Friday, December 12, 2014

Masters of Photography - Margaret Bourke-White

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I got rid of the color and cropped off a chunk of the original

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I got rid of color and increased the shadows


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I got rid of the saturation 

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I got rid of the saturation and turned down the darkness

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Got rid of saturation and turned down the brightness




About the photographer 


Time period- 1904-1971
Location- New York
Object/Subject- people
What makes this photographer unique?- Margaret Brouke White is unique because her style of photography took her to many places around the world and showed how people live.

Margaret Brouke White is considered a master because of the pictures she has taken of life allover the world. She has taken pictures of Gandhi in his day of silence to pictures of Winston Churchill. I learned the way the White does her pictures and why she is considered a master. I also learned how to take pictures under the socail realism style.

Your View 

Why did you choose the photographer? I choose this photographer because I liked her style and I thought that her pictures were great.
How did the photographer inspire you? This photographer inspired me with her bravery to travel to distant lands all for the purpose of photography.
How did this change while working on this project? It did not change at all while I was working on this project


Margaret Bourke-White