Art Photography Prints
Posted on July 25, 2009
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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 loved this landscape and was a passionate environmentalist. 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. Aspens Northern New Mexico, Oak Tree, Sunset City, California 1932, Mount McKinley and Wonder Lake Denali National Park Alaska and Moon and Half Dome Yosemite National Park 1960 are some of his reproduced works.
Known as the ‘father of modern photo-journalism’ Henri Cartier Bresson was a French man. 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. Taking art photography prints of Berlin, Warsaw, Prague, Budapest, and Madrid he travelled extensively in Europe. Japan, China, India and the Soviet Union were also places he visited. He formed the influential Magnum picture agency for photo-journalism with the help of Cartier Bresson. Ahmedabad, Guejerat, India 1966, Queen Charlotte’s Ball 1959, Sidewalk Café, and the view from Top of Notre Dame are among his prints that are available to buy.
Bill Brandt was a British photographer and photo-journalist, celebrated for his landscapes, nudes, and his documentation of British life. He photographed the underground bomb shelters for civilians during the Blitz in London in World War II after being commissioned by the government. As in Nude 1952, his nude art photography prints are artfully shot in black and white. Brandt’s work was used by Life magazine, including the print, 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.
Robert Mapplethorpe is an American photographer, mostly known for his pictures of celebrities. His reputation was sealed when he photographed Patti Smith for the iconic cover of her debut album, Horses. He also took pictures of Grace Jones, Richaed Gere, Debbie Harry and Andy Warhol. Many of Mapplethorpe’s other art photography prints are of flowers. They often have a luminous sheen when delicately shot with pale colours.
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