Vivian Maier is an undiscovered photographer resurrected. For over 50 years Maier made more than 150,000 exposures in her lifetime. She printed only a fraction of these negatives. Unknown as a photographer during her long life, she was a private woman who now speaks powerfully through photographs she took only for herself. Sifting through boxes at an auction with the help of John Maloof, “a real-estate agent, amateur historian, and garage-sale obsessive, acquired a box of photographic materials and personal items at an auction in suburban Chicago in 2007” , Maier was found.…
Carlea J Photography is a portrait photography studio that is located in Houston, Texas. Carlea J Photography has been photography weddings for more than nine years. Carlea has studied photojournalism at The University of Texas. She has also worked as a wedding planner while she was a student. Carlea J Photography has captured over 100 weddings. Carlea J has also shot countless engagements, bridal portraits, and family/child sessions.…
This paper has been far more difficult to research than I thought it would be. Unfortunately, photographers are not always given the full credit they desrve for their work and therefore, it is impossible to find the names of the artists of some of my favorite photographs. Instead, I decided to just look up popular photographers in the fashion industry in hopes of having easier access to information. Despite the fact that I now had the names of some of the most world famous fashion photographers, finding information on them is a whole other story in and of itself. As I am beginning to realize, the saying among the photography department is true- if you are not Annie Leibovitz, you will not be known until you are dead. For example, one of my favorite photographers is Diane Arbus. She had compiled vast amounts of work throughout her career. Unfortunately, all of her works were found in a locker after her suicide and then she was seen as an artist. To summarize what I am saying is that the only famous photographers are dead ones and all the successful ones are barely known. So in order for this research paper to even have the possibility of making it it to four pages, I am going to have to choose the cliché (yet greatly talented) photographer, Annie Leibovitz.…
"War is partly madness, mostly insanity and the rest is schizophrenia.”- Don McCullin. (BBC Imagine 2013 McCullin)…
Bill Henson was born in 1955 and grew up in the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne. He studied Design and Visual Arts at Prahran College of Advanced Education where the head of photography was Athol Shmith, with additional inspiring lectures from John Cato and Paul Cox. Henson did not complete his diploma and only studied for one year. The prominent photographer Athol Shmith recommended Henson to Jenny Boddington (I believe Charlie’s Nana) who was the new curator of photography at the National Gallery of Victoria.…
who soon introduced me to the notion that photography could be used as self-expression, which greatly appealed to…
On May 18th, 1822 in Warren County NY one of the most celebrated 19th Century American photographers was born to Andrew and Julia Brady. He is best known for his documentation of the Civil War and is credited with being the father of photojournalism. He won many awards and had many galleries and studios. Brady married his wife Juliette Handy who he met in 1851. He lived in Warren County until he was sixteen and then moved to New York City. There he got a job as a department store clerk, but didn't stay there long because he started his own small business manufacturing jewelry cases. After working a short time in Albany with William Page, he accompanied the painter to New York. He studied under Samuel F.B Morse, who had recently introduced photography to America.…
This November of firsts is not limited to the presidential election. Our military has its own historic event to report. General Ann E. Dunwoody (right) ascended last week from humble beginnings 33 years ago at Fort Sill, Okla., to the never-before achieved elite level of four-star general.…
“Cornel Ronald West was on born June 2, 1953 is an American philosopher, academic, and activist, and author, public intellectual, and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America. The son of a Baptist minister, West received his undergraduate education at Harvard University, graduating with his bachelor 's degree in 1973, and received his Ph.D. at Princeton University in 1980, becoming the first ever African American to graduate from Princeton with a Ph.D. in philosophy”. wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornel_West…
In the year 1900, America was just entering a brand new century! During this moment in time, people called it “an age of confidence!” Mostly because most Americans believed that new ways of traveling, communicating, and manufacturing were good for the county and they were! They were for sure this would make everyone’s lives better! But that wasn’t all true. Most poor people had a harder time getting along (making money) with new inventions “making life easier”…
Irving Penn didn’t grow up wanting to be a photographer, he actually wanted to be an art director, but after spending a year in Mexico painting and knowing he wouldn’t be anything better than mediocre. He returned to New York, winning the attention of an art director’s at Vogue, who then hired him as his assistant, to suggest photographic front covers. The staff didn’t partially like Penn’s ideas, but the art director who hired him did and arranged for him to simply do it himself. The director seemed to like it so much, that he published it in the October issue of Vogue as the front cover. And. with doing so, it launched his career as a photographer.…
When I think of famous thinkers a vast number of people come to mind. Two thinkers that genuinely stand out to me are Bill Gates and Martin Luther King Jr. Bill Gates has virtually become a household name because of Microsoft. Martin Luther King Jr. is famous for his “I Have a Dream” speech. Bill Gates and Martin Luther King Jr. had numerous contributions to society and they worked through great lengths to make it happen.…
Norma Jeane Mortensen is a name that very few people are familiar with. However, Marilyn Monroe is a name many have heard. Marilyn was born on the first of June, in 1926. She was born in Los Angeles, California. Similar to many girls across the nation, Monroe was fatherless throughout her childhood. Many young women develop issues with intimacy and trust. Marilynn went through many ordeals that tested her tolerance and ability to remain happy. Marilyn was raped and sexually assaulted in one of her foster homes that she grew up in. (Biography 1-2). Although Marilyn went through all of these trials, she was eventually led to her well-deserved life of fame.…
Genre paintings have always made bold statements regarding the “everyday life” of whichever time period they were completed in. Scenes could range from parties in a domestic setting in France, to bitterly realistic views of street and slum life during the Gilded Age in the United States.…
Pablo Picasso- 20th Century GeniusThe author 's nomination for the 20th Century Genius Award proudly goes to Pablo Picasso. Pablo Picasso was probably the most famous artist of the twentieth century. An Unknown author stated that, "Picasso changed the meaning of art in so many ways, while showing that he had enormous skill, dedication and a little bit of craziness. His life spans many different perspectives in art, and his artistic timeline stretches, bends, twists, and even breaks in some points. From the Blue period, to sketches, to pure abstraction, this master of art was always able to get his point across; and quite wonderfully too."Born in Málaga on October 25, 1881, Picasso was the son of José Ruiz Blasco, an art teacher, and María Picasso…