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    The document provides information on several famous photographers including Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, Imogen Cunningham, Edward Weston, Steve McCurry, Richard Avedon, and Raghu Rai Choudhry. It discusses their backgrounds, notable works, photographic styles which ranged from landscape, documentary, portraiture, fashion and photojournalism. Some of their most iconic photos mentioned are Monolith the Face of Half Dome, Migrant Mother, Bones, Shaolin Monks Running, and Two Old Men.

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    The document provides information on several famous photographers including Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, Imogen Cunningham, Edward Weston, Steve McCurry, Richard Avedon, and Raghu Rai Choudhry. It discusses their backgrounds, notable works, photographic styles which ranged from landscape, documentary, portraiture, fashion and photojournalism. Some of their most iconic photos mentioned are Monolith the Face of Half Dome, Migrant Mother, Bones, Shaolin Monks Running, and Two Old Men.

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    The document provides information on several famous photographers including Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, Imogen Cunningham, Edward Weston, Steve McCurry, Richard Avedon, and Raghu Rai Choudhry. It discusses their backgrounds, notable works, photographic styles which ranged from landscape, documentary, portraiture, fashion and photojournalism. Some of their most iconic photos mentioned are Monolith the Face of Half Dome, Migrant Mother, Bones, Shaolin Monks Running, and Two Old Men.

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    PHOTOGRAPHERS

    About & famous works

    25/08/22
    ANSEL ADAMS
    Photographer & environmentalist
    Born : Feb. 20 1902
    Died : Apr. 22, 1984
    Place of birth : San Francisco, California

    Ansel Adams was an American photographer who


    became famous for his b&w landscape
    photography.

    He was injured during an earthquake and broke his


    nose.

    He almost pursued a career as a concert pianist


    until he visited the Yosemite national park and
    decided to become a photographer.

    He became famous for his photo of a granite


    summit published in his rst portfolio.

    PHOTOGRAPHY STYLE : simple yet rich Photographer & environmentalist


    fi

    Monolith the face of half dome


    Moonrise Hernandez
    Winter Sunrise
    DOROTHEA LANGE
    Photographer & photojournalist
    Born : May 26, 1895
    Died : October 11, 1965 (aged 70)
    Place of birth : Hoboken, New Jersey

    American documentary photographer and


    photojournalist, best known for her Depression-
    era work for the Farm Security Administration
    (FSA).

    She nearly died of polio as a child,Lange’s legendary


    empathy as a photographer grew from this
    trauma.

    Before documenting the downtrodden, she did


    portraits of the rich and famous.

    PHOTOGRAPHY STYLE : SOCIAL REALISM

    Photographer & environmentalist

    White Angel Breadline


    Nipomo

    Migrant Mother
    Imogen Cunningham
    Photographer
    Born : 12 April 1883
    Died : 23 June 1976
    Place of birth : Portland, Oregon, United
    States

    Imogen Cunningham was an American


    photographer known for botanical
    photography, nudes & industrial
    landscapes.

    Cunningham graduated form the University


    of Washington with a degree in chemistry.

    Her first job in photography was as an


    assistant to Edward Curtis.

    PHOTOGRAPHY STYLE : PICTORIALISM


    (imitation of academic painting)

    TWO CALLAS
    Self-Portrait on Geary Street
    EDWARD WESTON
    Photographer
    Born : 24 March 1886
    Died : 1 January 1958
    Place of birth :Highland park, Illinois

    Weston began to make photographs in Chicago


    parks, and his works were first exhibited in 1903
    at the Art Institute of Chicago.

    Weston and several other photographers,


    including Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham,
    and Willard van Dyke, formed the f/64 group,
    which greatly influenced the aesthetics of
    American photography.

    F/64 was a group founded San Francisco Bay


    Area photographers who shared a common
    photographic style characterised by sharply
    focused and carefully framed images.

    Photographer & environmentalist


    PHOTOGRAPHY STYLE : richly detailed and sharp

    BONES NUDE ON DOORWAY


    STEVE MCCURRY
    Photographer &photojournalist
    Born : 1950 (age 72 years)
    Place of birth : Philadelphia, U.S

    One of the most iconic voices in contemporary


    photography, documenting conflicts,
    vanishing cultures, ancient traditions and
    contemporary culture.

    McCurry has been a contributor to Magnum


    since 1986.

    He has been recognised with some of the most


    prestigious awards in the industry, including
    the Robert Capa Gold Medal, National Press
    Photographers Award, and an award at
    World Press Photo contest.

    PHOTOGRAPHY STYLE: vivid use of colour

    Shaolin monks running


    The Man and Taj Reflection
    Richard Avedon
    Fashion & Portrait Photographer
    Born : 15 May 1923
    Died : 1 October 2004
    Place of birth : New York, U.S

    Fashion photographer

    He worked for Harper's Bazaar, Vogue


    and Elle specialising in capturing movement
    in still pictures of fashion, theatre and dance.

    PHOTTOGRAPHY STYLE : minimalistic

    Photographer & environmentalist

    Gloria Vanderbilt
    Mouthpiece

    & headphones
    Twiggy Hair by Area Gallant
    RAGHU RAI CHOUDHRY
    Photographer
    Born : 18 December 1942 (age 79 years)
    Place of birth : Jhang, Pakistan

    He was a protégé of Henri Cartier-


    Bresson.

    He is the father of Indian photography.

    He was awarded with various awards like


    ‘Padmashree’, ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’.

    He captured emotions in his photographs,


    and made the viewer feel as part of the
    scene.

    Photographer & environmentalist

    Two Old Men


    Baazigar from

    Rajasthan

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