successful portrait photographers

successful portrait photographers

1. Annie Leibovitz

   • who?
     • Anna-Lou Leibovitz is an American portrait photographer.
   • what?
     • She is best known for her engaging portraits, particularly of celebrities, which often feature subjects in intimate settings and poses.
   • when?
     • annie was born 2 October 1949 in Connecticut
   • where?
     • The family moved frequently with her father's duty assignments, and she took her first pictures when he was stationed in the Philippines during the Vietnam War. She took photographs around the military base and of nearby locals.
   • why?
     • She photographed John Lennon on the day he was murdered, and her work has been used on numerous album covers and magazines. She became the first woman to hold an exhibition at Washington's National Portrait Gallery in 1991.

2. Yousuf Karsh

   • who?
     • Yousuf Karsh CC, was an Armenian-Canadian photographer known for his portraits of notable individuals.
   • what?
     • Karsh migrated to Canada as a refugee. His iconic 1941 photograph of Winston Churchill was a breakthrough point in his 60-year career, through which he took numerous photos of known political leaders, men and women of arts and sciences.
   • when?
     • He lived from December 23, 1908 – July 13, 2002 and is stilled considered one of the greatest portrait photographers of the 20th century. Over 20 photos by Karsh appeared on the cover of Life magazine, until he retired in 1992.
   • where?
     • By the 1930s he established himself as a significant photographer in Ottawa, where he lived most of his adult life, though he traveled extensively for work.
   • why?
     • he was famous because he photographed may iconic and famous people in his time which can now be used to tell history.

3. Jimmy Nelson

   • who?
     • Jimmy Nelson, is an English photographer
   • what?
     • He is known for his portraits of tribal and indigenous peoples. Between 2010 and 2013 Jimmy Nelson travelled the world to document some of the most fantastic indigenous cultures left on the planet today.
   • when?
     • jimmy was born 1967 in Sevenoaks in Kent. however, He spent his childhood in Africa, Asia and South America, traveling around with his father, who worked as a geologist for International Shell.
   • where?
     • Following this journey, Nelson embarked on more trips, documenting a variety of war zones, including Afghanistan, Kashmir, Yugoslavia, Somalia and El Salvador, and started to work as a professional photojournalist, until the age of 24.
   • why?
     • In in 2010, Nelson started to work on his second book, Before they Pass Away. Nelson remarks that the project is not meant to convey "a documentary truth, but rather his own artistic interpretation and a celebration of diversity and beauty." The tribes that Nelson photographed include the Huli and Kalam tribes of New Guinea, the Tsaatan of Mongolia and the Mursi people of the Omo River valley in southern Ethiopia.

4. Dorothea Lange

   • who?
     • Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist
   • what?
     • Lange was hired by the Office of War Information (OWI) to photograph the internment of Japanese Americans. In 1945, she was employed again by the OWI, this time to document the San Francisco conference that created the United Nations.
   • when?
     • She was born on 26 May 1895 in New jersey and passed away 11 October 1965 in California
   • where?
     • Dorothea Lange grew up in a middle-class family in New Jersey. Her father, Heinrich Nutzhorn, worked as a lawyer while her mother stayed at home.
   • why?
     • Dorothea Lange was a photographer whose portraits of displaced farmers during the Great Depression greatly influenced later documentary photography.

5. how are they successful?

   • they're talented photographers
   • Hard work comes before fame, they always worked hard
   • Market yourself and promote your ability, make yourself know to people
   • Never stop learning, you are never "too experience" to learn new things.
   • Establishing contacts. Forging ties with the right people can sometimes be half the battle. Inspiring and helping others can also bear rich fruit for your future career.
   • Don’t be afraid to fail. Be patient and persistent on the way to fulfilling your dreams and ambitions.