Martin Parr

他不僅是當代一位很重要的攝影師，亦是collector, curator 。

From wiki:

Parr's approach to documentary photography is intimate, anthropological and satirical. Macro lenses, ring flash, high-saturation colour film, and since it became an easier format to work in,digital photography, all allow him to put his subjects "under the microscope" in their own environment, giving them space to expose their lives and values in ways that often involve inadvertent humour. For example, to create his book Signs of the Times: A Portrait of the Nation's Tastes. (1992), Parr entered ordinary people's homes and took pictures of the mundane aspects of his hosts' lives, combining the images with quotes from his subjects to bring viewers uncomfortably close to them. The result of Parr's technique has been said to leave viewers with ambiguous emotional reactions, unsure whether to laugh or cry.

Parr has had almost 50 books published, and featured in around 80 exhibitions worldwide - including an exhibition in London at the Barbican Arts Centre.

http://www.martinparr.com/index1.html

Yoko Ono and John Lennon

Annie Leibovitz was the last person to professionally photograph Lennon—he was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman five hours later on 8 December 1980. 

這是最震動人心的一張合照，有一種令人不能言語的感覺，沁透著強烈的愛，這樣的愛情，並不是人人都曾經歷過，但假如你曾經你過那裡，你便會更明白這張照片。

在最愛的一刻，John和Yoko便從此永別了。

Sylvie Guillem

世界最大牌的芭蕾天后Sylvie Guillem

Antony Gormley

Antony Gormley生於倫敦，先後在劍橋大學、中央藝術學院和金匠學院修業。全球各大博物館皆有展出及收藏其作品。他擅於使用各類型物料，但作品大部分以人體為題。1994年，他憑《英倫諸島土地》贏得《透納藝術獎》，其公共雕塑《北部天使》更於1998年起成為蓋茲海德鎮的地標。

他的重要作品包括《土地》(美國) (1991) , 《亞馬遜土地》1992, 《歐洲土地》(1993), 《亞洲土地》(2003)、《聲音II》 (1986)、《鐵人》(1993)、 《海裡來的男人》(1994)、《別處》(1997)、《北部天使》(1995/1998)、《量子雲》(2000)、《滲透》 (2002)、《視界》(2007)及《一人與他人》(2009)。

Gormley於1997年獲頒英帝國官佐勳章(OBE)，以表彰其傑出的雕塑藝術成就。他現為英國皇家建築師學會、劍橋聖三一學院及耶穌學院的榮譽院士，也是大英博物館信託委員及皇家藝術學院院士。

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Duane Michals

Duane Michals (born February 18, 1932) is an American photographer. Largely self-taught, his work is noted for its innovation and artistry. Michals' style often features photo-sequences and the incorporation of text to examine emotion and philosophy, resulting in a unique body of work.

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