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Master of Photography:
Born:

Ansel Adams

Famous For:

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April 22, 1984

He wanted to promote conservation of wildlife areas

Type of Photography:

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Died:

February 20, 1902

Nature

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Biographical Information:
Ansel had a bad behavior as a child and he was kicked out of
multiple schools because of it. He taught himself how to play the piano as a
child and it soon became one of his first passions. Then he began
experimenting with photography in 1916, and continued to gain passion for it
throughout his whole life.

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Description of Work:
Ansel used his nature pictures to show the beauty of the
world and to convince people to help conserve nature and the world as he
knew it.

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Born:

Mathew Brady
May 18, 1822

Famous For:
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Died:

January 15, 1896

Born:

Julia Margaret Cameron
Died:

June 11, 1815

Famous For:

Portraits of celebrities of her time

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January 26, 1879

Portraits

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Julia was born June 11, 1815 in Calcutta, India. At age 48 she
got a camera from her daughter and son in-law as a birthday gift. She enjoyed
taking pictures of women who she would have dressed in elaborate costumes,
sometimes representing historical figures. Her work continues to interest
photography students and students of Victorian England.

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Julia used her skills to capture portraits of people, her photos are different
than some because she was great at catching emotion on peoples faces and in
their body movements. “Julia Margaret Cameron made albumen-silver prints
from wet collodion glass plate negatives (Julia Margaret Cameron: Working
Methods).”

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Born:

Alfred Stieglitz
January 1, 1864

Famous For:
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Died:

July 13, 1946

Born:

W. Eugene Smith

Famous For:

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October 15, 1978

Photojournalism


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Died:

December 30, 1918

Portraits, candid's, WWII

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He started taking photos in 1932, his first picture subjects
included sports, aviation and the Dust Bowl. After going to school at Notre
Dame University, he decided to become a war correspondent and spent the
next three years in the pacific war. His pictures are known to show distressing
pictures of wounded soldiers.

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W. Eugene Smith is renowned for his vivid pictures of World
War II, but also pictures from all of the other wars. His photos are said to
capture the great emotion and distress that came with the war.

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Born:

Dorothea Lange
May 26, 1895

Famous For:
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Died:

October 11, 1965

Born:

Alexander Rodchenko

Famous For:

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December 3,
1956

artist, sculptor, photographer and graphic designer.
He was one of the founders of constructivism and
Russian design


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Died:

December 5, 1891

Socially engaged photography

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Originally in school to become a dental assistant then
transferred to Kazan School of Art then later transferring to Stroganov Art
Institute in Moscow. He worked with drawing, abstract art, and theatre design.
Then, in 1921 Rodchenko painted one of the very first monochromes.

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Rodcheko’s work focused a lot on people and their actions , he
would show them with many emotions and performing many different tasks.
He also focused on groups of people and their shadows and position.

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Born:

Robert Frank
November 9, 1924

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Died:

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Born:

Lennart Nilsson

Famous For:

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N/A

Photography, Science, Medical photography


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Died:

August 24, 1922

Medical

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Nilsson’s father and uncle were both photographers and his
father gave him his first camera at age 12. He began his career in the mid
1940s doing freelance photography. Throughout his life he was given multiple
awards for his pictures or studies, he is considered one of the first
photographers to take this clear of pictures of embryos because it is a very
difficult thing to do.

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Nilsson’s main focus was taking pictures of embryos or other
things within the human body. His work was published in science magazines all
over the world and used in major studies.

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Born:

Annie Liebovitz
October 2, 1949

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Died:

N/A

Born:

Richard Avedon
Died:

May 15, 1923

Famous For:

Work in fashion world

B&W or Color:

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October 1, 2004

Fashion portraits

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From a young age fashion was a huge part of Avedon’s life, his
mother owned a dress manufacturing business and his father started a dress
business on Fifth Avenue called Avedon’s Fifth Avenue. In 1973 Avedon
became the lead photographer for Vogue, he shot most of the cover photos
until late 1988.

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Avedon was a fashion photographer with a different
perspective than most, he found ways to capture the clothes in an interesting
matter that was sure to change the face of photography in the fashion world
for good.

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Born:

Jerry Ueslmann
June 11, 1934

Famous For:
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Died:

N/A

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