Henri Cartier-Bresson, Diane Arbus and Anna-Lou “Annie” Leibovitz
1500 Word Essay
Thomas Wedgwood was the first man to think of and develop a method to copy visible images chemically to permanent media and Joseph Niépce was one of the inventors of photography, he developed the heliography, a technique used to produce the world's first known photograph in 1825. Among Niece’s other inventions was the Pyréolophore, the world's first 'internal combustion engine', which he conceived, created, and developed with his older brother Claude. This is how photography came about and how it is today. In this essay I’ll be taking about Henri Cartier-Bresson, Diane Arbus and Annie Leibovitz and how they became photographers, also the similarities and differences between the three most famous 20th century photographers.
Henri Cartier-Bresson born 22 August 1908, in Chanteloup, France and died 3 August 2004, in Montjusine, France. Cartier-Bresson was a pioneer in photojournalism and wandered the world with his camera, becoming totally engrossed in his current environment. As he was one of the major photographers in the 20th century, he covered all sorts of things from the Spanish Civil War to the French uprisings in 1968. Cartier-Bresson was known for being a French photographer whose humane, spontaneous photographs helped establish photojournalism as an art form. Cartier-Bresson’s photographs are portraits of people and what was going on in the world. These are some quotes of his about photography:
“In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv.”
“Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.”
“To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that give it meaning. It is putting one's head, one's eye and one's heart on the same axis.”
“The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality.”
Diane
Thomas Wedgwood was the first man to think of and develop a method to copy visible images chemically to permanent media and Joseph Niépce was one of the inventors of photography, he developed the heliography, a technique used to produce the world's first known photograph in 1825. Among Niece’s other inventions was the Pyréolophore, the world's first 'internal combustion engine', which he conceived, created, and developed with his older brother Claude. This is how photography came about and how it is today. In this essay I’ll be taking about Henri Cartier-Bresson, Diane Arbus and Annie Leibovitz and how they became photographers, also the similarities and differences between the three most famous 20th century photographers.
Henri Cartier-Bresson born 22 August 1908, in Chanteloup, France and died 3 August 2004, in Montjusine, France. Cartier-Bresson was a pioneer in photojournalism and wandered the world with his camera, becoming totally engrossed in his current environment. As he was one of the major photographers in the 20th century, he covered all sorts of things from the Spanish Civil War to the French uprisings in 1968. Cartier-Bresson was known for being a French photographer whose humane, spontaneous photographs helped establish photojournalism as an art form. Cartier-Bresson’s photographs are portraits of people and what was going on in the world. These are some quotes of his about photography:
“In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv.”
“Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.”
“To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that give it meaning. It is putting one's head, one's eye and one's heart on the same axis.”
“The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality.”
Diane