1. DIANE ARBUS MAGAZINE WORK
Artist: Diane Arbus
Author: Doon Arbus and Marvin Israel
Publisher: Aperture
2. PHOTO SYNTHESIS
Artist: Jerry Uelsmann
Authors: Gainesville, Tallahasse, Tampa, Boca Raton, Pensacola, Orlando, Miami and Jacksonville
Publisher: University press of Florida
3. THE AMERICANS
Artist: Robert Frank
Publisher: Steidl
4. ANSEL ADAMS IN COLOR
Artist: Ansel Adams
Author: Harry M. Callahan
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
5. SCENIC PHOTOGRAPHY/101
Artist: Kerry Drager
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
6. MASTERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY-PAUL STRAND
Artist: Paul Strand
Publisher: Aperture
7. MASTERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY-EUGENE ATGET
Artist: Eugene Atget
Publisher: Aperture
8. MASTERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY-HARRY CALLAHAN
Artist: Harry Callahan
Publisher: Aperture
9. MASTERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY-MANUEL ALVAREZ BRAVO
Artist: Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Publisher: Aperture
10. ANSEL ADAMS 1902-1984
Artist: Ansel Adams
Author: James Alinder
Publisher: The friends of photography
11.EISENSTAEDT'S GUIDE TO PHOTOGRAPHY
Artist: Alfred Eisenstaedt
Publisher: The Viking Press
12. OTHER REALITIES
Artist: Jerry Uelsmann
Publisher: Bulficnh Press
13. IDEAS WITHOUT END
Artist: Imogen Cunningham
Author: Suzanne Kotz
Publisher: A life in photographs
14. A LEGACY
Artist: Edward Weston
Publisher: Merrel
15. PHOTOGRAPHY REBORN
Artist: Jonathan Lipkin
Publisher: Abrams Studio
16. A LIFE IN PHOTOGRAPHY
Artist: Edward Steichen
Publisher: Doubleday and Company
17. MEN AT WORK
Artist: Lewis W. Hine
Publisher: Dover Publications
18. THIS IS THE AMERICAN EARTH
Artists: Ansel Adams and Nancy Newhall
Publisher: Sierra club- Ballantine book
19. ROBERT CAPA/PHOTOGRAPHS
Artist: Robert Capa
Publisher: Aperture
20. IN REAL LIFE-SIX WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHS
Artist: Leslie Sills
Publisher: Holiday House
Thursday, November 7, 2013
LASZLO MOHOLY-NAGY
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy was a Hungarian painter and photographer. He was born on July 20th of 1895 and he died on November 24th of 1946.
He used constructivism in his arts. He also integrated technology and industry in his arts.
He participate in the World War I and he got injured, so he retired and decided to do something related to arts.
His pictures are in black and white. They are kind of special, since there weird objects and their shadows. But this weirdness is what makes this man a photographer.
He used constructivism in his arts. He also integrated technology and industry in his arts.
He participate in the World War I and he got injured, so he retired and decided to do something related to arts.
His pictures are in black and white. They are kind of special, since there weird objects and their shadows. But this weirdness is what makes this man a photographer.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
MICHAEL CARROLL and "HAND HELD"
Yesterday we watched the movie "Hand Held". It was a kind of documentary where a photographer called Michael Carroll went to Romania to take pictures of little children that had AIDS illness. Nobody knew that there were over 4 hundred thousand kids ill, and a lot of them were dying. He took pictures of those kids to show the world what was happening there during the fall of the communist regime. A year later he decided to make an organization to help all these children. He called it Romanian Children's Relief.
This organization still active and through it, we all can help to save these children. Michael helped to save so many kids, but there still lots of them that have AIDS.
This organization still active and through it, we all can help to save these children. Michael helped to save so many kids, but there still lots of them that have AIDS.
If we all contribute in this, hopefully those kids that have that horrible illness we'll get better.
LEWIS H. HINE
Lewis Hine was an American sociologist and photographer. He was born on September 26th of 1874 and he died on November 3rd of 1940, at age of 66. He was born in Wisconsin.
He wanted to take pictures to change the child labor laws in the United States in those years. Thus, he used his camera as a tool for social reform.
When he was a teacher at a cultural school in New York City, he encouraged his students to use photography as an educational medium. After photographing to hundred of immigrants that arrived to the U.S, he realized that he could use photography as a tool for social reform.
His pictures are in black and white and in vintage effect, and because he was focusing on the child labor laws, he took pictures of all those children that were working on the streets.
The photos are sad, just thinking in what were they doing and how hard were they working being little kids make us think that those days were horrible.
Monday, November 4, 2013
EDWARD WESTON
Edward Henry Weston was a 20th century American photographer. He was born on March 24th of 1886 in Chicago and he died on January 1st of 1958 in California. He was know as "one of the most innovative and influential American photographers" and "one of the masters of 20th century photography". Since he was young he knew that he wanted to be a photographer. Finally he became one and at the beginning he used a style called "soft focus pictorialism". However, some years later, he changed that style to another one based on highly detailed photographic images.
To take pictures, he specially focused on nudes, landscapes, expansive set of subjects, still lifes, portraits and genre scenes. He also focused on people and places of the American West, as well as California.
He was the first photographer who received a Guggenheim Fellowship. In 1947 he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and he had to stop taking pictures. The last 10 years of his life he spent watching how his pictures were printed.
To take pictures, he specially focused on nudes, landscapes, expansive set of subjects, still lifes, portraits and genre scenes. He also focused on people and places of the American West, as well as California.
He was the first photographer who received a Guggenheim Fellowship. In 1947 he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and he had to stop taking pictures. The last 10 years of his life he spent watching how his pictures were printed.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
WALKER EVANS
Walker Evans was an American photographer born on November 3rd of 1903 in Missouri and he died on April 10th of 1975 in Connecticut. He is mostly known for his work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) documenting the effects of the Great Depression.
His goal as a photographer was to make pictures that are "literate, authoritative and transcendent". Most of his great photos were exhibited in famous museums like The Metropolitan Museum of Art or George Eastman House.
He used to take pictures in black and white and most of them are specially portraits of people. In the photos anyone appear smiling or happy because as I have just said, the took pictures of the effect of the Great Depression.
The faces of the people on the pictures are very expressive, it seem that all of them have an interesting story to tell about their life.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
EDWARD J. STEICHEN
Edward J. Steichen was an American photographer, painter and art gallery and museum curator. He was born on March 27th of 1879 and he died on 25th of 1973 of the same month.
He was most frequent photographer in Alfred Stieglitz's magazine "Camera Work". Later Stiegltz and Steichen opened the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession, which years after became famous.
During years 1923 to 1938, he worked as fashion photographer. His pictures were published in "Vogue" and "Vanity Fair" magazines. He also worked for many advertising agencies. During these years, he was considered the best photographer and the highest paid photographer on the world.
After World War II, he was the director of the Department of Photography at New York's museum of Modern Art. In MoMA museum, he made an exhibition which was seen by 9 million people.
His images are special. They are in black and white and some of them in a kind of vintage effect. Most of them are related with fashion. I really like them because of thet. The models seem so perfect.
During years 1923 to 1938, he worked as fashion photographer. His pictures were published in "Vogue" and "Vanity Fair" magazines. He also worked for many advertising agencies. During these years, he was considered the best photographer and the highest paid photographer on the world.
After World War II, he was the director of the Department of Photography at New York's museum of Modern Art. In MoMA museum, he made an exhibition which was seen by 9 million people.
His images are special. They are in black and white and some of them in a kind of vintage effect. Most of them are related with fashion. I really like them because of thet. The models seem so perfect.
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