Bruce Gilden is Famous street Photographer with a like nothing else in the world type of photography , Bruce Gilden was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1946. He first went to Penn State University to major in and he quit college. Gilden briefly had the idea of being an actor but in decided to buy a camera and to become a Photographer instead. Albeit he did attend some evening classes at the School of Visual Arts in New York, Bruce Gilden is to be contemplated/believed in an immensely colossal/paramount way an autodidactic Photographer .Right from the time he was a child , he has always been interested by the life on the streets and the intricate and fascinating kineticism it involves, and this was the spark that incentivized/established his first long-term personal projects, photographing in Coney Island and then during the Mardi Gras in New Orleans it raised his …show more content…
Since the 70s his work has been showed in museum and art galleries all over the world and is a component of many accumulations.The photography style of Bruce Gilden is defined by the energetic/transmuting special way of verbalizing of his pictures, his special graphic qualities, and his pristine and direct manner of shooting the faces of passers-by with a flash. Gilden's potent images in ebony and white and now in color have brought the Magnum (person who takes pictures) ecumenical fame. Gilden has received many awards and grants for his work, including National Gifts of mazuma for the Arts (comities predicated on shared fascinates/learning opportunities) (1980, 1984 and 1992), French "Villa Medicis Hors les Murs" grant (1995), grants from the New York State Substratum for the Arts , a Japan Substructure Artist Learning opportunity (1999) and in 2013 a Guggenheim Substratum (comity predicated on shared intrigues/learning
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Brought into this world on October 17, 1821, Alexander Gardner’s work as a Civil War photographer has often been accredited to his mentor, the better-known Mathew Brady. Only recently has the true extent of Alexander Gardner’s work been acknowledged, receiving the credit that has been long overdue. Born in Paisley, Scotland, Gardner and his family were quite the movers. Relocating to Glasgow, Scotland, shortly after his birth, and later in 1850, to the United States with his brother James in attempt to establish a community in Iowa (CWO). In need of more money to fund the establishment, Gardner returned back to Glasgow and purchased what would soon become one of largest newspapers in the city, and one of the most known newspapers in the entire country, the Glasgow Sentinel. The newspaper made a considerable amount of profit for Gardner and he returned to the United States a year later in 1851, but this time paying another state a visit, New York.
Neil Leifer is a photographer and filmmaker whose work has been displayed throughout several magazines. He started out pushing wheelchairs for the handicapped patrons at New York Giants football games and took pictures while on the field. His big break was during the national NFL championship game in 1958 between the Giants and the Colts. He took a photo of the game winning touchdown in overtime (first overtime game in NFL history). Sports Illustrated bought the photo from him, and Leifer began working for them shortly after. His most popular photographs are of Muhammad Ali knocking out several of his opponents. Next to Leifer during one of the fights was another photographer who had taken one almost exactly the same, although his was black
T here have been many great photographers throughout history who have left their mark on the industry. Cecil Beaton is an inspiring fashion photographer from the 1930s. He was born in 1904 in Hampstead, England, he moved to London and continued to live there until his passing in 1980.
Edward Burtynsky is landscape photographer who focuses on finding unique locations that are barren with environmental degradation. He is concerned with the current state of our world and wants to change it by using photography as a medium. Burtynsky 's photolistic style often shows incredible scale and detail within his photos by using multiple vantage points. Burtynsky approaches his subject in a very urgent manner, each and every photo is taken to create a deep impression from its viewer. His work is housed in more than 50 museums including the Guggenheim Museum, the National Gallery of Canada, and the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.
Hiroshi Sugimoto is a Japanese photographer born in Tokyo in 1948. Upon graduating from Saint Paul’s University in Tokyo with a degree in Sociology and Politics and moved to Los Angeles in 1970 and attended the Art Centre College of Design. He moved to New York in 1974 after receiving his Bachelors degree and now lives in Tokyo and in New York. He divides his work into photographic series, each representing a certain theme. He is most famous for his seascapes, movie theaters, natural history dioramas and portraits, and waxworks series. He explores the idea of photography and time, and uses photography as a way to record science and history alongside the idea of indescribable human nature. His aim when creating portraits is to make them as lifelike as possible so the viewer reconsiders what it is to be alive.
