Louis Mendes http://www.louismendes.com/

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/nyregion/03polaroid.html?_r=0

Marcus Bleasdale:
When Photography
Campaigns for Change

Marcus Bleasdale has won the Robert Capa Gold Medal from the Overseas Press Club, which recognizes exceptional courage in published photojournalism. It will be presented Thursday night at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in New York. Jerome Sessini of Magnum Photos will receive the Olivier Rebbot Award, and Bulent Kilic of Agence France-Presse will be presented with the John Faber Award. Rodrigo Abd of The Associated Press will receive the Feature photography award for his photos of illegal gold mining in Brazil.

James Estrin talked with Mr. Bleasdale about using photography to effect change. The conversation has been edited.

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/30/marcus-bleasdale-when-photography-campaigns-for-change/?_r=0#slideshow/100000003656872/100000003656894

James Nachtwey

http://www.leemiller.co.uk/

Lee Miller

Lee Miller in Hitler's Bathtub

https://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/lee-miller-in-hitlers-bathtub/

http://www.jamesnachtwey.com/

John Dominis—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Gold medalist Tommie Smith (center) and bronze medalist John Carlos (right) raise black-gloved fists during the American national anthem at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. Australian sprinter Peter Norman, who won silver in the 200 meters and supported Carlos and Smith's protest, stands at left.

http://life.time.com/culture/black-power-salute-tommie-smith-and-john-carlos-at-the-1968-olympics/#1

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3456493/Olympic-legend-Jesse-Owens-tried-stop-giving-black-power-salute-1986-games-Tommie-Smith-reveals-feud-never-settled.html


John Dominis—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image

http://life.time.com/culture/the-leopard-and-the-baboon-anatomy-of-a-classic-staged-life-photo/#1

http://time.com/3524708/photographer-spotlight-john-dominis/

Southern Pacific locomotive using a plow to clear snow from tracks in Donner Pass, five miles west of Soda Springs, Calif., 1949.

LIFE photographer John Dominis holds a lion cub.

Frank Sinatra by John Dominis

Obituary: John Dominis, Prolific LIFE Photographer, 92

Mantle

http://life.time.com/culture/the-leopard-and-the-baboon-anatomy-of-a-classic-staged-life-photo/#1

http://www.lsimpsonstudio.com/


Lorna Simpson, Necklines, 1989. Three gelatin silver prints, two engraved plastic plaques. 68,5 x 70 in. Courtesy the artist and Sean Kelly Gallery, ...


lorna simpson Shades, 2012 Collage, and ink on paper 11.25 × 8.5 inches (29 × 22 cm)


From "Easy to Remember," by Lorna Simpson, video installation, 16mm blanc-and-white film transferred to DVD, 2 minutes, 35 seconds, sound, 2001,

Lorna Simpson. 'Chess [Échecs]' 2013

http://www.lsimpsonstudio.com/
Lorna Simpson

Artist of the Week: Ansel Adams

	ZONE METHOD Description
0	Pure black
I	Near black, with slight tonality but no texture
II	Textured black; the darkest part of the image in which slight detail is recorded
III	Average dark materials and low values showing adequate texture
IV	Average dark foliage, dark stone, or landscape shadows
V	Middle gray: clear north sky; dark skin, average weathered wood
VI	Average Caucasian skin; light stone; shadows on snow in sunlit landscapes
VII	Very light skin; shadows in snow with acute side lighting
VIII	Lightest tone with texture: textured snow
IX	Slight tone without texture; glaring snow
X	Pure white: light sources and specular reflections http://www.anseladams.com

Artist of the Week Eadweard Muybridge

http://www.eadweardmuybridge.co.uk/

http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/eadweard-muybridge

Eadweard Muybridge
Leland Stanford, Jr. on his Pony "Gypsy"—Phases of a Stride by a Pony While Cantering 1879
http://www.moma.org/collection/artists/4192

https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=39117

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION: Muybridge's famous 1878 photo sequence depicts three full strides made by Stanford's prize trotting horse, Abe Edgington. Around the middle of each stride, all four feet lift at once--as shown, for instance, in the next-to-last frame.

