Personally, I think that Terry Gydesen is one of my favorite street photographers. I really enjoy her eye for important candid moments and perfectly timed emotion. Her photographs usually contain space and value to create variety and movement and really heighten the emotion present in the photograph. She's very successful in filling the space she is provided with, and gives interesting perspective to celebrated people and politicians. I find that the tone she uses with the majority of her photographs is what makes them successful, again adding an interesting unbiased perspective.
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Lee Friedlander is known for his simple capturings of daily life in the city; the people, the attractions, the buildings. All of which contain elements of artistic purpose: leading lines attract the eye to the focal points of each photograph, and balance keeps the viewer interested.
I really enjoy these photographs because they often times are taken from outside a narrative; an outsider's point of view. It adds more meaning to the photographs as whole, and compliments Friedlander's style and intention with his work. What initially drew me to Henri Cartier-Bresson was the famous 'kissing sailor' photograph from the end of WWII. I appreciate Cartier-Bresson's eye for perfectly timed--and candid--shots of passersby in the streets. The focal point of most of his photographs appear to be in the direct center of the photograph, while also keeping rule-of-thirds, even in the most subtle and back-burner way as possible. The high contrast of light and dark tones in the photograph adds a crispness and sharpness to the pictures, which I highly enjoy in black and white work. Cartier-Bresson displays a wide variety of artistic skill in all of his photographs, including his great use of filling space and using leading lines to move the eye.
All of Cartier-Bresson's work captures not only the subjects perfectly, but their emotions as well. The far left photograph depicts the playfulness and harsh ways of children, the middle showing a feeling of melancholy and disruption in a soft way, and the far right captures the passionate emotion of spontaneous young love. |
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