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I have chosen to write my report on Michael Kenna. Michael Kenna was born in Widnes, England in 1953 and he specialized in artistic landscape photos. He was one of 5 children born into a working class home. He picked up his passion at Banbury school of the art where he began painting and then picked up photography later on. Michael Kenna moved to San Fransisco in 1977 where he since has lived to this day. He is best known for long exposure, artistic, black and white, landscape photos. In fact…

World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Born in Pall Mall Tennessee, the third of 11 children, as a youth he became an expert marksman in the back woods around Pall Mall. In 1917 he received a draft notice to fight in the war, to which he wrote on the back of the notice 'don’t want to fight' and sent it back to the local draft board. The board rejected his refusal to fight and he was sent off to basic training. After basic training he was assigned to the 82nd Division where they…

The happiest place on earth, created by the amazing and talented, Walt Elias Disney. Disney’s imagination was like a bomb; it started with one idea, then once that idea hit success, it only created an outburst of classic-character masterpieces. Walt Elias Disney, founded the movie classics: Pinocchio, Lion King, Snow White, Tarzan; and the famous, Mickey Mouse and Friends, and many others, but no show or movie could top his best creation: Disneyland and California Adventure Park. Joining…

Hayao Miyazaki was born on January 5, 1941, in Akebono-Cho in Bunkyo, Tokyo. Miyazaki’s family included his three brothers, his mother, and his father. Miyazaki went to elementary school in Utsunomiya until the third grade. Miyazaki and his family then moved to Suginami-Ku where he completed fourth and fifth grade. Miyazaki went to Omiya Junior High and that’s when he realized that he wanted to become a manga artist. Miyazaki then went on to attend Toyotama High School where his interest in…

given people inspiration to follow their dreams. In the early 1920s, Walt was fired from his job at the Kansas City Star Newspaper because his boss thought he lacked creativity. Not giving up, he went on to create an animation company called Laugh-O-Gram Films. Walt…

Introduced in 1999 was a cartoon featuring an underwater setting and unique characters based on marine life that would eventually become one of the most popular and recognizable cartoons ever made. Finding an individual who had never heard of the famous show would be a difficult task. Conceived by animator and former marine biologist Stephen Hillenburg, Spongebob Squarepants has left a remarkable impact on cartoons and has firmly placed itself as one of the best cartoons ever made. The series is…

I did my paper on Shel Silverstein.Shel silverstein was a successful kids author, cartoonist, poet, and folk songwriter. He was born in Chicago Illinois on September 25, 1930.He started drawing and writing a young age. He went to study at Chicago academy of fine arts (known today as Art institute of Chicago) but then dropped out to join the army in 1953. While in the army he drew and wrote cartoons where they were published in the Pacific Stars and Stripes magazine. (www.thefamouspeople.com)…

Lloyd Augustus Hall was born in Elgin, Illinois on June 20th, 1894. While growing up he was an honors student at West Side High School in Aurora, Illinois. He was captain of the school debate team while competing in baseball, football, and track. He graduated high school at the top 10 of his class. Hall then chose to attend Northwestern University. In 1916, he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry. He then graduated, earning a degree from the University of Chicago. Through a…

can't wait to see what becomes of those dreams. Walt made his parents very proud and he helped them live a better life then he had. After Walt got his start he then ”wanted to make his own animation cartoons. He started his own company called Laugh-O-Gram. He hired some of his friends including Ubbe Iwerks. They created short animated cartoons” this was a good job for him because it helped him learn about animation and new things about having his own company. Unfortunately he had to go bankrupt,…

Strangely enough one of my close friends shares a birthday with the famous symbolic interactionism theorists because Herbert George Blumer who is a white male was born on March 7th, 1900 in Missouri. He grew up on a farm with his mother being a homemaker and his father making cabinets. However, this small town feeling did not stop him wanting to be surrounded in the world of business. It is when he attended college was where Herbert got his first taste of the sociological and psychological…