Theme, research and ideas

Theme, Research and Ideas

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Harold Edgerton was known for his electrical engineering and then went on to do photography because of his uncle who was a studio photographer. Harold was involved with the development of sonar and deep-sea photography. He is mostly know for using fast events  to capture his shots for instance by using this technique he captured images of balloons popping at different stages.

Richard Billingham

 Richard Billingham is an English photographer best known for his photobook Ray’s A Laugh which documents the life of his alcoholic father ray and his heavily tattooed mother Liz.  Richard did this because he wanted to portray the poverty that he grew up in.

Steve Pyke

Steve grew up being fascinated by photography ever since he looked at the Apollo 8 cover on life magazine back in 1968. He photographs children growing up this photo is from his Jack and Duncan series. He doesn’t do it every day; instead he photographs his subject every few months.

Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams is world renowned for his landscape photography. This image is called Moonrise, Hernandez and it was taken in 1941. This photo communicates nature and all of its beauty. The composition of the clouds and moon work very well with one and other.

Luc Delahaye

Luc Delahaye is primarily known for his series of photographs called History. History was focused on pre and post war, the series itself focuses on panoramic-sized photographs.