Nan Goldin
Goldins early work was focused on snapshots of her everyday life. Goldin carried a camera with her at all times and would photograph her life and her friends. At the time she was into a drug using scene and hanging out with drag queens. Her photographs have a grainy snapshot aesthetic, they are of the [...]
Cindy Sherman
An American photographer most famous for her self portraits. Her ‘Untitled Film stills’ series sees her portraying constructed scenes as if from films with herself as the subject. Her ‘Rear Screen Projections’ series takes this idea further and uses scenery projected onto walls to add to the image. She also uses stereotypes and caricatures to [...]
Danny North
A music photographer from the UK, Danny North specialises in photographing musicians portraits and live performances. He has photographed for many prestigious music magazines such as Rolling Stone, NME, Q and Spin magazine. He has been the tour photographer for bands such as Muse, the Kaiser Chiefs and Gogol Bordello. He has a vibrant style [...]
Frieke Janssens
Frieke Janssens is a Belgian photographer who specialises in advertising photography. The images below come from her personal project ‘Smoking Kids’ – you can see more here including a video of the ‘making of the shoot’ where you can see that none of the children were actually exposed to cigarette smoke.
David LaChappelle
“David LaChapelle is known internationally for his exceptional talent in combining a unique hyper-realistic aesthetic with profound social messages. LaChapelle’s photography career began in the 1980’s when he began showing his artwork in New York City galleries. His work caught the eye of Andy Warhol, who offered him his first job as a photographer at [...]
Henri Cartier-Bresson
A French documentary photographer who was famous for capturing ‘the decisive moment’. “the decisive moment, it is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as the precise organization of forms which gives that event its proper expression.” In other words, it is when everything just [...]
Ansel Adams
(1902 – 1984) American Best known for his high contrast black and white photographs of dramatic American landscapes, Ansel Adams is often referred to as the ‘father of American photography’. He also developed ‘the zone system‘ alongside Fred Archer. The zone system is concerned with ensuring the correct exposure is obtained for every frame, even [...]