Photographers Flashcards
Annie Leibovitz
1949- American portrait photographer from CT - Worked for Rolling Stone y Vanity Fair magazines photographing many celebrities - Album cover photos for Bruce Springsteen y Cindi Lauper - Photographed John Lennon just before his assassination
Ansel Adams
1902-84 American photographer from CA - Known for environmentalism y black-and-white photos of American landscapes - The Tetons and the Snake River (1942-pic) - Many photos of national parks, esp. Yellowstone
Cindy Sherman
1954- American photographer - Published photo series Untitled Film Stills (1977–1980) showing herself posing in different roles reminiscent of films - Known for similar photos like Untitled #96 (1981); Untitled #153
Diane Arbus
1923-71 American photographer from NYC - Child With Toy Hand Grenade (1962); Identical Twins (1967) - Known for photos of unusual people y outsiders, like strippers, carnival performers, nudists, y dwarves - Committed suicide at age 48
Dorothea Lange
1895-1965 American photographer from NJ - Migrant Mother (1936-pic); Broke, baby sick, and car trouble! (1937); White Angel Breadline (1933); Grandfather and grandson at Manzanar Relocation Center - Worked as a photjournalist for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1908-2004 French photographer - Influential photographer who pioneered the genre of street photography, y conceived of photography as capturing a decisive moment - Considered a master of candid photography - The Decisive Moment (1952); China in Transition (1956); America in Passing (1991)
Jacob Riis
1849-1914 Danish-American photographer y social reformer - Published photo collection How the Other Half Lives (1890) documenting life in NYC tenement slums - Worked to improve living conditions among poor immigrants
Margaret Bourke-White
1904-71 American photographer from NYC - Worked for Life magazine - Known for photos of WWII, Korean War, Soviet industry - Kentucky Flood (1937-pic) - Images of Gandhi, Stalin, concentration camps
Mathew Brady
1822-1896 American photographer from NY - One of first photgraphers in US, studied under Samuel Morse - Developed mobile studio y darkroom - Known for photos of Civil War y early photos of presidents (Lincoln, JQ Adams, A Jackson)
Richard Avedon
1923-2004 American photographer from NYC - Known for fashion y portrait photographs, which helped define America’s image of style, beauty, y culture for the 2nd half of 20th century - Portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot, Sylvester Stallone, Whitney Houston - Observations (1959); Woman in the Mirror (2005)
Robert Capa (Endre Friedmann)
1913-54 Hungarian photographer from Budapest - Known for war photography, y considered the greatest in that field - Risked his life numerous times, y was the only photographer on Omaha Beach during D-Day (6/06/1944) - Died from a land mine while covering the First Indochina War
Robert Mapplethorpe
1946-1989 American photographer from NYC - Work featured an array of subjects, including celebrity portraits, male y female nudes, self-portraits, y still-life images of flowers - Controversial work showing BDSM images of underground NYC, which fueled national debate of public funding of artwork - The Perfect Moment (1989); The Black Book; Some Women
Steve McCurry
1950- American photographer from PA - Photojournalist best known for Afghan Girl (1984-pic), which was on the cover of National Geographic, y has been called “the First World’s Third World Mona Lisa” - Recipient of many photography awards
William Wegman
1943- American photographer from MA - Primarily known for photo compositions involving his Weimeraner dogs
Yousuf Karsh
1908-2002 Armenian-Canadian photographer from Turkey - Known for his portrait photos of notable people, like Churchill y Kennedy -Considered the greatest portrait photographer of the 20th century - Over 20 photos featured on cover of Life magazine - Survived Armenian Genocide, y emigrated to Canada
Weegee (Arthur Usher Fellig)
1899-1968 Ukrainian-American photographer y photojournalist - Known for street photography of crime scenes y emergencies - Quoted as saying ““f/8 and be there”, a popular photographer expression indicating the importance of opportunity over technique
