Portraiture

Diane Arbus

(March 14, 1923 – July 26, 1971)

She was an american photographer and writer, noted for black-and-white squared photos of "deviant and marginal people ( dwarfs, giants, transvestites, nudists, crcus performers) or of people whose normality seems ugly or surreal. In 1972, a year after she committed suicide, Arbus became the first American photographer to have photographs displayed at the Venice Biennale.

Photojornalism Part Two.

War Photogrpahy

Tony Vaccaro, born December 20th 1922, was a soldier in the second world war. He was also a photographer at the time and always carried a camera around as well as his army kit. Being a photographer allowed him to get pictures of the action that was happening right in front of him. Tony would care more about getting the picture rather than caring about his own safety and survival.

Tony Vaccaro, World War 2.

Robert Capa, October 22nd 1913, was a photographer in the Vietnam War. Other than the Vietnam war, he also photograrhed in World War 2.



Photojournalism Part 1

Godfather of Photo Journalism

Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French photographer, considered to be the father of modern photojournalism. He was born August 22, 1908 and died August 3, 2004.
He helped develop the "street photography" style, which was also known as "real life reportage", that has influenced generations of photographers who followed.
As a young boy, Henri owned a box brownie, using it on his holidays to take snapshots.

This is one of Henri Cartier-Bresson's most famous pictures. It is known as The Decisive Moment. This picture was one that caught his attention, inspiring him to put down his paint brush on his return to france and devote himself to photography.