Film First

Annie Leibovitz is an American photographer who is best known for her intimate, engaging, and dramatic portraits of celebrities. More than that, she is a creative designer, talented eye, and an icon in the field she is in. She is considered a living legend and has truly lived up to this title. An inspiration to so many, Annie Leibovitz has definitely played a role in how I see photography and skills embodied when capturing the pieces and images wanted.  In 1970, Leibovitz started working for Rolling Stone and in 1973, at the age of 23, she became the first woman to be named chief photographer of Rolling Stone and she did that for the next 10 years. From her time at Rolling Stone, she recognizes her images of Mick Jagger as one of her favorites. Something that she is well known for is taking a photograph of John Lennon and Yoko Ono hours before his death in December of 1980. From Rolling Stone, Leibovitz moved on to Vanity fair where she continued to master her skills and then found...

 Ted Kuykendall was an American photographer from New Mexico. He started his work under fellow artist and sculptor Luis Jimenez as well as photographer Richard Schaeffer and picked up the love for photography. He attended the University of New Mexico graduating with a photography degree and had since been producing art. He has made an impact within the industry by being featured in 25 group exhibitions and 12 solo exhibitions. His work can be found in places such as the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. and the Museums of Fine Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Houston Texas.  To get to where he was in photography, Kuykendall learned a little about film photography and during a time when he was learning to develop, fix, and print he ran into a problem with his photos turning brown and fading from not having enough fix. This is what led to the aesthetic nature of Kuykendall's work in the future. To develop his what is his aesthetic and signature, Kuykendall would take dream-like ph...