Iconic photographs and iconic photographers.

michael66

I just came across two interesting documentaries on Netflix. I thought they were worth a watch.

Men at Lunch - About the eleven men that ate lunch while sitting on a steel girder...

The Mexican Suitcase - Discusses the Spanish Civil War shots by taken by Robert Capa, Gerda Taro and David "Chim" Seymour. I saw the exhibit at the International Center for Photography in Manhattan; http://www.icp.org/. Incredible story. And a very neat museum.

Anyone have any favorites?

Ade

If you like Jazz, there is a wonderful documentary called "A Great Day in Harlem", about the making of an iconic 1958 picture of the same name depicting 57 Jazz musicians in Harlem. The picture was taken by Art Kane, who later became a prominent fashion & music photographer, working with Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, etc.


(Image from Wikipedia)

The documentary is more about music than photography, but if you love both then you'll really enjoy the film.

michael66

Someone emailed this url to me. Fascinating shots; Stanley Kubrick


And to tie this in to the subject area; The more things change, the more they are the same?

Msmoto

In the American West, 1985, Richard Avedon. IMO one of the finest books of photos ever.

http://www.amazon.com/American-Richard-Author-Avedon-Photographer/dp/B0029PNFOW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1424864273&sr=8-3&keywords=american+west+avedon

NSXTypeR

I have 3 I'd like to talk about. One of the lesser known female photographers of NYC is Alice Austen. She did a lot of photography around Staten Island and NYC and if you guys ever come out to Staten Island, her house is still there. It's called the Alice Austen House and since it's NYC parkland, admission is free and there are binders of her archived photos there upon request. There are photos she had taken of the Union Square area of NYC that are great.

Here's a link to her house/site.

http://aliceausten.org/

Side note- I'd like to embed photos, but I'm not sure how to do it without going through Flickr. I obviously don't own the photos they took, so I'm not going to embed anything.

The next photographer I would go with Edward Steichen because he also took photos around NYC. His most iconic photograph would be his glass plates (I think...?) of the Flat Iron Building shrouded in fog.

Finally, I'd go with the landscape master Ansel Adams and his many photographs of Yosemite. I don't think he needs any introduction. He also did a photograph of the Tetons and the Snake River that I like very much.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Adams_The_Tetons_and_the_Snake_River.jpg

While we're recommending books, I'd go with this one.

http://www.amazon.com/World-History-Photography-Naomi-Rosenblum/dp/0789209373/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1424997459&sr=8-3&keywords=a+history+of+photography

This is the same text I used back in college and I splurged and got the hardcover one. It's pretty nice.

Msmoto

Edward Steichen... the one I looked up to from when i was only a very small child. An icon if there ever was one. The creator of Family of Man, a book of the greatest photos ever.

Stieglitz, Adams, yes, all of these. Matthew Brady?

We have been given gifts of our predecessors which are "priceless".