# 9 - Eikoh Hosoe

Eikoh Hosoe is a post war Japanese Photographers and a filmmaker who recognised for the effect of psychological that explores of a mature themes such as death and erotic. He was born as Toshihio Hosoe but changed it after the war to create a new brand of himself. With the new change of his name, it would also means for a new start for Japan after the Second World War. 

His color scheme is black&white. It is used to create emotion in his photos. Ironically, I can sense humour in his photos even though it has a dark setting.  I think his light setting in his photographs are very well executed because in most of his photographs, the light plays the focal point in his photographs. Because it has no colors, the light has play a role in capturing the emotions of the peoples. 

Source: Clair.me/Portfolio of Eikoh Hosoe 

#8 - Edward Wetson

Edward Weston is an American who is dubbed as one of the innovative and the influential photographers in the 20th Century. His work has explored in a different subjects including landscape, still life, portraits and quirky themes. 

Edward uses visual elements such as such lines and distinctive forms in his vegetables series photography. That is one of the style that he uses in his famous and iconic photographs which he manages to see the beauty of the vegetables. 

I see him playing with the color elements of monochrome to create a mysterious and peculiar feeling. Like for an example, his well-known 'Pepper no.30 ' photograph, one would not know it was a picture of that certain vegetable unless it is looked upon closer. It's intriguing how he is able to make something a household name like our ingredient into something extraordinary. 

Source : Edward Weston's website 

#7 - Ralph Gibson

Ralph Gibson is an American photographer who often incorporates the narrative tone with the slight hint mixture of naughtiness and puzzling undertone. He quotes his inspirations for his photography from the works of Eugene Atget ' Vision of Paris', Evan Walker 'American Photographs' Henri Cartier- Bresson 'Defensive Moments'.

He also explores with the usages of lights with his subjects, creating a contrast between highlight and shadows in his black and white photographs. I could sense the theme of obscure and isolation in his photos. Even though the photos I chose has just two main colors : - black & white, I think he has expresses different emotions in the photos. I wonder what was his vision behind his narrative photos and how much are we allowed to figure out his meaning or how to interpret his photos as they are quite vague and at first, it makes me wonder how does people view this photos as an art? Was it his experimentation of trying to be out of the box? Playing with the cheeky elements that would convey as a taboo at first? 

Source: Ralph Gibson's website