STEPHEN CALCUTT
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SAUL LEITER
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His unique photography style is thanks to the vandalism of Birminghams bus stops. He says he does not condone the vandalising of the bus stops but it is how he gains his lens. He believes the barrier is formed when the view becomes distorted or fogged beyond the glass. This is when his art becomes the most abstract. His work is very dull when compared to other forms of photography as there is nothing particularly dramatic happening. To battle this he features bright colours within his photography that shine through the fogged glass.
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Saul Leiter was an American photographer and painter. He was born in Pennsylvania, at 23 he left theology school and moved to New York city to become an artist. He was initially interested in painting and met Richard Pousette-Dart who encouraged him to pursue photography. He then worked as a fashion photographer for the next 20 years and was featured in big fashion magazines.
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ERWIN BLUMENFELD
He was an American photographer, originally from Germany. In 1941 he moved to the USA and became a successful and well paid fashion photographer. His personal photography was influenced of dadaism and surrealism, his photos primarily focused on themes of women and death. He was very talented in terms of laboratory work. He used photographic techniques to distort, expose and solarise his photography resulting in the abstract final photos
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BILL JACOBSON
Jacobson first started making out of focus photos in 1989. He exhibited his work in many group shows until 1993 when he had his first solo show in New York. This shadowy photos are meant to represent the loss people experienced during the AIDS epidemic. These portraits blend into monochromatic backgrounds the features are harder to make out. He sometimes shot through tracing paper to create this fogged look.
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