Alfred Stieglitz was a 20th century German-American Photographer, central to the pictorialist movement that popularized the notion that beautiful compositions could be captured in print. His photographs depicted buildings, working-class people, nature, and urban life. Through his work, he elevated photography as an acceptable form of art on par with other media. Stieglitz experimented with …
The LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art,) located near Hancock Park and the La Brea Tar Pits, has an extensive collection of historic and contemporary fine art photography. Their catalog of over 15,000 photographs includes the works of Robert Mapplethorpe and Edward Weston. Only a small portion of the collection can be displayed at …
Man Ray was an American/French photographer working in the avant-garde genres of Dada and Surrealism. He produced various fine art figure, portrait, still life, and landscape photographs. Born: August 27, 1890, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Died: November 18, 1976, Paris, France Periods: Dada, Abstract art, Surrealism, Cubism, Modern art Full name: Emmanuel Radnitzky Spouses: Juliet Man Ray …
David LaChapelle is an American photographer known for flamboyant, elaborate, color-packed images that usually include people, and sometimes the figure. His over-the-top, sometimes garish, photography is influenced, in part, by Cindy Sherman and Helmut Newton. LaChapelle’s themes often revisit elements of art history or popular culture. His photographs repurpose the symbols and celebrity that are …
Edward Weston was a 20th century American photographer perhaps best known for his pioneering photography of the female nude. His innovative approach to the people and places of the American West have been widely influential on art photography. His subjects include landscapes, nudes, portraits, and still lifes. Weston and Tina Moditti opened a photographic studio …