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Exploring the world's top photographers
Exploring the world's top photographers
The best way to learn how to take great photos is to study the masters. Below is a list of some photography greats. Perhaps you know of others. Divide into small groups and research your photographer of choice.
First investigate these artists in a general way. Choose one of the following photographers that you really admire and research his/her background, techniques, subject matter and anything else interesting about this photographer.
What to include:
- Some biographical information about the photographer
- A personal reflection of what draws you to this Photographer
- A selection of the photographer's most famous works
- An analysis of the photographer's style and techniques
- Examples of their early and late work (their evolution)
- The impact the photographer has had on the photography industry if any
Using Google Slides, prepare a slide presentation (no less than 10 slides) on this photographer to share with the class.
Ansel Adams Dorothea Lange
Yousef Karsh Walker Evans
Jeff Wall Henri Cartier-Bresson
Annie Leibovitz Andreas Gursky
Linda McCartney Chris McCaw
David McKean Cindy Sherman
Herb Ritts Didier Massard
Diane Arbus Gregory Crewdson
Richard Avedon Hendrik Kerstens
Man Ray Hiroshi Sugimoto
David Hockney Michael Wolf
Robert Mapplethorpe Nan Goldin
Michael W.R. Runtz Shirin Neshat
Julia Margaret Cameron Ryan McGinley
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