Henri Cartier Bresson

Henri Cartier Bresson

INDIA. Punjab. Kurukshetra. A refugee camp for 300.000 people. Autumn 1947.

Henri Cartier Bresson was born in August 22, 1908 and died in August 3, 2004. he was a French photographer who developed candid photography, street photography, and spread the use of 35 mm film. His concept of the decisive moment was instrumental in his work. I liked this photo because of how surreal it looks and the different shapes and textures presented by the cloth and trees.

Alfred Stieglitz

Spring Showers

Alfred Stieglitz

Alfred Stieglitz was born in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1864. After studying engineering in Germany Stieglitz returned to New York in 1890 to pursuit photography. Stieglitz was determined to show that photography had as much artistic potential as other more traditional mediums such as painting and sculpture. To achieve this he focused on the craftsmanship of his prints and used natural elements such as rain and fog in his photos to unify them aesthetically. I chose Spring Rain because it is emblematic of Stieglitz's technique and because of the slight sense of crookedness and the unusual shape.

Photo that can change the world

This very recent photo was the first one I thought of that had a huge affect on the world. Lacking artistic elements it is the message that this photo showed the world that made it so iconic and helped increase response to the refugee crisis. This photo is very similar in effect as the one of the Afghan girl taken by Steven McCurry and featured on National Geographic's most successful issue.

Margaret Bourke-White

Margaret Bourke-White

Margaret Bourke-White was an early photo journalist who took many historically and artistically  significant photos around the world. She was born in 1904 and died in 1971 from Parkinson's Disease. I chose this photo because of the historical significance of the campaigns of women working in the fields as well as the shapes created by the rakes and hay. 

Project 5 Prework: Light, Shadow, and Reflections

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Sergio Larrain

I believe the photographer took the meter reading on the sign so as to have a good range of grays while having the silhouette of the man and the foggy effect of the light. If the reading had been taken on the man he would have appeared lighter and with more detail and the rest of the image would have become more blown out around him.