For my first blog post I've been asked to write about 3 of my favourite photographers. Trying to choose just 3 artists to write about was a bit of a challenge but i managed to whittle it down to 3 photographers who each work in a different way.
- Brandon Stanton -
The first photographer I want to talk about is Brandon Stanton. He works primarily as a portrait/ street photographer. He started his Humans of New York project in 2010 to photograph 10,000 New Yorkers and plot their portraits on a map. The project grew and he started to document quotes and short stories from his subjects to accompany their photographs. Brandon is currently travelling the world photographing people and as of last week he is documenting the Syrian Refugee crisis at an incredibly personal level.
- Bill Brandt -
For my next photographer I have chosen Bill Brandt. Brandt was a German born photographer and photojournalist. Although born in Germany, he lived in Britain from the age of 5 and would later disown his heritage claiming he was from South London. He gained notoriety from his work on British life and went on to publish two books documenting all aspects of British society. Although it was his documentary style photography that made him famous I prefer his more artsy pieces, in particular his series of nudes. He died in 1983 aged 79 in London and is considered by many to be one of the most important British photographers.
- Melvin Sokolsky -
The last artist I wanted to talk about is Melvin Sokolsky. Born in 1933, Sokolsky was an American Photographer and Film Director who primarily worked with fashion, beauty and commercial photography. Some of his most well known work was shot for Harpers Bazaar such as his famous Bubble series which features models suspended in huge bubbles around Paris. Towards the end of the 60's Sokolsky moved towards film production, working as a cameraman and a commercial director, but he never gave up print photography.
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