Photographer #8: Mick Rock

1948-1966

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Mick Rock was a Rock Photographer and his images were rockin'! He was well known as the man who shot the seventies and his images were featured in many album covers, books and magazines. I like Mick's images because they are almost taken off guard or in the midst of a performance and they aren't staged and corny like a lot of images I see are these days. His images are raw and they all have this "I don't give a f#ck" kind of look behind them. His images just look like they come natural and they are bold and brilliant. I don't know much about old music but his images make it look very appealing and I like that he captured a whole time frame for people to look back and reminisce on because times are always changing and so is music especially.

http://www.mickrock.com/

Photographer #7: Gary Winogrand

Jan. 14, 1928 - Mar. 19, 1984

There is something about Gary Winogrand's work that I love so much but I can't exactly figure out what. Perhaps it's the fact that he is a retrospective photographer who had about 60 years of images taken over time which is pretty outstanding in itself because you have a million images to review in a time frame that you ceased to even exist. Looking at all of his old images, I have so many questions as to what was happening at that time and it's so interesting to see how the men and women of those days and times dressed and went out in public. Some of his images are so bizarre and his street images are extremely iconic. Not only that but he shot so many images at a time which really helped his work, and he is one man who stands by the saying that you can never take too many images!

http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2014/garry-winogrand

Photographer #6: Irving Penn

June 16, 1917 - Oct. 7, 2009

Irving's photos caught me by surprise. I love how almost all of his images have this bizarre vintage feel to them with a hint of elegance. His photos had a composition that made you wonder and his subjects made you question why he photographed some of the things he did, but I think thats what made his work so interesting. Being different and being unique is a better lifestyle to have than to be boring and like everyone and everything else. Like we have discussed in photography, you do not have to capture something beautiful for the image to be beautiful, art is all about expressing yourself and there is not one definition of beauty and I think Irving accomplished beauty in every single one of his photos. 

http://www.vogue.com/slideshow/photographer/irving-penn/#13253437

Photographer #5: Suzi Eszterhas

 

Suzi Eszterhas is a wildlife photographer and her work blows my mind. The images Suzi captures are so beautiful and they warm my heart. Being as I am a huge fan of animals, of course I'm going to be a fan of her work. But aside from the fact that she does wildlife photography, the message of each picture is beautiful and she is an award-winning wildlife photographer. She has pictures from baby animals cuddling up to their mothers, to cheetahs ripping the guts out of animals, to packs of animals frolicking together to animals in their natural habitat preparing food for themselves before they have to take shelter. Hundreds of her images have been posted in books and magazines. Her use of saturation is wonderful and although her photos are quite vibrant, the colors never blowout. It's nice that she captures these images of animals because it gives people an incite as to how these animals live and not only that but more and more animals are becoming extinct so it's nice to have a record of these precious beings. Not to mention she must really develop a level of trust with these animals.

http://www.suzieszterhas.com/galleries/detail.php?image=LIO_D7325&collection=african%20wildlife%20collection

Photographer #4: Mark J. Rebilas

Mark J. Rebilas has one of the most exciting photo galleries I have ever seen. Mark is a motion photographer/sports photographer and he does an excellent job. In his photos he captures the most intense facial expressions and most intense moments that will literally leave you hanging half way out of your seat or standing on your tip-toes. Some of his images even gave me the chills. I know there are many sports/motion photographers but his work caught my attention the most from his use of color to his use of each vulnerable shot, he gets the most jaw dropping, fan cheering, in awe, image.

http://www.rebilasphoto.com/

Photographer #3: Annie Leibovitz

Oct. 2, 1949 - present

  

The following photographer I wanted to talk about was Annie Leibovitz. I appreciate her work so much. For starters, she is a portrait photographer, and not only that but her work is not standard, cheesy "smile for the picture" kind of portraits. Her work is so unique and every photo is completely different from the rest. Annie mainly takes photos of celebrities and the images I posted are just a few of my favorite. Her images portray people as raw and almost sassy and sexy versus cheesy and smiley and almost faking it for a photo. Even the photos Annie has of men show their "sassy" and sexy side. 

http://alafoto.com/listing/thumbnails.php?album=2

Photographer #2: Steve Mccurry

Feb. 4th, 1950 - present

This world is a crazy-beautiful place and there is so much that goes on that people are too unaware of. I chose Steve Mccurry for one of my photographers because Steve travels around the world and captures images from all kinds of places from Pakistan to Afghanistan to the Philippines, covering grounds from war-zones to people's hometowns and lifestyles. Steve captures the human condition of unguarded and vulnerable moments and conflicting events. I like to call Steve a photographer of the cold, hard, truth about conflict and events that people either don't know about or conflict and events that people know about but choose to ignore and brush off. Just by looking at his images, they make you feel and they really make me take a second to think about other people and places and what they are possibly feeling like living a completely different life than the life you probably live. His images are so moving and his use of color is phenomenal and I honestly think he is my favorite photographer right now.

http://stevemccurry.com/galleries

Photographer #1: Ansel Adams

Feb. 20 1902 — Apr. 22, 1984

  

The first photographer I discovered was Ansel Adams. Although Adams photos are in black and white they are still extremely intriguing and beautiful photos of places and life around the world. I think he is an excellent photographer because in my opinion, black and white photos are hard to accomplish and hard to grab people's attention because to some, color is the most important part of a photo. His photos master the beauty of this world some of us fail to remember and fail to even realize at all and the fact that because he can do this without color, is pretty awesome to me. When I look at his images I almost wonder what colors any of this landscape was and that in itself makes me wonder and I like that a lot. Not to mention, when you visit a place, or even walk out your front door and look at your surroundings, nothing ever looks exactly the same every single day because something is always changing and I think it's nice that he captures images of landscape and such so we have something to look back on because change is inevitable and that is the great thing about photography and capturing images and moments.

http://www.anseladams.com/ansel-adams-information/ansel-adams-biography/