Reference Photographers

Matthew Brady - 1822 - 1896

Documented the American civil war ..   he was also renowned for moving items to make a more telling image .. staging to some extent..

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=mathew+brady+photos&oe=UTF-8&gfe_rd=cr&hl=en&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ei=kwzmVK6_K8vvaIG9gfgC&ved=0CBQQsAQ&tbm=isch


ROGER FENTON - Carnage of Crimean War. ( 1853/6)

These pictures were taken only ten years after the camera invented.  The subjects had to stand still because of the slow iso.  These type of images had never been seen before.

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=roger+fenton+photography&oe=UTF-8&gfe_rd=cr&hl=en&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ei=sgrmVJvsB4PmaLCTgpAI&ved=0CBQQsAQ&tbm=isch



Alfred Stieglitz

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=alfred+stieglitz&oe=UTF-8&gfe_rd=cr&hl=en&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ei=cP7lVPfAOI3wapTbgbAN&ved=0CB8QsAQ&tbm=isch