Everyone has a desire to express themselves. There are many ways to express yourself one technique is through photography. Photography has been around since the creation of the Pinhole camera in the 5th and 4th Centuries BCE by the Chinese. Prominent artists known for being photographers are Ansel Adams, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Annie Leibovitz. Each of these artist have provided new looks at viewing the world around them.
Ansel Adams, February 20, 1902 - April 22, 1984, an American photographer known for capturing stunning images of the American West primarily Yosemite National Park. Adams helped bring black and white photography to national galleries through the documentation of amazing landscapes. Adams also pioneered the photography technique called Zone photography. Zone photography is a technique for determining the ideal exposer time. Adams described the Zone System as "[...] not an invention of mine; it is a codification of the principles of sensitometry, worked out by Fred Archer and myself at the Art Center School in Los Angeles, around 1939-40.” With the help of Fred Archer Adams was able to pioneer this technique with of capturing the darkest blacks and whitest whites you can possibly get. This is especially useful with shooting in Black and white. Henri Cartier-Bresson, August 22, 1908 - August 3, 2004, a popular photojournalist known for mastering candid photography. Cartier-Bresson delved the style known as The decisive Moment Cartier-Bresson would take photos several times just to get the perfect shot yet it appears that the image was a candid shot. Annie Leibovitz, born October 2, 1949, is an American portrait photographer. Leibovitz is known for taking the portraits of John Lennon and Yoko Ono for the cover of Rolling Stone. Leibovitz was the last professional to photograph Lennon before his assassination five hours late. She has also worked on projects of bringing fairy tails to life by capturing actors and other celebrities in these scenes.
I am looking forward to experimenting with photography to gel experiment with expressing my creativity.
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