Photography

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

A thread for posting photos by well-known photographers or photographers you simply like. Try to limit the number of photos per post between one to three. A footnote about the author or the context of the photo is appreciated whenever possible.

I'll start with a classic, the Frenchman Henri Cartier-Bresson, known as the father of photojournalism and a specialist in street photography, easily one of the most important photographers in history, working on a variety of subjects such as world war, everyday, urban and documentary reports, as well as innovating photographic techniques and approaches ("The Decisive Moment").

Henri Cartier-Bresson
Behind the Gare St. Lazare
1932

Henri Cartier-Bresson
Island of Siphnos, the Cyclades, Greece
1961

Henri Cartier-Bresson
Coronation of King George VI, London
1937

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Sam Abell (born 1945 in Sylvania, Ohio) is an American photographer known for his frequent publication of photographs in National Geographic.

Sam Abell
Buffalo, Montana, 1985

Sam Abell
Country Drive
A father, son, and their dog drive down a country road near their home in Wales
1993

Lee Johnson, left, with his pony Gypsy in the Clondalkin district of Dublin. Says Abell of this photograph which made the cover of the September 1994 issue of National Geographic, "“They didn't know National Geographic-- clearly I was an American, I had a camera. And courteously, in a state of pure bewilderment, they stopped, stood behind their pony, and stared me down. I couldn't get them not to stare at me. So I composed the picture and I'm waiting, but nothing's gonna happen. And then some friend of theirs went by in a car, honked the horn, and shouted. At that moment a blast of wind hit the horse and hit their hair, a little bit, not much-- and they are looking off camera to see who's shouting at them. Click.”

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Ansel Adams (born February 20, 1902, San Francisco, California, U.S.—died April 22, 1984, Carmel, California) was an American photographer who was the most important landscape photographer of the 20th century. He is also perhaps the most widely known and beloved photographer in the history of the United States.

Ansel Adams
The Tetons and Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
1942





Ansel Adams
Ascent of the Lost Arrow, Yosemite Valley
1947





Ansel Adams
East Vidette, Kings Canyon National Park
1925

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Robert Capa (born Endre Ernő Friedmann; October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954) was a Hungarian–American war photographer and photojournalist. He is considered by some to be the greatest combat and adventure photographer in history.

Robert Capa
Little girl resting during the evacuation of the city, Barcelona, Spain
1939




Robert Capa
US troops assault Omaha Beach during the D-Day landings (first assault), Normandy, France
June 6th, 1944



Robert Capa
Leon Trotsky lecturing in Denmark
November, 1932

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Yousuf Karsh, (December 23, 1908 – July 13, 2002) was an Armenian-Canadian photographer known for his portraits of notable individuals. He has been described as one of the greatest portrait photographers of the 20th century.

Yousuf Karsh
Audrey Hepburn
1956
“The French novelist Colette picked her out of a ballet lineup to play Gigi on stage, and her career was launched. When I photographed her in Hollywood and commented on her quality of sophisticated vulnerability, she told me of her harrowing experiences during the Second World War."



Yousuf Karsh
Pablo Picasso
1954
“The maestro’s villa was a photographer’s nightmare, with his boisterous children bicycling through vast rooms already crowded with canvases. I eagerly accepted Picasso’s alternate suggestion to meet later in Vallauris at his ceramic gallery."



Yousuf Karsh
Gina Lollobrigida
1958
Iconic Italian actress, photojournalist, philanthropist, and sculptress, Gina Lollobrigida today lives a quiet life at her homes in Sicily, Rome, and Monte Carlo.

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"Neptuno na Horta"

"On February 15, 1986, Saturday, between 12 pm and 4 pm, unexpectedly, the largest storm of the century hit the Azores, with winds reaching speeds of around 250 km/h.
José Henriques Azevedo took photographs during and after the storm. The waves reached heights between 15 and 20 meters and the sprays reached 60 meters.
Two years later, wanting to show the event more easily to yachtsmen, José Henrique transferred two of the photographs from slides to paper. He then discovered that at the moment he had taken one of them, a figure had formed in the break of the wave (hair, eyes, nose, mouth and beard) giving him the name "Neptune in Horta"."

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Guy Bourdin (2 December 1928 – 29 March 1991), was a French artist and fashion photographer known for his highly stylized and provocative images. He is considered one of the best-known photographers of fashion and advertising of the second half of the 20th century.

Guy Bourdin
Charles Jourdan, Autumn
1979





Guy Bourdin
Charles Jourdan, Spring
1968



Guy Bourdin
Charles Jourdan, January
1978

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Dorothea Lange (born Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn; May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965) was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration. Lange's photographs influenced the development of documentary photography and humanized the consequences of the Great Depression.

Dorothea Lange
Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California
1936



Dorothea Lange
White Angel Breadline
1933



Dorothea Lange
Baby From Mississippi Parked In Truck At FSA Camp
1939