limited and frustrated with her work. Sherman turned to photography instead and used herself as a model for her photos. She admits she tried to pay someone else to be her muse but discovered she couldn't completely rely on them. In Sherman's first series of photographs she presents herself as different women that represent the stereotypical roles they play in society. Her photos are often mistaken as self portraits. However if one looks closely her expression is blank and often resembles a mannequin. Sherman also detaches herself from the photos by leaving them without a title.
Like Sherman I wish to question the roles of women in society, the media, and the art world. I also want to explore how these roles have changed in our society including values and morals. I plan to use myself as a model for my photographs and to include some props as well. To be honest I can relate more to Sherman on a personal level more than I could with Hans Bellmer. I wouldn't call myself a feminist but her photographs make me question my place as a woman and artist. In a way I believe her work challenges everyone. You look at the stereotypes she's created on film and it makes a girl want to break them.
Oct 20, 2008
Janet Croog
I am so sorry this is posted after 5. I have been changing homes so I was unable to get everything together in time, but I had written this yesterday actually (even though you wouldn't know that I suppose...).
Edward Weston
The photographer I am emulating is Edward Weston because his photos are very figurative. I have always been interested in the human body, especially when dealing with natural curvature which is why his style pertains to my own. He even said, "I am stimulated to work with the nude body, because of the infinite combinations of lines which are present with every move."
Another way Weston photographs natural curvature is through vegetable forms, as you can see in his “Natural Studies” portfolio. I can really appreciate his taste for this subject matter. He inspired me to find some of my own vegetables and see their form in relation to the human body, especially with peppers. One of his most famous photos is his “Pepper, 1930” photo.
His lighting in his photos varies from well balanced to a bit contrasted in order to pronounce the shadows and highlights in the curves of his subjects. I really like the photos that have a dark background which makes his subjects a more dynamic focus. His subjects can be very simple in the fact that it is just the human body or just a vegetable, but the form of the subject itself is not all that simple because of all the lines and curves it has.
For my first roll of film I tried to emulate Weston’s photos using a human form and a few vegetables, including a pepper. I used a male body as opposed to Weston’s female bodies, but any body I can get a hold of will have the same affect in its infinite lines and curves. The pepper I used has curves similar to the human form, especially of the back of a person. The idea can be abstract also, so any eye can find anything out of the curves of the vegetables I used (which is the beauty of art in general).
I plan to take more photos, hopefully of different people, but in the same manner Weston uses. I also plan to find more vegetables. I will not do revealing nude photos, but I will continue to shoot creative body curvatures. Because of Weston, I have now become intrigued by the pepper vegetable specifically, but I know many vegetables have a unique curvature that I can relate to the human form. I plan to search endlessly for these vegetables now.
Edward Weston
The photographer I am emulating is Edward Weston because his photos are very figurative. I have always been interested in the human body, especially when dealing with natural curvature which is why his style pertains to my own. He even said, "I am stimulated to work with the nude body, because of the infinite combinations of lines which are present with every move."
Another way Weston photographs natural curvature is through vegetable forms, as you can see in his “Natural Studies” portfolio. I can really appreciate his taste for this subject matter. He inspired me to find some of my own vegetables and see their form in relation to the human body, especially with peppers. One of his most famous photos is his “Pepper, 1930” photo.
His lighting in his photos varies from well balanced to a bit contrasted in order to pronounce the shadows and highlights in the curves of his subjects. I really like the photos that have a dark background which makes his subjects a more dynamic focus. His subjects can be very simple in the fact that it is just the human body or just a vegetable, but the form of the subject itself is not all that simple because of all the lines and curves it has.
For my first roll of film I tried to emulate Weston’s photos using a human form and a few vegetables, including a pepper. I used a male body as opposed to Weston’s female bodies, but any body I can get a hold of will have the same affect in its infinite lines and curves. The pepper I used has curves similar to the human form, especially of the back of a person. The idea can be abstract also, so any eye can find anything out of the curves of the vegetables I used (which is the beauty of art in general).
I plan to take more photos, hopefully of different people, but in the same manner Weston uses. I also plan to find more vegetables. I will not do revealing nude photos, but I will continue to shoot creative body curvatures. Because of Weston, I have now become intrigued by the pepper vegetable specifically, but I know many vegetables have a unique curvature that I can relate to the human form. I plan to search endlessly for these vegetables now.
artSLAM!
This is completely unrelated to this class...
I am working with HoustonHipHop.com to plan an event called artSLAM! at the Meridian. The best description of artSLAM! I can give is it a combination of live music and "live art". In previous events, this consisted of a DJ spinning while local artists painted, drew, tagged, did spray-stencil art, sculpt, etc. Sometimes b-boys will come out and do their thing just to add another layer of entertainment.
We are currently looking for artists to be part of the show that are willing to produce their work live. We are discussing having a silent auction for the work, so there may be some money involved, but that is not finalized. This event is more for artists to get some exposure and for everyone to have a good time.
It looks like Sunday, November 23rd has been confirmed and it'll probably run 8-12pm.
If you are interested in being involved, please email me at houstonartslam@gmail.com or contact me at myspace.com/houstonartslam
If you know someone that might be interested, please send them this info. We are are in need of artists and looking to solidify the roster ASAP.
Thanks!
-Chelsea
I am working with HoustonHipHop.com to plan an event called artSLAM! at the Meridian. The best description of artSLAM! I can give is it a combination of live music and "live art". In previous events, this consisted of a DJ spinning while local artists painted, drew, tagged, did spray-stencil art, sculpt, etc. Sometimes b-boys will come out and do their thing just to add another layer of entertainment.
We are currently looking for artists to be part of the show that are willing to produce their work live. We are discussing having a silent auction for the work, so there may be some money involved, but that is not finalized. This event is more for artists to get some exposure and for everyone to have a good time.
It looks like Sunday, November 23rd has been confirmed and it'll probably run 8-12pm.
If you are interested in being involved, please email me at houstonartslam@gmail.com or contact me at myspace.com/houstonartslam
If you know someone that might be interested, please send them this info. We are are in need of artists and looking to solidify the roster ASAP.
Thanks!
-Chelsea
Oct 19, 2008
ansel adams summary
Around 17 years old, Ansel Adams photographs focuses on producing soft-focused landscapes called “pictorialism.” Later on he focuses on using the technique of “previsualization,” where he would carefully calculate the effect of a photograph before taking it. His very first work using this technique is presented through the photograph, The Face of Half Dome (1927). In 1928 he used a telephoto lens to create stunning close up image of a mountain that was in fact very far away. Then around 1930s, in joining the group f/64, he experimented with large format cameras to produce maximum depth of field and extremely sharp-focus images. This was when he started to photograph realism. The next decades, 1940s, he concentrated on photographing close up still-life to panoramic views and distant landscapes.
His range of photographic styles includes romanticism, poetic-vision, technical precision, and environmental advocacy.
“Expose for shadows; develop for the highlights” as said by Ansel Adams, when he photograph his works he would look for the composition of the shadows on the subject if not the fore and back ground. After Adams pursues “straight photography” he continues using this photographic method until his death. Straight photography is the clarity of the lens being emphasized, and the final print gave no appearance of being manipulated in the camera or the darkroom. He uses “burning” and “dodging” in the darkroom to manipulate his prints to the way he would rather prefer. In addition, he developed a scientific method to photography called the Zone system, for the purpose of manipulating the tonalities of the final print. In his works he has very high contrast of depth to the images, the shadows were intensify to give off a better depth of field photograph.
Most of his works are like a work of art, they are not like documentaries of a place, thing, or persons. The photographs seems like they can be read in words instead of as a picture. In addition, in these works all the subjects and practically everything is in focus and nothing is blur. The creativity and the beauty presented in his photographs are attractive. I would like to emulate his stylistic fashion and conceptual fashion as well.
The shots I’m trying to do is trying to make it as sharp as I could, putting everything in focus. With that I also want to present a pleasing artistic view of the subject I focus on. The photos are probably will consists of landscapes and nature, since he concentrates a lot on these categories.
I'm posting this because my printer doesn't work.
His range of photographic styles includes romanticism, poetic-vision, technical precision, and environmental advocacy.
“Expose for shadows; develop for the highlights” as said by Ansel Adams, when he photograph his works he would look for the composition of the shadows on the subject if not the fore and back ground. After Adams pursues “straight photography” he continues using this photographic method until his death. Straight photography is the clarity of the lens being emphasized, and the final print gave no appearance of being manipulated in the camera or the darkroom. He uses “burning” and “dodging” in the darkroom to manipulate his prints to the way he would rather prefer. In addition, he developed a scientific method to photography called the Zone system, for the purpose of manipulating the tonalities of the final print. In his works he has very high contrast of depth to the images, the shadows were intensify to give off a better depth of field photograph.
Most of his works are like a work of art, they are not like documentaries of a place, thing, or persons. The photographs seems like they can be read in words instead of as a picture. In addition, in these works all the subjects and practically everything is in focus and nothing is blur. The creativity and the beauty presented in his photographs are attractive. I would like to emulate his stylistic fashion and conceptual fashion as well.
The shots I’m trying to do is trying to make it as sharp as I could, putting everything in focus. With that I also want to present a pleasing artistic view of the subject I focus on. The photos are probably will consists of landscapes and nature, since he concentrates a lot on these categories.
I'm posting this because my printer doesn't work.
Oct 16, 2008
Your Famous Photographer Summary.
Hi all.
For Monday, please have a summary about your photographer, with a corresponding roll of film (processed with contact sheet) that you have taken in their style.
In your summary, I am looking for a detailed description of the photographer's work (including subject matter, affect of camera setting on the work, printing style [high or low contrast, dark or light prints], and meaning or concept of the work). Please explain what you are drawn to about the work, and how you wish to emulate this photographer's work - it might be in a stylistic fashion, a conceptual fashion, or a combination of things. Be specific, be creative, be innovative! I would like to see a written explanation of the shots you plan to take, and how these will relate to your photographer.
Any questions, please e-mail me.
For Monday, please have a summary about your photographer, with a corresponding roll of film (processed with contact sheet) that you have taken in their style.
