Barbara Kruger

Kruger has a distinct style, much of her graphic work consists of black-and-white photographs with overlaid captions set in white-on-red Futura Bold Oblique. The phrases included in her work are usually declarative, and make common use of such pronouns as "you," "I," "we," and "they." The juxtaposition of Kruger's imagery with text containing criticism of sexism and misogyny and the circulation of power within cultures is a recurring motif in the work. Her work is direct and envokes a response.

Martin Parr...

Martin Parr is typically known as a documentory photographer. His photographic projects take a critical look at modern society, specifically consumerism, foreign travel and tourism, motoring, family and relationships, and food. His photos are eye catching and often of high saturated colour and taken using macro lenses and ring flash to add to the contrast. The pignoit approuch Parr gives leaves the viewer not knowing weather to laugh or cry.

David Hockney

David Hockney was a born in braford and became involved as a painter form an early age. His later works revole around photography, (photomontaging, which he called 'joiners') using standard photo lab film rolls and varying numbers (~5-150) of small Polaroid snaps of a single subject Hockney arranged a patchwork to make a composite image. Hockney arrugued that becuase the photos were taken from different perspectives and at slightly different times, it can start to show how the human vision works. As a result his work has an affinity with Cubism, an affinity which was one of Hockney's major aims. He was trying to create a sense of time and space around the subject by asking the subject to move whilst he was photographing so that the movements of the subject seen from the photographer's perspective and recorded.

Banksy...

Banksy is a well-known yet still remains anonymous. He works at speeds using stencils and has a most recgnisable style within his graffiti and street art. His artworks are often satirical pieces of art which encompass topics from politics, culture, and ethics and are directed to envoke a reaction at society and the difrent classes within it.

Rankin....

This is from Rankin's 'Me,me,me' collection and i think perosnally one of his best. i have always been intressting in his work, and this particular collection differs and stands out from the rest.
Rankin is a photographer, publisher (joint founder of Dazed and Confused magazine) and recently film director. His divercity of work can not be placed into any one catergory. Rankin is known for never being shied from portaying difficult subject matters, adressing issues from domestic vioence to bodyshape and womens insecuritys.