Absolute
attention to technical details combined with clear, sharp,
focused images capture both the vision and the emotion Adams
experienced just before he snapped the shutter.
Her
flexibility, eclectic interests and love of experimental techniques
led Imogen Cunningham from stunning images of nudes, to plants,
to people, to industry, to nudes and back to people, (with
many detours along the way.
Though his subjects, from floral still life to homoerotic
images, were diverse, and in some cases controversial, his
stylistic approach was consistent - the melding of blacks
and whites, shadow and light.
Famous
for his celebrity photographs, Steichen was the first curator
of photographs at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where
he curated the famous "Family of Man” exhibition
in 1953.
A
seminal figure in American art and photography, Stieglitz
championed the idea of photography as a distinct art medium
and continually challenged its technical limits and pictorial
conventions.
Edward
Weston used realistic photography and precise printing tecniques
to express the innate, sensual nature and art of anything
that attracted his interest, be it the human body, trees,
shells, landscapes, vegetables or simple, everyday objects.
