Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson

France 1969

Ezra Pound, Venice 1971

Tennessee 1947

Sophnos Greece 1961

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908 - 2004), French photographer considered by many to be the creator of modern photojournalism.  Cartier-Bresson spent more than three decades on assignment for Life magazine. He traveled without bounds, documenting some of the greatest upheavals of the 20th century.

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Photography Philippe Halsman

Audrey Hepburn

Marlon Brando

Albert Einstein

Marilyn Monroe

Latvian photographer Philippe Halsman 1906-1979, renowned for his vibrant portraits of celebrities, intellectuals, and politicians. From the 1940's to 1970's Halsman's work appeared on the covers and pages of contemporary magazines, including Look, Esquire, Life, the Saturday Evening Post, and Paris Match.

In his 1961 book titled "Halsman on the Creation of Photographic Ideas" he discusses ways for photographers to produce unusual pieces of work by following six rules.  See wikipedia for more detail.

Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery (Retrospective)

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Photography James Nachtwey

Born 1948, James Nachtwey is an American photojournalist and war photographer.  Having covered more warzones than most, his photographs of war, conflict and famine, are uncomprising.  Since 1984 he has been contracted to work for Time Magazine.

In 2001 the documentary "War Photographer" was released, focusing on Nachtwey and his work. Directed by Christian Frei, the film received an Academy Award nomination for best documentary film.

“I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony. The events I have recorded should not be forgotten and must not be repeated.“ -James Nachtwey-

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Photography Metin Demiralay

Professional digital photographer from Instanbul, Turkey. Stunning colour saturated scenery combined with a  high level of digital expertise are just the starting point for his unique style.

Photo and canvas prints can be bought from his photohub page

More amazing images on his
Deviantart Art page
Facebook page

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Low resolution images here only, used merely as illustrative of the artist's work.  Please visit the photographer's links above for full resolution images and more.

Photographer Charles O'Rear

Highway 11 1973

Las Vegas Street Scene 1973

American Charles O’Rear (born 1941) photographed for National Geographic Magazine for more than 25 years, his photograph "Bliss" of a cloud mottled green hill against a stunning blue skycape, arguably one of the most recognisable landscape images, was used as default background for Microsoft's Windows XP.
 
HIs work for National Geographic led him from focussing on winemaking in Napa Valley in 1978 to  photographing wine production around the world his images illustrating  several acclaimed wine books. He's photographs for stock photography company "Corbis" are some of the finest examples of landscape photography.

Portfolio on Wineviews.com

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Fashion and Portrait Photography Richard Avedon

Richard Avedon (May 15, 1923 – October 1, 2004) Influential and highly acclaimed American portrait and fashion photographer.

"I've worked out a series of no's.  No to exquisite light, no to apparent compositions, no to the seduction of poses or narrative" -Richard Avedon

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Dorothea Lange Photography

Dorothea Lange, 1895-1965.   An influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist. Lange's photographs humanized the consequences of the Great Depression and influenced the development of documentary photography.

Full bio and links to Archival photographs on Wikipedia

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Photographer: Robert Capa

October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954
Hungarian combat photographer and photojournalist who covered five different wars:
The Spanish Civil War,
The Second Sino-Japanese War,
World War II across Europe,
The 1948 Arab-Israeli War,
and the First Indochina War

Full bio Wikpedia
More images at Magnum

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Sam Haskins Photography

Best known for his contribution to nude photography, pre-Photoshop in-camera image montage and his books, the most influential of which were Cowboy Kate (1965) and Haskins Posters (1973). Since 2000 he has focused on fashion photography for Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Allure and New York.

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Sam Haskins Blog

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Photographers: Steve McCurry

An American photojournalist best known for his photograph, "Afghan Girl" (top) which originally appeared in National Geographic magazine.

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