Louis Daguerre - Boulevard du Temple (1838)- as this one is not big enough, if you google it and finder a larger image you will notice a boy cleaning somebodys shoes in the lower left hand side of the photo, this street was extremely busy, however because the exposure time was approximately 1 hour everybody was moving around so they were not captures and the only person that stayed in the same place was a man and the boy that was cleaning his shoes
Eadweard Muybridge - The Horse in Motion (1878)- he introduced motion photography and developed it to an extent where he lost his mind. he came up with the concept when he bet somebody 5 pounds that a horses hooves leave the ground all at once whilst it is running. however on the first attempt he failed, the photograph was to blurred because of the lack of skill and technology, after a few years somebody hired him to re try and through 50 cameras lined up in a row capturing a photograph that if played looked like a moving image he introduced motion picture and made it his trademark.
Christian Spurling - Loch Ness Monster (1934)- yet another picture that somebody try to prove to be the loch ness monster, captured nearer to dark and opted to publish it to become a sensation around the world, however after speculation and investigation it emerged that it was in fact something plastic floating in the water and together with a reflection and waves it caused this image.
Robert Capa - Death of a Loyalist Soldier (1936)- he was known as the great war photographer, but when he captured this soldier falling he became a sensation. he had captured the irony of a harmful bullet with such a graceful fall. the bullet had just hit him and he hadnt even let go of his rifle.
Eddie Adams - Execution of a Viet Cong Guerrilla (1968)- i was lucky enough to see this photograph in large. this was captured in the vietnam war, and as you can tell from the photo you can understand how close the photographer is. however this wasnt just any photo, the photographer captured the bullet penetrating the mans head, if you can find a bigger image you can see half the bullet oitside his head and half in.
Kevin Carter - Vulture & Child (1993)- 3 months later he committed suicide. this photo caused an uproar around the world. it shows a 2 year old child walking to the base where food was available about 2 miles away. a volcher is standing on guard waiting for the baby to die so it can eat it. however this was not the uproar, many complained why the photographer didnt help the child. instead Kevin Carter took the photo waited for the volcher to leave and left. this image left with him and he committed suicide afterwards. nobody knows if this child lived or died.
i thought id give an insight into some influential images that i had studied when i was studying photography, i found the images on another bloggers sight laughing1wolf. i hope you enjoy the detailed descriptions.
