Photography Rsearch

Photographer	Don McCullin	David Bailey
Why are they Famous?	McCullin has worked in the world of journalism working as a photographer for Newspapers during different national and world events. He has been in the middle of these events such as during ‘the troubles’ in Ireland and after the Vietnam war. He has put his life at risk in order to take certain photographs. He has been threatened at knifepoint and also has been injured by mortar shells. He was even arrested in Uganda and thrown into a prison in which they murdered inmates. One thing that he is also known for was photographing The Beatles.	In the 1960s he became a freelance photographer for British Vogue and began photographing celebrities such as the Beatles, The Who and the Rolling Stones. He also took pictures of actors and models. Bailey also wrote and produced books, directed films and arranged photographic shows and made commercials. He was a very cultured and current photographer in the 60s and kept up with all the current pop culture that was around at the time he was working
What do they photograph?	He has photographed images during times of war and conflict. His images show the impact/realities of war. The pictures literally show soldiers fighting or civillians affected by war in different countries.	He was a celebrity photographer. He captured iconic images such as The Rolling Stones, The Kray Twins, Kate Moss and Michael Caine. He took simple black and white photgraphs

William Eggleston	Martin Parr
Eggleston is largely credited with bringing about colour photography with the dye transfer process as a fine art form. This is printed images rather film. His colour photographs were on show at the museum of modern art and this was ground-breaking for photography. His artwork not only had colour but also had an observational style.	Parr became another photographer who was famous for using colour in his photos. Even in the 1980s colour photo was still quite radical. He also became famous because of the political comments that his photos convey which takes a look at the middle class and westernised society.
His photographs showed everyday subject matter such as cars, hotel rooms and stores. His early works subject matter was the American South where he is from. His pictures had no political or social messages.	Parr photographs ordinary objects with a dramatic tone using techniques such as certain lighting positions to convey tone.

Don McCullin

This picture shows a youth taunting British soldiers in Londonderry in Northern Ireland. I have chosen this photo in particular of Don McCullins because despite the fact that this photo was from the 1970s it is still an event that was very much relevant up until recent years. The fact that the youth and the British soldiers are on different sides of the wall from one another, shows the separation and the distance in relations that there truly was between Britain and Ireland during ‘The Troubles’.

David Bailey

This is a picture that David Bailey took of The Beatles at a time that they were still very popular. This picture is just one of many that Bailey has taken of celebrities and this one shows that he was very current and was very up to date with the pop culture that was current at the time. The clothes that they were wearing also would have been the current fashion at the time.

William Eggleston

I liked this photo from Eggleston because of the variety of different colours that stand out to me. You can tell what kind of period you would expect this is from by the different petrol pumps and the Coca Cola advertisements on the sign. Even the car which isn’t in full visibility stands out because of the highly saturated blue colour which is complimented by the cream colour of the shop. His photos show how different colours complement each other and would have been revolutionary for the time as colour photo was not common.

Martin Parr

This photo shows a  contrast of tourists and locals seeing as Parr has simply taken a photo of what he has seen on a beach. The photo shows two locals in the background, two tourists in the foreground and a cow in the middle and it just shows how contrasting worlds can come together. What’s interesting about this shot is that it wouldn’t have been set up but actually would have been something that was just naturally happening.