Photographers report

Annie Leibovitz, b. October 2, 1949, is an American contemporary portrait photographer. She is most famous for shooting the covers of magazines such as Vogue, Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone.

Leibovitz shot the April cover of Vogue featuring Kim Kardashian and Kanye West on the cover.

The colour theme within this photo is very natural, and there is nothing too bright, but at the same time it is very eye catching with the colours that are used. With this natural colour palette it almost looks washed out, and looks like a filter has been applied.

The way that Kanye is stood behind Kim with his arms around her, implies that she is the center of his world and he has eyes for no one but her. And Kim is looking straight down the camera, but the way she has her hands resting on top of Kanye’s showing off her engagement ring, it shows everything off in a demure and elegant way.

Terry Richardson, b. August 14 1965, is an American contemporary fashion and portrait photographer who has done advertising campaigns for Marc Jacobs, Aldo, Tom Ford and Yves Saint Laurent. He has also photographed for magazine such as Rolling Stone, GQ, Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar.

This photo of Daniel Radcliffe taken by Terry Richardson, makes him look like a deer in the headlights. The colour scheme in the photo is very washed out, the white background the pale shirt and the whiteness of Daniel Radcliffes skin, makes it look like he is a ghost, also, the colour of Daniel’s shirt has been matched up to match his eyes, which I think are the main focus of the photo as his eyes are wide and he is looking straight down the camera.

Irving Penn, b. June 16, 1917 – d. October 7, 2009, was an American photographer best known for his fashion photography, portraits and still lifes. In his career he did some work for Vogue, and advertising work for Issey Miyake and Clinique.

This photo of John F. Kennedy taken by Irving Penn. Most of the photos that Irving Penn took were in black and white. Because JFK was an important figure in history the way the photo is shot creates this effect. The way the light is hitting him on the side of the face.