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Page 1: Photographers in History in History.pdf · Introduced “Chiaroscuro to Photography (effect of using gradations of light and shadow to create the illusion of three dimensions in a

Photographers in History

Kent Messamore

10/5/2011

Page 2: Photographers in History in History.pdf · Introduced “Chiaroscuro to Photography (effect of using gradations of light and shadow to create the illusion of three dimensions in a

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Joseph Nicephore Niepce – 1765 - 1833

First known photograph – Heliograph - 1822

Required an 8 hour exposure

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Louis Daguerre – 1787 - 1851

Inventor of Daguerreotype in 1839. Shorter exposures but still several minutes long

Street is deserted as people were moving too fast

“Rue du Temple” - 1839

Inadvertently takes first photo of a person

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W. Henry Talbot – 1800 - 1877

Talbot invented in 1834, a photographic process that produced a “Negative” from which many prints could be made

Very patient coachman as exposure took three minutes - 1840

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Oscar Gustave Rejlander – 1813 - 1875

“The Two Ways of Life”. Print is 30” by 16” - 1857. Composite of as many as thirty (30) photographs

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Dr. Peter Henry Emerson – 1856 - 1936

Natural Photography – “Don’t Dress people up”

Known for his Landscapes

“Gathering water Lilies” - 1886

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Henry Peach Robinson – 1830 - 1901

Considered Photography as “Art” Many of photographs were composites Introduced Vignettes into his photographs Introduced “Chiaroscuro to Photography

(effect of using gradations of light and shadow to create the illusion of three dimensions in a drawing - often called shading)

Fading Away – 1858 – a composite of 5 different negatives When the Day’s Work is Done - 1901

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Lewis Carroll - 1858 “Alice, Edith, and Lorina Lidell”

Alice was the inspiration for “Alice in Wonderland”

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Mathew Brady – 1823 - 1896

Brady opened photo studio in Washington DC and took many portraits of famous people. He organized group of photographers to take photos of Civil War battlefields. Many of these photos were credited to his name even though he didn’t take the photos.

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Francis Bedford – 1816 - 1894

Stereoscope photo - 1864

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Julia Cameron 1815 - 1879

Although she took famous photos of men (e.g. Longfellow), she was know for her photographs of women.

Her photos were also know for dreamy images as she often used subdued lighting and dark backgrounds to create a dreamy setting. Sometimes she left the lens of her camera purposely out of focus so as to add to this dreaminess.

The Rosebud Garden of Girls - 1868

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William Henry Jackson – 1843 - 1942

“Castle Geyser and Crested Pool” Yellowstone” - 1871

“Crystal Falls” Yellowstone 1871

Jackson’s photos convinced Congress to make Yellowstone a National Park

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Eadweard Muybridge – 1830 - 1904

The Horse in Motion - 1878

In 1872 a race-horse owner (Leland Standford) hired Muybridge to prove that all four horse’s hooves left the ground at same time during a gallop

In 1878 Muybridge took this image using twelve stereoscopic cameras, 21 inches apart, taken at 1/1000 second, using trip-wires attached to each camera shutter triggered by the horse’s hooves.

Precursor to the development of motion pictures - 1878

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Frances Benjamin Johnston – 1864 - 1952

Mark Twain - 1906 President William McKinley - 1901

Early American female Photographer

“The Liberated Woman” - 1896 Johnston Self Portrait

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Alfred Stieglitz – 1864 - 1946

Photography is an art, separate from all other arts

First published magazine “Camera Works” in 1903, which soon was revered as the finest photographic magazine in the world

He established in 1905 a Photograph and Art gallery in New York City at “291” Fifth Avenue where he introduced Modern Art (Monet, Matisse, Cezanne, Rodin, Picasso) to America and new American Photographers (Paul Strand, Edward Steichen, Ansel Adams).

“The Steerage” - 1907

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Edward Steichen – 1879 - 1973

“Greta Garbo” - 1928 “The Pond in Moonlight” - 1904

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Lewis Hine – 1874 - 1940

“Girl in a Cotton Mill” - 1910

His photographs single handedly changed the world. You should thank him!!!!!

