Henri Cartier-Bresson

Alaska. Despite all the positive things Adams was fighting for for America’s wildlife, he still had critics. Adams was criticized because while he was taking photographs of nature, the Great Depression had its hold on the world. One critic, Henri Cartier-Bresson, a French photographer said “the world is falling to pieces and all Adams and Weston photograph are rocks and leaves.” Adams didn’t let criticism affect him; he continued to believe in the possibility and probability that humankind…

photography, Eggleston transferring to Delta State College (Delta State University) and the University of Mississippi at which neither would he get a degree. Here Eggleston saw the art of two major influencers of his work: Walker Evans and Henri Cartier-Bresson. From there, Eggleston blossomed into his own new style of photography, as well as a whole new concept. Before Eggleston’s works, serious photographers shot in only black and white, as well as of very concrete objects. New York…

J Buchanan Activity 6 V1 Edwards Weston’s ‘Pepper No.30’ fits into ‘Modernism’ because: This new way of expression through the medium of photography rejected emotional intent and painterly effects for real, sharp actual images. The change was due to society thinking the past was outdated a new social and political emergence of the industrial world was reshaping our outlook on life. A group of American Modernist photographers called themselves the F64 club. F64 relating to long exposure…

The Cuban Revolution was the turning point from dictatorship to communism. It was a civil war that lasted three years, beginning on December 2, 1956 and ending on January 2, 1959. The guerilla forces led by Fidel Castro, fought to defeat the army and Fulgencio Batista, Cuba's current dictator of that time. Sailing from Mexico, where he was exiled, to Las Coloradas beach, Cuba, Fidel Castro, his brother Raul, and their small militia shared the goal of conquering Batista. Although Castro and his…

Street photography is like the fine-art version of photojournalism. Much like photojournalism, street photography captures the everyday moments of regular people in ways that fascinate the viewer. Famous street photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson conceived the idea of the “Decisive Moment” in photography. This term essentially relates to the specific moment that creates a good shot. While this “moment” can be hard to come by, street photography celebrates the idea of always being prepared…

The Complications of Castro’s promises Upon the beginning of Sergeant Fulgencio Batista’s dictatorship of Cuba 1952 - seen as illegitimate, causing many people in Cuba to prefer the nation’s flawed and corrupt democracy over Batista’s leadership - the Cuban Revolution, led by Fidel Castro, began to gain momentum. When it became apparent to Batista that he would not win in Cuba’s presidential election of 1952, he seized power before the elections could take place and cancelled them, (withholding)…

works and hired him to be its art director. At Harper’s Bazaar, where he was art director till 1958, he was working with European artists such as Man Ray, Salvador Dali, and A.M. Cassandre, as well as photographers Bill Brandt, Brasai, and Henri Cartier-Bresson. This collabration was something which has big impact on American Graphic…

Constance Ford, Albert Einstein, The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and Marilyn Monroe. A survey led in 1958 by Popular Photography named Halsman one of the "World's Ten Greatest Photographers" nearby Ansel Adams, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Richard Avedon, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ernst Haas, Gjon Mili, Yousuf Karsh, Eugene Smith, and Irving Penn. Halsman was conceived May 2, 1906 in Riga, now named Latvia, Russia. His father Mark Halsman was a dental specialist, and his mom Ita Grintuch was a sentence…

After the Dada movement, Surrealism was born in the early 20th century. Dada was an artistic movement that brought about just as much thought as reactions to World War I did. The Dada movement was mostly based on irrational thoughts over rational ones, free art as well as human expectations. Unlike this concept, Surrealism did not have a war idea behind it, rather it had more of an imaginative notion. With guidance of subconscious dreams, Surrealism emerged, letting the imagination go untethered…