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Influential People

Photographers will be influenced by other photographers for example Henri Cartier-Bresson, Richard Avedon, and Martin Munkacsi were three very influential people. Cartier-Bresson was a man that was considered the father of photojournalism. He covered many of the world biggest events from the Spanish Civil War to the French uprisings in 1968. Richard Avedon was an American fashion and portrait photographer. He started of working as a photographer for the Merchant Marines, taking identification photos. Munkacsi was a newspaper writer and photographer in Hungary, specializing in sports. 

Cartier-Bresson was educated in Paris he developed an early love for literature and the arts. Art was always a part of him like if it was part of his DNA. His grandfather and uncle both did a career containing art. It was just in his blood. Africa pushed him to the direction of photography. When he returned to France he bought a 35mm, a camera that helped define his photography. By the mid 1930s his work was shown in exhibits in Mexico, New York, and Madrid. Fatima Garibay