William Henry Fox Talbot  William was born on February 11, 1800  Talbot was a British photographer and inventor.  Invented the Calotype Process.  William was also a mathematician, astronomer, and archeologist.  Developed the three primary elements of photography : developing, fixing, and printing.

Famous Photographs by William

This picture is an example of fine print. Most of Talbots pictures were taken on the road.

R ichard A vedon

Fashion and Portrait Photographer Born on May 15,1923 in New York Died on October 1, 2004 because Cerebral Hemorrhage His goal was to show ones imperfections in an interesting moment. “There is no such thing as inaccuracy in a photograph. All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth.” – R.A

Ft. Marilyn Monroe (actress, model, singer) May 1957

Ft. Dorian Leigh (American Model for fashion industry) August 1949 Ft. Dovima (Best known American model during 1950’s) August 1955

Ft. Ronald Fischer (English statistician, evolutionary biologist, geneticist, and eugenicist) May 1981 Ft. Audrey Hepbum (British Actress) January 1967

CINDY SHERMAN

FACTS Born January 19, 1954 She is an American photographer and film director. Best known for her conceptual art Her work mostly challenged the stereotypes that the media supported She released photographs of women with exaggerated attributes. A representation of social role-playing and sexual stereotypes

Sherman Captured herself in a range of guises (the way someone or something appears to people) and personas.

Most of her photos are untitled. (Untitled #272 (1992)). Also Cindy Sherman did her own makeup, style, wardrobe dresser.

Cindy Sherman as Marilyn Monroe.

He was born on November 30, 1912, in Fort Scott, Kansas and died on March 07, 2006 His full name was Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks He was a self-taught artist He was the first African American photographer for Life Magazine and Vogue magazine He was a Photographer, Director, Songwriter, Pianist and a Writer He directing the movie Shaft. One of his quote is “I suffered evils, but without allowing them to rob me of the freedom to expand." He suffered from discrimination as a child, his first camera he owned was at age 25. He would take pictures of farmers or capture moments were he would see that show discrimination to African American

JAMES GALANOS FASHION This photograph was taken at Circa in the year 1967 Gordon would mostly take pictures in color when it came to fashion He says, "I tend to use color when it dominates, while certain photographers feel that only black-and-white expresses the real truth of their subject matter," he remarks. "The spirit of color dwells within the subject matter, which is unending.“ It means to me that he tends to take pictures in color when he knows it will express the meaning better as of picture with no color would

BEGGAR WOMAN AND CHILD This picture was taken in Estoril, Portugal in 1950 He went to for LIFE magazine to find a photograph and talk about it He took this picture and describe it as, "beautiful, constantly sunny and steeped in the mannerisms of a tropical resort." He also said, "Here, strangely wed to the good life, are the poor. Hungered, living close to darkness, they too can be seen at lavish outdoor celebrations where the rich gather. But they are there with their palms lifted upward, begging for daily bread."

DEPARTMENT STORE He took this picture in Birmingham Alabama in 1956 Parks went there to covering segregation in the Deep South, he's mission was to find a photograph that showed that He said, "Just a few miles down the road Klansmen were burning and shooting blacks and bombing their churches.... I fled Choctaw County over a back road two nights later. After reaching Birmingham at dawn I took the first plane to New York. Not until it roared upward did I breathe easy," This is a picture that shows discrimination to African Americans; they can only go through certain places