History of Magnum Photo Agency

Magnum photo agency is an international photographic cooperative founded by different photographers Robert capa, David “chim” Seymour Henri Cartier- Bresson, George Rodger and William Vandivert  (all photographers), it was founded  in Paris in 1947. According to co-founder Henri Cartier- Bresson, “Magnum is a community of thought, a shared human quality, a curiosity about what is going on in the world, a respect for what is going on and a desire to transcribe it visually. There are eighty one men photographers and twelve women in the photography agency.

History of Robert Capa

Robert Capa born Endre Friedmann  was born on October 22, 1913, He was a Hungarian war photographer and also a photojournalist. He is considered by most people to be the greatest combat and adventure photographer in history. His professional partner of photographer was Gerda Taro .Capa fled political repression in Hungary when he was a teenager, moving to Berlin, where he enrolled in college. He witnessed the rise of Hitler, which led him to move to Paris, where he met and began to work with Gerta Pohorylle. Together they worked under the alias Robert Capa and became photojournalists. Though she contributed to much of the early work, she quickly created her own alias ‘Gerda Taro’ and they began to publish their work separately. He subsequently covered five wars: the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino – Japanese War, World War II across Europe, He did on May 25, 1954 , after he stepped on a landmine.

I choose to write about Robert Capa because he was always risking his life on dangerous adventures , and he always enjoy his job.

Photography proposal Michael Johnson

IRISH NATURE (FLOWERS)

Who

My name is Michael Johnson I am 24 years of age. I was born in Nigeria, have lived my whole live in Nigeria. I recently moved to Dublin and have been staying in Ireland for over 3 months now. I love to cook, my hobbies are singing, writing songs and playing football, watching movies, taking photographs as well as playing video games.

 

What

For my photography project I would be working on Irish nature for example I would be taking close up shots photographs of different flowers in the National Botanic Gardens and also at Stephen’s Green park.

 

Where

I would be going to the National Botanical Gardens in Dublin to take close up shots of flowers and I would also be taking some of my photographs from Stephens green Park. The national botanic garden is located in Glasnevin, north-west of Dublin city center, Ireland while Stephen’s Green is at city center public park in Dublin, Ireland.

 

When

My photography project will start in December and will last for one month and I would be going out to take pictures of about one hundred to one hundred and fifty pictures every week in order to pick my best pictures to make the book project.

 

Why

I am working on Irish Nature because the Irish nature has a long history and one of places, I would be visiting is the National Botanic gardens it is well known for its fine plant collections and its home to over 15,000 plant species from different variety of habitats from around the world. This gives me the opportunity to be able to take different photographs of various species of beautiful plants.

The National Botanic Gardens is famous for its charming restored and planted glasshouses, notably the Turner Curvilinear Range and the Great Palm House, both recipients of the Europa Nostra award for excellence in conservation architecture. Visitors can enjoy such features as the herbaceous borders, rose garden, the alpine yard, the pond area, rock garden and arboretum.

 

How

I am using a cannon EOS 4000D DSLR camera with EF-S 18 to 55 mm lens f/3.5-5.6 III Lens. I am using this camera because it has great manual features that would allow me to take nice photographs. Throughout the course I learnt some great techniques such as shallow depth of field, great depth of field, wide depth of field, panning, slow shutter speed, and fast shutter speed. I would be taking my photographs in extreme close ups, portrait, and also wide depth.

 

 

 

The Lost Moment exhibition looks at the Civil Rights movement in Northern Ireland fifty years on from the marches and peaceful protests that immediately preceded the Troubles.Today was a great day, basically we went on an adventure to the gallery of photography where i saw some photographs of moments in the past. This made me realise some problems that were in the past and are still in the present.

Camera Obscura

In Latin It means “dark room” camera “(vaulted) chamber or room,” also referred to as pinhole, The camera obscura is a darkened box with a convex lens or aperture for projecting the image of an external object on to a screen inside a forerunner of the modern camera.

André Kertész 

André Kertész, born Kertész Andor, Born July 2, 1894 was a Hungarian-born photographer known for his groundbreaking contributions to photographic composition and the photo essay and he died September 28, 1985.

Henry Fox Talbot

William Henry Fox Talbot born February 11, 1800 was an English scientist, inventor and photography pioneer who invented the salted paper and calotype processes, precursors to photographic processes of the later 19th and 20th centuries he died September 17, 1877.

Louis Daguerre

Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, better known as Louis Daguerre born November 18, 1787, was a French artist and photographer, recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography. He became known as one of the fathers of photography and died July 10, 1851.

Nadar

Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, known as Nadar was born April 6, 1820 he was a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, and balloonist. Photographic portraits by Nadar are held by many of the great national collections of photographs and he died March 20, 1910.

Thanks for joining me!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton