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Seydou Keita 1921 to 2001

Seydou was an influential photographer in Bamako in Mali in the 1940’s to early 1960’s. His pictures mainly consisted of families in and around the area at the time, giving a more personal and intimate look at how his people lived and survived in Mali. Each of his photos were portraits of people going around their daily life’s, and after his work in Mali he moved to Manhattan, where his studio became known as the place to go if you wanted a photo of yourself. Many of his photographs are many in exhibitions all around New York, even today and are still selling extremely well.

Martin Parr 1952- Present

Martin is a successful British photojournalist, and famous for his modern look of society focusing on consumerism, tourism, relationships and travel. He also has links to documentary, going on several projects such as ‘It's Nice Up North’ with comedian Graham Fellows, and several others. Martin was also interested in going up close and personal with his photographic subjects, often under the microscope" in their own environment, to get intimate with them to produce a reaction, often to get people to cry or laugh. Parr’s approach to photography is extremely different and personal and some branded it uncomfortable but is still seen to be very popular, as he has been published 50 times and his work is in over 80 exhibitions worldwide. Martin is joined the photojournalismsuper agency Magnum, which was founded by one of the great photojournlists Cartier- Bresson.

Tim Page 1944 – Present

Tim is a English photographer, who made his name in photography during the Vietnam war. He was known to take pictures in dangerous situations that no other photographers would dare, and was described as an insprition to others becuase of his bold nature. Tim went on to capture some of the most ground breaking images from the Vietnam war, and wanted his photos to reflect the excited of warfare. He went on to continue to work for numerous charity linking back to Vietanam and injuried soilers, whilst still continuing his work as a photojournalist but now focusing on more modern takes of photography in music magazines such as 'Rolling Stones' 

Henri Huet 1927 – 1971

Henri, a French photojournalist in the Vietnam War, was most famous for his collection of 12 war photographs, with his main purpose being that through these pictures, he wanted to influence the American public’s option of the war, and change their view on it. The 12 photos depicted a very different view of the war, with some horrendous image of a soldiers helping each other even when they are injured themselves. The photographs were featured heavily on ‘LIFE’ magazine in 1966 and from this he achieved the Robert Capa Gold Medal for the "best published photographic reporting from abroad, requiring exceptional courage and enterprise”. Henri continued his work in Vietnam into the 1970’s but unfortunately died whilst on a project with three other photojournalist’s Larry Burrows, Kent Potter, and Keizaburo Shimamoto, all of which were famous Vietnam photographers at the time.