Task 1

Contemporary Photographers

 I have researched some contemporary photographers for my research task. Most of these photographers that I have researched are the photographers that have worked behind the scenes in different films doing still photography. These photographers have worked in many more than just one or two films, and are very well known photographers. For this task I researched a lot of different movies that I thought about using for my final project and from these films I have researched the still photographers that have photographed in these films. This kind of research will help me to choose the final movie that I want to base all my work on. Looking at the different photographs and different styles will help me to get an inspiration and help me to choose my final film to base my project on. here are some photographers that I have chosen.

 STEVEN VAUGHAN
 Steven Vaughan is a very well know still photographer. He is a founding member of the society Motion Picture Still Photographers. He has been a motion pictures still photographer since 1978. He is a still photographer that works within the film industry. He takes pictures behind the scenes in the films and between when the film is being shot. Steven inspires me with his career and with his achievements. He inspires me because his career started the first time an image came up in a developer for him this was magical and very inspirational. He worked for his career very hard. At the beginning of his career he was taught to print prints as his job requirement and after a year or such he traded his print and processing to a client for a used camera and 50mm lens. He was inspired with the darkroom and he entered the world of photography through it. In one of his work he shot Marcel Marceu for theatre magazine. And from then he started to take many job offers. He borrowed books and equipment to get his job done. He became addicted to the world off photography. He was the kind of person that always carried camera around him. He worked for his part of the photography world and he was a still photographer in a lot of very well-known movies like : Burlesque, Inception, pirates of the Caribbean 3, mission Impossible, Mr and Mrs smith, The hallow man and many more.

Bob willoughby
bob willoughby was Bornon June 30th, 1927 in Los Angeles. after bob finished high school he studied at the night at the usc cinema departament and design Saul Bass.his love for photography started when for his twelfth birthday bob was given a Argus C-3 camera, this camera probablu helped him discuver him self and helped him become the person he is today. warner brothers asked bob to photograph a scene with judy garland in the movie A star is born in the 1954. the portrait of the star became his frirsl life cover. For the next twenty years his images was literaly printed every week, the production of his picters was phenomenal. He covered thee making ofover 100 films including many many popular once like The Graduate, My Fair Lady, Rosemary’s Baby and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.

David James
 received the Still Photographer Award. James joined the Stills Department at MGM Studios-UK at the age of 16, and began shooting his own stills at the age of 19. His first film was a British comedy directed by Ken Anakin and soon James was covering such movies as Women in Love, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Fiddler on the Roof, Jesus Christ Superstar and Barbra Streisand’s Yentl. He moved to the US in the late 1980’s. “I got a call a few days later to say that he (Steven Spielberg) wanted me to do the movie and that I could pick up my portfolio book,” recalls David. He went on to cover many more of Spielberg’s movies afterSchindler’s List. “Every movie I cover and have covered has its own story to tell,” says James. “My favorite subjects are musicals and war, though just having shot Water For Elephants, I have to add circuses in the Depression. In reality, I have to say that I have been extremely lucky in landing movies that have been a visual treat.” Currently David was hired to shootMission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. “Tom Cruise and I have shot some pictures that will be historical.” David James’ photography was used brilliantly in the program booklet for the event.


other ideas...
Oujia still photographer : Matt Kennedy
Matt Kennedy was born as Matt F. Kennedy. He is known for his work on Star Trek, Mr. & Mrs. Smith and The Italian Job.

mr and mrs smith and Burlesque still photographer :
Stephen Vaughan  :The first time Stephen saw an image come up in the developer tray it was magical - alchemical - turning silver into images. Taught to print as a job requirement, a year later he traded prints and processing to a client for a used camera and a 50mm lens.

Stephen Vaughan entered the world of photography through the darkroom. He shot Marcel Marceau for a theater magazine, and started taking any job offered with the belief that he’d figure it out or fix it in the darkroom. Stephen would make calls, borrow equipment and read books. He had become passionate about photography and always had a camera with him. Addicted to the heightened visual awareness that always looking for a picture brings.