Photographer
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Don McCullin
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David Bailey
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Why are they Famous?
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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.
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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
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What do they photograph?
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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.
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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
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William Eggleston
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Martin Parr
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Parr
photographs ordinary objects with a dramatic tone using techniques such as
certain lighting positions to convey tone.
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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.
