David bailey
In 1960, David Bailey began photographing for British Vogue, and his fashion work and celebrity portraiture, known for stark backgrounds and dramatic lighting effects, transformed British fashion and celebrity photography. His work reflects the 1960s British cultural trend of breaking down antiquated and rigid class barriers by injecting a 'punk' look into both clothing and artistic products.Graduating from being an assistant with fashion photographer John French in 1959, Bailey began the 1960s with a contract with Vogue to become the decade's iconic chronicler with two defining portrait publications David Bailey's box of pin-ups (1965) and Goodbye Baby and Amen (1969). They focussed on a new social order that evolved from the decade of change. Bailey was a leading figure in the Swinging Sixties London scene and provided some of the inspiration for the role of the photographer, played by David Hemmings, in Antonio's cult film Blow Up (1966.) Bailey had his first Museum exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in 1971.David Bailey was born on 2 January 1938 in Leytonstone, East London. Aged 8 he started school and was put in the ‘silly class’ due to what he later discovered was dyslexia. He left school at fifteen and joined the Royal Air Force in 1956. Whilst posted in Singapore he bought his first camera and was inspired to be a photographer after seeing Cartier Bresson’s photograph, ‘Kashmir’.
Christian Sampson
Yusuf Karsh
Yusuf Karsh, (December 23, 1908 – July 13, 2002) was an Armenian–Canadian portrait photographer.[3] According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, he is "one of the greatest portrait photographers of the twentieth century who achieved a distinct style in his theatrical lighting."
Karsh was born in Mardin, a city in the eastern Ottoman Empire (present Turkey). He grew up during the Armenian Genocide where he wrote, "I saw relatives massacred; my sister died of starvation as we were driven from village to village." Yousufs parents sent him to live with his uncle George Nakash, a photographer in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Karsh briefly attended school there and assisted in his uncle’s studio. Nakash saw great potential in his nephew and in 1928 arranged for Karsh to apprentice with portrait photographer John Garo in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. His brother, Malak Karsh, was also a photographer.
Karsh returned to Canada four years later, eager to make his mark. In 1931 he started working with photographer John Powls, in his studio on the second floor of the Hardy Arcade at 130 Sparks Street in Ottawa, Ontario, close to Parliament Hill. When Powls retired in 1933, Karsh took over the studio.
Karsh's first solo exhibition was in 1936 in the Drawing Room of the Château Laurier hotel. He moved his studio into the hotel in 1973, and it remained there until he retired in 1992.
Karsh was born in Mardin, a city in the eastern Ottoman Empire (present Turkey). He grew up during the Armenian Genocide where he wrote, "I saw relatives massacred; my sister died of starvation as we were driven from village to village." Yousufs parents sent him to live with his uncle George Nakash, a photographer in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Karsh briefly attended school there and assisted in his uncle’s studio. Nakash saw great potential in his nephew and in 1928 arranged for Karsh to apprentice with portrait photographer John Garo in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. His brother, Malak Karsh, was also a photographer.
Karsh returned to Canada four years later, eager to make his mark. In 1931 he started working with photographer John Powls, in his studio on the second floor of the Hardy Arcade at 130 Sparks Street in Ottawa, Ontario, close to Parliament Hill. When Powls retired in 1933, Karsh took over the studio.
Karsh's first solo exhibition was in 1936 in the Drawing Room of the Château Laurier hotel. He moved his studio into the hotel in 1973, and it remained there until he retired in 1992.
Man Ray
Man Ray was born in 1890 on August 27.
He was mostly known for painting, photography, assemblage, collage and film.
He died on November 18, 1976 aged 86 in Paris
He was mostly known for painting, photography, assemblage, collage and film.
He died on November 18, 1976 aged 86 in Paris
The thing i like most about Man Rays work is, its bold and clear to the eye and its rather eye-catching
John Baldessari
John Baldessari was born on the 17th of June in 1931.
His nationality is American.
And he's known for paintings and conceptual art.
I like John's work because he's used no more that 5 colours on one image. He has also made his work inteersting by using shapes and body features In my opinion, i think that John likes to work with bold images and shapes. I think this because all of his images are black and white and have some sort of shape covering something like some body's face!
His nationality is American.
And he's known for paintings and conceptual art.
I like John's work because he's used no more that 5 colours on one image. He has also made his work inteersting by using shapes and body features In my opinion, i think that John likes to work with bold images and shapes. I think this because all of his images are black and white and have some sort of shape covering something like some body's face!