Photography....: Some of my favourite photographers...

Whilst on the ND course for 2 years, i looked at many great photographers, from ones that sadly aren't with us anymore and left a legacy behind, to modern photographers that have still got a legacy to create.

Firstly im going to start with Alexander Rodchenko, his work i first looked at back at school when i started out my passion for photography. Rodchenko was russian and he didn't only create great photography, but also he was an artist, a sculpture and a graphic designer. Many peolpe refer to him as one of the founders of the Constructivist movement and Russian design. A statement to which i agree with.

Rodchenko was impressed by the Photomontage, and in 1924 he started shooting his own photographs creating his very first Photomontage named "About this" influenced by one of Mayakovsky's poems, a collaboration continued right through till 1928. creating many stricking portraits...

Mayakovsky seated

Mayakovskys standing.

Some other examples of his work :)

Balconies

1925

To the Demonstration

1928

Working with an Orchestra

1933

Dianne Arbus, was an american documentary photographer. Her work has featured in many major exhibitions and she is well known amongst the photographic world. I have found a short biography about Arbus which i found interesting and useful...

http://gerbis.net/publications/arbus.html

Child with a toy grenade in Central Park

N.Y.C 1962

Man at a parade on fifth avenue

N.Y.C 1969

a Jewish giant at home with his parents in the Bronx

N.Y.C 1970

Mexican Dwarf in his hotel room

N.Y.C 1970

Was Arbus taking these images to laugh at the people in them?

John Londei, was one of my biggest influences, his work "Shutting up shop" a 17 year project on how small family owned traditional shops where being shut down, something that reflects the society we live in today, was my main inspriration for my FMP Project (hopefully something to continue on with) on the closure of Working Mens Clubs...