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.