1. Master of Photography:
Born:
Ansel Adams
Died:
1902
Famous For:
B&W Landscapes
Type of Photography:
B&W or Color:
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1984
Lands capes & The Zone System
B&W
Biographical Information:
Ansel Adams was born in San Francisco. He was born into a upper – class
family. He produce his portfolio in 1927.
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Description of Work:
They are all black and white. They are all landscapes. The pictures are very
hilly and very crisp.
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2. Master of Photography:
Born:
Mathew Brady
Died:
1822
Famous For:
American Civil War Documentation & Portraits
Type of Photography:
B&W or Color:
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1896
Photojournalism
B&W
Biographical Information:
He was born in Warren County, New York. He was the youngest of three
children. In 1844 he opened his first studio.
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Description of Work:
His work is mostly portraits. He did a lot of portraits of famous people during
the war. He only used black and white.
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3. Master of Photography:
Born:
Julia Margaret Cameron
Died:
1815
Famous For:
Fancy Portraits (Made her portraits look like Oil
Paintings)
Type of Photography:
B&W or Color:
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1879
Portraits
B&W and Sepia
Biographical Information:
She was born in Calcutta, India. 1863, She received her first camera. Her work
became more popular later on.
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Description of Work:
They are all portraits. All of the portraits are sepia or black and white. The
subject of the portrait is in the middle.
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4. Master of Photography:
Born:
Alfred Stieglitz
Died:
1864
Famous For:
Modern Art
Type of Photography:
B&W or Color:
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1946
American photographer and
modern art
Both
Biographical Information:
He was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. He was the first son of German-Jewish
immigrant Edward Stieglitz. He bought his first camera and traveled the
European country side.
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Description of Work:
They are all portraits in black and what and the subject is normally in the
middle. The characters are very interesting to look at.
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5. Master of Photography:
Born:
W. Eugene Smith
Died:
1918
Famous For:
World War II Photographs
Type of Photography:
B&W or Color:
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1978
Photojournalism
B&W
Biographical Information:
He was born in Wichita, Kansas. He began his career for taking photos for the
newspaper. He died from a stroke in 1978.
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Description of Work:
W. Eugene’s work was a lot of action shots. He mixed those in with portraits.
But he did them tastefully.
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6. Master of Photography:
Born:
Dorothea Lange
Died:
1865
Famous For:
Portraits
Type of Photography:
B&W or Color:
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1965
Photojournalism & Documentary
Photography
B&W
Biographical Information:
Born in Hoboken, New Jersey. Her father abandoned her family when she was
12. She died of esophageal cancer in 1965.
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Description of Work:
Her work tells a story. It shows the hardship of what people go through. I like
how the pictures can be serious and carefree.
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7. Master of Photography:
Alexander Rodchenko
Born:
Famous For:
Type of Photography:
B&W or Color:
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8. Master of Photography:
Robert Frank
Born:
Famous For:
Type of Photography:
B&W or Color:
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9. Master of Photography:
Lennart Nilsson
Born:
Famous For:
Type of Photography:
B&W or Color:
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10. Master of Photography:
Annie Liebovitz
Born:
Famous For:
Type of Photography:
B&W or Color:
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Biographical Information:
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11. Master of Photography:
Richard Avedon
Born:
Famous For:
Type of Photography:
B&W or Color:
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12. Master of Photography:
Jerry Ueslmann
Born:
Famous For:
Type of Photography:
B&W or Color:
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Biographical Information:
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Description of Work:
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Died: