INSPIRATIONS

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INSPIRATIONS


My goal as a photographer is to document everyday life, I want to show the tragedy, the fun, the excitement, the anger, the joy, the sadness, the pride, the horror, and the tremendous moments of life. Basically, I want to show it all, specifically I would like to show people living life as they do everyday, I want to show the truthfulness that ordinary people can portray. Here are some of the photographers and photographs that I find inspiring.

MATTHEW McDERMOTT-( http://mcdermottphotos.com/ ). -_A photographer that I recently discovered for his work in Haiti is Matthew McDermott. I found out about McDermott’s work from watching a CNN report about a photographer who took the “Ten Mile Wide Smile (http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/38642/the-weeks-best-photos-11710 ).” I also found out that he took photos of the World Trade Center attacks. I like his work because he tries to find beautiful moments in horrible situations.

AMI VITALE ( http://www.amivitale.com/ )- Ami Vitale is a photographer who makes photos all around the world, some of her world comes from places like India, Kashmir, and Guinea-Bissau. Vitale inspires me because she looks at other cultures around the world and explores what is everyday life for them.

LEONARD FREED- Freed focused on the streets, several of his photographs are of police officers in action, people being arrested, and crime. He’s a photographer who I find inspiring because he doesn’t show the happy moments of life, He shows the harder side of a side of life that a lot of people don’t get to see.

ERICH HARTMANN- Another photographer, who I find inspiring is Hartman, he also photographed the simpler parts of life, often looking into farm life and the intimate moments these people have in their day to day lives.

Some photographs I like:
“Migrant Mother,”- Dorothea Lange, March 1936
http://www.masters-of-photography.com/images/full/lange/lange_migrant_mother.jpg

“Boy With Toy Hand Grenade,”- Diane Arbus, 1962
http://iconicphotos.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/diane_arbus_child_toy_hand.jpg

“Execution in Saigon,” Eddie Adams, February 1, 1968
http://vlitab.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/eddie-adams_execution.jpg

“Massacre in Beijing,” Jeff Widener, June 5, 1989
http://hornbillunleashed.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/tiananmen.jpg

“Hand,” Mike Wells, October 1980
http://northcoastcafe.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/black_hand.JPG

“Jeanne Crain,” Peter Stackpole, September 30, 1946
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=e83614691db13389&q=jeanne%20crain%20peter%20stackpole&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djeanne%2Bcrain%2Bpeter%2Bstackpole%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den-us%26um%3D1

“Drum Major,” Alfred Eisenstaedt, October 30, 1950
http://www.nocaptionneeded.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/drum-major-eisenstaedt.jpeg

“3-D Movies,” J.R. Eyerman, December 15, 1952
http://www.jim3dlong.com/3d_movies_jr_eyerman_19521215-wr400.jpeg

“Streaker,” Ian Bradshaw, Winter 1975
http://iconicphotos.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/streaker.jpg