1. 3 Great Photographers
Tommy MacPherson

2. Robert Capa: October 22, 1913 - May 25, 1954

3. Born under that name Endre Friedman
Famous Wartime photographer
Photographed five wars:
Spanish Civil War
Second Sino-Japanese War
Word War II
1948 Israeli War
First Indochina War
Believed that a good photographer needed to be close to the subject to get a good photograph.
Was often in the trenches with the soldiers taking photographs

4. Spanish Civil War The Falling Soldier Claim to fame
Taken September 5th, 1936
Originally thought to depict the death of a Republican
Later identified as an anarchist militia
Image was thought to be a true depiction of the war (ie. a documentary), however recent recently it is believed to have been staged.
Suggested it was not taken at the battle site
The Falling Soldier

5. World War II D-Day Landing
Most famous photos to date are The Magnificent Eleven
Series of photos taken on D-Day
While taking constant enemy fire, he took 106 photos. All but 11 were destroyed during a processing accident in the Life Magazine lab in London.
Saving Private Ryan is said to have been inspired by these photos
D-Day Landing

6. Dorothea Lange: May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965

7. Photographer and photojournalist, best known for her works in The Great Depression
Depicted the struggles faced during this era
Shaped documentary photography today
Her work was distributed free to newspapers across the country

8. The Great Depression Migrant Mother Most well known photograph
Photographed woman is Florence Owens Thompson
Image shows a hungry and desperate 32 year old mother during The Depression
Woman had been living off of frozen vegetables from the fields and birds her children killed
Migrant Mother

9. Images Depict what life must have been like in The Depression.

10. Eddie Adams: June 12, 1933 - Sept 18, 2004

11. Remembered for his portraits of celebrities, politicians and coverage of 13 wars
Served as a Combat Photographer during the Korean War
Photographed the Demilitarized Zone (entire strip of land separating North and South Korea)
Took images during The Vietnam War for The Associated Press

12. Vietnam War - Tet Offensive
Execution
Best know photograph
General Nugyen Ngoc Loan executing a Vietcong prisoner during Tet Offensive
Image won 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography and a World Press Photo award

13. The reason I chose these three photographers is because each of them captured images during a difficult time either physically or emotionally. For my final project I intend to capture images of people who are struggling, either physically or emotionally. I intend to display these struggles through the photos I choose to display during my final critique.