In your summary, I am looking for a detailed description of the photographer's work (including subject matter, affect of camera setting on the work, printing style [high or low contrast, dark or light prints], and meaning or concept of the work). Please explain what you are drawn to about the work, and how you wish to emulate this photographer's work - it might be in a stylistic fashion, a conceptual fashion, or a combination of things. Be specific, be creative, be innovative! I would like to see a written explanation of the shots you plan to take, and how these will relate to your photographer.
Any questions, please e-mail me.
Oct 15, 2008
Famous Photographers, pt. 2
Bill Owens
Owen did a particular series called Suburbia, which focused on endless paradox, monotony, and false impressions that are suburban life. He demonstrates how cropping can drastically change the content of an image.
Jim Goldberg
Jim Goldberg is a photographer that has been able to most successfully integrate photos and text. In his series Rich and Poor, he illustrates the similarities differences between people from varying levels of wealth, and in doing so, captures intensely personal portraits that reveal the depth of his subjects’ lives.
Lartigue
Lartigue got his first camera when he was very young and started photographing his family, mostly the younger members and usually at play. His work lends to the idea that some are born with natural talent and that trying to reproduce his shots only become that, reproductions.
Bourke-White
Bourke-White joins the ranks of Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange during the 1930s and documented the strife of those suffering from the Dust Bowl. She also pioneered many fields for women, as the first female photographer for Life, the first female war correspondent, and the first woman allowed to work in combat zones during WWII. Many of her photos articulate the work of man on massive scale, from the work she did with Otis Steel Company and during the construction of the Fort Peck Dam.
Edward Burtynsky
Another photographer that work in very large scale, Burtynsky has recurrent theme of industrial spaces and how humans impact and change natural landscapes. He claims to not have any political motivations but it is near impossible to assume a objective and neutral position with that type of subject matter.
Bellocq
Another in a line of documentary photographers, Bellocq is best known for his work in Storyville, New Orleans's infamous legal red light district, and brings to the front a less notorious, but equally vibrant dialogue of people’s lives.
Owen did a particular series called Suburbia, which focused on endless paradox, monotony, and false impressions that are suburban life. He demonstrates how cropping can drastically change the content of an image.
Jim Goldberg
Jim Goldberg is a photographer that has been able to most successfully integrate photos and text. In his series Rich and Poor, he illustrates the similarities differences between people from varying levels of wealth, and in doing so, captures intensely personal portraits that reveal the depth of his subjects’ lives.
Lartigue
Lartigue got his first camera when he was very young and started photographing his family, mostly the younger members and usually at play. His work lends to the idea that some are born with natural talent and that trying to reproduce his shots only become that, reproductions.
Bourke-White
Bourke-White joins the ranks of Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange during the 1930s and documented the strife of those suffering from the Dust Bowl. She also pioneered many fields for women, as the first female photographer for Life, the first female war correspondent, and the first woman allowed to work in combat zones during WWII. Many of her photos articulate the work of man on massive scale, from the work she did with Otis Steel Company and during the construction of the Fort Peck Dam.
Edward Burtynsky
Another photographer that work in very large scale, Burtynsky has recurrent theme of industrial spaces and how humans impact and change natural landscapes. He claims to not have any political motivations but it is near impossible to assume a objective and neutral position with that type of subject matter.
Bellocq
Another in a line of documentary photographers, Bellocq is best known for his work in Storyville, New Orleans's infamous legal red light district, and brings to the front a less notorious, but equally vibrant dialogue of people’s lives.
Joel Meyerowitz – He was known for his street photography and for his uses of shadows and lights. I particularly like his piece Blind Man where it is a picture of blind sitting in a booth and people walking on the streets out the window next to him. The irony of the photo is that there is a great amount of light shining through the window when the blind man can’t actually see.
Harry Callahan – Known for using photography to delve deep into his own personal life. His use of multiple exposures, such as Detroit, really intrigues me. Taking several negatives of one car and printing them shows great motion.
Bill Brandt – His contrast photos give the viewer a spectrum of emotions. In his Window in Osborn Street the three children shown in what seems to be a cellar give off a since of poverty through the location of the kids and with how the actual cellar seems to be.
Brassai – His pieces seem to deal a lot with nightlife Paris, including buildings, roads and some people. In his piece Backstage at the Folies-Bergere his use of an aerial shot above the women in front of the mirror interesting because when glancing at the mirror I at first thought the women were in front of painting.
Hans Bellmer – Known for his surrealistic pieces using dolls. His piece called The Doll is interesting due to his use lighting. The shadows falling on the body of the doll make some interesting forms.
Robert Adams – His photographs seem to only deal with landscapes and buildings and rarely showing any humans. I like his photo called Untitled, Denver, the light coming through the window onto the bed almost gives the piece an eerie feeling of loneliness.
John Baldessari – Used his art often as commentary on contemporary art. It seems as if in some of his photos he blocks out some of the people’s faces to take emphasis away from the fact that it is actually a person.
Alexander Rodchenko - I love his use extreme angles and his work seems to incorporate a little bit of humor. He seems to use both of this in his piece called Chauffeur where the picture is taken from the perspective of the rearview mirror giving the image in the rearview the feeling of almost being in an alternate reality.
Edward Steichen – His pieces intrigue me because he seems to use a slight blur when he exposes his prints giving his works a slight fantastical feel. His famous piece HHHThe Pond-Moonlight intrigues me due to the fact that the reflection of the trees on the pond are almost as clear as the trees themselves making it seem as if you are staring into two different realms.
Arthur Tress – Is an artist known for his staged surreal photos. His piece Flying Dream really caught my eye. In the piece three figures lie on what seems to be the net of batting cage. With the kids on the net they almost seem to be flying.
Jerry Uelsmann – His surreal photography seems to almost pop out at you. He uses several negatives per print like in his piece Symbolic Mutation where he uses the negatives to have a hand coming out of woman’s head.
Minor White - He used common themes and made them interesting through his use of light His work also seems to be involved with direction a lot as well. In the piece Road and Poplar Trees, in the Vicinity of Naples and Dansvill, New York it almost seems as if he dodged the trees to give them a slight glow.
Carrie Mae Weems – An artist known for her pieces that usually deal with the African American experience. She seems to use dark lighting to give her pieces a feel of somberness.
Man Ray – He was a photographer known for his fashion and portrait work and his photogram’s. His work tends to delve into surrealism quite often. In his piece Le Violon d'Ingres he photographed a nude female seated from behind, painted the wholes of a violin on her back on the print and then re-photographed the print. It’s almost like a sort of old fashioned photoshop.
Roy DeCarava – His photos have great lines and use of lights. In his photo Graduation he uses the large shadows of the buildings surround a woman in a dress to frame her. The lines of the shadows and the sidewalk draw the viewer eyes to her.
Wendy Ewald – I like her use of both photo and text and drawings. Her piece X from An African American Alphabet is interesting because of her use of the two mediums for repetition with hands of the boy forming an “X” and the drawing being of two “X’s.”
Jim Goldberg – Also uses mixed media in his prints as well in another interesting way. He uses his added text sometimes as captions commenting on the photo, such as the cover for his book Rich and Poor.
Dorothea Lange – Her photojournalistic style during the early 1900’s is very intriguing. A lot of her pieces are great at capturing the event of the moment they are photographed. Her piece Ditched, Stalled, and Stranded San Joaquin Valley, California is great at capturing a stereotypical man of the Great Depression. The photo shows a great deal of detail in the texture of the man’s leathered skin and worn out vehicle.
Andre Kertesz – his work show great composition and also great detail. In his piece Wandering Violinist, Abony, Hungary the proximity of the man and boy compared to the baby is an interesting relationship. The photo plays with lines and depth of field with the muddied road wander out of the frame.
Ernst Haas – He is another photographer that has made his name as a photojournalist who plays with light and abstract forms. His piece The Cross he uses the light from the windows on four skyscrapers that is reflecting through some fog to give a somewhat heavenly haze. It also seems like he may have dodged the light in the fog a little.
Harry Callahan – Known for using photography to delve deep into his own personal life. His use of multiple exposures, such as Detroit, really intrigues me. Taking several negatives of one car and printing them shows great motion.
Bill Brandt – His contrast photos give the viewer a spectrum of emotions. In his Window in Osborn Street the three children shown in what seems to be a cellar give off a since of poverty through the location of the kids and with how the actual cellar seems to be.
Brassai – His pieces seem to deal a lot with nightlife Paris, including buildings, roads and some people. In his piece Backstage at the Folies-Bergere his use of an aerial shot above the women in front of the mirror interesting because when glancing at the mirror I at first thought the women were in front of painting.
Hans Bellmer – Known for his surrealistic pieces using dolls. His piece called The Doll is interesting due to his use lighting. The shadows falling on the body of the doll make some interesting forms.
Robert Adams – His photographs seem to only deal with landscapes and buildings and rarely showing any humans. I like his photo called Untitled, Denver, the light coming through the window onto the bed almost gives the piece an eerie feeling of loneliness.
John Baldessari – Used his art often as commentary on contemporary art. It seems as if in some of his photos he blocks out some of the people’s faces to take emphasis away from the fact that it is actually a person.
Alexander Rodchenko - I love his use extreme angles and his work seems to incorporate a little bit of humor. He seems to use both of this in his piece called Chauffeur where the picture is taken from the perspective of the rearview mirror giving the image in the rearview the feeling of almost being in an alternate reality.
Edward Steichen – His pieces intrigue me because he seems to use a slight blur when he exposes his prints giving his works a slight fantastical feel. His famous piece HHHThe Pond-Moonlight intrigues me due to the fact that the reflection of the trees on the pond are almost as clear as the trees themselves making it seem as if you are staring into two different realms.
Arthur Tress – Is an artist known for his staged surreal photos. His piece Flying Dream really caught my eye. In the piece three figures lie on what seems to be the net of batting cage. With the kids on the net they almost seem to be flying.
Jerry Uelsmann – His surreal photography seems to almost pop out at you. He uses several negatives per print like in his piece Symbolic Mutation where he uses the negatives to have a hand coming out of woman’s head.
Minor White - He used common themes and made them interesting through his use of light His work also seems to be involved with direction a lot as well. In the piece Road and Poplar Trees, in the Vicinity of Naples and Dansvill, New York it almost seems as if he dodged the trees to give them a slight glow.
Carrie Mae Weems – An artist known for her pieces that usually deal with the African American experience. She seems to use dark lighting to give her pieces a feel of somberness.
