Process
1. Alberto Korda Che Guevera 1960
The year was 1960. Che Guevara was attending a memorial service on March 5 for victims of the La Coubre explosion. Guevara was 31 at the time, and he was a practicing physician who had treated victims of the explosion and had been appointed Minister of Industry in Castro’s government. Alberto Korda, Castro’s official photographer, was also in attendance, and at this point in the service, he saw that Che’s face displayed equal parts implacability, anger, and pain. Having noticed this, Korda raised his Leica M2, focused the 90mm lens, and took the shot that would live on into eternity. Little did he know that it would be cropped, resized, colorized, plastered on walls, shirts, hats, and bags, and much else besides.
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2. Pete Souza (White House Photographer) President-elect Barack Obama 2009
This official portrait of President-elect Barack Obama was shot on January 13, 2009 and released by the Presidential Transition Team one week prior to Obama’s inauguration. The photograph was the first official presidential portrait shot on a digital camera.
About Pete Souza: https://www.nppa.org/news/1031
3. Arnold Newman Igor Stravinski 1946
His black and white portrait of Igor Stravinsky seated at a grand piano became his signature image, even though it was rejected by the magazine that gave the assignment to Newman. Taken during a rehearsal in New York (December 1, 1946), the image juxtaposes Stravinsky with the piano, and together they form the shape of a musical note. Notice how important cropping was in this image?
Click here to see the music note: https://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/igor-stravinsky
4. Steve McCurry Afghan Girl 1984
Find out more about the woman in the picture by following the link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_Girl
5. Dorothea Lange Migrant Mother 1936
This is one of the most iconic photographs of all time. Taken during the depression, it became a symbol of the hardships that many Americans faced.
Learn more about the woman and the photographer at the link
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/windows/southeast/dorothea_lange.html
6. Cindy Sherman "Untitled Film Still #21" 1978
Cindy Sherman (American, b. 1954) is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential artists in contemporary art. Throughout her career, she has presented a sustained, eloquent, and provocative exploration of the construction of contemporary identity and the nature of representation, drawn from the unlimited supply of images from movies, TV, magazines, the Internet, and art history. Working as her own model for more than 30 years, Sherman has captured herself in a range of guises and personas which are at turns amusing and disturbing, distasteful and affecting. To create her photographs, she assumes multiple roles of photographer, model, makeup artist, hairdresser, stylist, and wardrobe mistress. With an arsenal of wigs, costumes, makeup, prosthetics, and props, Sherman has deftly altered her physique and surroundings to create a myriad of intriguing tableaus and characters, from screen siren to clown to aging socialite. http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1170
7. Yousef Karsh Winston Churchill 1945
Karsh dedicated his life and his art to photographing people that mattered. This photograph was made of the former British Prime Minister after a speech in Ottawa, Canada. Churchill had taken the cigar from Churchill’s mouth just before he snapped the photo…Read the story at the link below…(Ctrl+click)
http://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/winston-churchill-by-yousef-karsh/
8. Mary Ellen Mark The Damm Family 1987
Mark explained in 1987, "I'm just interested in people on the edges. I feel an affinity for people who haven't had the best breaks in society. What I want to do more than anything is acknowledge their existence".
She has photographed all over the world and has some very interesting images…Follow the link to her website…http://www.maryellenmark.com/
11. Other Famous Photographers:Research on Your Own
http://www.photography-art-cafe.com/famous-portrait-photographers.html