Great Black & White Photographers PART 2

Eugene Atget:

Birth Date: February 12, 1857

Death Date: August 04, 1927

Place of Birth: Libourne, France

Place of Death: Paris, France

Around age 30, Atget settled in Paris and became a photographer. Known for recording everything he considered picturesque or artistic in and around Paris. After World War I he received a commission to document the brothels of Paris.

Bill Brandt:

Birth Date: May 03, 1904

Death Date: December 20, 1983

Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany

Books: "The English at Home" (1936) and "A Night in London" (1938)

He made a living as a regular contributor to magazines like Harper Bazaar, Picture Post and The Bystander. He had landscapes, and nude pictures which were dynamic, intense and powerful. 

• Robert Doisneau:

Birth Date: 1912

Death Birth: 1949

Place of Birth: Gentilly in the Val-de-Marne near Paris.

Education: Studied engraving at the Ecole Estienne in Chantilly.

He took a lot of pictures during the post-war era.