Man Ray – He was a photographer known for his fashion and portrait work and his photogram’s. His work tends to delve into surrealism quite often. In his piece Le Violon d'Ingres he photographed a nude female seated from behind, painted the wholes of a violin on her back on the print and then re-photographed the print. It’s almost like a sort of old fashioned photoshop.
Roy DeCarava – His photos have great lines and use of lights. In his photo Graduation he uses the large shadows of the buildings surround a woman in a dress to frame her. The lines of the shadows and the sidewalk draw the viewer eyes to her.
Wendy Ewald – I like her use of both photo and text and drawings. Her piece X from An African American Alphabet is interesting because of her use of the two mediums for repetition with hands of the boy forming an “X” and the drawing being of two “X’s.”
Jim Goldberg – Also uses mixed media in his prints as well in another interesting way. He uses his added text sometimes as captions commenting on the photo, such as the cover for his book Rich and Poor.
Dorothea Lange – Her photojournalistic style during the early 1900’s is very intriguing. A lot of her pieces are great at capturing the event of the moment they are photographed. Her piece Ditched, Stalled, and Stranded San Joaquin Valley, California is great at capturing a stereotypical man of the Great Depression. The photo shows a great deal of detail in the texture of the man’s leathered skin and worn out vehicle.
Andre Kertesz – his work show great composition and also great detail. In his piece Wandering Violinist, Abony, Hungary the proximity of the man and boy compared to the baby is an interesting relationship. The photo plays with lines and depth of field with the muddied road wander out of the frame.
Ernst Haas – He is another photographer that has made his name as a photojournalist who plays with light and abstract forms. His piece The Cross he uses the light from the windows on four skyscrapers that is reflecting through some fog to give a somewhat heavenly haze. It also seems like he may have dodged the light in the fog a little.
Wow...
20 Famous Photographers
1. Sam Abel
I choose this photographer because of the nature scenery. The interesting part of the picture is that he choose to take a picture of dead flowers and leaves on the contrary f what we usually see. We usually associate flowers with beauty but he has associated them with dead beauty. Which means beauty doesn’t last, which I found a very interesting approach that I might like to take sometimes.
2. Jan Faul
This photo has a certain mystic about it. It makes think ofa movie scenery and creatves a composition that I always tried to paint but failed to accomplish on paper. That is why this photo has caught my attention.
3. Stephen R. Brown
This composition has created a golden sunset which makes me think of Egyptian’s legends. I love to dig back in the history of Egypt and this picture makes create many different legends of my own that s why I love it.
4. Peter Grote
This photo makes me reminisce about one of my favorite movies, “The Day After Tomorrow”. T creates a sense of doom and futuristic depend on the mood of the person.
5. Alex Brattell
I love how detailed and futuristic the photo is. It looks as if it can go forever yet there is still a limit. The details of the shades and the perfection of ow much light is allowed in.
6. Martin Brent
This photo is my favorite, because of its simplicity yet a very abstract meaning behind the composition. I love the composition and emotions it brings. I believe I would enjoy imitating this artist because this photo just speaks out to me.
7. Rob Carter
This photo is very simple and it doesn;’t have any specific form but that’s what intrest me. Some time the abstract part of any composition what draws people in, because their curiosity pulls them in.
8. Mine Fry
I find this picture quite disturbing. It causes a lot of confusion and conflict with oneself when viewed. However, it reminds me of a song by Rihanna “Disturbia”.
9. Hamish Fulton
This photo demonstrates the beauty of the landscape. Although I think it would much stronger composition if it were done in black and white yet is till find it fascinating.
10. Christopher Griffith
The sense of the never ending and the path to nowhere and anywhere what captured my imagination. It can mean anything.
11. Darren Harvey-Regan
This photo reminds of a religious story I’ve heard over and over. And the way they choose to paint the picture was very similar to this one.
12. Bill Peronneau
Landscape is always done in photography but this photo has a strong depth of cumulating emotions.
13. Anne and Patrick Poirier
The graphic appeal to this photo what caught my attention. You can’t tell if it’s photographed or painted that’s why its very strong composition.
14. Andy Taylor Smith
Clouds are interesting compositions because you can never know how they will react to the camera. You certainly don’t know what to expect when photographing clouds; The sense of the unexpected that fascinates me.
15. James Turrell
Moon pictures fascinate and I always wanted to take on approach on their composition; because it gives me a sense of innocence, fairytale, and dream.
16. Vanessa Warren
I choose because it focuses on the beauty of nature which what makes photography fun for me. And the way there isn’t any certain feel or texture to the background that it solely focuses on the beauty of the flowers makes very eye catching.
17. George Wright
This photo invests in individuality and although it’s a single tree it portrays a certain strength about it. However, the gloomy composition creates a hopeful ending.
18. Dave Hacker
This picture is my second favorite. The way the tree and nature is used to frame the man made buildings is something I always wanted to try. It creates different types of emotions do to the play on objects placements and srroudings.
19. Dennis Oppenheim
The mix of light, darkness, and water creates a sense of serene yet when the light breaks through the infinite water it breaks the composition into small shattered pieces. Which I believe to be the genius of choosing your subject that way the photo can be interpreted I many different ways.
20. Montana Forbes
The way she uses graphic art style mixed with real life photography art is amusing. This mixed media makes one think of the many different ways to translate and analyze this photo.
Zahra Alshair
20 Famous Photographers (Janet Croog)
1. E. J. Bellocq
Bellocq’s photos consist of women, or their portraits. I cannot decide if I like them necessarily, but I find them very interesting. Some give me an eery feeling because some of the women are in the nude but their faces are masked as if they do not want to be recognized. This idea is such a contrast because a woman will expose her body, which is usually covered to where you can only see her face and hands, and hide her face. The photos are very old, early 1900s, so they are black and white, but I prefer black and white photos when the subjects are people.
2. Karl Blossfeldt
These photos are of plant parts magnified. At first I did not find these prints interesting because I did not see any compositional value to them, but once I kept looking through his photos, I realized that the concept had value. We usually do not look at plants like this, especially so close because our eyes just cannot see it. So for me, these pictures resemble the beauty of the hidden life that we miss because of its size.
3. Margaret Bourke-White
Her photos are amazing when it comes to how she catches depression and war. You can see the effects of society on individuals through their expressions. She is very good at placement and size contrast between her subjects and the environment. Her photos really emit powerful emotions which makes her work very successful.
4. Harry Callahan
What stands out to me the most of Callahan’s work are the portraits of Eleanor. They are very beautiful, and I have a bias towards portraits. When I see a series of photos of the same person, though, I feel a connection to that person, or I feel like I can see that person through the photographers eyes which connects me to what the photographer may be feeling about his photos.
5. Imogen Cunningham
As opposed to Karl Blossfeldt’s work, Cunningham uses a more compositional technique when portraying the beauty of plants and all the details we miss with our eyes as we dart through life. So he has the concept as well as the composition down which is very nice and makes very successful photos. He seems to have a decent eye for shadows within curves of objects, like cloth, and plant tissues.
6. Emmet Gowin
Like Callahan, there are multiple pictures of a woman, Edith. Because there are multiple pictures of this woman, without knowing anything about the photographer except the pictures he’s taken, you automatically know there is some form of relationship between him and Edith. You know that Gowin sees a beauty in Edith which is why there are multiple pictures, and therefore you can relate, or see the beauty the photographer sees. I love that.
7. David Hill and Robert Adamson
I do not take interest in these photos for their concepts as much as I do for their history. These photos were taken over 100 years ago right into the mid 1800s. I like to see the evidence of history through photos more than text because text comes from the mind, which is always uneven and colored, while photos are real, actual images straight from the eye. But there still is an art in these photos, especially the portraits and the emotions they convey. These are fun to look at and relate to now compared to then.
8. Lewis Hine
Not only do his pictures portray the history of industrialism, but they have nice compositional technique which adds appeal to the photos. There is a balance between making evidence of history and making art out of that evidence, and Hine does both. So while there is an art to his photos, his concepts are very dynamic in showing the dangers of the way these people are working and the strength they need to fulfill their duties.
9. Cameron Davidson
I like these aerial views in his photos because, similar to the magnifying technique, these shots are not something you can see unless you use another piece of equipment, other than your eyes and camera to see. You cannot see these images otherwise, or unless you are high up on a cliff or mountain. This is another way to see the beauty in life, or nature, that I cannot see on a regular basis.
10. David Armstrong
His photos are very blurry but very soft. They give an abstract idea about them, but you can still make out his subjects just enough. The photos are similar to paintings which are nice; I love to paint. Also, if these were black and white photos, they would not look as nice because the color is used to determine the subject or the mood of the photos. Black and white coloring would only lessen the beauty and appeal of the photos.
11. Alioune Ba
Her photos are nice about depicting another culture. She uses creative man-made textures against the natural body to create a vivid connection between the both. I like how she uses the body, like hands and feet, as an art form.
12. Alex Brattell
His work has a spacial value to it. His photos emit a sort of peace through that space. His use of black and white media adds to that emotion, because if his photos were in color, they would add more energy to the photos, which would not be as calming.
13. Martin Brent
His photos are about unintentional art and I admire that to an extent. I actualy prefer to make art intentional, but I also know there is a beauty when we connect to the world randomly, or unintentionaly, and when we see something through our periferal vision.
14. Doc Edgerton
With the invention of the electric flash, Edgerton added a new way to photograh which I find very interesting. This is an art on a different angle than what I am used to because, once again, we cannot capture these moments with our eyes and retain some solid picture. He captures the beauty of what fast motion really looks like when it’s stopped in the middle of moving.
15. Josef Koudelka
I like how Koudelka captures people. They are caught at times that are not proper almost. Their faces are all scruntched or they are doing something unsanitary or their body is missing a limb. And all the photos are around Europe in the 70’s. And he uses their angles very well to create artistic compositions when capturing people.
16. Clarence Laughlin
Laughlin (funny name) has very interesting photos. They are not like the usual historic photos. They are almost like today’s modern photography, kind of tripy and dreamy. They have more of a creative imagination appeal to them rather than capturing as much of the depression of the time.
