Roger Fenton 

Roger Fenton (20 March 1819 – 8 August 1869) was a pioneering British photographer, one of the first war photographers.

Marcus Sparling seated on Roger Fenton's photographic van, Crimea, 1855.

  Mathew Brady

Mathew Brady is one of the best-known photographers, both in his time and in ours. He was a highly successful portrait photographer who essentially invented documentary photography and photojournalism, and he contributed significantly to our understanding of the U.S. Civil War. Nevertheless, he ultimately sacrificed his wealth, his livelihood and his health for his art and died impoverished and under appreciated.

Mathew Brady with the Union Army, 1862

 

Alexander Gardner

Alexander Gardner was born in Paisley, Scotland, in 1821. He was an American photographer and he is best known for his photographs of the American Civil War and his protraits of American President Abraham Lincoln.

Alexander Gardner was an American photographer. He is best known for his photographs of the American Civil War and his portraits of American President Abraham Lincoln.

Alexander Gardner was born in Paisley, Scotland, in 1821.

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Alexander Gardner, Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter (5th July, 1863)

 

Robert Capa

Robert Capa, the legendary Hungarian-born photojournalist who set the prevailing standard for war photographers, spoke seven languages — none very well. He didn't need to. For over 20 of the bloodiest years of the 20th century, Capa let his cameras do the talking. He said "If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough," he famously declared.

Robert Capa was somewhat careless as a photographer but was carefully dedicated as a man. He participated with courage in almost every great tragedy of his time, and never lost heart nor faith.

"Last Man To Die" World War 2 Germany,1945

Similarities between these four photographers were that they all took pictures about war.

They all captured the reality in war and they all showed people the danger and fears in wars.As you can see, all these photographers had the same goal, but the way they capture a photo and the types of photographs was different. The style that Garder and Brady has is a bit similar because Gardner worked for Brady for couple years. The photographs that Fenton had were more like landscape style photos, but Brady, Gardner and Capa are different, they focused mainly on the fighting and dead soldiers.

Capa is different than the others because he had been to a lot of different wars around the world, he captured a lot of dead soldiers but he wasn't trying to scare other people. The viewers can understand what a war is like and they can actually feel the moment that has been captured on. That's is the reason why Capa is different than the other three photographers.

Work Cited

http://www.vam.ac.uk/people/r/roger-fenton/

http://www.mcmahanphoto.com/mathewbradybiography.html

http://www.leegallery.com/alexander-gardner/alexander-gardner-biography

http://www.photo-seminars.com/Fame/capa.htm

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,267730,00.html