Photographer Research

Ansel Adams – An American photographer best knownfor his black and white landscape photography of west America. Especially places such as Yosemite National Park and the Grand Canyon. Also being an environmentalist, I think most of his influences of taking these pictures ofthese amazing landscapes were triggered by his younger life of being interested in the nature and environment of west America.

Shown below, the famous photograph, ‘The Tetons and theSnake River’ taken in 1942 at the Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Ic hose this photo as a good example because it’s interesting how the sun light is reflected in certain areas of the image, mostly on the river what also gives a great depth to the photo.

 

 Eugène Atget – Was a French photographer famously known for using his images to document the architecture and street scenes of the French capital Paris. Influenced by travelling around France on drama studies and then started to paint street scenes of French cities and life what made him turn to starting professional photography.

This photo below I chose because I think it isvery interesting, the way he has brought the curve of the river into the imageand the reflection of the bridge itself. Atget’s last photos before his death were of bridges on the Seine River. He enjoyed this part of the city as he thought it was very tranquil and calming.

 

Yousuf Karsh – Was a Canadian photographer and one of the most famous and accomplished photographer of all time. He photographed so many famous figures such as President JFK to Picasso. His main influence to become a photographer was his uncle who Karsh lived withand was trained in his teenage years by him.

Below, this photo portrait of Sir Winston Churchill is said to be one of the most reproduced and famous portrait images in history. Karsh was extremely good at capturing motion in this subjects faces.

 

Robert Doisneau - Was again aFrench Photographer famously known for his images taken of people on the streets of Paris. ‘Doisneau was known for his modest, playful, and ironic images of amusing juxtapositions,mingling social classes, and eccentrics in contemporary Paris streets andcafes.’ – Quote from Wikipedia.

Below, the famous photo ‘Le baiser de l'hôtel de ville’what means ‘Kiss by the Town Hall’. I chose this photograph because I think the motion he has captured is amazing, the way the people of the street are rushing past and the two people kissing are very stationary and still. The townhall in the background also adds some emotion to the picture making it look slightly rustic.   

 

Julia Margaret Cameron – Was a British photographer, she became best known for her portrait photos of celebrities of that time, and photos with King Arthur and other legendary themes. She took up photography at the age of 48 when she received a camera as a present. I think that her photos have a slightly spooky feel, although they are old but I think it is the images are cropped to only show the top half of the body and the face.

I chose this image to prove my comment earlier, although this may not have been thought as spooky when this was taking, now is has a very scary feeling and look about it. Her portraitphotos were of very different classes of people and that’s why she has a widerange of different portraits.