17. Helen Levitt
Her photos are realy nice in the sense that she captured quite a few smiles from a very depressing time in the U.S., especially from the children. She has pictures of the chalk drawings, or kids playing in the streets. It lightens up the mood of that time period, but it doesn’t ignore it because you can still see what the kids are wearing or the depressed faces of the people in the backround, or the dirty backround in general, with everything torn up or trashed.
18. Edward Weston
His phots are interesting because he uses the human body in some photos and they are displayed to show off curviture, like landscapes, but he also has pictures of landscapes ad they remind me of the human body. He also has photos of vegetables that have this similar human form. So I feel like he brings the human form to nature or vice versa. I’m not sure if that was his intention, but that is what I get from his photos.
19. Jerry Uelsmann
His work seems more contemporary, similar to how photographers today use photoshop, even though his photos were taken decades ago. I’m not sure what thechnique he is using because I don’t know what kind of technology was available at that time but it seems to be some sort of layering technique to change what is really seen from the camera, which makes it more interesting and artistic, compared to all the historical photos of that time displaying depression and reality. This is like an escape from reality.
20. Nadar
Because I take interest in portraits, I like many of Nadar’s portraits . A few of his works are nice compositionaly, but really the idea of these people existing in the 1800’s is what captures my interest the most. There is more of a historical value to these photos rather than an artisitic one.
Bellocq’s photos consist of women, or their portraits. I cannot decide if I like them necessarily, but I find them very interesting. Some give me an eery feeling because some of the women are in the nude but their faces are masked as if they do not want to be recognized. This idea is such a contrast because a woman will expose her body, which is usually covered to where you can only see her face and hands, and hide her face. The photos are very old, early 1900s, so they are black and white, but I prefer black and white photos when the subjects are people.
2. Karl Blossfeldt
These photos are of plant parts magnified. At first I did not find these prints interesting because I did not see any compositional value to them, but once I kept looking through his photos, I realized that the concept had value. We usually do not look at plants like this, especially so close because our eyes just cannot see it. So for me, these pictures resemble the beauty of the hidden life that we miss because of its size.
3. Margaret Bourke-White
Her photos are amazing when it comes to how she catches depression and war. You can see the effects of society on individuals through their expressions. She is very good at placement and size contrast between her subjects and the environment. Her photos really emit powerful emotions which makes her work very successful.
4. Harry Callahan
What stands out to me the most of Callahan’s work are the portraits of Eleanor. They are very beautiful, and I have a bias towards portraits. When I see a series of photos of the same person, though, I feel a connection to that person, or I feel like I can see that person through the photographers eyes which connects me to what the photographer may be feeling about his photos.
5. Imogen Cunningham
As opposed to Karl Blossfeldt’s work, Cunningham uses a more compositional technique when portraying the beauty of plants and all the details we miss with our eyes as we dart through life. So he has the concept as well as the composition down which is very nice and makes very successful photos. He seems to have a decent eye for shadows within curves of objects, like cloth, and plant tissues.
6. Emmet Gowin
Like Callahan, there are multiple pictures of a woman, Edith. Because there are multiple pictures of this woman, without knowing anything about the photographer except the pictures he’s taken, you automatically know there is some form of relationship between him and Edith. You know that Gowin sees a beauty in Edith which is why there are multiple pictures, and therefore you can relate, or see the beauty the photographer sees. I love that.
7. David Hill and Robert Adamson
I do not take interest in these photos for their concepts as much as I do for their history. These photos were taken over 100 years ago right into the mid 1800s. I like to see the evidence of history through photos more than text because text comes from the mind, which is always uneven and colored, while photos are real, actual images straight from the eye. But there still is an art in these photos, especially the portraits and the emotions they convey. These are fun to look at and relate to now compared to then.
8. Lewis Hine
Not only do his pictures portray the history of industrialism, but they have nice compositional technique which adds appeal to the photos. There is a balance between making evidence of history and making art out of that evidence, and Hine does both. So while there is an art to his photos, his concepts are very dynamic in showing the dangers of the way these people are working and the strength they need to fulfill their duties.
9. Cameron Davidson
I like these aerial views in his photos because, similar to the magnifying technique, these shots are not something you can see unless you use another piece of equipment, other than your eyes and camera to see. You cannot see these images otherwise, or unless you are high up on a cliff or mountain. This is another way to see the beauty in life, or nature, that I cannot see on a regular basis.
10. David Armstrong
His photos are very blurry but very soft. They give an abstract idea about them, but you can still make out his subjects just enough. The photos are similar to paintings which are nice; I love to paint. Also, if these were black and white photos, they would not look as nice because the color is used to determine the subject or the mood of the photos. Black and white coloring would only lessen the beauty and appeal of the photos.
11. Alioune Ba
Her photos are nice about depicting another culture. She uses creative man-made textures against the natural body to create a vivid connection between the both. I like how she uses the body, like hands and feet, as an art form.
12. Alex Brattell
His work has a spacial value to it. His photos emit a sort of peace through that space. His use of black and white media adds to that emotion, because if his photos were in color, they would add more energy to the photos, which would not be as calming.
13. Martin Brent
His photos are about unintentional art and I admire that to an extent. I actualy prefer to make art intentional, but I also know there is a beauty when we connect to the world randomly, or unintentionaly, and when we see something through our periferal vision.
14. Doc Edgerton
With the invention of the electric flash, Edgerton added a new way to photograh which I find very interesting. This is an art on a different angle than what I am used to because, once again, we cannot capture these moments with our eyes and retain some solid picture. He captures the beauty of what fast motion really looks like when it’s stopped in the middle of moving.
15. Josef Koudelka
I like how Koudelka captures people. They are caught at times that are not proper almost. Their faces are all scruntched or they are doing something unsanitary or their body is missing a limb. And all the photos are around Europe in the 70’s. And he uses their angles very well to create artistic compositions when capturing people.
16. Clarence Laughlin
Laughlin (funny name) has very interesting photos. They are not like the usual historic photos. They are almost like today’s modern photography, kind of tripy and dreamy. They have more of a creative imagination appeal to them rather than capturing as much of the depression of the time.
17. Helen Levitt
Her photos are realy nice in the sense that she captured quite a few smiles from a very depressing time in the U.S., especially from the children. She has pictures of the chalk drawings, or kids playing in the streets. It lightens up the mood of that time period, but it doesn’t ignore it because you can still see what the kids are wearing or the depressed faces of the people in the backround, or the dirty backround in general, with everything torn up or trashed.
18. Edward Weston
His phots are interesting because he uses the human body in some photos and they are displayed to show off curviture, like landscapes, but he also has pictures of landscapes ad they remind me of the human body. He also has photos of vegetables that have this similar human form. So I feel like he brings the human form to nature or vice versa. I’m not sure if that was his intention, but that is what I get from his photos.
19. Jerry Uelsmann
His work seems more contemporary, similar to how photographers today use photoshop, even though his photos were taken decades ago. I’m not sure what thechnique he is using because I don’t know what kind of technology was available at that time but it seems to be some sort of layering technique to change what is really seen from the camera, which makes it more interesting and artistic, compared to all the historical photos of that time displaying depression and reality. This is like an escape from reality.
20. Nadar
Because I take interest in portraits, I like many of Nadar’s portraits . A few of his works are nice compositionaly, but really the idea of these people existing in the 1800’s is what captures my interest the most. There is more of a historical value to these photos rather than an artisitic one.
Famous Photographers Essay
maggie hooyman.
Ansel Adams is officially my favorite photographer. His stunning photos of vast landscape literally turns me on. I love the angles he shoots at, the wonderful depth of field he provides, and his amazing depiction of nature. The fact that all of his work is black & white causes his photographs to behold a mystical effect. Usually in pictures of landscape your eyes are so attracted to the colors that I think you miss a lot of the details in nature. I am in love with every single one of his photographs. There is no way I could pick just one picture that I like most of his. When the set of pictures that the website provided for him ended my heart sank, I would have kept looking at more of his images for hours.
Jerry Uelsmann is my second favorite photographer, though he embodies a very different style than Adams. Most of his pictures seem as if they’ve been manipulated in some way to provide extremely trippy images. One of my favorite pictures he has is of an un-rooted tree taking off into the air (Untitled, 1969). This picture is literally impossible, it must be fake, I have no idea how he did it. I am determined to learn his ways.
Clarence John Laughlin’s photos also induce viewers with a trippy feeling, as did Uelsmann. But, his photos do not seem to be manipulated in any way, he just shoots them in a manner that embodies such an effect. My favorite image that beholds this effect would have to be the one titled House of Hysteria. I don’t know how to explain it other than that all the different shadows in the image are what makes this picture strong. Another photo I love is his Beseiging Wilderness where the reflection of a tree is shown over a big house… I don’t understand how he executed this. One photo that I am positive Laughlin must have actually manipulated is his one titled Woman Reflected in a Mirror. The corner of this picture has obviously been added in some how.. I think if I were to start trying to make my photos trippy, such as Laughlin’s & Uselmann’s, I would want to combine their two methods. I would make most of my pictures naturally done, like Laughlin’s. The ones I would physically manipulate wouldn’t be as obvious as Uselmann’s .
Arnold Newman is said to be, “one of the greatest portrait makers in the history of photography”. His pictures seem simple to me yet, complete. One picture, for example, is his Imperial Palace photo. It is so basic, yet beautiful at the same time. I think what I really like about this picture is it’s framing. Almost the entire image is white (because the door is white) but he has this perfectly thin line of black surrounding it. The thickness of the line is the same width as the line separating the two doors, so he makes it seem as though the black frame is actually apart of the subject.
Walker Evans is a photographer from the 30s that took pictures of random landscapes & people. I like her photography because I felt as though she gave strong insight of the culture at that time. Her images reveal commercial posters from the era, the cars that they drove, different views of the current homes, and the rich people’s styles versus the poorer people’s faces.
Brassai’s photos are pictures of Paris after night fall. His images hold sort of an eerie, yet romantic feeling. One of my favorite photographs he’s produced is his one titled Tugboats and barges beside Pont-Neuf. The reflection on the water causes the semicircular openings of the bridge to look as if they’re on big circle. I also really like his picture Backstage at the Foiles- Bergere and the one titled Prostitute at angle of Rue de la Reynie & Rue Quincampoix.
