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Photography Shelby Lee Adams (born October 24, 1950) [ 1 ] is an American environmental portrait photographer and artist best known for his images of Appalachian family life. Life and career
His interest in photography as art, however, endured. It was reflected perhaps most dramatically in his "Eighty-Five Years," a study of two, thin clasped hands against a black dress that was one of 155 prints selected by the Royal Photographic Society of London for a 1935 exhibit in which the National Academy of Design belatedly recognized ...
Brent Stirton is a Senior Photographer for Getty Images, based in New York.His award-winning work has been widely recognized for its powerful depiction of issues related to conflict, health and environmental issues.
2010 – Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; 2013 – Ming Smith: Works from the Paul R. Jones Collection; The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL; 2017 – States of America: Photography from the Civil Rights Movement to the Reagan Era; Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK
Edward Burtynsky OC RCA (born February 22, 1955) is a Canadian photographer and artist known for his large format photographs of industrial landscapes. His works depict locations from around the world that represent the increasing development of industrialization and its impacts on nature and the human existence.
Describing himself as a photograffeur (a portmanteau of "photographer" and "graffeur"—French for "graffiti artist"), he flyposts large black-and-white photographic images in public locations. [5] He states that the street is "the largest art gallery in the world." [6] [7] He started out on the streets of Paris. [8]
Eric Enstrom (1875 – November 16, 1968 [1]) was a Swedish-born American photographer. Born near Mora, Sweden, he became famous for his 1918 photograph of Charles Wilden in Bovey, Minnesota. The photo is now known as Grace and depicts Wilden saying a prayer over a simple meal. In 2002, "Grace" was designated the state photograph of Minnesota.
Brenda Patricia Agard (20 August 1961 – 29 October 2012) was a Black-British photographer, artist, poet and storyteller who was most active in the 1980s, when she participated in some of the first art exhibitions organized by Black-British artists in the United Kingdom.