Some Great Photographers and Their Photographs.

Annie Leibovitz-

Sally Mann 

Robert Mapplethorpe-

Why I think the World Sees the Photographs as Controversial.

I think the world sees photographers photographs as sometimes controversial because they do not really understand what the photographer is trying to put out there. Also I do not think that some people are ready to see the photographs that do come out especially when the photographer takes photographs of celebrities because someone is always going to have something to say about it. The media really plays an effect on this because like the Miley Cyrus photograph Miley and her family were fine with it until it hit the media. Once it hit the media and people started to judge the photograph and said how wrong it was then Miley and her family agreed, but only because the media made such a big deal. Then with the Annie Leibovitz, Leborn James one people will just never get over the race factor and that is why that photograph was made into a huge controversy. This problem occurs a lot with photographers photos because they put so much work into it but then people just do not understand and love to judge something that is not theirs. The media also just likes to stir up the controversy more and then when that happens more people start to listen and I feel that is also, why the world then starts to see the photograph as something it is not.

The Photographs that People Saw Are Not Controversial at all.

Many people felt that the photographs that Annie Leibovitz did of Miley Cyrus, LeBron James, and Gisele where controversial because they felt that Miley Cyrus should not pose like that at her age, and that LeBron James, and Gisels's photograph put off racism. But they have it all wrong because the photographs are really just a photograph that Annie put a lot of thought into and talked to the clients about what she was thinking. She talked to Miley about what her idea was and Miley was fine with it until the world talked about the photograph and criticized it for something it was not. This is a statement Annie Leibovitz made "Miley and I looked at fashion photographs together and we discussed the picture in that context before we shot it. The photograph is a simple, classic portrait, shot with very little makeup, and I think it is very beautiful.", according to People. Though Annie did apologized saying this "I'm sorry that my portrait of Miley has been misinterpreted." according to People. This statement says it from a photographers eyes that the photo was misinterpreted because the world does not the the beauty in it that the photographer and client do.

The photographs from Sally Mann should not have been controversial at all either because they were of her kids and it was her idea, she was making great photographs. The photographs were not porn at all like people said because the children were not doing anything to each other, or doing any sexual acts themselves. These photographs were simply a form of art of her children that she wanted to express like their innocence, and the definition of art says "Art  encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression", and this is an example of what Sally Mann's did she created these photographs and each one has their own expression.The reason that they did become controversial I think is because the world was not used to seeing the kind of photographs like these and did not want to cope with the fact that her photographs were wonderful because then they might have thought that thinking photographs of young kids was wrong.

Here are some photographers whose photos have had heat.

Annie Leibovitz: Annie is a world known photographer she used to travel with the Rolling Stones and take photographs of the band on tour. She now is a photographer for Vanity Fair and she has taken photographs of many celebrities like Miley Cyrus, Demi Moore, John Lennon, and the cast of Twilight. But she has gotten heat for some of her photographs the most known photograph that has gotten heat was the one that she took of Miley Cyrus in a blanket.

Miley Cyrus by Annie Leibovitz

 

This photograph was done by Annie Leibovitz and this image made a huge controversy over the world because people thought that Miley Cyrus was too young to be taken a photograph like this. Many people blamed Annie because they thought she was wrong in taken advantage of Miley and they thought she had forced her to take this photograph. Many people did not want to see Miley look like this because they wanted to see her as Hannah Montana still and nothing else. This is one of the most talked about/controversial photographs that Annie Leibovitz has taken.

Vogue LeBron James & Gisele Bundchen

By Annie Leibovitz

This photo was also taken by Annie Leibovitz and people criticized this photo for having a lot to do with racism. According to StyleCaster "Critics claimed Leibovitz depicted the stereotype of a  black male ravaging a white female while simultaneously echoing images of King Kong"

Sally Mann- Sally Mann is also a famous photographer best known for her black and white photographs of her children which is also the same photographs that made controversy.

 Immediate Family by Sally Mann

This photograph is of Sally Mann's children and she did a collection of them. This photograph took lots of heat when it came out because people thought it was wrong of her to take these photographs and then put them out for the world to see. Some people thought that she was close to doing porn of her children because like this one and some of the other ones she has her children naked. According to American Suburb X photography & culture says " Yet to others , they where 

child pornography, and the mark of an irresponsible mother".

Candy Cigarette, 1989

This is another one of Sally Mann's photographs that people took heat over because people did not think a 13 year old should be made up looking much older and that Sally would have her pose with a candy cigarette would be just wrong because it gives a different impression.

What Makes A Photographers Photograph Controversial to the World?

There have been many photographs in the world that have gotten some heat by media or just people around the world like Annie Leibovitz and Sally Mann. So what really makes these photographs controversial to the world? Some of the reasons are because people do not understand what the photographer is trying to put out there and they see the image the photographer has taken and just make their own opinion about it and once that is done they start to talk and soon the image gets around and everyone is talking about it and how it is controversial. Then there is the part that some people do not think the photograph looks normal to what they feel like a photograph should look like. People and the media really make controversy when a photographer takes a photograph of a celebrity because the world seems to be fascinated with celebrities and when an image gets out that the public thinks the celebrity should not do because the world has an image made up for the celebrity and people in the world do not like to see that celebrity brake it, then the world and media start to react and the reaction is usually one that has to do with controversy. This is how a photographers photograph that they put out can be controversial to the world because mainly the world is not ready for the photograph they see and it is something that they never expected to see.

First you have to understand what a photographer is.

People may have an idea of what a photographer is but do they really know? Sure you can just take photos and someone can call you a photographer but there is much more then that. First you really need to know what a photographer is in order to figure out how a photographers image can really be controversial to the world but not to them. A photographer is someone who can take photographs while knowing how they are taking them. A photographer is someone who has gotten to know the technical side of the camera in order to make their images stand out. In order to be a photographer some of the technical sides you need to know of a camera is the shutter speed and aperture and there are different settings that you can make for the shutter/aperture for example if you want to take a photograph of something and just want the main subject in focus and everything else out of focus then you would have your aperture at a high number verses the low to get that effect. This is something that a true photographer would know how to do. A photographer is also someone who can take a photograph and make it their own because if everyone just took photographs all the same then there really would be no need for a photographer.

Why I am interested in why the world see's photographers photographs controversial?

I am interested in why the world sees photographers photographs to be so controversial because I want to be a photographer and to me the photographers that are getting heat over their photographs are merely just taking a photo that they worked on and have thought about. They did not intend on making the photograph a controversial one but to make it something that people would enjoy and love. To me the world and media tend to make a photograph something it really is not and they try to blow it up because they do not see what the photograph is really about. Since I want to be a photographer I understand how some of the photographers who have taken heat over their photos where really just taking a shot that of what they had planned in their mind and was just thinking of a shot they could take that would look great in a photographers eyes and the worlds. I think that the world though does not get what photographers photographers are really about since most of the people who judge the photograph are not really photographers themselves. I think this is why I am interested in how the world and media could judge a photograph and find it so controversial.