Eugene Atget

Eugene Atget was born in Libourne France in 1857.  He was orphaned at 7 and raised by his uncle. When he was young he worked as a sailor. After that he attempted to be a actor and was only a little successful. When he was 40 years old he quit acting and got into painting. Then after all of that he finally found hes calling and entered into the world of photography. Hes photos did not attract many followers or fans. Eugene was not well known and went quietly about his work for the thirty years he had left of his life. His pictures capture the beautiful arcitechure in the french town he lived. His photos are all very intense and interesting. I love his work and aspire to capture the same type of surprising beauty his work has. All his picture are black and white or sepia. They are high in contrast and have high exposure. Eugene doesn't take many pictures of people and i love that his work is very urban and am going to do the same stuff with my work.

William Eggleston

  

    William eggleston is a very well know and recognized photographer who was born July 27 1939 in Memphis Tennessee. He was raised in Sumner Mississippi and was said to always be a introverted child who loved playing his piano, always enjoyed drawing and visual media arts. He attended Webb boarding school were he did not exactly fit in among the other boys. He did not so much aspire to follow the typical male southern pursuit like them such as hunting and sports he was always more interested in the arts. He went to three different university's but never earned his collage degree. It was during collage though that he really began to get in to his photography. His work started out black and white but then in 1965 he began experimenting with color. Williams famous photos are full of color and contrast and in the late 60s color transparency film became his main media. In his photography he does a amazing job of capturing the era the photos were taking during. He makes it noticeable through the obvious style and atmosphere in the pictures the places he shoots are very 50s and 60s which gives his work a vintage feel that i like. He takes one picture of everything and goes by what you get is what you get. In his documentary he states that he trys to takes the picture of how he first sees the objects instead of trying to plan things out and making them look staged. The photos that he takes with people in them are usually taken before the person notices in order to get them in the most candid positions. William Egglestons work is of plain everyday things but shown in a way we never really pay attention to. He works makes us notice the beauty and intriguing visuals we have in our everyday life but never really pay much attention too.

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