Jeff Wall

Jeffrey wall was born September 29, 1946. he is a Canadian photographer best known for large-scale back-lit cibachrome photographs and art history writing. Wall was a main figure in Vancouver's art scene since early-1970s. Jeff received his MA from the University of British Columbia in 1970
1970-73 he studied in Courtland Institute with Manet expert T.J. Clark.
Wall was the assistant professor at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Wall

Jeff walls visual style is a ranging from photographs presented as illuminated colour transparencies in light boxes, black and white prints and the more recently colour prints to intimate small-scale photographic observations

http://www.artgallery.wa.gov.au/exhibitions/Jeff-Wall-Photographs.asp

Jeff Wall
The Destroyed Room 1978
transparency in light box, AP
159 x 234

Jeff Wall
After ‘Invisible Man’ by Ralph Ellison, the Prologue
1999-2000
transparency in light box, AP
174 x 250.5

Jeff Wall
A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai) 1993
transparency in light box, unique state
250 x 397
Tate, London

Narrative Photography

Narrative photography is a story telling photography it can describe moments in time and suggest photographers thought. It makes the photo important not just a random shot.

scenes made with practise, thinking about the meaning/shot, with props, equipment and other materials are what called "Staged Photography". it started  at the same time photography was introduced but it became popular in 1980

Jennifer Hudson's
Dark Staged Photography Explores the Quiet Side of the Soul
published september 19 2012
3000x3000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_photography 
http://beautifuldecay.com
http://artsy.net/gene/staged-photography

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson was born on August 22, 1908 in Chanteloup-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne, French. he was the oldest of five children. his father was a wealthy textile manufacturer and his mother's family was a cotton merchants. His parents were able to provide him with financial support for his interest in photography. he tried to attend a music school but he didn't make any success and he started painting, he entered a private art school and Lhote academy. From 1928 to 1929, Cartier-Bresson attended the University of Cambridge, where he studied English, art and literature.

In 1929, Cartier-Bresson's air squadron commandant arrested him for hunting without a license.

Henri's photography mostly was documentary showing real life moments from good to bad he was called the father of photojournalism., pictures were made in black and white. Cartier-Bresson almost exclusively used Leica 35 mm rangefinder cameras equipped with normal 50 mm lenses or occasionally a wide-angle for landscapes.

CHINA. Shanghai. 1949.

Commander of Shanghai speaks to party dignitaries at the victory celebrations of August 7.

CHINA. Beijing. December 1948.

A lot of soldier walking, and a man is looking for his son.

Gandhi and his spinning wheel.

India in 1946

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Cartier-Bresson

http://www.henricartierbresson.org/index_en.htm