Robert Adams’ photos also embody a sort of basic yet complete look. One of my favorite pictures that beholds this simplicity is the one of a bed with a glowing window in the background (Untitled, Denver 1970-74). Though I think his photographs of nature are stronger. I really like how some of his pictures of trees are shown side to side making them seem as if they’re just one giant image.
Roy DeCarava documented “the African-American experience & its cultural icons”. His pictures posses a glum yet, prosperous feeling. The image that intrigues me the most is the one titled Graduation. It’s odd how the girl is dressed so extravagant, alone, in a trashy alleyway. Another image I find interesting is Pepsi. Has he passed out from work exhaustion or is has he just lazily fallen asleep? I also think DeCarava’s photograph titled Window and Stove is very beautiful.
Imogen Cunningham is an American modernist with pictures dating all the way back to 1910. She mainly takes close-up pictures of plants. One of my favorite photos of hers would have to be Stapelia. It first caught my eye because the flower in it is so unique; the patterns on it’s petals almost look leopard print.. The features that make this photo stronger are the different shadows casted from the stem that is propped up & the different shades of the wall versus the ground.
Karl Blossfeldt also takes pictures of plants close-up but his seem as if he’s trying to really show you something about the plants where as, I feel like Cunningham was just taking pretty pictures. The photos zoom in on the plant much more & usually just focus on one part of the plant. I love the photo Aesculus parviflorabecause it magnified the branch tips of Horse chestnut to reveal what looks like little faces on the plant.
Emmet Gowin’s pictures are photos of her “every day life” in the 60’s & 70’s. Some of them seem bewitched with creepiness while others give me an oddly happy feeling. One picture I love that acquires the creepy sensation is titled Edith. What makes this picture so great is the subject was placed behind a screen door so that there is a layer of wire netting over her face. Gowin’s picture that makes me the happiest is Nancy. This is a picture of a little girl sleeping on the ground with baby dolls surrounding her. Even though this picture makes me all warm inside, the dolls still create a creepy look. One funny thing I noticed is a number of her photographs have that round edging that Wendy had problems with & from time to time show up in my own film. I wonder how she went about this…
Irving Penn is stated as “much, much more than just a fashion photographer”. I think the reason they’ve referred to Penn this way is because even though most his images are just placed in front of a backdrop, he is still trying to convey some sort of a message upon his viewers. Take the picture Mrs. Amory Carhart for instance. It’s a picture of a girl in a big, gorgeous, wedding dress but then there’s this giant, ugly, cord placed in front of her feet. Why he included the cord in the image is beyond me. My favorite picture of Penn’s is Summer Sleep. It reminds me of Emmet Gowin’s picture titled Edith because this too has a screen door appearing over the image. Penn went even further than Gowin by including flies on the screen & a tear in the wire.
Alfred Stieglitz is my favorite photographer from the early 1900’s; his pictures seem to entrance me. First they look as if they’re a some-what basic photograph, but as your eyes begin to wander you notice more & more details that he included. One of the best examples of this would have to be the picture titled Flatiron Building. My eye was initially attracted to the building that is so oddly thin. It’s such an interesting view of the tower that you never even notice anything else. But, when I went back to look at the image I first saw the building then, I noticed the snow that was caught in the middle of the closest tree’s arms, after that my eyes couldn’t stop admiring every little feature that was originally missed. I could go on forever about just this one photograph but I realize this paragraph is getting very long. I have to say though, I think the photo titled Snapshot, Paris is amazing; beautiful use of depth of field.
Josef Koudelka’s photos each seem to tell a separate story. This seems to be due to the fact that every one of them contains people in it that are not posing & are in common surroundings. I like all of his pictures, each of them are interesting in their own way. Koudelka also creates a nice framing effect within the image using different subjects to surround other objects.
Gary Winogrand’s photos seem unreal, but in a natural way… if that makes any since at all. I love the angles he shoots at and the odd images he captures. The picture of Winogrand’s that I like the most would have to be the one titled Los Angeles, California. It’s crooked, the light beam off of a balcony seems to glare in your eye, the shadow effect surrounding the ladies makes it look as if they’re falling towards you, & then there’s some dude asleep in a wheel chair with a little boy across from him starring. It’s great.
Joel Meyerowitz’s photos also seem to besiege you with an unreal existence. Each one seems to have something placed in it that doesn’t look right. His photograph titled Porch, Provincetown is probably my favorite image. How in the world did he get the lightening bolt just to the right of the porch’s pillar? How could he have known that it would strike in that area? I also love the lighting effect on the roof of the porch, the way the bottom half of the door is just stopped in the center, & the gloomy view of the boat in the water.
Max Waldman takes stunning photos of theatrical plays & dances. I love his photographs because I love theatre. In each theatrical photograph it seems that he is depicting a certain scene from the selected play. My favorite image of his is the Fiddler on the Roofone due to the fact that before I realized he took theatrical photos I saw this image and instantly knew it must be from Fiddler on the Roof.
Andre Kertesz’s photos gives a since of complexity. I love his picture titled The White Horse, New York. The way the branches cover the ladies head but you can still see her face in the shadow, just the shadow itself of her and her dog, and that weird carousel horse included in the left corner all make this picture stand out. I also love the photograph Rue des Ursins. The picture provides a glimpse of the inside of a bar and reveals the road descending from it. Showing the contrast between the man filled bar, and the lonely lady crossing the street.
Stephen Shore’s color rich photographs seem, once again, simple but still attract my attention. My favorite photograph of his is probably the one titled El Paso Street, El Paso, Texas. I like this photo because when it comes to my own photography I love to take pictures of nature surrounded by the destruction of modernization. In this photograph a tree stands tall upon a cement sidewalk looking out onto a city street. This image embodies my most loved photographic message.
Vincent Serbin’s images have all been transformed in some way. Some have different scraps of what appears to be tape across them, others have been purposely scratched, a few even appear as though he some how combined one picture over another picture while in the developing process. I love the look he creates with cutting the same photo in different ways & placing the pieces in order as they would appear in the original picture. I think my favorite picture of his is the one titled Parallel Worlds but that’s just because I like full moons & zebras.
Ansel Adams is officially my favorite photographer. His stunning photos of vast landscape literally turns me on. I love the angles he shoots at, the wonderful depth of field he provides, and his amazing depiction of nature. The fact that all of his work is black & white causes his photographs to behold a mystical effect. Usually in pictures of landscape your eyes are so attracted to the colors that I think you miss a lot of the details in nature. I am in love with every single one of his photographs. There is no way I could pick just one picture that I like most of his. When the set of pictures that the website provided for him ended my heart sank, I would have kept looking at more of his images for hours.
Jerry Uelsmann is my second favorite photographer, though he embodies a very different style than Adams. Most of his pictures seem as if they’ve been manipulated in some way to provide extremely trippy images. One of my favorite pictures he has is of an un-rooted tree taking off into the air (Untitled, 1969). This picture is literally impossible, it must be fake, I have no idea how he did it. I am determined to learn his ways.
Clarence John Laughlin’s photos also induce viewers with a trippy feeling, as did Uelsmann. But, his photos do not seem to be manipulated in any way, he just shoots them in a manner that embodies such an effect. My favorite image that beholds this effect would have to be the one titled House of Hysteria. I don’t know how to explain it other than that all the different shadows in the image are what makes this picture strong. Another photo I love is his Beseiging Wilderness where the reflection of a tree is shown over a big house… I don’t understand how he executed this. One photo that I am positive Laughlin must have actually manipulated is his one titled Woman Reflected in a Mirror. The corner of this picture has obviously been added in some how.. I think if I were to start trying to make my photos trippy, such as Laughlin’s & Uselmann’s, I would want to combine their two methods. I would make most of my pictures naturally done, like Laughlin’s. The ones I would physically manipulate wouldn’t be as obvious as Uselmann’s .
Arnold Newman is said to be, “one of the greatest portrait makers in the history of photography”. His pictures seem simple to me yet, complete. One picture, for example, is his Imperial Palace photo. It is so basic, yet beautiful at the same time. I think what I really like about this picture is it’s framing. Almost the entire image is white (because the door is white) but he has this perfectly thin line of black surrounding it. The thickness of the line is the same width as the line separating the two doors, so he makes it seem as though the black frame is actually apart of the subject.
Walker Evans is a photographer from the 30s that took pictures of random landscapes & people. I like her photography because I felt as though she gave strong insight of the culture at that time. Her images reveal commercial posters from the era, the cars that they drove, different views of the current homes, and the rich people’s styles versus the poorer people’s faces.
Brassai’s photos are pictures of Paris after night fall. His images hold sort of an eerie, yet romantic feeling. One of my favorite photographs he’s produced is his one titled Tugboats and barges beside Pont-Neuf. The reflection on the water causes the semicircular openings of the bridge to look as if they’re on big circle. I also really like his picture Backstage at the Foiles- Bergere and the one titled Prostitute at angle of Rue de la Reynie & Rue Quincampoix.
Robert Adams’ photos also embody a sort of basic yet complete look. One of my favorite pictures that beholds this simplicity is the one of a bed with a glowing window in the background (Untitled, Denver 1970-74). Though I think his photographs of nature are stronger. I really like how some of his pictures of trees are shown side to side making them seem as if they’re just one giant image.
Roy DeCarava documented “the African-American experience & its cultural icons”. His pictures posses a glum yet, prosperous feeling. The image that intrigues me the most is the one titled Graduation. It’s odd how the girl is dressed so extravagant, alone, in a trashy alleyway. Another image I find interesting is Pepsi. Has he passed out from work exhaustion or is has he just lazily fallen asleep? I also think DeCarava’s photograph titled Window and Stove is very beautiful.
Imogen Cunningham is an American modernist with pictures dating all the way back to 1910. She mainly takes close-up pictures of plants. One of my favorite photos of hers would have to be Stapelia. It first caught my eye because the flower in it is so unique; the patterns on it’s petals almost look leopard print.. The features that make this photo stronger are the different shadows casted from the stem that is propped up & the different shades of the wall versus the ground.
Karl Blossfeldt also takes pictures of plants close-up but his seem as if he’s trying to really show you something about the plants where as, I feel like Cunningham was just taking pretty pictures. The photos zoom in on the plant much more & usually just focus on one part of the plant. I love the photo Aesculus parviflorabecause it magnified the branch tips of Horse chestnut to reveal what looks like little faces on the plant.
