Photographer Research Project

­­­­Photographer Research Project

• Select a photographer who is well known for his/her photography

Key considerations and expectations:

• Your selection must be easily found via an internet search, but you
• State why this individual is of interest to you
• Provide adequate information regarding his/her body of work
• What or who influenced the individual’s work
• Educational background of the individual
• How did he or she evolve as a photographer
• How does the artist/photographer’s work connect to the audience
• Why is he/she successful
• As soon as you have made your selection, notify the instructor so your selection can be recorded – note: no one can report on the same photographer, selections must be made end the beginning of the period Monday, November 18^th.
• Presentations will be due before Thanksgiving break, November 26^th.

Requirements:

·         Collect images of his/her work from web sources

·         Write a well-developed paragraph for each of the key considerations above

·         Ensure that you cite your sources – do not just cut and paste from the net

·         Create a timeline of the individual’s life that is highlighted by examples of his/her work

·         Take a photograph that emulates the individual’s style – don’t just copy or photograph anything – you should let his/her style influence your work 

Photographers

William Henry Jackson  - 1869 to 1893,  his life and how his work captured and introduced the American West

Ansel Adams – Yosemite and America – mid 20^th century

Mathew B. Brady – Civil War photographer

André Kertész

Alfred Stieglitz

Edward Weston.

Robert Capa 20^th century – flamboyant figure

Grodon Parks - photographer, filmmaker, composer

Robert Gilbert - African-American photographer 19^th century

Cecil Beaton - photographer, artist, writer

Dorothea Lange

Edward S. Curtis – native American women in the early twentieth century

Horst P. Horst

Jacob Riis

Jacques Henri Lartigue

Alfred Stieglitz, the man regarded as the father of American photography

Flip Schulke - documentary photographs in American magazines helped to shape public opinion

Imogen Cunningham

Margaret Bourke-White - pioneering female photojournalist

Dorothea Lange

Lola Alvarez Bravo

Carrie MaeWeems

Elsa Dorfman

Greg MacGregor's  - retracing the route followed by the Lewis and Clark expidition

Cindy Sherman

Andy Rouse - wildlife photographer

Anne Gettes

Annie Leibowitz

Websites for lists of famous photographers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_photographers

http://photography.about.com/od/famousphotographers/Famous_and_Influential_Photographers.htm

http://www.sandrophoto.com/category/famous-photographers/

http://www.famozz.com/famous-photographers

http://www.cameranaked.com/Photographers.htm