Bobby's Photo Palooza

Steve McCurry was born on April 23, 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is an American photographer who has worked in photojournalism. His best known work is Afghan Girl which appeared in National Geographic Magazine. The photo is of a 12-year-old Pashtun orphan in the Nasir Bagh refugee camp near Pakistan. It is considered the most recognized photograph in the history of the National Geographic Magazine. Later on McCurry has been accused of manipulating many of his images with Photoshop. though he did not deny making any major changes. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_McCurry http://stevemccurry.com/ https://www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/steve-mccurry/

Robert Frank was born on November 9th, 1924 in Zurich, Switzerland. He is well known for is book called The Americans. Robert was optimistic about the United States' society and culture. Soon after his perspective had changed and he confronted the fast pace of American life. He would later use these has his inspiration for his photography. He would also go into film later on. Robert has inspired many different photographers most of them I have talked about in my previous posts. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Frank https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/robert-frank?all/all/all/all/0

Richard Avedo was born on May 15th, 1923 in San Antonia, Texas. He was an American fashion and portrait photographer. In his early career he worked as an advertising photographer for a department store. Later down the line he started doing photography for magazines such as Vogue and Life. Richard had photographed many famous people such as Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol and the Beatles. Richard had numerous museum exhibitions around the world. He would later die on October 1st in San Antonio, Texas. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Avedon https://www.avedonfoundation.org/ https://www.artsy.net/artist/richard-avedon

Annie Levibovitz was born on October 2nd, in Waterbury, Connecticut. She was well known for doing album covers and magazines. She also photographed John Lennon on the day he was assassinated. She was inspired by photographers such as Robert Frank and Henri Cartier-Bresson. She became chief photographer for Rolling Stone magazine. Annie became the first woman to hold an exhibition at Washington's National Portrait Gallery in 1991. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Leibovitz https://www.biography.com/people/annie-leibovitz-9542372

Henri Cartier-Bresson was born on August 3rd, 1908 in Cereste, France. He was a humanist photographer and is considered a master of candid photography. He was an early user of 35mm film. He would later pioneered the genre of street photography. Henri was known for other things such as filmmaking and painting. Henri Cartier-Bresson would become one of the most famous photographers to ever exist. "In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subjet. The little human detail can become a letmotiv" -Henri Cartier-Bresson Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Cartier-Bresson#/media/File:Henri_Cartier-Bresson.jpg https://www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/henri-cartier-bresson/

Diane Arbus was  born on March 14th, 1923 in New York City. Diane was an interesting photographer because she took photos of things out of the ordinary such as dwarfs, kids with disabilities and transgender people. Because of this she was often criticized. She would later commit suicide on July 26th, 1971 due to mental health issues. I find her work interesting because I feel like she addressed the elephant in the room and acknowledge these kinds of people. Her work would be recognized later on by many people. Sources: http://www.artnet.com/artists/diane-arbus/ https://www.thecut.com/2016/07/diane-arbus-c-v-r.html

William Eggleston was born on July 27th 1939 in Memphis Tennessee. Eggleston was inspered by photographers like Robert Frank and Henri Cartier-Bressons. He started to work on his first portfolio while teaching at Harvard. Egglestons work mainly consist of everyday subjects such as motel rooms and storefronts. I myself dont really see many special things about his photos but each detail in his photos carries some sort of mystery to it. Maybe I and others need to take a closer look at them and figure out their mysteries. Sources: https://www.artsy.net/artist/william-eggleston http://www.egglestontrust.com/

For my first photographer I would talk about would be Ansel Adams. Ansel Adams is on of the most well known photographers out there. He was well known for photos such as, Monolith the face of Half Dome and On the Heights. Adams photos consist of untouched wilderness and nature. The reason why he took these photos was because he was an environmentalist and wanted to protect the land by capturing its beauty. Which in turn, helped the environmental movement. Adams had used a wide range of filters when setting up his shots such as yellow filters to help make the grey come out as well as red filters to darken up the sky to make the subject stand out. Taking a look at Adams photos, I really appreciate his photos of nature because it really captures the beauty of nature and makes us think that we as humans should do what we can to keep our environment clean. Fun fact: Ansel considered himself more of a musician then a photographer. He played the piano. "I hope my work will encourage