Emmet Gowin’s pictures are photos of her “every day life” in the 60’s & 70’s. Some of them seem bewitched with creepiness while others give me an oddly happy feeling. One picture I love that acquires the creepy sensation is titled Edith. What makes this picture so great is the subject was placed behind a screen door so that there is a layer of wire netting over her face. Gowin’s picture that makes me the happiest is Nancy. This is a picture of a little girl sleeping on the ground with baby dolls surrounding her. Even though this picture makes me all warm inside, the dolls still create a creepy look. One funny thing I noticed is a number of her photographs have that round edging that Wendy had problems with & from time to time show up in my own film. I wonder how she went about this…
Irving Penn is stated as “much, much more than just a fashion photographer”. I think the reason they’ve referred to Penn this way is because even though most his images are just placed in front of a backdrop, he is still trying to convey some sort of a message upon his viewers. Take the picture Mrs. Amory Carhart for instance. It’s a picture of a girl in a big, gorgeous, wedding dress but then there’s this giant, ugly, cord placed in front of her feet. Why he included the cord in the image is beyond me. My favorite picture of Penn’s is Summer Sleep. It reminds me of Emmet Gowin’s picture titled Edith because this too has a screen door appearing over the image. Penn went even further than Gowin by including flies on the screen & a tear in the wire.
Alfred Stieglitz is my favorite photographer from the early 1900’s; his pictures seem to entrance me. First they look as if they’re a some-what basic photograph, but as your eyes begin to wander you notice more & more details that he included. One of the best examples of this would have to be the picture titled Flatiron Building. My eye was initially attracted to the building that is so oddly thin. It’s such an interesting view of the tower that you never even notice anything else. But, when I went back to look at the image I first saw the building then, I noticed the snow that was caught in the middle of the closest tree’s arms, after that my eyes couldn’t stop admiring every little feature that was originally missed. I could go on forever about just this one photograph but I realize this paragraph is getting very long. I have to say though, I think the photo titled Snapshot, Paris is amazing; beautiful use of depth of field.
Josef Koudelka’s photos each seem to tell a separate story. This seems to be due to the fact that every one of them contains people in it that are not posing & are in common surroundings. I like all of his pictures, each of them are interesting in their own way. Koudelka also creates a nice framing effect within the image using different subjects to surround other objects.
Gary Winogrand’s photos seem unreal, but in a natural way… if that makes any since at all. I love the angles he shoots at and the odd images he captures. The picture of Winogrand’s that I like the most would have to be the one titled Los Angeles, California. It’s crooked, the light beam off of a balcony seems to glare in your eye, the shadow effect surrounding the ladies makes it look as if they’re falling towards you, & then there’s some dude asleep in a wheel chair with a little boy across from him starring. It’s great.
Joel Meyerowitz’s photos also seem to besiege you with an unreal existence. Each one seems to have something placed in it that doesn’t look right. His photograph titled Porch, Provincetown is probably my favorite image. How in the world did he get the lightening bolt just to the right of the porch’s pillar? How could he have known that it would strike in that area? I also love the lighting effect on the roof of the porch, the way the bottom half of the door is just stopped in the center, & the gloomy view of the boat in the water.
Max Waldman takes stunning photos of theatrical plays & dances. I love his photographs because I love theatre. In each theatrical photograph it seems that he is depicting a certain scene from the selected play. My favorite image of his is the Fiddler on the Roofone due to the fact that before I realized he took theatrical photos I saw this image and instantly knew it must be from Fiddler on the Roof.
Andre Kertesz’s photos gives a since of complexity. I love his picture titled The White Horse, New York. The way the branches cover the ladies head but you can still see her face in the shadow, just the shadow itself of her and her dog, and that weird carousel horse included in the left corner all make this picture stand out. I also love the photograph Rue des Ursins. The picture provides a glimpse of the inside of a bar and reveals the road descending from it. Showing the contrast between the man filled bar, and the lonely lady crossing the street.
Stephen Shore’s color rich photographs seem, once again, simple but still attract my attention. My favorite photograph of his is probably the one titled El Paso Street, El Paso, Texas. I like this photo because when it comes to my own photography I love to take pictures of nature surrounded by the destruction of modernization. In this photograph a tree stands tall upon a cement sidewalk looking out onto a city street. This image embodies my most loved photographic message.
Vincent Serbin’s images have all been transformed in some way. Some have different scraps of what appears to be tape across them, others have been purposely scratched, a few even appear as though he some how combined one picture over another picture while in the developing process. I love the look he creates with cutting the same photo in different ways & placing the pieces in order as they would appear in the original picture. I think my favorite picture of his is the one titled Parallel Worlds but that’s just because I like full moons & zebras.
Famous Photographers
Eugene Atget
The bulk of Atget’s work focused on the changing landscape of mid-20th century Paris. He showed the evolution of Paris by contrasting cars and horse-drawn carriages and challenged conventional techniques by intentionally including reflections in the glass of the shop-fronts he photographed and by capturing the “dirty” side of life at the time.
Dorothea Lange
With their honesty and unapologetic subjects, Dorothea Lange’s portraits have become icons for the Depression era. She was able to bring the plight of the farmers and migrant workers that had been left destitute by the Dust Bowl to audiences that otherwise would have probably never seen them.
Walker Evans
As in Lange’s work, Walker Evans documented the effects of the Great Depression, however, his were somewhat different, particularly because he showed the inside of people’s homes. Through these glimpses into the humble, yet private residences, the full impact of the extreme poverty can be related.
Alfred Steiglitz
Steiglitz is well known for making photos take on attributes of other types of art, like painting or sculpture. Picturesque views of New York streets seem juxtaposed with his nudes, where his isolated parts of the body in a study of line, contour, and shape.
Holland Day
Day is best known for his many nude male youths, which stirred up much controversy and still make many viewers uncomfortable. Despite their social connotations, Day’s photos are an interesting take on human form and the use of costumes to present scenes that would originally never been able to be photographed.
Ann Brigman
Ann used the nude female for extensively and usually placed her subjects in very dramatic scenes that incorporated nature. After staging these elaborate settings, she would add to the effects by using various techniques to alter her prints in the dark room.
Man Ray
Man Ray is known for coining the term “Rayographs” which refers to his work with photograms. He used a variety of media to create a incredible volume of work that did not require the use of a camera.
Hans Bellmer
Most viewers are disturbed by Bellmer’s images because how they distort the human form into appearing mutilated and because of the way he arranged the (typically) female bodies into poses that suggest helplessness.
Erwin Blumenfeld
Blumfeld spent his career in fashion photography and brought a wealth of European fashion to the American market. However, his use of a veil or other translucent barrier in front of his subject (usually nude females) has been the subject of celebration and controversy, in that some appear to be suffocating while others add a layer of mystery and seduction to the scene.
Harry Callahan
Harry Callahan used texture in an exceptional way that produced strong emotions, if not at least intrigue, in all his photos. His wife and the city his lived in, Detroit, were recurrent in his work. He had an eye for taking something and shooting it in various ways to evoke entirely different moods.
Weegee (Arthur Fellig)
Weegee was able to present his city in a way that seems so unobtrusive and from a perspective that makes the viewer feel like they are glimpsing into his world. His uncanny ability to show every angle without disturbing the people or their various states of existence goes beyond typical documentary photography into a realm of presenting life as it was from the inside, not through a lens.
Brassai
Many photographers use Brassai’s night shots as templates for their own work, striving to recreate the glow of the fog and the quiet, calm, stillness of the streets. His human subjects seem to have been chosen based on the strangeness of their stories or the level of compelling content they could provide.
Cartier-Bresson
Using asymmetrical composition, Cartier-Bresson was able to create incredible motion throughout his work while also leaving the viewer on the edge of their seat, anticipating resolution that never comes. This movement, anxiety and need to know is reminiscent of Baroque sculpture and painting in that, at every turn, the artist is attempting to capture an infinitesimal moment in time.
Helen Levitt
Sometimes referred to as a “photographer’s photographer,” Levitt’s work centered on New York’s Spanish Harlem are some of the most humane, tender and intimate produced from the area. They display the innocence and purity of childhood, the appreciation of leisure time after a hard day of work and the pleasantness of allowing oneself to be, if only temporarily, completely carefree.
Oct 14, 2008
20 Famous Photographers
Famous Photographers
Tuyet Huynh
Ansel Adams:
(Feb. 20 1902 — Apr. 22, 1984) a musician to photographer, Adams developed the "zone system" of controlling and relating exposure and development, enabling photographers to creatively visualize an image and produce a photograph that matched and expressed that visualization. His major concentration of photography was in the wilderness and the environment, most if not all of his works has everything in focus to the small detail.
Julia Margaret Cameron:
A British,1815 – 1879, Cameron took up photography late in 1863. Initially Cameron experimented with allegorical and religious subjects, but by 1866 she had begun the expressive portraiture for which she is best known. Most of her subjects’ expression in the portraits are more of sorrowful and seriousness rather than hope, and joy.
Imogene Cunningham
1883-1976 American Tonalist Photographer, In 1901, she commenced the longest photographic career in the history of the medium. Cunningham soon turned her attention to both the nude and native plant forms in her back garden. The results were staggering; an amazing body of work comprised of bold, contemporary forms. I favored most of her works for it’s soft light and shadow creating a misty like effects that grabs the viewer’s attention.
Lee Friedlander
He focuses on Documentary, Landscape, Photojournalism, Portraiture photographs. His landscape photographs show amazing detail and provides a very interesting composition.
Jacques- Henri Lartigue
He is not only a photographer but also a painter; it seems because of his painter background his principle in doing photography is to compose pictures out of the flux of life. His photography is partially abstracted.
Joel Meyerowitz
Meryerowitz’s works are very intriguing view of a situation, place or thing. His works were meant to let the view see themselves in the particular time of the photographs.
Tina Modotti
She concentrates on still lifes, documentaries, and portraits. Her works is a perfection of focus and contrast, presenting the object or person in the photo really well.
Irving Penn
He worked on photographing fashion, portraiture and still life most of the time. In addition, he is also consistently expanding his range of subject matter and method. He is said to be a master of reducitona and refinement, as he works with simplicity and a controllable setting to create timeless images of an ephemeral world.
