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for college i have chosen to study a famous photographer,my choice being ansel adams.
has anyone or does anyone know anyting interesting that might help or any books or videos.
and do you think this is a good person to study.
the module title is pioneers.
thanks guysDo a google on “Group f/64″…if it’s pioneers you’re after this might send you in the right direction.
Alan
ahhh brilliant wonka thanks very much.
im also looking for a female photographer who took snaps of the 60’s scene in b/w one that comes to mind is of girls getting ready to go out toplless i might add lol, but my teacher mentioned her and i forget her name but she is famous.
i appreciate your help mate.
I wouldn’t call Ansel Adams a pioneer, more of a photography “virtuoso”. He was legendary, a master of photography. Although he was a pioneer in certain technical aspects of photography.
But in terms of what photography does or says I wouldn’t say he was a pioneer. So whether he is a “Pioneer of Photography” – from what I know I would say no (many I’m sure will strongly disagree). I’m not slagging him off, he is not my taste, but is obviously a giant of photography. But a pioneer I’m not sure.Here is a quote from Elliot Erwitt: “The pictures of Robert Frank might strike someone as being sloppy – the tone range isn’t right and things like that – but they’re far superior to the pictures of Ansel Adams with regard to quality, because the quality of Ansel Adams, if I may say so, is essentially the quality of a postcard. But the quality of Robert Frank is a quality that has something to do with what he’s doing, what his mind is. It’s not balancing out the sky to the sand and so forth. It’s got to do with intention.”
An interesting opinion, … if you do do Ansel Adams it is something to keep in mind. I guess he is a very obvious choice too, but to catch the examiners interest you might try someone else that was a bit more off-beat, who did something different/new.
Martin
scotty38886 wrote:
ahhh brilliant wonka thanks very much.
im also looking for a female photographer who took snaps of the 60’s scene in b/w one that comes to mind is of girls getting ready to go out toplless i might add lol, but my teacher mentioned her and i forget her name but she is famous.
i appreciate your help mate.
Try Pattie Boyd. She had an interesting life going out with the who’s-who of the 60’s and 70’s while taking their photos. She had an exhibit recently in Templebar.
fair enough but the reason why i chose him is because he is like a fisherman he had patience decorum and he did not conform to conventional patterns of photography, i like him a lot but im only young and i get what your saying. its like a teacher saying who is your favourite soccer player and the majority would say pele marradonna best , but what your saying about giving the examiner the wow factor is true,so i respect your advice and thanks, because i am the type of person who wants to show that i care and that im able to research with an original no conformative approach.
so here is another i heard of and please give your views her name is Margaret Bourke-White.
Try Diane Arbus, Mary Ellen Mark, or Margaret Bourke White.
Ansel Adams wouldn’t be a surprise simply because he’s so well regarded and I’m sure he’s one of the first references most photography students come up with. It’s a dull, safe choice, but at least there’s plenty of info out there about him…but if I were a lecturer I’d probably groan out loud if I had to view another Adams essay.
i get ya.
maybe it will help if i choose some one more to my style.
any ideas on a war photographer because thats what i like, like who took the photo at iwo jima?
scotty38886 wrote:
who took the photo at iwo jima?
Robert Capa – try Google
It was Joe Rosenthal, not Capa, who took the famous flag raising snap.
The scene is depicted in Eastwood’s ‘Flags Of Our Fathers’.War photographers are ten a penny these days.
Their big war was Vietnam, when the images they had published utterly changed the public’s perception of that war.
Might also explain why Bush & Son kept a tight reign on reporters and photographers in their Iraq ventures, Joe six pack doesn’t like seeing caskets with the flag draped over them splashed across the front page.Anyways: Don McCullin, Al Rockoff (played by John Malkovitch in The Killing Fields), Tim Page, Henri Huet, and more recently James Natchwey.
Look up Magnum, Black Star and AP for photographers.thanks guys your a great help.
although im still looking for the lady photographer in the 60’sMick451 wrote:
It was Joe Rosenthal, not Capa, who took the famous flag raising snap.
Wrong again…groan :oops: :oops:
rc53, its ok to be wrong at least your interested in helping me thanks. :D :D :D :evil:
What about Irish photographers? One of Irelands great photographers was Fergus Bourke. Not the easiest person to find information on but there is information there if you are willing to dig it out. Was a great documentary on him last year on TV
He was mostly B&W but he did some colour also. Seen some of his pictures in the flesh and they are just super. One of his most famous ones was “The Bottle Throwers”
See link to some of his pictures:
http://www.galleryofphotography.ie/exhibitions/bourke2.html
Some more info
http://www.rte.ie/tv/artslives/prog10.htmlI recently downloaded a number of interviews with photographers and a few were mentioned above.
They are in .avi format and watchable on a computer rather than a dvd player.Some of the photographers interviewed on it
Nan Goldin
Anton Corbijn
Richard Avendon
William Klien
Annie Leibovitz
Robert Capa
James Nachtway (war photographer)
Mary Ellen Marks
Sally MannFile says Oct 1993 to march 07 and 4.2 Gigs so they are various quality but haven’t watched them all yet. Just finished watching Art Wolfe ‘s Travels From The Edge (13 episodes)
If it will help I can send you a copy for research purposes
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