Visual Culture 1950s & 1960s

Documentary, street and fashion photographers in the 1960s. 

Documentary Photographer :   Eddie Adams 

All the photos above belong to Eddie Adams. 

A short film about Eddie Adams work, documented by the photographer himself. 

Eddie Adam was a perfectionist when it came to his photographic work. He has taken picture for a long time, photographing portraits and many other photos but his most iconic searing portraits where taken during his time in the Vietnam War. His close up portraits and images show and tells you stories with the way they are being presented. They show fear, desperation, anxiousness, scariness, and other emotions. That is what make Eddie Adams such a great photographer, he capture moments which are unique, feelings which are strong and the background of the people. 

The work he produce here were some of his most famous piece but shocking pieces of work known.

Street Photographer :  William Klein 

All the images above belong to William Klein 

This is a documentary sowing William Klein in the work he does and how he goes about doing it.

William Klein is a known photographer known for his beautiful, creative, unique street photography with a hint of fashion. In 1954 Klein started documenting the city, exploring the urban chaos. William Klein is an incredible man he has been called 'father of street photography'. His fashion photography has been described as influential and striking of the 20th century. He has ale put together over 20 films.
His street photography - William Klein use to shoot fashion photography for the money and only that, his passion was street photography, when creating his fashion shots he would try and use the outdoors because it would give him as much freedom as possible to experiment with styles and ideas.

I have been fortunate to visit one of his exhibitions in Amsterdam, and i found it to be incredible  inspiring and interesting to look at. I got to look at his work and how he presents them and they way he does too. his work is outstanding and you get an understanding of where it is and what he wants to portray in his images. 

Fashion Photographer :   David Bailey 

All the photos above belong to David Bailey. 

This is a short film about David Bailey and his work. 

In 1960 was when Bailey started his career as a fashion photographer, working for many magazines such a vogue, Elle, etc... In his work he photographer influenced people of the 20th century, photographing models,  pop stars, art directors, actors and photographers. His photographs consisted of hedonistic lifestyles and social mix of the 60s. An awful lot of his photographs were taken for Vogue magazine, but he did bring out his own book called 'Goodbye Baby and Amen', this book is the record of his entire photographic career. It shows many iconic peoples portraits such as the Beatles, the rolling stones, actresses, politicians, artist and writers. He was hailed as one of the Most Innovative photographer of the 1960s.