Photography, although it includes different systems depending on the system to be used, is the process of creating images by recording objects and shapes that we can see with the naked eye on film or digital media, using an image sensor (photo camera, video camera , etc.), film, darkroom, lens and light.
The most popular photographers:
1. Steve McCurry
Steve McCurry is undoubtedly one of the first names that comes to mind when it comes to the world’s most famous photographers. The photographer’s famous works manage to make an impact in many parts of the world. McCurry is mostly known for the photographs he took for National Geographic. After becoming a photojournalist, the master photographer began his real photography adventure with a trip to India in 1979. During this journey, he crossed into Pakistan illegally and went to a refugee camp on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. He announced his success to the whole world by taking a photo of a 12-year-old Afghan girl named Sharbat Gula in the camp. The photographer is known for the photographs he took in various areas such as old traditions, human struggle, conflicts, and cultures that are on the verge of disappearing. The artist has many awards such as the “National Press Photographers”, “World Press Photo” and “Robert Capa Gold Medal” for strikingly presenting the theme of civil war. Some of the works of the artist, who also has books on photography, are: “Portraits”, “South Southeast”, “Monsoon” and “Emperor’s Road”.
2. Robert Capa
Robert Capa, who lived between 1913-1954, is a world-renowned war photographer. The artist, whose real name is Endre Ernö Friedmann, was declared the world’s most famous war photographer by the famous British magazine Picture Post in 1938 with the photographs he took during the Spanish Civil War. During this war, the painting “The Falling Soldier”, taken by a republican soldier when he was shot on the Cordoba front, became an icon in the field of war photography. At the same time, the artist went down in history with his images of the first troops landing on the Omaha coast during the Normandy Landings, one of the important phases of the Second World War.
Robert Capa founded a photography agency called “Magnum Photos” in 1947 with David Seymour, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and George Rodger. The agency is still among the best and most important photography agencies in the world to this day. The famous photographer lost his life by stepping on a land mine while taking pictures in Vietnam, which was under French occupation in 1954.
3. Phil Borges
Another name among the best photographers in the world is Phil Borges. Borges, who is also a cultural ambassador, is known for taking photographs of cultures that are on the verge of disappearing. The famous artist creates fascinating photographs that have left their mark on the adventure from the forests of the Ecuadorian Amazon to the Dharamsala mountains in India. The photographer, who has been pursuing tribal and indigenous cultures for more than 25 years, is also considered a cultural documentarian in the world. A documentary on indigenous cultures for National Geographic, Borges’s works are exhibited in museums and galleries around the world. The artist includes portraits of women and girls in his project “Stirring the Fire”. Focusing on their stories and the problems they face in this resounding work; the artist draws the attention of the whole world with this project.
