Monday, 24 January 2011

Amy Winehouse (14th Sep 1983- 23rd July 2011) Tragic Tragic Loss


Goddess of your generation
He walks away,
The sun goes down,
He takes the day but I'm grown,
And in your way, in this blue shade
My tears dry on their own

Sunday, 23 January 2011

Jeff Widener (1956-)


The Unknown Rebel, 1989
This image is often considered the most 'iconic image ever'. The unknown gent's act of courage took place in during protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square June 5, 1989 and has since become the symbol of the end of the Cold War era.
My friend Hollie Webb likes this picture.

Saturday, 22 January 2011

Katie Cartlidge (1988-)



My cousin being fine art (today)

Thursday, 20 January 2011

David Lynch (1946-)



Lynch is most famous for his surreal movies Eraserhead and Mulholland Drive, but he does dabble in photography often depicting naked women in a surrealist style.

Wednesday, 19 January 2011

Jack Kerouac (1922 - 1969)



Jack Kerouac with Allen Ginsberg and William Borroughs was the leading figure and announcer of the "Beat Generation". Kerouac and "Beat" members wrote poems, stories and song on on experimentation with drugs and sexuality, opposing materialism and repression. Kerouac's most famous work On The Road 1957 is an autobiographical tale of road trips and is considered the defining work of postwar Beat Generation.

Tuesday, 18 January 2011

2 Haunting but true Photographs

Lawrence Beitler, 1930, Lynching ofThomas Shipp and Abram Smith



Kevin Carter, 1993, Vulture and Child

Saturday, 15 January 2011

Nick Knight (1958-)

Yohji Yamamoto-Susie Smoking, 1988

Nick Knight is Britain's most famous fashion photographer. His use of colour, costume, props and shock tactics earned him the title of 'most influential fashion photographer in the world' in 1995. His style has had undoubted effect on fashion photography and todays main players such as Rankin and LaChappelle combine many of his techniques with that of their own.
This shot is my favourite image of Knights.

Friday, 14 January 2011

James Marshall (1936 - 2010)


Johnny Cash, Finger, 1959

Johnny Cash sticking the finger to the Nashville country-music establishment who all but abandoned the 'ageing' stars who had defined the genre.

Thursday, 13 January 2011

Neil Leifer (1942-)


Ali v Liston, 1965

"Get up and fight, sucker", made front cover of Sports Illustrated's special edition "The Century's Greatest Sports Photos".
It's 'The Greatest' in all his glory

Wednesday, 12 January 2011

Steve McCurry (1950-)


Afghan Girl, 1984

This image has become "the most recognised photograph" in the history of The National Geographic magazine.
Afghan women are usually elusive in front of camera, but Curry shot this whilst staying at the Nasir Bagh refugee camp.
At the time the girls name was not known but she was tracked down 17 years and her portrait was taken again. Her name is Sharbat Gula.
The image has become the symbol of Afghan conflict and the refugee situation throughout the world.

Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Charles C. Ebbets (1905 - 1978)


Lunch atop a Skyscraper [1932]

Taken during during the construction of the GE building at Rockefeller center. This photo has become iconic through poster sales and makes me feel a little nervous when looking at the workers having lunch.


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