Biografía de Henri Cartier Bresson, el instante decisivo Henri Cartier-Bresson Nacido en Chanteloup (Francia) el año 1908 en una familia de clase media. Siendo todavía un niño ya se siente atraído por la fotografía. Estudia pintura y literatura en Cambridge, pero hasta 1931 no empieza como fotógrafo. Sus primeras experiencias con la fotografía empezaron con una cámara Kodak Box Brownie. En 1932 adquiere su "maravillosa" Leica: el formato de 35 mm llega a sorprenderle y fascinarle. Henri llegó a cubrir de negro las partes niqueladas de su cámara para pasar inadvertido. William Klein (photographer) William Klein (born April 19, 1928) is an American-born French photographer and filmmaker noted for his ironic approach[1][2] to both media and his extensive use of unusual photographic techniques in the context of photojournalism and fashion photography.[1] He was ranked 25th on Professional Photographer's list of 100 most influential photographers.[3] Klein has directed numerous short and feature-length documentaries and has produced over 250 television commercials.[5] Though American by birth, Klein has lived and worked in France since his late teens. His work has sometimes been openly critical of American society and foreign policy; the film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum once wrote that Klein's 1968 satire Mr. Freedom was "conceivably the most anti-American movie ever made.
Hugo Jaeger Hugo Jaeger was the former personal photographer of Adolf Hitler. He travelled with Hitler in the years leading up to and throughout World War II and took around 2,000 colour photographs of the Austrian-born German politician. Jaeger was one of the few photographers who were using color photography techniques at the time.[1] Career[edit] Publication[edit]
David Bailey David Royston Bailey, CBE (born 2 January 1938) is an English photographer, regarded as one of the nation's best.[1][2] Early life[edit] David Bailey was born in Leytonstone, East London,[4] to Herbert Bailey, a tailor's cutter, and his wife, Gladys, a machinist. Ellen von Unwerth Ellen von Unwerth, Paris 2003 Ellen von Unwerth (born 1954 in Frankfurt, Germany) is a photographer and director, specializing in erotic femininity. She worked as a fashion model for ten years herself before moving behind the camera, and now makes fashion, editorial, and advertising photographs.
Cecil W. Stoughton Cecil William Stoughton (January 18, 1920 – November 3, 2008) was an American photographer. Born in Oskaloosa, Iowa, Stoughton is best known for being President John F. Kennedy's photographer during his White House years.[1] During World War II he was assigned to the First Motion Picture Unit.[2] Stoughton took the only photograph ever published showing John F. Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe together.[4] Stoughton was present at the motorcade at which Kennedy was assassinated, and was subsequently the only photographer on board Air Force One when Lyndon B.
Mert and Marcus Mert & Marcus Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, working name "Mert and Marcus", are fashion photographers who work together on a collaborative basis. Their work and style is influenced by the photographer Guy Bourdin and have pioneered the use of digital manipulation within their field.
Patrick Demarchelier Patrick Demarchelier (El Havre, Francia, 21 de agosto de 1943) es un fotógrafo de modas francés. Demarchelier ha vivido en la ciudad de Nueva York desde 1975. Se casó con Mia, con quien tiene tres hijos. Jeanloup Sieff Jeanloup Sieff (París, 1933-2000) fue un fotógrafo francés, su obra ha sido reconocida por sus retratos a personalidades del mundo del espectáculo y políticos, pero también por sus reportajes y fotografías de paisajes y desnudos.[1] Nació en París el 30 de noviembre de 1933 de padres de origen polaco. Sus estudios después del bachillerato fueron breves: estudió Letras durante dos semanas, periodismo durante diez días, fotografía en la Escuela Vaugirard en Francia durante un mes y después en Vevey Suiza durante siete meses.
Eliot Elisofon Eliot Elisofon (April 17, 1911 - April 7, 1973) was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist. Life[edit] From the Lower East Side of New York City, Elisofon graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in 1929 and Fordham University in 1933.[1] He was married twice, in 1940 to Mavis Lyons whom he divorced in 1946, and to Joan Baker Spear in 1950, with whom he had two daughters Elin and Jill.
Albert Watson (photographer) Albert Watson (born 1942) is a Scottish photographer well known for his fashion, celebrity and art photography, and whose work is featured in galleries and museums worldwide. He has shot over 200 covers of Vogue around the world and 40 covers of Rolling Stone magazine since the mid-1970s. Photo District News named Watson one of the 20 most influential photographers of all time, along with Richard Avedon and Irving Penn, among others.[1] Watson has won numerous honors, including a Lucie Award,[2] a Grammy Award, the Hasselblad Masters Award and three ANDY Awards,.[3] He was awarded The Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal and Honorary Fellowship (HonFRPS) in recognition of a sustained, significant contribution to the art of photography in 2010.[4] Photographer Kenneth Garrett Biography Ken Garrett was born September 23, 1953, in Columbia, Missouri. He got an early start in photography by attending photojournalism workshops at the University of Missouri in 1970 and 1972. He received a B.A. in anthropology from the University of Virginia in 1976. That same year, he shot his first article for National Geographic, a story about tall ships titled "Square-rigger: Voyage From Baltic to Bicentennial."
Paolo Pellegrin Paolo Pellegrin (nacido en Roma, Italia, 1964) es un fotógrafo italiano. Biografía[editar] Paolo Pellegrin estudió en el Instituto de Fotografía en Roma. Después empezó a trabajar como fotoperiodista internacional para distintas publicaciones. Entró en la agencia Magnum en 2001 y se convirtió en miembro en 2005. Actualmente trabaja para la revista Newsweek y vive entre Roma y Nueva York. Yoichi Okamoto Yoichi R. Okamoto (1915-1985)[1] was the first official U.S. presidential photographer, serving Lyndon B. Johnson. He was fondly known as "Oke", and was given unprecedented access to the Oval Office.[2] He captured images of the President of the United States, more candid than had been previously acceptable.