Artist of the Week / Robert Cappa

http://www.adammarelliphoto.com/2011/06/robert-capa/

http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL535353

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/robert-capa/in-love-and-war/47/

FRANCE. 1935. Tour de France.

EUROPE. 1944. Chartres. Just after the liberation of the town.

http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL535353

Artist of the Week- Edward Weston

http://edward-weston.com/

http://odlp-staging1.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2014/12/f64-emailjpg2-400x381.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b7/Weston-pepper30.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518RR2B5V3L._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

Artist of the Week Philippe Halsman

http://philippehalsman.com/

http://time.com/3871417/the-reveal-life-cover-portraits-by-philippe-halsman/

"the rule of the direct approach,"

"the rule of the unusual technique,"

"the rule of the added unusual feature,"

"the rule of the missing feature,"

"the rule of compounded features,"

"the rule of the literal or ideographic method."

Artist of the Week / Peter Beard

http://peterbeard.com/

Peter Beard at Hog Ranch in 2014 feeding giraffes

http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/photographs/peter-beard-orphan-cheetah-triptych-1968-5600203-details.aspx

Henri Cartier - Bresson

India

China 1948-49

Soviet Union

The Seine

Eternal Lanscapes
http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL53ZMYN

"To take a photograph is to align the head, the eye and the heart. It's a way of life. ”

http://www.henricartierbresson.org/en/

10 Things Henri Cartier-Bresson Can Teach You About Street Photography

By Eric Kim

Click to read more — © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos

1. Focus on geometry

henri_cartier_bresson_bicycle — © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos

If you look at the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson, he applied geometry to his images poetically. If you look at the composition of his images he integrated vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines, curves, shadows, triangles, circles, and squares to his advantage. He also paid particular attention to frames as well.

2. Be patient

henri-cartier-bresson-gare — © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos

When Henri Cartier-Bresson would talk about “The Decisive Moment” he said sometimes it would be spontaneous but others times he had to be patient and wait for it. Regardless he was very methodological when he would go out and shoot, and would only keep his images if every element of his image (people, background, framing, and composition) were perfect.

3. Travel

Henri Cartier-Bresson traveled the world and shot in places such as India, all of Europe, the United States, China, as well as Africa. When he traveled the world, he was able to capture a different slice of life and learn more about the local people he was with. For example when he was shooting in India—he stayed there for around a year and immersed himself into the culture.

4. Stick to one lens

henri-cartier-bresson-umbrella — © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos

Although Henri Cartier-Bresson shot with several different lenses while on-assignment working for Magnum, he would only shoot with a 50mm if he was shooting for himself. By being faithful to that lens for decades, the camera truly became “an extension of his eye”.

5. Take photos of children

Henri Cartier-Bresson was a master at taking photos of children in their natural playful state, creating images that convey beautiful nostalgia to his viewers.

6. Be unobtrusive

When Henri Cartier-Bresson would shoot on the streets, he would stay as low-key and unobtrusive as he could. I even read that he would cover his chrome Leica in black tape and even sometimes with a hankerchief to make it less noticeable when he was out shooting. Most of the images that he captured his subjects were oblivious of the camera, and thus truly candid.

7. See the world like a painter

Before Henri Cartier-Bresson got into photography, he was actually first interested in painting. Once HCB discovered photography, he applied the same aesthetics in classical painting into his images.

8. Don’t crop

Henri Cartier-Bresson was vehemently opposed to cropping. He believed that whenever you took a photo, it should always be done in-camera. If his framing or composition was a bit off, he would disregard the image.

9. Don’t worry about processing

Although Henri-Cartier Bresson knew how to process and develop his own film, he never did it by himself. He would go out and shoot and send his photos to people he trusted, who would develop it for him. This gave him a huge advantage because it would allow how to spend less time in the darkroom, and more time out shooting.

10. Always strive for moreooks by Henri Cartier-Bresson

1. “The Decisive Moment“

“The Decisive Moment” was Henri Cartier-Bresson’s first photography book that made a huge splash in the photography world. Was an incredibly rare book, now is being republished for the masses. Don’t miss out!
2. “Scrapbook“