Photographers

Don McCullin, Is a Famous British Photographer who has been working in the photography field since 1959. In Particular, he is very well known for
His pictures to do with war and internal strife. He mainly focuses on photos that show the side of the world that is always there but people tend to forget such as unemployment and Poverty.


Don McCullin was born in Finsbury Park, London, in 1935.However, he was evacuated during the Blitz to somerset and attended secondary school there. despite being severely dyslexic he displayed talent in drawing and arts. so much so, he went to Hammersmith School of Arts and Crafts purely on a full scholarship. He left school at 15, with no qualifications and worked on the Nation Railway as a caterer, He then got called to the National Service and worked in the RAF.

The Fact that he may have been severely dyslexic have impacted greatly on the pictures that has he has taken because he can relate strongly to those who are also disabled in some other way, which is why the shell shocked soldier also relates to the life of McCullin to an extent. This also makes his other senses heightened. His work in War Zones are highly regarded as they publicly show the rest of the world what some people are going through and how sympathetic we should feel or them such as the Shell Shocked Soldier who is now scarred for life, yet his innocence is still there.


His most famous and celebrated picture is this one.

Shell-shocked US marine, Hue, Vietnam, February 1968.

This was taken during the Vietnam war in the City of Hue. It shows the idea of intensity and silence which were heard throughout the war. It shows the effects of fighting on this particular young soldier and gives the same message out to other young boys fighting in Vietnam. The important part is that the man is not looking directly at the camera but above it signifying that he is staring into nowhere much like the Vietnam war.













David Bailey is another Famous British Photographer who was born in Leytonstone in East London in 1938, Bailey attended Clark's College in Ilford, however as an undiagnosed dyslexic and Dyspraxia he faced problems at school where they didn't teach even basic essential education.


His attendance in school was incredibly low to the point that he left the college when he was 15 to become a copy boy at the fleet street offices of the Yorkshire post as he believed that would be more beneficial for him. He then had a rough couple of years stuck in dead end jobs before joining the RAF when he was 19. He bought a Roliflex camera during his time serving in Singapore as he realised he had to pursue something more creative. He left the army in 1958 and was ambitious to begin his career in photography. He couldn't get into the prestigious school "London College of Printing" because of his disastrous school attendance record I.e in one year, he only went in 33 times. He therefore worked he became a second assistant to David Ollins, in Charlotte Mews. £3.50 a week, and acted as studio lackey. He was delighted to be called to an interview with photographer John French and his career sped up from there..


He started working around the same time as McCullin. However, he specialises in a different fields rather than suffering


 Bailey chooses to photograph Fashion and is considered to be a portrait photographer.






He is famous for photographing famous people. He has photographed many celebrities and was extremely popular in the 1960's
including: The Beatles, Kray Twins, Andy Warhol and Jean Shrimpton and even Mick Jagger.

Here are some examples of his most famous work:

Laurence Olivier

Queen Elizabeth II

Audrey  Hepburn

I Chose this pictures in particular because i wanted to show the extent of the work that he has produced. These are some of his most famous shots and he even has had the honour of taking pictures and creating the portrait of HRH Elizabeth II. Which not many photographers have the honour to do.

William Egglestone is an American Photographer and has been working in the picture business around the 1960's and 70's.  He is credited as he increased recognition for colour photography. His most notable piece of art work is known as The Red Ceiling. He is famous for photographing other photo's in colour definition.

Egglestone was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1939 and was raised in Memphis. He grew up as an introvert and was not incredibly sociable, he enjoyed staying indoors by himself, playing piano, games and working with electronics. from an extremely young age, he was seen making collages by cutting up postcards and magazines to make  a new picture. when he was 15, he went to Webb school which was  a boarding establishment. As it was an all boys school, he felt that the school pushed it's students away from creative things like art, drama and music because they were all considered "effeminate" which the school frowned upon greatly.

William attended may different school over the next few years, these included  Vanderbilt University (for a year)  Delta State College (for a semester) and University of Mississippi AKA Ole Miss (for 5 years) none of these resulted in a degree or any qualifications. But he did discover his knack for photography but friend at Vanderbilt gave Eggleston a Leica camera. Eggleston studied art at Ole Miss and was introduced to abstract expressionism by visiting painter, Tom Young. This resulted in the artwork he has produced to this day. Here are some examples:



The Tender - Cruel Camera, 

Perfectly Banal, 1976

Untitled, 1965-68 and 1972-74

The Red Ceiling AKA Mississippi 1973

This Photo in particular was considered to be his most challenging piece of work and his most famous. This stands from his other photos which use lighter and more retro colours. The most significant aspect of this picture may be the white wires contracting with the deep red ceiling. This Photo is also known as Mississippi 1973 in honour of the place and year it was taken as Egglestone himself considers it be his most recognisable and most exempt piece of artwork.

Martin Parr is a British Photographer, photo journalist and photo collected. He was born In Surrey in 1952.

He is credited in taking pictures that are intimate, anthropological and satirical and looking at the aspect of Modern life in Britain. He looks mainly at Social Class and the wealth of the Western world.

Parr was particularly famous for creating the photographic Project "The Last Resort" which was looking at people enjoying a day at the beach in New Brighton in 1985. However, the pictures aren't of happy family's or smiling children but rather a day looking at the resort alive with greed and disgust  such as an overcrowded café or a over litter bin and people are eating fast food sitting right next to 3 day old rubbish. He is making a satirical comment with these pictures showing us how the middle class act at the beach when they are not acting how they should be and are acting like lower class folk.