Portrait photographers B&W

Portrait photographers B&W

1. Edward Steichen

   • Edward Steichen was an American photographer who was born in Luxembourg in 1879 and died in 1973 as one of the key figures of photography in the twentieth century
     • Before photography Steichen loved painting and after 3 years of photography he went to his first exhibition which gave him a big opportunity to get attention from Alfred Stielglitz, a well known photographer. After all this Steichen ended up in London's Linked Ring Brotherhood and cofounded the Photo-Secession and designed the first cover of Camera Work
       • Paul Robeson as "The Emperor Jones"
       • Alfred Stieglitz
       • J.P. Morgan. New York

2. Arnold Newman

   • Newman was born March 1918 in America. He studied at the University Of Miami where he studied from from 1936 to 1938, after leaving University he went and got his first photography job at at chain portrait studios in Philadelphia.
     • Eventually Newman went and done a one man exhibit called “Artists Look Like This,” This exhibition atractted many people from across the country and the year after this exhibition he opened his studio and became a member of the American Society of Magazine Photographers
       • Yasuo Kuniyoshi,1941
       • Joseph Albers, New York, NY, 1948
       • Pablo Picasso, Vallauris , France, 1954

3. Mary Ellen Mark

   • Mary Ellen Mark was an American Photographer who got worldwide recognition through her books, exhibitions etc. Her work was powerful and told stories to whoever looked at it.
     • Mark worked with film,using a wide range of cameras in various formats, from 35 mm, 120/220, 4×5-inch view camera, and a 20×24 Polaroid Land Camera primarily in black and white using Kodak Tri-X film.
       • Pride March, New York City, 1997
       • "Rat" and Mike with a Gun, Seattle, Washington, 1983
       • Blind man and his dog, New York City, 1960s

4. Diane Arbus

   • Diane Arbus was an American photographer best known for her intimate black-and-white portraits. Arbus mostly took pictures of people who were either mentally ill,fringes on society, circus performers etc. She was born in 1923 in New York.
     • Arbus was born into a wealthy family which helped boost her artistic interests. In 1941 she went and visited Alfred Stieglitz's gallery were she first saw images from of Mathew Brady, Paul Strand, and Eugene Atget. Her and her husband then started their pursuit into commercial photography. eventually in 1967 her work was shown in in The Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition “New Documents” (1967)
       • Jack Dracula, the Marked Man, N.Y.C., 1961
       • Lucas Samaras, 1966
       • Patriotic Young Man with Flag, NYC, 1967

5. Irving Penn

   • Irving Penn was a twentieth century photographer and arguably one of the greatest twentieth century photographers. Penn was celebrated for years while working Vogues magazine. But he was a very quiet, private man. Penn was born in 1917 in America. He studied in the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Arts from 1934–1938 where he met Alexey Brodovitch.
     • Penn ended up being Brodovitches assistant for a few years until he went to Mexico to paint in 1941. Which he ended up giving up on due to being disappointed in his paintings. During this time he was taking photos throughout South America. Just after this he joined Vogue. Eventually Penn opened many studios and Continued to photograph for Vogue.
       • Penns favourite Cameras were: Rolleiflex, Deardorff V8 and Hasselblad.
         • Chef (A), New York, 1951
         • Steel Mill Fire Fighter, New York, 1951
         • Street Photographer (A), New York, 1951

6. Man Ray

   • Man ray began his artistic pursuit in the Dada movement which was shaped by World War 1. Ray moved to Paris in 1922 and after doing this he started taking "rayographs" which he used photosensitive paper and a subject/object to create a negative.
     • Ray liked to experiment with his work and it really helped him publish work to journalists and magazines at the time. Ray helped Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition program early on, this is were a lot of his work was shown!. : Cubism and Abstract Art (1936); Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism (1936–37). Ray used multiple cameras while working which were the Ermanox camera and there was the Rolleiflex with its 6x6cm format.
       • Glass Tears, 1932 by Man Ray
       • Space Writing (Self-Portrait), 1935 by Man Ray
       • Black and White, 1926 by Man Ray

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