Empire State Building - 1931

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Eric Soloman – 1886 - 1944

Father of Modern Photojournalism

Father of Candid camera

One of the very few photos of the United states Supreme Court in session - 1928

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George Eastman – 1854 - 1932

1884 - Invented Roll Film 1888 – Introduced Kodak Camera

designed to use Roll Film 1892 – established Eastman Kodak

Company, first firm to mass-produce photography equipment

1900 – Introduced Brownie Camera for $1

First Kodak Camera

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Edward Weston - 1886 - 1958

“Dunes, Oceano” - 1910 “Charis Wilson” - 1936

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Paul Strand – 1890 - 1976

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Considered Photography as an art form. His photo compositions incorporated geometric light and shadow designs together with his interest in street photography

“From the El”

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Dorothea Lange – 1895 - 1965

“Migrant Mother” - 1935

“Shack” - 1935

Lange is known for her images of destitute share croppers from the South, and the dust bowl migrants from Oklahoma to California

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Alfred Eisenstaedt – 1898 - 1995 On August 14, 1945, the day World War II came to and end, kissing was the activity of the day.

Eisenstaedt spied a sailor smooching his way through Times Square. He followed until he found this photo

“Drum Major” - 1950

“Marilyn Monroe” - 1953

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Henri Cartier-Bresson – 1908 - 2004

Master of Candid photography

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Margaret Bourke-White

Leading Woman Photojournalist Fortune Magazine Staff Cover of 1st issue Life

Magazine Life Magazine Staff

Photographer for 21 years First Woman to fly on a U.S.

Combat mission Press contingent that

photographed horrors of Buchenwald

Covered War in Korea

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Gandhi Buchenwald

Dust Bowl

Cover of First Issue of Life Magazine, “Fort Peck Damn:

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Ansel Adams – 1902 - 1984

Undisputed Master

of Landscape Photography

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Yousuf Karsh – 1908 - 2002

“Winston Churchill” – 1941 Probably most reproduced

Portrait in History

“Eisenhower”

“Einstein”

“Kennedy” “Kelley” “Crawford”

“Ali” “Castro” “Gable” “Hepburn”

Undisputed Master of Portrait Photography

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Robert Capa – 1913 - 1954

Photojournalist who covered five different wars:

•Spanish Civil War •Second Sino-Japanese War •World War II •1948 Arab-Israeli War •First Indochina War

“Death of a Soldier”

“D-D

ay”

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Joe Rosenthal – 1911 - 2006

One of the most Iconic images of American combat when after the battle for Mount

Suribachi, six Marines raised an American Flag

Won Pulitzer Prize - 1945 “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” 1932

Primarily known for his photographs as a war correspondent in the Pacific, and for particularly one photo on Iwo Jima, Rosenthal had a broader career in photography as shown by a photo of the construction of the GE building in New York City.

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Helmut Newton – 1920 - 2004

“Self-Portrait”

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Richard Avadon – 1923 - 2004

“Snake - Nastassja Kinski ”

“Marilyn Monroe”

“Kennedy”

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Diane Arbus – 1923 - 1971

“Identical Twins”

“Transvestite”

“Young Man in Curlers”

“Transvestite”

“Teenager with Bat”

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William Klein – 1928 -

“Candy Store”

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Eddie Adams – 1933 - 2004

Photograph of General Nguyen Loan executing a Viet Cong prisoner – 1968

This image won the Pulitzer Prize in 1969

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Robert Mapplethorpe – 1946 - 1989

Photographing the unexpected

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Annie Leibovitz – 1949 -

“Mikhail Baryshnikov/Rob Besserer”

“Demi Moore”

“John Lennon/Yoko O

no”

Vanity Magazine spread, imitating film noirs that included 40 major Hollywood actors and actresses. It is fun going through the spread trying to figure out which actor is playing which role.

Amazing Photography