Street art and graffiti has the capability to change lives, as is seen in documentary “Exit through the Gift Shop.” In the film the audience meets Thierry Guetta, a French immigrant currently residing in the United States, and learns an odd habit he acquired at a young age. He always had to have a video camera rolling; he was constantly documenting his life. He was obsessed with remembering everything that happened in his life so he got every part of his life recorded.
Gordon Parks was a photographer and humanitarian with a passion for documenting poverty, and civil rights in the second half of the 20th century. His signature style continues to be celebrated as one of the most iconic of the time.
In the word of Gordon Parks, “I feel it is the heart, not the eyes that should determine the content of the photograph. What the eye see is its own what the heart can perceive is a very different matter” (qtd. in “Picture quotes”). Most viewer only views the images throw their eyes and they thought they could get the meaning of it. However, some photographs cannot be understood just by visual. For instance, Ice cream parlor, Blind River, Ontario captured in 1955by Parks. This photograph required the heart to be understood the narrative, messages, surprise and significant of the photograph. Parks’s photo should be
Best known for her blunt portrayal of girls on the brink of adulthood, Hellen van Meene is a Dutch natural light photographer. She explores the vulnerability and uncertainty of adolescent life through her work. While capturing the feelings of youth and awkwardness, she invents her own fictions and scenes using the girls as models. Through her unique way of viewing the models and her thoughtful technique, Hellen van Meene succeeds in making photos that portray girls at this significant time in their lives.
It was not until a trip to Japan with her mother after her sophomore year of studying painting at the San Francisco Art Institute that Annie Leibovitz discovered her interest in taking photographs. In 1970 Leibovitz went to the founding editor of Rolling Stone, Jann Wenner, who was impressed by Leibovitz’s work. Leibovitz’s first assignment from Wenner was to shoot John Lennon. Leibovitz’s black-and-white portrait of Lennon was the cover of the January 21, 1971 issue. Ironically, Leibovitz would be the last person to capture her first celebrity subject. Two years later she made history by being named Rolling Stone’s first female chief photographer. Leibovitz’s intimate photographs of celebrities had a big part in defining the Rolling Stone look. In 1983 Leibovitz joined Vanity Fair and was made the magazine’s first contributing photographer. At Vanity Fair she became known for her intensely lit, staged, and alluring portraits of celebrities. With a broader range of subjects available at Vanity Fair, Leibovitz’s photographs for Vanity Fair ranged from presidents to literary icons to t...
1. Burtynsky’s work was truly captivating to me. I liked how in his work he really focuses in on the details to capture the story around the subject he chose. In his work, I also enjoy how right away I get this visual connection and, it’s engaging because it makes me wonder and question his intentions of what he decided to photograph. When I immerse myself into his work, it fascinates me. It almost gives me a pleasant feeling to look at his work because it’s beautiful to me but, then again I try to make of why he decided to capture this. It’s almost like I’m seeing a behind the scenes of what goes on in nature and by looking at this other side, I do lament to what this world has come and, how us humans have changed things since the beginning
The first photograph above is one of the many photographs taken by Jack Flange. Jack Flange is a famous photographer particularly specialises in photographing light and surfaces. The scientific value contained in his photograph above will be discussed and hopefully you will be convinced that the photographs taken by Jack is of high standard and the scientific ideas about reflection, transmission and refraction are well demonstrated.
Who is Irving Penn? Irving Penn is an American photographer whose intentions were to become a painter, but when he was twenty six he took a offer to design photographic covers for the magazine Vogue. Soon after, Penn started photographing his own ideas for covers and then established himself as a fashion photographer.
Bill Cunningham was a famous photographer for NY Times Magazine. He is known to be one of best street photographers of all time. He focused on shooting fashion, and specifically chose to shoot in the streets, because of his passion for candid photos and the city surroundings. Shooting a candid photo, especially one in the streets isn't just about the subject, but about its surroundings creating a story about that subject. He mainly used a Nikon TM2 camera, which took 35mm film; comparatively, I use a Cannon A-E1. He used a film camera specifically because he liked how film came out, rather than digital. There is a certain feeling of permanence, when capturing a candid photo with film, it holds such a sudden memory, and the film keeps that sudden