Jacob Riis
Riis’ photos are conveyer of a message about the people’s needs that is neglected by many. The way he does this really grabs the view attention, it makes the audiences thinks and wonder and because of this the image he creates is imprinted in the mind of the viewer for a long time.
Ralph Steiner
Steiner’s focus on the design of his photos a lot more than anything else, he almost always try to pursued different techniques to present his works. He always insisted that successful photography required deeply personal interpretation. He is good at making something that is really simple seems much more intriguing.
Alfred Stieglitz
His works present an attracting composition. Some of them seems to be really busy and then some come to a very simplistic presentation.
Weegee
The photographs are very detail, some are gruesome because of it was of crime scenes. His photograph actually is very natural, as documentation of people in their natural habitat.
Edward Weston
He works with nudes, portraits, nature and landscapes. His photos have a very compelling composition and exquisite tonalities to them. His technique is called Straight Photography.
Minor White
He works as a textural photographer. White’s photo are displaced to viewer to lets the eye of the audience shape their own view about the photograph. His study with Edward Weston.
Garry Winogrand
The photographs are of every day life of people in the city, it seems to be of a documentary. He has good contrast which generates, helped the composition of the photos.
Jonathan Frantini
His works are relatively associates with a certain theme for each photo if not a set of them. The photo have great composition of color and depth.
David Lynn
His works are of nature and landscapes. The photos are close up of the subjects allowing the viewer to see the expression of the subjects. His work is quite detail and eye catching.
Frans Lanting
The photos are great images that compile a great sense of life and elegant into the composition of the piece. The piece themselves is very developed, almost like a painting.
Benedict Redgrove
He photography more of aesthetic, non living object. However the pictures’ composition is executed, captured very well, no matter if is the color or the objects’ placement it is all well position on the end print.
Jonathan de Villiers
He photograph fashion, architectural structure and rare landscape. All of them are perfectly executed to make a good compositional representation, as he give his works an ‘edgy’ look.
20 Potographers-Pochawan Calvert
Berenice Abbott is well known for her spectacular photograph of New York City. Her photographs are highly detailed with an array of interesting subject matters (soup bubbles, bouncing ball, wave patterns, buildings, local shops, twirling wrenches, and light beams).
Diane Arbus use to work in the fashion industry as a photographer, and most of her famous photographs are from her innovative work in magazines.
Bill Brandt was a self taught photographer who is was acknowledged as the master of the 20th century photography. His work included the vivid document of Great Britain.
Harry Callahan took pictures of different subjects including a self portrait of his wife. His photographs are known for simplicity and gracefulness.
Walker Evans was best known for his images during the Great Depression. His photographs push the boundaries of what was acceptable to society during that time. He took pictures of non icon, hard working individuals who he knew throughout his career.
Frederick Sommer was a trained architecture from Brazil. His work includes self portrait, gruesome subjects (chicken carcasses), and assemblages of unusual objects taking from the trash.
Robert Doisneau was a famous French photographer who took pictures of random people wondering the streets of Paris. His work includes common people in common situations. Kiss by the Hotel de Ville was his most famous photograph.
Roy DeCarava was known for the master of dark tomes. His work relied on available light allowing viewer to see into the shadows. Some of his work includes pictures taken in dim night clubs or cramped apartments.
Garry Winogrand took pictures of the city and urban landscape, his main subject was America. The image captured in his photograph was best known as ‘decisive moment’.
Minor White was a textural photographer (bush, tree, cracks in the roads, and rusted up car). He also took images surrounding spiritual issues (Roman Catholicism, Zen Buddhism, and mysticism).
Edward Steichen was a self-taught photographer whose style was known as Pictorialism. He later changed his style to straight photography where the images are cluttered free and very geometric.
E. J. Bellocq was a commercial photographer who took images of young to old women with different shapes and sizes. The women he photographed where prostitutes and he photographed them honestly and respectfully.
Robert Mapplethorpe was an American photographer who was known to have pornographic content in his photograph. He also took photographs portraits of famous celebrities, flowers and nude.
Jerry Uelsmann work has been exhibit more than in 100 solo shoes in the America and abroad. His photographs are unique in their own ways. The images in his photograph are configured into two dimensional scenes.
Paul Strand was a strong advocate for Straight Photography.
W. Eugene Smith most famous work was the Minamata which was a wartime photograph. The photos show the reality of individuals, situations, and human suffering.
Cindy Sherman was an American photographer who is knows for her disguised self portrait that comments on the society sexual stereotypes in women. She also took disturbing images of dolls and doll parts to show her interest in artificiality.
Alexander Rodchenko was inspired by his own illustration and commercial designs and decided to incorporate it in his photography. Photomontage was the technique he fell in love with.
Paul Outerbridge photograph nude and still life on large format. His work include everyday object of sill life abstractions. His work had great lighting and composition.
Clarence John Laughlin was born in Lake Charles. He is known for the images of decaying southern civilization during the Great Depression. He later took photographs for Vogue magazine.
Diane Arbus use to work in the fashion industry as a photographer, and most of her famous photographs are from her innovative work in magazines.
Bill Brandt was a self taught photographer who is was acknowledged as the master of the 20th century photography. His work included the vivid document of Great Britain.
Harry Callahan took pictures of different subjects including a self portrait of his wife. His photographs are known for simplicity and gracefulness.
Walker Evans was best known for his images during the Great Depression. His photographs push the boundaries of what was acceptable to society during that time. He took pictures of non icon, hard working individuals who he knew throughout his career.
Frederick Sommer was a trained architecture from Brazil. His work includes self portrait, gruesome subjects (chicken carcasses), and assemblages of unusual objects taking from the trash.
Robert Doisneau was a famous French photographer who took pictures of random people wondering the streets of Paris. His work includes common people in common situations. Kiss by the Hotel de Ville was his most famous photograph.
Roy DeCarava was known for the master of dark tomes. His work relied on available light allowing viewer to see into the shadows. Some of his work includes pictures taken in dim night clubs or cramped apartments.
Garry Winogrand took pictures of the city and urban landscape, his main subject was America. The image captured in his photograph was best known as ‘decisive moment’.
Minor White was a textural photographer (bush, tree, cracks in the roads, and rusted up car). He also took images surrounding spiritual issues (Roman Catholicism, Zen Buddhism, and mysticism).
Edward Steichen was a self-taught photographer whose style was known as Pictorialism. He later changed his style to straight photography where the images are cluttered free and very geometric.
E. J. Bellocq was a commercial photographer who took images of young to old women with different shapes and sizes. The women he photographed where prostitutes and he photographed them honestly and respectfully.
Robert Mapplethorpe was an American photographer who was known to have pornographic content in his photograph. He also took photographs portraits of famous celebrities, flowers and nude.
Jerry Uelsmann work has been exhibit more than in 100 solo shoes in the America and abroad. His photographs are unique in their own ways. The images in his photograph are configured into two dimensional scenes.
Paul Strand was a strong advocate for Straight Photography.
W. Eugene Smith most famous work was the Minamata which was a wartime photograph. The photos show the reality of individuals, situations, and human suffering.
Cindy Sherman was an American photographer who is knows for her disguised self portrait that comments on the society sexual stereotypes in women. She also took disturbing images of dolls and doll parts to show her interest in artificiality.
Alexander Rodchenko was inspired by his own illustration and commercial designs and decided to incorporate it in his photography. Photomontage was the technique he fell in love with.
Paul Outerbridge photograph nude and still life on large format. His work include everyday object of sill life abstractions. His work had great lighting and composition.
Clarence John Laughlin was born in Lake Charles. He is known for the images of decaying southern civilization during the Great Depression. He later took photographs for Vogue magazine.
20 Famous Photographers
20 Famous Photographers
Ngoc (Alice) Le
1. James P. Blair
He is famous for his photographs that have appeared in National Geographic. I love the grittiness of his Personal Work : An Homage to Aaron Siskind. The close-up images of fragments of walls, signs, and graffiti from their usual frame of visual reference, produces photographs that convey emotional content through abstract form.
2. Regina DeLuise
I like the soft subtleness of her works and the combination of textures and everyday objects.
3. Garry Winogrand
He was a street photographer known for his portrayal of America in the mid 20th century. Many of his photographs depict the social issues of his time day and in the role of media in shaping attitudes. He roamed the streets of New York with his 35mm Leica camera rapidly taking photographs using a prefocused wide angle lens. His pictures frequently appeared as if they were driven by the energy of the events he was witnessing. While the style has been much imitated, Winogrand's eye, his visual style, and his wit, are unique.
4. Man Ray
"There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love. There are simply different ways of doing it."
Best known in the art world for his avant-garde photography, Man Ray produced major works in a variety of media and considered himself a painter above all. He was also a renowned fashion and portrait photographer. He is noted for his photograms, which he renamed rayographs after himself. I really love the fashion and portrait photography he did in the 1920’s (it’s one of my favorite eras). I’m hugely obsessed with fashion and I love doing self-portraits also.
5. Joel-Peter Witkin
I love his interpretations of artwork in his work. His work often deals with such themes as death, corpses (or pieces of them), and various outsiders such as dwarfs, transsexuals, hermaphrodites, and physically deformed people. His complex tableaux often recall religious episodes or famous classical paintings. Because of the transgressive nature of the contents of his pictures, his works have been labeled exploitative and have sometimes shocked public opinion. His art was often marginalized because of this challenging aspect.
6. Diane Arbus
She was an American photographer, noted for her portraits of people on the fringes of society, such as transvestites, dwarfs, giants, prostitutes and ordinary working class citizens, in unconventional poses and settings.
7. Larry Clark
He is an American film director, photographer, writer and film producer who is best known for the movie Kids. His most common subject is youth that casually engage in underage and illegal drug use, sex, and violence, and who are part of a subculture (such as punk or skateboarding).
8. Clarence John Laughlin
Although he dropped out of high school in 1920, after having barely completed his freshman year, Laughlin was an educated and highly literate man. His large vocabulary and love of language are evident in the elaborate captions he later wrote to accompany his photographs. Many historians credit Laughlin as being the first true surrealist photographer in the United States. His images are often nostalgic
9. Barbara Kruger
Much of Kruger's graphic work consists of black-and-white photographs with overlaid captions set in white-on-red Futura Bold Oblique. The phrases included in her work are usually declarative, and make common use of such pronouns as "you," "I," "we," and "they." The juxtaposition of Kruger's imagery with text containing criticism of sexism and misogyny and the circulation of power within cultures is a recurring motif in the work. I am wondering if I could do photograms in combination with negatives to achieve her style. I could cut out the letters and overlap them on the picture. I really love the graphic quality and underlying messages of her work.
