Fashion Photography

Over the years Fashion Photography has changed, from a simple cover like this VOGUE cover from 1975 to one from a cover in 2005 where its far from simple. Having Drew Barrymore almost princess like it makes the reader feel like they can look like it. But is it what they seem? Drew Barrymore is not a princess at all she is just an actor. Whereas the 1975 cover show a simple women that people can actually look like, but the cover from 2005 which would take a lot to get to that kind of image.

The picture below is a clear example of what people want to be  'The skinny pretty' this picture is why fashion photography can sometimes be a bad thing, due to the way she looks a lot of the bigger girls and even skinny girls think they are not good enough this leads to Anorexia, and other eating disorders. 

Photo-shopped pictures mean they take away any wrinkles  they make the models look skinny some even make hair thicker all to make the model look perfect and make the reader go 'Wow'  but that may not even be what they look like. The picture on the left is a clear example of this the photo on the left you can see wrinkles and blemishes but the photo on the right she had perfect skin and its 'Beautiful'. This cause a fake image of what women look like, especially for the younger generation. 

Portraiture.

Over the years portraiture has changed a lot. Going from Poweful pictures of Kings and Queens to a more open and more truthful portrait. A few photograpers such as Larry Clark, Tony Vaccaro, Diane Arbus are just some that chaged the way people look at portaites.

Portraits used to be strong powerful pictures of Kings And Queens, also these types of portaits were to show that they are the ones who are the leaders.
The picture of King Charles II, in the robes of the Order of the Garter,1675, painted by Sir Peter Lely. Here he looks strong and powerful. He has the crown in the background also. This shows that he is the leader and very important in the epmpire to make him look superior to the other member of the kingdom.

Dianne Arubus is a clear example of changing the way Portraits, she was aproached by the Matthaei Family to do their annual christmas protrait she gave a whole new light to the family. The picture of the Daugher of the Matthaei family, shows that the daughter might not be as composed she seems. In her face you can see that she isnt happy and that there is rage behind the smiles, most people wouldnt have been able to catch that essansce but Diane could.

Larry Clark a neighbbourhood photographer, but he didnt take pictures of kids playing or women sunbbathing. He took photos of drug use and guns and people having sex.


This is just one of the many pictures he took. Larry Clark was an insider, the people he was photographing, knew him they trusted. This meant that they could relax around him. Most off all it meant that Clark could capture a snapsnot in time rather than a posed picture. The way Clark took picture showed a new side to New York that people hadn't seen before.
Some people did find the pictures he took shocking but it was the truth.

Photo Journalism.

Henri Cartier-Bresson - Born in 1908, death is unknown.

Cartier Bresson, was known as the god father of photo journalism, because he used a moment in time to get the perfect picture. This was known as Decisive Moment- right place at the right time, also can be describe as a fraction of a second that in fact separates one perfect picture from the surrounding frames.

Carier Bresson would wait for life to come, whether it be on some stairs leading to the streets or at Gare Saint Lazare train station. Where in fact his most famous photo was taken, a man jumping across a puddle. Some say that this picture was taken to show what would happen to Europe, Europe was 'Jumping into the unknown'

If he had captured these pictures a second before or after, the whole picture would have changed. A good example is these two kids holding their jackets above their heads. If he had taken it before or after you wouldn't feel as interested in this picture as you do in that moment, and it some case there would not be a meaning behind it.

He infact said , "I prowled the streets all day, feeling very strung-up and ready to pounce, ready to 'trap' life

Leica Camera.

Cartier- Bresson used the Leica Camera, this allowed him to focus mainly on what he wanted in his frame without using Viewfinders.  He could just walk in the streets, put the camera to his eye and take a smooth photo.

He used a 50mm Lens.

Although The Decisive Moment is powerful, the picture is not always reliable, you need, context- history of the event, before & after.

Robert Capa.

Robert Capa used to say 'War is romantic'

He had two rules to 'Get close, get closer', he would chooses his battles and go in and out of conflict.

When waiting for Robert to bring the pictures, the newspapers were under a deadline so they rushed the development. this involved them ruining most of the picture. Only 11 frames survived these were 'the impossible'

Tony Vaccaro-

Another War Photographer, but he was Soldier Photographer,  he said he could hold and gun and take a picture.

He had 11 rolls of photos but due to content of 10 rolls they were destroyed , the world was not ready to see it. On the 10 rolls destroyed was pictures of Dead GIs'

 He was up against a Speed Graphic, the Speed Graphic is a slow camera which involves the photographer to change, the film shit and focus of the camera on each exposure  

Tony found chemicals to produce his pictures in the ruins of a camera shop.

The way these pictures were taken gives a whole new light on the war as they were the pretty side of pictures the showed deaths and what war was really like. Having a moment in time un posed to a posed picture from the goverment makes views on war change, its not going to be easy.