DigiPhoto+New+Masters+of+Photography

**New Masters of Photography**
 Look at this list and work to find more information about the photographer you’ve been assigned to. Add a brief one sentence description of what the photographer does (in terms of subject or style) and a link to the best website you found about them (can’t be google images). Embed one of their images that you feel is really cool and also shows what they are known for. **Make sure you put your name in parentheses at the end of your entry.** You will need to click edit to be able to add to the page here. The Editor bar will appear allowing you to add your text, format it and add links and images. If you need help doing this please ask.

[] Gregory Crewdson is known for pictures of staged scenes of household homes in America, he used hollywood techniques to create glossy portraits of life**
 * Gregory Crewdson (Adele)

Taryn Simon takes pictures of America's best kept secrets. She has taken pictures inside research facilities and of things like decomposing bodies and radioactive waste, like the picture below. http://www.wired.com/culture/art/multimedia/2008/01/gallery_simon
 * Taryn Simon** (Emily)

This is //The Destroyed Room// by Jeff Wall. He likes to have lots of color in his photos and he likes the main object(s) to be the center of attention.
 * Jeff Wall** (Megan)
 * Vik Muniz** (Ali)

Sophie Calle's work often depicts human vulnerability, intimacy, and identity. She would often follow people around and try investigating their lives and her work sometimes includes panels of her own text ** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Calle
 * Sophie Calle (Jake)

[] Nan Goldin's photographs show what real life is like, most of her work shows the hardships that people go through on a day to day basis.
 * Nan Goldin** (Sydney)

[] This type of photography deals with a lot of distance or high point of view angles. The pictures are of crowded places or an area with a lot of detail. **
 * Andreas Gursky (Jen)



http://www.flickr.com/photos/color_rewritable/763514051/ diCorcia likes to make images that show the "other side" of life. Most of his images show the rougher side of life but he seems to show them with somewhat of an elegance. I found this photo on flickr.com, typed in "Phillip-Lorca diCorcia".
 * Phillip-Lorca diCorcia** (Britny)

http://www.aperture.org/exposures/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/artwork_images_424386616_375919_katy-grannan.jpg Katy Grannan has pictures, such like this one, that are of strangers and she wants to show the desires we usually don't like to recognize and embrace. The photograph below appears to be one, if not two, matching males dressed up as women who are gazing up. She tends to take pictures of people who you wouldn't find in a magazine, possibly the ones with the less desirable looks. I found this photo on google images when I entered Katy "Grannan".
 * Katy Grannan** (Rachel)

[|www.alecsoth.com] His photography has a cinematic feel, it seems to hold a story, digital
 * Alec Soth** (Chris)

[|www.bulgergallery.com/dynamic/fr_artist.asp?ArtistID=70] Her photography hints at human presence without actual people present, digital
 * Laura Letinsky** (Chris)

[]His photography has a unique style. It really catches people at their best and worst. He catches people just naturally being themselves.(Erin Sutter B4)
 * Martin Parr** (Erin)

[|www.nancyburson.com] Her photography has hidden meanings and a lot of emotion. It's an interesting display of technology and photography.(Erin Sutter B4)
 * Nancy Burson** (Erin)

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 * Laurence Gartel: []**(James)
 * -Digital artist that combined many different photographs to create one piece. (James Howard B4)


 * Edward Burtynsky:** [] (James)
 * -This photographer uses his images to depict the impact man has had on the natural world. He shows the clash of the man-made landscape, and the natural landscape. His images are metaphors to the modern existence. (James Howard B4)**

This is the //Immovable Object// by Dave McKean. For most of his work, they are in sepia. He is also fascinated by the human body. Whether it is just a body or it is somehow changed.
 * Dave McKean** (Megan)
 * John Paul Caponigro** (Ali)

Add to the list: Did you find someone not on the list, but who you think should be? Add them here. Add a brief one sentence description of what the photographer does (in terms of subject or style) and a link to the best website you found about them (can’t be google images).