4 Photographers

He is known for his photographic projects that take an personal look at aspects of modern life, specially documenting the social classes of England, and more heavily the wealth of the Western world. Martin started off as photographer who would take his photos in black and white but he then changed into colour. Martin has published 50 books, and has featured in 80 exhibitions worldwide. Martin used to enter people’s homes and used to take picture of the home owners going about their daily lives. He then used to combine the images with quotes and then show it to people and the photos used to make people unsure about their feelings.

 

 

Andreas Gursky is a German photographer artist known for his large format architecture and landscape colour photographs. Andreas never used to digitally operate his images before the 1990’s. Ever since, Andréa’s has been frank about using computers to work on his photos. Andrea’s photos are very straight forward, but also very puzzling and blank.
The view in many of Gursky’s photographs is drawn from an elevated vantage point. This position allows the viewer to encounter scenes, encompassing both centre and the outer limits, which are physically beyond reach. Before the 1990s, Gursky did not digitally manipulate his images. In the years gone, Gursky was never keen on computers to edit and enhance his pictures.

Mario Testino ) is a fashion photographer. His work has been included in magazines such as Vogue and Vanity Fair. Mario has worked with many famous people in his career, such as Kylie Minogue, Lady Gaga, the Princess Of Wales. He has contributed to the imaging of leading fashion brands such as Gucci, Calvin Klein. In 2011, Testino was given an ‘Honorary Fellowship’ by The Royal Photographic Society, due to his work in fashion photography. Testino has become one of the world's most well known fashion photographers. His work has been shown across the world in magazines such as Vogue, Vanity Fair and V, and he has contributed to the works of leading fashion brands such as Burberry, Gucci, Versace, Calvin Klein, Dolce & Gabbana and lots more. As well as having published seven books of his work and edited one other in tribute to contemporary art and artists from his country Peru, he has had many successful exhibitions in galleries and museums around the world.

 

 

Simon Roberts is a British photographer whose work has been displayed and published globally. Between July 2004 and August 2005 Roberts travelled throughout Russia, taking photos in 65 destinations which lead to in the book and exhibition Motherland.

Between August 2007 and September 2008 Roberts travelled throughout England in a motor home using a large format camera taking people at play, and discovering the connection between people and the places they visit. This resulted in the book and exhibition We English.

For his work, Roberts has received several awards. In 2007 he was awarded the Royal Photographic Society's Vic Odden Award- offered for a notable achievement in the art of photography by a British photographer.  In 2013 Roberts received an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal Photographic Society which is given 'to distinguished persons having, from their position or attainments, an personal connection with the science or fine art of photography or the application thereof'. (Wikipedia)