Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Man Ray

Man Ray was an American born, French photographer. He was a painter for 35 years but always enjoyed photography and once said it was like living two lives and he was also known for his sculptures. He used black and white film and was one of the first people to do so. For a long time he studied photograms and eventually make many of them, including shorts films using them. His first major work was a patchwork, neither photography or painting, and was influenced by Picasso and cubism.
Man Ray was fond of his chess sets that he had made himself and used them a lot in his photographs and paintings. Often in his portraits work, if he wasnt using the chess board he would use different props too make the images more interesting.

Wednesday, 21 November 2012

David Severn

David Severn is a Nottingham based fine arts photographer, aged 21. He enjoys photographing people and places, including people in their environments including his own where he grew up.

David Severn



David Lachapelle

Davids career started in the 1980's, when he began showing his work in New York City galleries. His work caught the eye of Andy Warhol , who gave him his first photography job at the Interview Magazine before long he was shooting for a variety of top editorial publications and creating some of the most memorable advertising campaigns of his generation. His images have featured in many magazines all over the world including; Italian Vogue, French Vogue, i-D, Vanity Fair and the Rolling Stone. He has also photographed many famous celebrities such as Elizabeth Taylor, David Beckham, Leonardo DiCaprio and Mohammed Ali. After a very successful career as a photographer he decided to branch out into directing and shooting music videos, theatrical events and documentary films. His directing credits include; Britney Spears, Florence and The Machine and Jennifer Lopez.