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3 FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS YOU SHOULD KNOW (PART 1)

4/24/2014

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If you aspire to be an amazing professional photographer, you must study photographers with amazing work.  Your job isn’t to copy, but to learn what’s great about them, what’s not-so-great and figure out your own approach.  These 3 photographers in particular have a lot to offer. 


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ANSEL ADAMS

Lived 1902 – 1984
Niche: Landscape
Famous Works
  • Monolith, The Face Of Half Dome
  • Clearing Winter Storm
  • Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico

Famous Quote:  “You don’t take a photograph, you make it.”

Monolith, The Face Of Half Dome
Clearing Winter Storm
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico
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GORDON PARKS

Lived 1912 – 2006
Niche:  Portrait
Famous Works
  • American Gothic
  • Ali’s First Loss
  • Black Boy Reading

Famous Quote:  “The subject matter is so much more important than the photographer”

American Gothic
Ali's First Loss
Black Boy Reading
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ZOE STRAUSS

Born 1970 (In Philadelphia)
Niche:    Street
Famous Works
  • Mattress Flip
  • Daddy Tattoo
  • We Will Win

Famous Quote:  “Every moment is a moment worth photographing.”


Mattress Flip
We Will Win
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