september seventh; four portrait photographers you should know

1. diane arbus
on march 14, 1923, diane arbus was born in new york city to a wealthy jewish family. after marrying her childhood sweetheart in 1941, the couple opened their first and only commercial photography business. after the births of two children, doon in 1945 and amy in 1954, the couple separated and later divoriced in 1969. diane participated in numerous classes during the 1950's and later became a teacher and taught photography at three different colleges in the 1960's. after a very successful career, diane arbus took her own life at the age of 48 on july 26, 1971.

2. philippe halsman
philippe halsman was born on may 2, 1906 in riga, latvia. after suffering head injuries while on a hike in the austrain alps with his father in 1928, the two were held in the country for four years imprisonment for patricide. after being released he moved to france where he began doing photography for vogue magazine and quickly gained a reputation for being one of the best portrait photographers in the country. with help from close friend albert einstien, philippe gained a visa to live in the united states where he first gained recognition for his work in 1941. the following year he began work for life magazine. the same year he met and began colaborating with surrealist artist salvador dali, and the two began and produced images that remain famous to the art world today. he continued work with numerous famous people of his era, photographing them for various publications. in addition to many exhibitions worldwide, philippe recieved the life achievement in photography award in 1975. four years later philippe passed away, leaving a legend behind in his name.

3. hiroh kikai
born in japan on march 18, 1945, hiroh lead a happy childhood in a small village with his family. after completing school for philosophy and working as a truck driver for a short period of time, hiroh began taking photos in 1969. the 80mm lense hasselblad 500cm he aquired that year is the same camera he used throughout his entire career. his first body of work was photographed aboard a tuna fishing boat and was pulished and awarded the following year. while hosting solo exhibits between the years 1983-1984, he became a freelance photographer. following the publications of his work of all variations within the portrait relm, he became a teacher for sometime before finally becoming discouraged by the students' lack of enthusiam and quitting. hiroh has traveled and lived in many countries, producing a great number of published books and exhibitions. his work is celebrated all over the world with great respect.

4. anne geddes
you see her work everywhere. it's recognizable by the constant use of babies and young children depicted in her photography in angelic forms and fashions, often costumed as insects, flowers, fruits or vegetables, etc. her work never strays from this one form of portrait photography. anne was born on september 13, 1956 in queensland, australia where she would spend her childhood living on the family's large cattle farm. in between her duties on the farm, she would lose herself in magazines such as national geographic and life. by age twelve she had a determined goal of one day becoming a famous photographer. in later years she would marry and move to hong kong, where she first began photographing portraits of close friends' children. in 1992, ten years after her first portraits done in hong kong, anne released her first publication of work- a calandar that was sold door-to-door and in various small businesses. the calandar benefited the prevention of child abuse, a charitable cause that anne supported so much that she would later create the nonprofit Geddes Philanthropic Trust. following a second published calandar and her first book publication anne was recognized on the oprah winfrey show for her work, which sent her career into hyperspeed. several awards later, anne's images have been pulished in 83 countries, and has sold more than 18,000 copies of her books worldwide.