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Arnold Newman

"Environmental portraiture" Shot subjects in their familiar settings to capture the essence of their life/work. ex: chef in a kitchen, pianist at piano.

Suzanne Opton

"Head" series of soldiers

Jim Goldberg

"Raised by Wolves" follows young homeless ppl in SF and LA

Jim Goldberg

"Raised by Wolves" follows young homeless ppl in SF and LA (5 hits of acid)

Jim Goldberg

"Raised by Wolves" follows young homeless ppl in SF and LA (Dave at McDonald's)

Ana Mendieta

"Silueta" project Cuban, moved to the US w/ a project called Piter Pan

Alexander Gardner

"The Confederate Soldier"

Cindy Sherman

"untitled film stills" where she acted roles of actresses

Diane Arbus

-Documentary photographer in NYC. -Was a part of the "New Documents Show". -Shot normal people in ways that made them look abnormal.

Actual line

A line that exists in space

Carrie Mae Weems

African American Photographer "Kitchen Table Series" had camera remain in same spot while woman (herself) moved in and out of table daily. Presents a woman's life and role in the kitchen setting. Other series' presented photos with text to evoke gender and race issues.

Roy DeCarava

African American, works out of Harlem, photographs his community from the inside

Robert Frank

American Photographer Series "The Americans" documented Americans in a not so positive light as he road tripped across america.

Nick Ut

American-Vietnamese photographer Shot the Vietnam war and won pulitzer prize for "Terror of War" shot depicting children running from napalm blast.

David Douglas Duncan

Arguably the best war photographer of the 20th century Documented the Korean War, showed humanistic side of soldiers and challenged the idea of "heroic".

Martin Parr

Auto portraits, everywhere he traveled he had his portraits made there to tease the act of people using photo booths etc.

John Coplans

British, WWII veteran. He photographed his body nude at the age of 60 in unique and abstract positions.

Sandy Skoglund

Builds room-size installations and photographs them

Catherine Opie

Challenged ideas of hetero normality. Self-Portrait of two girls with a house carved in her back. Strong fighter for LGBT

John Pfahl

Color Landscape photographer. "Altered landscapes" series shoots landscape shots with added elements by himself to create an artistic change

John Pfahl

Color Landscape photographer. "Altered landscapes" series shoots landscape shots with added elements by himself to create an artistic change.

Lorna Simpson

Combines image and text to address gender and race

Barbara Kruger

Commercial art, graphic artist combined photography with letters and text

Orlan

Created narrative, her body is the site of work, surgeries were done on her, depending on what the character represents

William Eggleston

Credited for making color photography a legitimate medium. Photographed everyday subjects like cars, bicycles, lightbulbs, etc.

Donna Ferrato

Documentary Photographer focused on revealing the darker side of humanity. Series "Living with the Enemy" focused on effects of domestic abuse on women and their children.

Henri Cartier-Bresson

French humanist photographer, known for his candid photography and an early use of 35mm film Coined the term "Decisive moment" describing a single fleeting moment that's gone after the photo.

August Sander

German, photographer "People of the 20th Century" was a series that sectioned individuals by job and class type in the photos.

Richard Misrach

Helped pioneer large format color photography. Photographs places and mans relationship to it.

Uta Barth

Impressionistic large images

Andre Kertesz

Inspired Henri Cartier-Bresson and his "decisive moment". Master of Composition Enjoyed photographing Geometrical shots, (sharp architecture, perpendicular roads from above, etc)

Eliot Porter

Known for his color photographs of nature

Duane Michals

Known for his work with series and multiple exposures and text to evoke emotions.

Richard Avedon

Known for large scale, minimalist character portraits. Series In The American West" photographed drifters, miners, cowboys, and others from the west coast. Also a famous fashion Photographer

William Eggleston

Made color photography happen

Chuck Close

Massive Scale Self Portraits. Mostly Emotionless expression with glasses on.

18% gray

Meeter is calibrated to 18% gray

W. Eugene Smith

Minamata" series Depicted a sick deformed daughter held in bath by her mother Other famous photo depicted solider holding dead baby

Boris Mikhailov

One of the most prominent photographers from the former Soviet Union. Documented "real life" in soviet and post-soviet Ukraine.

Minor White

Photographed "through" the subject to a deeper photo within. Often creating an abstract photo. Usually black and white

George Dureau

Photographed nude black men in black and white. Many subjects have deformities such as amputations.

George Dureau

Photographed nude men in black and white. Many subjects have deformities such as amputations.

Mary Ellen Mark

Photographed subjects who were on the less appealing side of society. Prostitutes in Bombay Homeless teens in Seattle

Eddie Adams

Photographed the Vietnam war Won pulitzer prize for gun to head photo.

Rineke Dijkstra

Photographs adolescent teens in awkward transitional stages. "The Beach Series" is teens in bathing suits on a beach.

Sebastiao Salgado

Photographs major world issues in black and white. Bringing awareness to issues of environment, climate, and other changes.

Arthur Felig (Weegee)

Police Radio in car led him to news and crimes, where he took photos to sell to publications This photo depicts two ladies attended opening night at an opera.

Shimon Attie

Projects vintage images to the location where they were originally shot

Lee Friedlander

Prolific photographer, street shooter Known for black and white photos of American "social landscape", everyday people places and things. Created a self-portrait series where his shadow or reflection with sneak into photos.

John Paul Filo

Pulitzer prize winner of photo a victim of the Kent state shooting (A God-awful scream) 14 yr old run away girl screaming while knealing at 20 yr old dead victim.

Joseph Rosenthal

Received Pulitzer prize for his iconic WWII photograph raising the flag on Iwo Jima, symbol of freedom

Gregory Crewdson

Runs his shots like a movie set, builds sets and locations based on his childhood memories of his father. Relies heavily on large production lights to create scenes. "Brief Encounters"

Richard Billingham

Series "Ray's a Laugh" documents the relationship with his alcoholic father and struggling mother.

Jonathan Torgovnick

Shoot a series on rape victims and their children in Rwanda. Series on the Haiti earthquake Believed photos to be a catalyst for needed social change. Brings light to underreported issues.

Robert Mapplethorpe

Shot photos meant to shock viewers. Gay Nudes, controversial interracial relationships.

Garry Winogrand

Street photographer in NY, part of the Social Documentation group and "women are beautiful" series Took a series of shots at zoos and titled book "The Animals"

Nan Goldin

Used her camera to document her own life. Maybe LGBT themes "Ballad of Sexual Dependency" is a personal narrative following her life and experiences.

Edward Weston

Used large format camera to create highly focused, sharply detailed black and white photos. Well known for his portraits, landscapes, and nudes. Shot a series of close up shells, peppers, and cabbage to bring up out their textures and appear as sculptures.

Larry Burroughs

Vietname war photographer for LIFE magazine. Traveled with and went into war with the soldiers to get shots. Eventually died in war helicopter crash.

Larry Clark

Work explores themes of drug abuse and sexuality in teens. "Tulsa" depicts the drug problems, sexuality, and violence of teens in Tulsa, Oklahoma.