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- 3. Joel Meyerowitz Joel Meyerowitz was born in New York City, specifically the Bronx, in 1938. During his during his upbringing he witnessed the ‘comedy an tragedies of the human behaviour’, thanks to the neighbourhood he grew up in. He thanks the basic street education he received from this location for his observation of others which you can see in his work. Joel studied art, art history and medical illustration at Ohio State University and after he worked as an art directory in advertising in the early 1960’s. Robert Frank is a Swiss-American photographer and documentary filmmaker. In 1962, Frank took images for a booklet that Joel designed. This was the inspiration that made Joel quit his job and borrowed a camera to go out on the streets of new York. As Joel was new to the photography scene, he was unaware during the 60’s that many believed that black and white photography was superior to colour. Joel Transformed the medium with his pioneering use of colour film and became instrumental to changing the attitude from black and white film being superior. His first book ‘Cape Light’ is considered classic example of colour photography selling over 100,000 copies.
- 5. Helen Levitt Helen Levitt was born in August 31st 1913 In Brooklyn, New York and Sadly died on March 29th 2009. Levitt started her career in photography at age 18 when she was working in a portrait studio in the Bronx. After seeing the work of After seeing the works of French photographer Henri-Cartier Bresson, she was inspired to purchase a 35-mm Leica camera and began to scour the poor neighbourhoods of her native New York for subject matter. In 1939 she took her portfolio to a photographer called Walker Evans where she met a novelist and film critic James Agree. Levitt often chose children as her subject matter, more often the underprivileged children. he first photography show 'Photographs of Children' was held at the museum of modern history in New York in 1943. in the show were photographs from her visit in 1941 to Mexico City, where she photographed the city’s street life.
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- 7. Henri Cartier-Bresson was born on August 22nd 1908 in Chanteloup, Seine-et-Marne in France and sadly died August 3rd 2004. He developed a strong fascination with painting early on, and particularly with Surrealism. In 1932, after spending a year in the Ivory coast, he was introduced to the Leica. the Leica would them be his camera of choice and started a life long passion for photography. Henri had his first exhibition at the Julien Levy Gallery In New York. In 1940 Henri was taken as prisoner of war until he escaped on his third attempt in 1943 subsequently joined an underground organisation to assist prisoners and escapees. In 1945, he photographed the liberation of Paris with a group of professional journalists and later filmed the documentary Le Retour. He later published his first in 1952 called 'The decisive Moment' He explained his approach to photography in these terms, ‘”For me the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity, the master of the instant which, in visual terms, questions and decides simultaneously. It is by economy of means that one arrives at simplicity of expression.” In 1968 he began to slow down with his photography work and preferred to concentrate on drawing and painting. Henri Cartier-Bresson
- 9. Nick Turpin Nick Turpin was born in London, UK in 1969, Studied ‘Art and Design’ at the University of Gloucestershire and then went on to study ‘Photography, Film and Video’ at the University of Westminster until 1990. In 2000 Nick founded the international street photographers group 'In-Public'. Turpin was born and raised in London where he studied art and design foundation course at the University of Gloucestershire choosing photography as his speciality. Then he later did a BA in photography, film and video at the University of Westminster to which he later dropped out to work for the In dependant Newspaper in 1990 aged just 20 and became a press photographer. Turpin established the first international collective of street photographers, 'In-Public', in 2000 to bring like minded photographers together to hold exhibitions, produce books and conduct workshops. An article in Time magazine in 2011 said Turpin was "notable for having been instrumental in a collaborative documentary project", he later left 'In-Public' in 2018. His most recent and present work includes organising Street London, a street photography symposium. He has also given talks and workshops on street photography.
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