Biography of Edward Curtis

Biography of Edward Curtis 

Edward Curtis was born on February 16, 1868. Edward Curtis was an ethnologist and photography of the American West and of the Native Americans peoples. Curtis took over 40,000 images and recorded information from over eighty American Indians tribal groups. He was known as the "Shadow Catcher" from many Americans Indians.

I like this picture because it is beautiful, and I like the posture of the horse.  I like the background and the little river.

I like this picture because it shows how the American Indians life cycle is and how they survive to get water, food and shelter. 

This photo is sad because this girl is sacred of something or the camera. 

This photo is one of his portrait.

Biography of Henri Cartier- Bresson

 Biography of Henri Cartier- Bresson 

Henri Cartier- Bresson was born  on August 22,1908 in Chanteloup, France. Cartier was one of major artists of the 20 century, he was involved one the world biggest events from the Spanish Civil War  to the French in 1968. Cartier-Bresson became a great photographer. By the mid 1930's he'd shown his work in Mexico, New York, and Madrid. Henri Cartier-Bresson was known as the godfather of street photography because he took so many amazing photos. Cartier-Bresson died on August 3,2004. 

                                                                  

    

I like this because I like how he shoot this photo. I can see the stairs  and the boy. It is really cool.

I really like this photo it looks really cool. He took this photo up, and I like the way he put the kids going up until the end. It looks like it is going around and around until the end. 

I like this photo, it looks really beautiful. I would  like to see this place and go through the trees with my car. 

Three Photos - Shadow

Per-Assignment: We were given an assignment to take as many as 50 photographs in the style of Paul Strand. Which means to take photos of object, people and the shadow behind the object. I chose 3 best photographs out of 50. 

Pre-Assignment: Get Close

Getting really close to an objects means focusing on only one thing and have everything blurred out. For this assignment we use the flash, so the picture will be clearer. I really like taking close up pictures, because you are only focusing one thing while the background is blurred. it gives the attention of an object.

Imogen Cunningham

Biography of Imogen Cunningham

Imogen Cunningham was born in Portland, Oregon in 1883. Imogen was one of the greatest American women photographers and had one of the longest photography career in history.  Imogen began to take photographs in 1901, while she was a student at the University of Washington. Cunningham was attracted to photography by the work of Gertrude Kasebier , who was well known for her portraits, subject or someone poses in natural light. Cunningham enjoys taking many photos. Cunningham was well known for her portraits, flower image, and nudes. 

                  I like this photo because the flower is beautiful and it looks like it is very alive.

This photo looks very ghostly in a way, but unique. It looks like the light is shining on top of her, and that she is powerful. 

I like this photos because it is very beautiful in black and white. I can see the light on the flower that makes it bright. 

Jacob Riis

Biography of Jacob Riis

Jacob Riis was born on May 3,1984 in Denmark. Jacob Riis was an investigative reporter and a photo journalism of the 20th century. Riis use photography to see the real condition in which the poor were living in New York City. Riis did not like how the poor people were living like in New York City, so he took photos to show people and make them  feel guilty of  what they haven't done anything to this poor human and don't take responsibility. Riis was known for his dedication to use photography and journalist skill to help the poor in New York City. Jacob Riis was one of the first photographers to use flash photography. Jacob Riis died on May 26, 1914. 

This photo shows how poor this mother is with no housing or food for her baby. This women look really tried and cold. This is really sad.

This photo is really sad because I feel bad for this three little boys who are sleeping on the street and cold at night. 

This photo truly shows how poor they are. There is probably like 8 people living in a small tenement with no windows or anything. It looks like they don't feel comfortable.  

Cunningham Assignment