Famous Photographers - 3 Influential Photographers You Should Know

graphy is often the art of the anonymous –her own right, and many of his most iconic images
rarely do we find out who was on the other side ofcenter around her. He was responsible for forcing
the lens. We can all name a few famous photographs,photography into the public view as a valid art form,
like the famous Time Square picture or the one of ironwhich he accomplished through innovative exhibits
workers sitting high above a city, but most of the timeorganized around the country. Stieglitz was known as
we don't spend time looking at the history of thethe father of pictorialism. Pictorialism is where the
medium as art. However, by understanding influentialsignificance of the picture is more about the way in
artists, it can have a big impact on how we seewhich the photographer manipulated the image than
photography and inspire new ideas.about the importance of the subject.
Although there are dozens of photographers that weFamous Photography by Alfred Stieglitz- The Terminal
could have highlighted as making significant impacts onPhoto Journalist Larry Burrows
the art of photography, these three particularLarry Burrows is a legend among photo journalists.
photographers helped to make photography the artOften referred to as the man who went off to war
form it is today. Just keep in mind that this list could“with film in his socks,” Burrows is most
have easily included legends like Ansel Adams,widely known for his work covering the Vietnam war
however we choose to focus on these 3 artists asfor Life magazine. His images marked some of the
their influence is recognized worldwide.most iconic and heart-wrenching reporting to come out
Photo Journalist Henri Cartier-Bressonof the region and also provided the public with a
Though the name may not be as familiar,window into the conflict. Sadly, Burrows was killed in
Cartier-Bresson was a giant in the development ofthe conflict when his helicopter was shot down but his
modern photography. He is known as one of theimages have lived on as well as his tales of heroic
forefathers of photo journalism and spent much of hisactions like carrying soliders to safety and rescuing
adult life working on assignments for magazines likecivilians.
Life. Fearless and daring, Henri Cartier-BressonFamous Photography by Larry Burrows - One Ride
captured images from some of the most volatilewith Yankee Papa 13
environments in history, including the assassination ofWhenever we work in any art medium, it's important
Mahatma Gandhi, the liberation of Paris during WWII,to remember the artists who came before us and the
and the Spanish Civil War.contributions they made. These 3 photographers have
Famous Photography by Henri Cartier Bresson - Thehad an enormous impact on the validity and
Decisive Momentimportance of photography as an art form. You should
Photographer Alfred Stieglitzcheck out biographies or photo collections by each of
If you've ever studied photography or taken a photothese artists as viewing amazing and famous
class then you would likely recognize his name. Stieglitzphotography can often lead to great new paths.
was married to Georgia O’Keeffe, a legend in