Tony Whittle
Tony Whittle is a landscape photographer based in the Peak District, he is also regarded as one of the foremost landscape photographers in the UK today. As he is based in the Peak District I believe he is in the ideal position to capture astonishing scenes and he believes that to capture great landscape photos he must make the most of natural surroundings. His photos create a sense of wonder through the natural colour contrast within the framing of the landscape.
Robert Frank
Robert Frank was born into an affluent jewish family in Switzerland and is most famous for his project entitled The Americans. It is a showcase of his cross country trip through the USA in 1954-55, it is widely thought to be an important and historical look inside small town America. Although Robert Frank chose to do this project, he did not like the american way of life and some of the life style choices americans undertook. In contrast to its success today, upon release it was considered controversial and some critics even referred to it as a blurry mess of nothingness. Robert Frank is now considered one of the most influential Photo-journalists of his time.
Robert Capa
Robert Capa was a hungarian war time photographer, his photography created a vision of war and the battlefield in a unique way. He is said to have set the standard for war photographers and he famously stated "if you're pictures are not good enough, then you are probably not close enough". When working he was almost always surrounded by soldiers and other military personal, as well as bartenders, poker players and beautiful women. one of his most famous photos is one of a spanish soldier being shot spanish civil war and this is scene to be one of the best decisive moment pictures in history, however some critics would argue that it was staged.
Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange was an american photojournalist who focused mainly on the great depression. She first learnt about photography in New York and during the great depression she decided to leave her studio in San Francisco which she opened in 1918 and take her camera outside and photograph homeless and the ever more present unemployed at this time. Her photographs stood out and caught the eye of many and was later given a job opportunity with the Farm Security Administration, and in 1941 she was given the Guggenheim Fellowship and later went on the take photographs and cover life for japanese americans after the tragic events at the battle of Pearl Harbour. Her work is said to have put a real view on the depression and put a face to struggle america was facing at this time. it is said that her photography influenced the development of documentary photography.
