Roy Toft

So back story, I asked my friend to pick a country that no one new about. They chose Botswana. This is where I came across this young photographer.

Toft is a natural wildlife photographer. He is known for capturing the animals spirit. You might know him from national geographic. He also funded International League of Conservation Photography. 

He enjoys teaching one on one with photographers and taking his own, capturing wildlife around the world. 

You can check out some more of his works as well as his foundation here.

Blog: http://toftphoto.com/blog/botswana-photo-safaris/
Foundation: http://ilcp.com

Esther Havens

This photographer I came across, is a person who I admire her work, for she her working in various countries around the world. I like her for her work in third world countries, capturing the stories of those who reside within.

Through her travels, she came down to earth and decided that she wanted to do something through her work and her name to help those in the third world. She created a organization called charity water, in which she asked friends and family to donate to a water well fund for those in those countries. With her succession, she was able to document the result of her giving back.

https://donate.charitywater.org/donate/wayt
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/24418022953973204
http://www.estherhavens.com

Magnus Wennman

This week I came across this award winning photojournalist from Stockholm. I came across her photo series which reveals where Syrian children have been sleeping. When taking such photos, he he traveled to the places where these children were fleeing too to try to tell the young's stories. http://darbarnensover.aftonbladet.se/chapter/english-version/

The photographer I chose this week is Laura Stevens. I came across this particular artist while researching ideas for my narrative project. Laura is known for doing a series of stories inside her photography. She has ranged on many topics but the ones that interest me the most is her interpretations on her outlook on relationships and sexuality. The three projects that she did that stood out to me the most is her single narrative, which is a life of a single girl and the range of emotions you undergo, as well as the photos that interpret feelings after a break up and her take on different types of relationships or failing relationships. My descriptions really don't give it justice, I would really give her work a look for yourself.

http://www.publico.pt/multimedia/fotogaleria/another-november-351660#/0
http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/laura-stevens-us-alon/
http://www.laurastevens.co.uk/

A great interpretation of August Sander's "three farmers on their way to a dance," by John green

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSOuKxLjO0k&sns=em 

Photographer #12 Brassai, who is a french/Hungarian man. Through his life he was known for his Photography, Poetry and Sculptures. He was also antiquated with Pablo Picasso and Dali.
His photos included mostly the Paris nightlife in which he was engulfed in. All of his images are black and white which is something that i find very interesting. When it comes to pictures taken from the streets, or from a nightlife scene, i love the mood black and white images give you. Color is taken away so all your information comes from the clothing, facial expressions and scenes which each person is apart of.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassa%C3%AF

http://www.atgetphotography.com/The-Photographers/BRASSAI.html

http://www.houkgallery.com/artists/brassai/

Photographer #11 Henri Cartier-Bresson
Once Bresson fled to Africa after a heart break, he shot and sold game to local villagers. Through hunting he found ways to put that knowledge into his photos. It is with this knowledge that i think he took with him when he traveled back in France and became close to the surrealist. He took this shot of the three African Boys "Three Boys at Lake Tankanyika," and it captures the raw images of life in that environment. I find his whole story very interesting. You can read more on--
Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Cartier-Bresson as well as other sites.

http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL53ZMYN

http://www.biography.com/people/henri-cartier-bresson-9240139