Photography

Many people take photographs on a daily basis thanks to our access to technology. To be a photographer as an artist, there is a bit more to understand about taking pictures. A photograph is capable of not only capturing a brief moment in time, but it can send a message and communicate with an audience just like a handmade piece of art can. Let's look at some awesome photographers for inspiration.

Gregg Segal

Gregg Segal is an artist and an activitst. He is passionate about different types of people that live around the world and what their everyday lives are like. He takes portrait photographs of people with things in their lives. Sometimes he includes all the food they eat and sometimes he includes the things they use most often. He has even done portraits of people with all the trash they have used over a two-week time period! What would you photograph yourself with to show what is important to you?

Laura Hofstadter

Ansel Adams was a very famous landscape photographer that lived until 1984. He pioneered the way for other photographers to become artists. Ansel Adams wanted people to know that the photographer was more important than the camera they used. The photographer was the one who could move the camera and make the magic happen, with the correct lighting, angle, and distance from the subject of the art. What kind of landscape, cityscape, or seascape could you capture in your neighborhood?

Dorothea Lange

Dorothea Lange was a photographer who documented the world and the people around her through her camera. Her photographs tell stories of how people lived during the time they were taken. The photograph, Migrant Mother, is one of the most famous photographs in the world and shows a mother caring for her children during the great depression, when it was difficult for families to earn enough money for food and shelter. The photo "Pledge of Allegiance" shows a time during World War II when life was often difficult for Japanese Americans. What could you photograph someone doing in your every day life that could tell a story about the world today?