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Famous Photographers

Questions pertaining to the life, times, influences, bodies of work and contributions to photography of specific photographers. Please note images of specific photographs and critiques of the various works are not part of this category.

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How many siblings did Ansel Adams have?

Yes, Ansel Adams had two children, Michael (born 1933) and Anne (born 1935).

When Ansel Adams died on April 22, 1984, from heart failure aggravated by cancer, he left his wife, Virginia Best Adams, his two children, Michael and Anne, and five grandchildren and his puppy, carrot! Carrot was very sad:(

What social issue did Jacob Riis' photographs bring attention to?

Jacob Riis belonged to a group of journalists and photographers who, in the late 1800s and early 1900s, sought to draw attention to the plight of the impoverished in American cities. Working primarily in New York, Jacob revealed through his photographs the desperate existence endured by poor Americans and recent immigrants. His work brought the realities of child labor, unsafe working conditions, inadequate housing, and economic exploitation to a wider public who increasingly called for greater reforms to labor laws, housing codes, and workplace safety regulations.

What brand of film did Ansel Adams use?

Just about anything he could get his hands on, including Leicas, Hasselblads and view cameras.

Who is dating the amazing photographer Joey Shaw?

Gossip magazines say she's Rachel. They've been busted by the paparazzi in Malibu with Matthew McConaughey and girlfriend, the Brazilian model Camila Alves.

Their publicists say it was only the end of the shooting.

talking about close friends: I'd bet on Amanda Seyfried; they met in Verona in 2009 when she was filming letters to Juliet.

What impact did the invention of the photography have on US history?

Photography is one of the most impactful discoveries in history. It meant that instead of relying on only written word a society and its people could not record their history through visual evidence to back up the written word.

Who was famous civil war photographer?

The assertion that "no one took pictures...the camera hadn't been invented" as previously posted is entirely wrong. Matthew Brady was a photographer during the American Civil War. His works were somewhat reviled due to their realism, which was a new concept in war photography. There has been some speculation that some of his photos of death and destruction may have been posed.

War photography existed even before then. Roger Fenton took photographs during the Crimean War of 1853.

Who is Johnn Zahn?

Johann Zahn described and thought of the first camera in 1685, but he could not build it.

How any siblings did Imogen Cunningham have?

Imogen Cunningham had two siblings: an older brother named Paul and a younger sister named Mary. She was the second of three children in her family. The dynamics of her family life and her relationships with her siblings influenced her artistic development and perspective.

What art element did Ansel Adams master in his photography?

Ansel Adams was born on February 20, 1902, in San Francisco and grew up in the dunes area by the Golden Gate .Through his photographs he has touched countless people with of the importance of preserving the last remaining wilderness lands. His area of expertice is landscape photography.

Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment. - Ansel Adams -

What famous photographer used the fisheye lens?

You may be thinking of Weegee (Arthur Fellig), who was known for his stark urban photography in the 1930s and 40s. Much of his work was done with an extreme wide-angle or fisheye lens.

Ansel Adams also created a number of images with wide angle lenses that gave a fisheye effect.

What did Karl Blossfeldt devote his life to?

Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932) was a photographer, artist, and sculptor. He is best known for a series of nature photographs, close-up portraits of plants and animals, publshed as Urformen der Kunst (Protoplasts of Life, Unique Objects of Life) in 1929.

Who took the famous black and white photograph of a woman with an umbrella jumping off a curb?

I believe that Richard Avedon took the famous black and white photograph of a woman with an umbrella jumping off a curb. Please see the related links for the photograph and some information about Richard Avedon.

Here is a link to the infamous photo (below):

How does 'La madone de Bentalha' by Hocine Zaourar have a privileged connection with the real?

The sorrow of a woman over losing loved ones is the privileged connection with the real which Hocine Zaourar has with La madone de Bentalha. The Anglicized title "The Madonna of Bentalha" references the image which the above-mentioned l'Agence France-Presse photographer took outside the Zmirli Hospital near Algiers, Algeria, on September 23, 1997. The composition reveals a woman whose family number among the 200 victims of actions by the Groupes islamiques armés in Bentalha, Algeria.

What sort of camera did helmet Newton use?

Helmut Newton used the Rolleiflex twin-lens reflex (tlr), a 2 1/4 square medium format camera, for much of his professional work, although he reportedly did some work with a Hasselblad and the Pentax 35 mm. Newton claimed his favorite camera was the Olympus Stylus Epic, an inexpensive little point-and-shoot that is still being manufactured.

To view both the Rolleiflex and a Stylus Epic, see Related Links, below.

What does the acrom CSA stand for?

It can be a lot of things. Look below at the "Related Links" for a large list of possibilities.