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Robert Capa
Robert Capa (born Endre Friedmann; October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954) was a Hungarian war photographer and photojournalist.
He was also the companion and professional partner of photographer Gerda Taro. Capa was a nickname (meaning shark in Hungarian) due to his up-close and personal style.
He was arguably the greatest combat and adventure photographer in history. His most notable work is of the Spanish civil war. -
Ansel Adams
Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American photographer and environmentalist.
He is best known for his black-and-white landscape photographs of the American West, especially Yosemite National Park.
Ansel and a colleague developed the zone system for a proper way to expose an image and help adjust the contrast of the final print. He predominantly used a large format camera. -
Brassaï
Brassaï (born Gyula Halász; 9 September 1899 – 8 July 1984) was a Hungarian/French photographer who rose to international fame in the 20th century.
He was one of the numerous Hungarian artists who flourished in Paris between the World wars.
His black and white street photography is both descriptive and even humorous. The streets were his canvas, where he found himself wandering through late at night.
He is a master of composition. -
Sebastião Salgado
Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado Júnior (born February 8, 1944) is a Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist. He has traveled in over 120 countries for his photographic projects.
Most of these have appeared in countless press publications and books.
Salgado is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. He received the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Grant in 1982. -
Annie Leibovitz
Anna-Lou Leibovitz ( born October 2, 1949) is an American portrait photographer. She famously photographed John Lennon on the day of his assassination. Her work has been featured in numerous album covers and magazines.
She became the first woman to hold an exhibition at Washington’s National Portrait Gallery in 1991. When she says she wants to photograph someone, what it really means is that she’d like to know them.
