Famous photographers

• Sally Man 

sally man was born in, 1951, in west virginia is america's most renowned photographers. she has won many awards including such as NEA, NEH, also Guggenheim foundation grants, and her work is held by major institutions all around the globe. She had written many books some such as second sight, At twelve, immediate family, also still time and many more. She also has a feature film out about her and her work,  a lot of her work is being held in galleries in new york and some in her home town Virginia.

pictures taken from her gallery on her web page http://sallymann.com

pictures taken from her gallery on her web page http://sallymann.com

i like her work because its different its not your everyday photograph she uses little children to feature in her work a lot, in obscene ways as you see the images up above where the little boys is on stilts , i think within these images there is a lot of personal messages trying to come though. in one of the images we have a long shot of a group of young teenagers one is smoking one is watching the little boy also the boys is on stilts as where as in the bottom image we see a little girl lay on the bed with a naked teenagers who is anorexic in the background so again this could be personal or trying to tell us something. the shot that sally has you used is a medium full shot, she has a really good sallow depth of field as we see, the shutter speed it high because its gloomy/dark also i like the way its in black and white, i also like the way the shadows fall and how it contrast really well. The lighting has been done by some form of light.

• Fay Godwin

Fay godwin was born in Berlin, Germany1931 her work features in many gallery's in american england her photos sell for hundred's of pound. she moved to britain in search of a better life, she stumbled across photography when she was taking photo's of her children in her back garden when she realised she really like taking photos so she went on to go to study photography in one of london's best universities.

picture taken from google images.

Picture taken from google images.

The reason why i like fay godwin's work is because she captures everything in its natural form, like the tree in the water. Another reason why i like her work is because all her pictures look crystal clear, pin sharp. The picture looks peaceful and clear like an untouched world, Fay godwin has used a long shot to get in the background with the fog rolling off the hills to make it more dramatic, the shutter speed looks high because its dull but i think its just at the right shutter speed. Fay Godwin has also used sallow depth of felid, the reflection off the water says it all crisp lines no motion blur everything is still life, also we can tell by just looking at it she has used all natural light.

• Simon Norfolk

simon norfolk is a landscape photographer whose work over the last ten years has been themed around a probing and stretching of the meaning of the world battlefield in all its forms. As such, he photographed in some of the major wars in Afghanistan and also some in iran, he also went on to photography refugee crisis centres. after the war was over he went to photograph some of what was left behind and you will seen what was left behind in some of the images below. He also went to work on ex-nuclear boom site to show people the reality of what its doing to people. His work is known around the world and displayed in a variety of museums and gallery's around the world.

Picture taken from google images.

Picture taken from google images.

I like Simons work because it shows us what war does to countries and how it destroys life and others around them. i also like the way he capture it in its natural state, he tries to get a message across with his work saying 'war is bad' it almost screams at you. but on the other hand he tries to lighten up the mood by putting a guy stood in the bottom right corner of the image with ballon's so basically saying things are going to get better trying to find the good out of the bad. Simon has used a long shot to capture the state of the stage and all around it to show us what weapons have done to it, the lighting looks all natural again, but i think he has used a filter to create the yellow look. i think this images is powerful.

• Inez and vinoodh

Inez and vinoodh have been doing fashion and filming for over 23 years, they have worked with some of the top magazines and filmed some successful music video some included lady gaga and other successful artist. They are more known for there photography and art, some of there work its being held in beverly hills, california in gallery's also in new york. Here are some examples of there work:

 Picture taken from google images.

Picture taken from google images.

I like inez and vinoodh work a lot because its different because most of there work they put it in black and white and certain objects or items have colour, also i like the way they do contrast with the black and white. inez and vinoodh has used a close up shot of Lady Gaga's face i also think they have used a soft box to create the light.