3. STEVE MCCURRY
Steve McCurry was born on February 24, 1950 on Pennsylvania, attended
Penn State University. He originally planned to study cinematography
and filmmaking, but ended up getting a degree in theatre arts and
graduating in 1974. He became interested in photography when he
started taking pictures for the Penn State newspaper The Daily
Collegian.
Today he uses a Nikon D700 DSLR and a Hasselblad medium format
camera. In the old days, he mainly used prime lenses like a 28mm, a
35mm and a 50mm, but these days, he uses the Nikkor 28-70 zoom lens
that gives him sharp results. He get an exciting adrenaline rush while
shooting as he dodges bullets and shells.
5. GALEN ROWELL
Galen Avery Rowell was a wilderness photographer and climber. Born in
Oakland, California, he became a full-time photographer in 1972. He
won the Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography in 1984. He
had numerous photographic assignments for Life, National Geographic,
Outdoor Photographer, and various other publications. Rowell was also
a highly regarded writer on subjects ranging from photography,
humanitarian and environmental issues, human visual cognition, and
mountaineering, publishing numerous magazine articles and eighteen
books in his lifetime. Rowell was particularly keen on seeking out and
photographing optical phenomena in the natural world. He referred to
his landscape photographs as “dynamic landscapes,” due to both the
fast-changing nature of light and conditions and his energetic pursuit of
the best camera position at the optimal moment.
