PHOTOGRAPHY RESEARCH

TASK 1

LANDSCAPE

ARCHITECTURAL

WILDLIFE

MACRO

FASHION

AERIAL

PORTRAIT

SPORT

ABSTRACT

PHOTOJOURNALISM

TASK 2

BRAZIL. SAO PAULO. JUNE 19, 2014.

Topic Photojournalism

Type Mid shot

Event This photograph captures an embrace between two demonstrators occupying the Marginal do Pinheros highway is Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Photographer Alex Majoli

Why did you choose it? I chose this image because I think it is important for people in this part of the world to witness the flipside of the world cup we all enjoyed. Without photography like this it would be near impossible for us to appreciate the human struggles that are happening many miles away. I also liked the intimacy of this shot.

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SUICIDE

Topic Photojournalism

Type Longshot

Event The subject of this image is the body of Evelyn McHale, twenty three. Her body rests atop a crumpled limousine, just minutes after she jumped to her death from the Empire State Building on May 1st, 1947.

Photographer Robert Wiles

Why did you choose it?I chose this image because in many ways it is very beautiful; it looks like the car roof has simply moulded around her sleeping form, however the reality is of course very different. I find it fascinating that such a violent act has produced such a seemingly peaceful and attractive photograph.

BURMA (MYANMAR). 1984. PAGAN. BUDDHIST TEMPLES.

Topic Landscape

Type Longshot

Event This is a photograph of Buddhist temples in Burma, 1984

Photographer Thomas Hoepker

Why did you choose it?I chose this image because I think it is the epitome of peace and tranquillity. I also think the image is very beautiful aesthetically, that is why I chose it.

MILKY WAY, ARIZONA

Topic Landscape

Type Longshot

Event This image depicts the view of the milky way from Arizona.

Photographer Jim Richardson

Why did you choose it?I chose this photograph because I think it perfectly captures the vastness of the milky way. I find it amazing that from here, on Earth, we can capture the light of stars that are billions of miles away.

ORPHANS NO MORETopic Wildlife

Type Mid shot

Event This is a photograph of orphaned baby elephants taking a walk with their keepers.

Photographer Michael Nicholas

Why did you choose it?I chose this image because I love that fact that it captures the incredible bond between the baby elephants and their keepers. I also like the fact that the baby elephants are interacting much like human children.

TASK 3

THOMAS HOEPKERBorn: 10th June 1936Place of birth: Munich, GermanyCareer: Hoepker learned all he knew about composition of photographs from Goettingen, in Munich, although he first started experimenting with cameras age 16. From 1960 to 1963 he worked as a photographer for Münchner Illustrierte and Kristall, reporting from around the world. In 1964 he began working as a photojournalist for Stern magazine. Throughout the 1970s he also worked as a cameraman for German TV, making documentary films. In 1976 he and his wife, journalist Eva Windmoeller, relocated to New York as correspondents for Stern. From 1978 to 1981 he was director of photography for American Geo. From 1987 to 1989 Hoepker was based in Hamburg, working as art director for Stern.Magnum Photos first began distributing Hoepker's photographs in 1964. Hoepker became a full member in 1989, and he served as Magnum President from 2003 to 2006. Hoepker is also renowned for his infamous photographs of the 9/11 terror attacks.

ALEX MAJOLIBorn: 1971Place of birth: Ravenna, Italy Career: Whilst he was studying at the Art Institute in Ravenna, he joined Grazia Neri Agency; he travelled to Yugoslavia many times to to document the conflict. He graduated from art school in 1991. The sybject of his first book, Leros was an intimate portrayal of the closing of an asylum for the insane on the island of Leros, in Greece. In 1995 Majoli went to South America for several months, photographing a variety of subjects for his ongoing personal project, 'Requiem in Samba'. He started the project 'Hotel Marinum' in 1998, on life in harbour cities around the world. After becoming a full member of Magnum Photos in 2001, Majoli covered the fall of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, and two years later the invasion of Iraq. He continues to document various conflicts worldwide for Newsweek, the New York Times Magazine, Granta and National Geographic. Majoli, in collaboration with Thomas Dworzak, Paolo Pellegrin and Ilkka Uimonen, had an extremely successful exhibition and installation Off Broadway in New York in 2004, which travelled to France and Germany. He then became involved in a project for the French Ministry of Culture entitled 'BPS', or 'Bio-Position System', about the social transformation of the city of Marseilles. A recently completed project, 'Libera me', is a reflection on the human condition.

MICHAEL NICHOLASBorn: 1952

Place of birth: Alabama, USA

Career: Nicholas became a staff photographer for the National Geographic magazine in 1996, and was named Editor-at-Large in January 2008. Between 1982 and 1995 he was a member of Magnum Photos. Early on in his career Michael Nicholas was dubbed the ‘Indiana Jones of Photography’ for his intrepid career; he has been to all the remote corners of the world, capturing stunning images of wildlife and indigenous people. Nichols was featured in Rolling Stone, Life, Aperture, American Photographer and many other magazines. He has won first prize four times for nature and environment stories in the World Press Photo competition, as well as Wildlife Photographer of the Year and Pictures of the Year International competitions. In 1982 the Overseas Press Club of America granted him a prize for reporting “above and beyond the call of duty,” an honour usually reserved for combat photographers.