Photographers
Henri Cartier-Bresson.
"amateur."
A Gallery in New Orleans, Andrew Smith Gallery in Tucson (formerly in Sante Fé), Photo-Eye Gallery in Santa Fé, and Robert Klein Gallery in Boston are four of our favorite photo galleries in the US. There are others, of course, around the world, including one of our favorites, Jeu de Paume in Paris. Here is a starter list for those interested in learning more about this art form. Listed alphabetically, not in order of preference, and the underlined text refers to book titles:
- Berenice Abbott
- Ansel Adams (for the zone system)
- William Albert Allard
- Diane Arbus
- Eve Arnold
- Eugène Atget
- Richard Avedon
- Margaret Bourke-White
- Jim Brandenburg (see Chased by the Light) then see
The documentary on Chased by the Light - Nick Brandt (stunning images from Africa)
- Brassaï (b. Gyula Halász ) and a short bio
- Edward Burtynsky
- Robert Capa
- Henri Cartier-Bresson then see
My Meeting with Henri - Imogen Cunningham
- Edward Curtis
- Bruce Davidson
- Patrick Demarchelier then see
Vogue articles - Mitch Dobrowner
- Robert Doisneau then see
Robert Doisneau with accordian - Jack Dykinga
- Walker Evans (see Let Us Now Praise Famous Men w/ James Agee)
- Elliott Erwitt
- Robert Frank (see The Americans w/Jack Kerouac)
- Ralph Gibson (known for strong blacks and whitews)
- Laura Gilpin (known for her Western landscapes)
- Ernst Haas (often known as "the father of color photography", see The Creation)
- Philippe Halsman
- David Alan Harvey
- Evelyn Hofer (from High Museum, Eyes on the City)
- Yousuf Karsh
- André Kertész
- Dorothea Lange
- Frans Lanting (see Life)
- Jacques Henri Lartigue (also see "The Photographic Eye")
- Sally Mann
- Constantine Manos
- Mary Ellen Mark
- Steve McCurry
- Meryl McMaster and YouTube video
- Ray Metzker (known for early b/w cityscapes)
- Eric Meola (known for his graphic use of color)
- Lee Miller
- Tina Modotti (known for photographs in Mexico)
- Barbara Morgan (co-founder of Aperture)
- Arnold Newman
- Gordon Parks
- Irving Penn
- Eliot Porter (see In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World)
- May Ray
- Herb Ritts
- Sebastião Salgado (see his TED talk and Genesis)
- John Sexton (for stunning black and white)
- W. Eugene Smith (see Minamata, both book and film)
- Paul Strand then watch this video
- Josef Sudek (also see this video)
- Joyce Tenneson
- Burk Uzzle
- James Van Der Zee w/more at Nat'l Gallery of Art
- Ami Vitale (known for “living the story” )
- Edward Weston (see his classic The Day Books)
- Bayard Wootten
YouTube
- Masters of Photography
YouTube- Start here with Henri Cartier-Bresson & Sabastiao Salgado and...
- Alfred Stieglitz and...
- Steve McCurry and...
- Each link will lead to other Masters of Photography links...
