Oct 02 2009
Photography Art Prints
Ansel Adams is one of the most treasured American exponents the arts. Prints of his photography of the American West and Yosemite National Park has made him famous. He was a passionate environmentalist and loved this landscape. To capture vast scenes of mountains, forests and lakes he used a large format camera. Jimmy Carter awarded him the Medal of Freedom in 1980 which is the highest award a civilian can receive and made him a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His reproduced works include Moon and Half Dome Yosemite National Park 1960, Oak Tree, Sunset City, California 1932, Mount McKinley and Wonder Lake, Denali National Park, Alaska and Aspens Northern New Mexico.
Henri Cartier Bresson was a French man, known as the 'father of modern photo-journalism'. Rather than formal poses he was largely responsible for taking photography out of the studio into the streets. A true artist with the camera he began as a printer. He travelled extensively in Europe, taking art photography prints of Berlin, Warsaw, Prague, Budapest, and Madrid. His travels also took him to Japan, China, India and the Soviet Union. He formed the influential Magnum picture agency for photo-journalism with the help of Cartier Bresson. His prints available to buy include View from Top of Notre Dame, Sidewalk Café, Boulevard Diderot, Queen Charlotte's Ball 1959, and Ahmedabad, Guejerat, India 1966.
Bill Brandt was a British photographer and photo-journalist, celebrated for his landscapes, nudes, and his documentation of British life. The Government commissioned him to photograph the underground bomb shelters for civilians during the Blitz in London in World War II. His nude art photography prints are in black and white and artfully shot, as in Nude 1952. Rider on Horseback in Hyde Park, a shot from 1940 in London's famous park, showing a rider on a white horse and a line of trees is amongst Brandt’s work to be featured in Life Magazine,
Known mostly for his pictures of celebrities Robert Mapplethorpe is an American photographer. The iconic cover of Patti Smith’s debut album “Horses” sealed his reputation when photographed her. He also took pictures of Grace Jones, Richaed Gere, Debbie Harry and Andy Warhol. Prints of flowers make up many of Mapplethorpe’s other art photography prints. These are delicately shot with pale colors and often have a luminous sheen.
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