Tim Mantoani

          Tim mantoani has photographed some of the greatest athletes in American sports. He has photographed present sports greats such as; Payton Manning/quarterback for Denver Broncos, Clayton Kershaw/ greatest pitcher in the American League, Drew Brees/ quarterback for New Orlean Saints, and Randy Couture/ MMA All-Star. He has also photographed some of the greatest Hall Of Fame baseball players including Tony Gwynn. I wish I had his job.

Nan Goldin

            I have never heard of Nan Goldin, but I don't know of too many photographers anyways. Looking at her work, it's mostly of females portraits. Wikipedia says, "Following graduation, Goldin moved to New York City. She began documenting the post-punk new-wave music scene, along with the city's vibrant, post-Stonewall gay subculture of the late 1970s and early 1980s. She was drawn especially to the Bowery's hard-drug subculture." From what I'm gathering, she's a portrait photographer that likes to photograph women. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nan_Goldin

Richard Avedon

              Richard Avedon was an American fashion and portrait photographer. He died October 1, 2004. An obituary published in The New York Times said that "his fashion and portrait photographs helped define America's image of style, beauty and culture for the last half-century." In 1946, Avedon had set up his own studio and began providing images for magazines including Vogue and Life. He has photographed many celebrities in his day including Judy Garland, who if I'm not mistaken, played Dorthy in Wizard of Oz. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Avedon

A Post About Ethan Pines

          I'm not sure what to make of his photographs. I like the look of these images, that style like Annie Lebovitz. I'm not sure if that's HDR but I would like to learn it. He has interesting portraits and a cool style.

A Post About Steve McCurry

          Steve McCurry is a well known photographer and you can see his work on many magazine and book covers. He is very artistic in his work. He has traveled the world, taking iconic photographs. He crossed the Pakistan border while the country was in a state of war, were he created amazing photographs of the people, including the one I posted here.

A Post About Jill Greenberg

          Looking at Jill Greenbergs' work, it seems that she specializes in portrait photography. She seems to use a certain technique on many of her portraits, were the subject almost looks cartoonish or very animated. She took many photographs of crying babies. She has also created movie posters and magazine covers including celebrities. She seems to be successful in her work. http://www.jillgreenberg.com/

A Post About Lee Isaacs

Looking at Lee Isaacs photographs, I enjoy the landscapes and streams that he captures. I like the effect he uses when he photographs water streams and waterfalls. By slowing down the shutter speed, it creates a smooth, silky effect on the water. Vibrant colors and the nature captured in his photographs are very interesting.

A Post About Sally Mann

        Sally Mann become a famous photographer when she published nude photos of her children. It created a debate on whether or not it should be considered child pornography. She also did a series of photographs taken at the body farm. These are photographs taken of dead human bodies decomposing in various locations around the farm. I think these photos are very disturbing and offensive. It seems to me that they were taken for the shock value, simply to get people talking about her work.

A Post About Dan Winters

          Dan Winters has photographed many celebrities including; Tom Hanks, Bono from U2, Tupac, Barrack Obama, Michael Jordan, and Mark Wahlberg. His work reminds me Annie Lebovitz, not just because the subjects are well known, but because of the style. He did a project where he took photographs of honeybees. These photos look like X-rays taken with a macro lens. Very interesting photos.

John Pezzenti

John Pezzenti was a famous Photographer that moved to Alaska to work on the Alaskan Pipeline. He became an independent Photographer in Alaska where he shot for National Geographic, Reader's Digest, and Natural History. I really like this landscape shot of the Mountians. I like the reflection off the water and the ski. Lots of blue. Monochromatic??? I wonder what it would look like in black & white.

David Michael Kennedy

David Michael Kennedy is a well known photographer that lives in New Mexico but spent 12 years in New York working for major ad agencies and musicians. I don't know much about this photographer but I came across some of his work and I thought it was interesting. I'm not sure, but a lot of his work, including this one, looks like it was taken with an infared camera. I like this type of photography because of the high contrast effect. The trees look like there on fire or like they're glowing. I also like the adobe style house and the shadows casted on the walls from the posts.

Annie Leibovitz

      I've been reading about Annie Leibovitz, and she has worked for Disney, Vanity Fair, Rolling stones, and has been known to be one of the best Photographers amongst celebrities. She has photographed many celebrities including: Johnny Depp, Meryl Streep, and Leonardo De Caprio. She is best known for her portraits and use of bold colors.

A Post About Jim Zuckerman

         I've been looking at Zuckerman's work and I really like most of his photos. Very colorful, vibrant images of city architect and portaits of exotic people. Jim left the medical field to pursue his passion of Photography. He has taught photography at many Universities and has had many exhibitions of his work throughout the country. I especially like his shots of city landscape. http://www.jimzuckerman.com/?page/56884/home

A post about Philip Hyde

             Philip Hyde (1921-2006) is a famous landscape photographer that studied at the Ansel Adams program at the California School of Fine Arts. Hyde was the lead photographer for the Sierra Club, a environmental activist group. The Sierra club started a coalition of activists to protest dam projects on the Colorado River and in the Grand Canyon. The club published a book called "Time and The River Flowing" in 1964 to campaign against these dams which proven to be successful. Hyde was the photographer for this book. Philip Hyde began making color photographs in 1948. The Sierra club published many books with Hyde's color photos starting in 1968. All of his work was intended to bring awareness to the threats on wilderness brought on by civilization. Philip Hyde died in 2006.

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A post about Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams was a photographer that use his work to help promote wildlife conservation. Most of his work was taken in Yosemite National Park. He was an environmental activist born in San Francisco, California in 1902. His black and white images of Yosemite National Park helped establish photography in fine art. During the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, he was thrown into a wall and broke his nose, which was never properly set. It remained crooked for the rest of his life.
    Adams professional career took off with his publication of "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras." He also spent time in New Mexico were he shot "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico" which became very popular, printing thousands of prints that became his financial stability in his career.
    I think Ansel Adams is the most influential photographer for me, because landscape and wild life photography is what I would like to shoot, and who better to look up to than Ansel Adams for this type of photography.

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