10. Cindy Sherman
Sherman works in series, typically photographing herself in a range of costumes. For example, in her landmark 69 photograph series, the Complete Untitled Film Stills, (1977-1980) Sherman appeared as B-movie, foreign film and film noir style actresses. Sherman's most recent series, dated 2003, features her as clowns. Although Sherman does not consider her work feminist, many of her photo-series, like the 1981 "Centerfolds," call attention to the stereotyping of women in films, television and magazines.
11. Emmet Gowin
Gowin first gained attention with his intimate portraits of his wife and family. His almost exclusive use of a large format camera led to both optical and darkroom experiments. Using a 4x5 lens with an 8x10 camera allowed Gowin to expose the full image circle, surrounded by a dramatic vignette, in his family portraits and rural landscapes. Beginning with a trip to Washington State soon after Mt. Saint Helens erupted, Gowin began taking aerial photographs. For the next twenty years, Gowin captured strip mining sites, nuclear testing fields, large-scale agricultural fields and other scars in the natural landscape.
12. William Klein
As an artist using photography, he set out to re-invent
the photographic document. His photos, often blurred or out of focus, his high-contrast prints (his negatives were often severely over-exposed), his use of high-grain film and wide angles shocked the established order of the photography world and he earned a reputation as an anti-photographer's photographer.
13. Joel Meyerowitz
Joel Meyerowitz is a street photographer who began photographing in color in 1962 and was an early advocate of the use of color during a time when there was significant resistance to the idea of color photography as serious art. Meyerowitz has published a photographic archive of the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center, and was the only photographer allowed unrestricted access to ground zero immediately following the attack.
14.Gordon Parks
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was a groundbreaking American photographer, musician, poet, novelist, journalist, activist and film director. He is best remembered for his photo essays for Life magazine and as the director of the 1971 film Shaft.
15. Paul Strand
Paul Strand was an American photographer and filmmaker who, along with fellow modernist photographers like Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston, helped establish photography as an art form in the 20th century. His diverse body of work, spanning six decades, covers numerous genres and subjects throughout the Americas, Europe and Africa.
16. Lothar Wolleh
He was a well-known German photographer. Until the end of the sixties, Lothar Wolleh worked as a commercial photographer. He took portraits of international contemporary painters, sculptors and performance artists. Altogether, he photographed about 109 artists, including known personalities such as Georg Baselitz, Joseph Beuys, Dieter Roth, Jean Tinguely, René Magritte, Günther Uecker, Gerhard Richter and Christo.
17. Henri Cartier-Bresson
He was a French photographer considered to be the father of modern photojournalism, an early adopter of 35 mm format, and the master of candid photography. He helped develop the "street photography" style that has influenced generations of photographers that followed.
18. Leslie Robert (Les) Krims
He is a conceptualist photographer living in Buffalo, New York. He is noted for his carefully arrange fabricated photographs (called "fictions"), various candid series, a satirical edge, dark humor, and long-standing criticism of what he describes as leftist twaddle.
19. Andres Serrano
He is an American photographer who has become most notorious through his photos of corpses, as well as his controversial work "Piss Christ", a red-tinged photograph of a crucifix submerged in a glass container of what was purported to be the artist's own urine. His work is borderline creepy, especially with the juxtaposition of urine and symbols of Christianity.
20. John Ernest Joseph Bellocq
He was a professional photographer who worked in New Orleans during the early 20th century. Bellocq is remembered for his haunting photographs of the prostitutes of Storyville, New Orleans' legalized red light district. These have inspired novels, poems and films.
Ngoc (Alice) Le
1. James P. Blair
He is famous for his photographs that have appeared in National Geographic. I love the grittiness of his Personal Work : An Homage to Aaron Siskind. The close-up images of fragments of walls, signs, and graffiti from their usual frame of visual reference, produces photographs that convey emotional content through abstract form.
2. Regina DeLuise
I like the soft subtleness of her works and the combination of textures and everyday objects.
3. Garry Winogrand
He was a street photographer known for his portrayal of America in the mid 20th century. Many of his photographs depict the social issues of his time day and in the role of media in shaping attitudes. He roamed the streets of New York with his 35mm Leica camera rapidly taking photographs using a prefocused wide angle lens. His pictures frequently appeared as if they were driven by the energy of the events he was witnessing. While the style has been much imitated, Winogrand's eye, his visual style, and his wit, are unique.
4. Man Ray
"There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love. There are simply different ways of doing it."
Best known in the art world for his avant-garde photography, Man Ray produced major works in a variety of media and considered himself a painter above all. He was also a renowned fashion and portrait photographer. He is noted for his photograms, which he renamed rayographs after himself. I really love the fashion and portrait photography he did in the 1920’s (it’s one of my favorite eras). I’m hugely obsessed with fashion and I love doing self-portraits also.
5. Joel-Peter Witkin
I love his interpretations of artwork in his work. His work often deals with such themes as death, corpses (or pieces of them), and various outsiders such as dwarfs, transsexuals, hermaphrodites, and physically deformed people. His complex tableaux often recall religious episodes or famous classical paintings. Because of the transgressive nature of the contents of his pictures, his works have been labeled exploitative and have sometimes shocked public opinion. His art was often marginalized because of this challenging aspect.
6. Diane Arbus
She was an American photographer, noted for her portraits of people on the fringes of society, such as transvestites, dwarfs, giants, prostitutes and ordinary working class citizens, in unconventional poses and settings.
7. Larry Clark
He is an American film director, photographer, writer and film producer who is best known for the movie Kids. His most common subject is youth that casually engage in underage and illegal drug use, sex, and violence, and who are part of a subculture (such as punk or skateboarding).
8. Clarence John Laughlin
Although he dropped out of high school in 1920, after having barely completed his freshman year, Laughlin was an educated and highly literate man. His large vocabulary and love of language are evident in the elaborate captions he later wrote to accompany his photographs. Many historians credit Laughlin as being the first true surrealist photographer in the United States. His images are often nostalgic
9. Barbara Kruger
Much of Kruger's graphic work consists of black-and-white photographs with overlaid captions set in white-on-red Futura Bold Oblique. The phrases included in her work are usually declarative, and make common use of such pronouns as "you," "I," "we," and "they." The juxtaposition of Kruger's imagery with text containing criticism of sexism and misogyny and the circulation of power within cultures is a recurring motif in the work. I am wondering if I could do photograms in combination with negatives to achieve her style. I could cut out the letters and overlap them on the picture. I really love the graphic quality and underlying messages of her work.
10. Cindy Sherman
Sherman works in series, typically photographing herself in a range of costumes. For example, in her landmark 69 photograph series, the Complete Untitled Film Stills, (1977-1980) Sherman appeared as B-movie, foreign film and film noir style actresses. Sherman's most recent series, dated 2003, features her as clowns. Although Sherman does not consider her work feminist, many of her photo-series, like the 1981 "Centerfolds," call attention to the stereotyping of women in films, television and magazines.
11. Emmet Gowin
Gowin first gained attention with his intimate portraits of his wife and family. His almost exclusive use of a large format camera led to both optical and darkroom experiments. Using a 4x5 lens with an 8x10 camera allowed Gowin to expose the full image circle, surrounded by a dramatic vignette, in his family portraits and rural landscapes. Beginning with a trip to Washington State soon after Mt. Saint Helens erupted, Gowin began taking aerial photographs. For the next twenty years, Gowin captured strip mining sites, nuclear testing fields, large-scale agricultural fields and other scars in the natural landscape.
12. William Klein
As an artist using photography, he set out to re-invent
the photographic document. His photos, often blurred or out of focus, his high-contrast prints (his negatives were often severely over-exposed), his use of high-grain film and wide angles shocked the established order of the photography world and he earned a reputation as an anti-photographer's photographer.
13. Joel Meyerowitz
Joel Meyerowitz is a street photographer who began photographing in color in 1962 and was an early advocate of the use of color during a time when there was significant resistance to the idea of color photography as serious art. Meyerowitz has published a photographic archive of the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center, and was the only photographer allowed unrestricted access to ground zero immediately following the attack.
14.Gordon Parks
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was a groundbreaking American photographer, musician, poet, novelist, journalist, activist and film director. He is best remembered for his photo essays for Life magazine and as the director of the 1971 film Shaft.
15. Paul Strand
Paul Strand was an American photographer and filmmaker who, along with fellow modernist photographers like Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston, helped establish photography as an art form in the 20th century. His diverse body of work, spanning six decades, covers numerous genres and subjects throughout the Americas, Europe and Africa.
16. Lothar Wolleh
He was a well-known German photographer. Until the end of the sixties, Lothar Wolleh worked as a commercial photographer. He took portraits of international contemporary painters, sculptors and performance artists. Altogether, he photographed about 109 artists, including known personalities such as Georg Baselitz, Joseph Beuys, Dieter Roth, Jean Tinguely, René Magritte, Günther Uecker, Gerhard Richter and Christo.
17. Henri Cartier-Bresson
He was a French photographer considered to be the father of modern photojournalism, an early adopter of 35 mm format, and the master of candid photography. He helped develop the "street photography" style that has influenced generations of photographers that followed.
18. Leslie Robert (Les) Krims
He is a conceptualist photographer living in Buffalo, New York. He is noted for his carefully arrange fabricated photographs (called "fictions"), various candid series, a satirical edge, dark humor, and long-standing criticism of what he describes as leftist twaddle.
19. Andres Serrano
He is an American photographer who has become most notorious through his photos of corpses, as well as his controversial work "Piss Christ", a red-tinged photograph of a crucifix submerged in a glass container of what was purported to be the artist's own urine. His work is borderline creepy, especially with the juxtaposition of urine and symbols of Christianity.
20. John Ernest Joseph Bellocq
He was a professional photographer who worked in New Orleans during the early 20th century. Bellocq is remembered for his haunting photographs of the prostitutes of Storyville, New Orleans' legalized red light district. These have inspired novels, poems and films.
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