Welcome to the Artist Database

Students are encouraged to actively use this blog to search for any ‘artist connections’ that might inspire their own work. You will find many artists with distinctive #hashtag words to aid your search. Simply type in a word in the top search bar to see what pops up. There are also ‘Fast Links…’ at the bottom of the page to each individual artist.

This is a growing database with artists new and old added every day so keep checking…


Peter Henry




Black and White, Portrait, Rural, Poverty, Water, Landscape, Countryside, Figure, Documentary, Photography, Social, Issue,  

Homer Sykes





Documentary, Rural, People, Candid, Life, Everyday, Portrait, Photography, Social, Police, 

Tony Ray-Jones




Social, Observation, Documentary, Photography, Candid, Social, People, Community, Street, Black and White, 

Henri Cartier-Bresson






Social, Decisive Moment, Black and White, Photography, People, Culture, Candid, Documentary, War, Change, Portrait, 

Hans Eijkelboom




Collection, Social, People, Repeat, Pattern, Community, Documentary, Photography, Fashion, 

Andreas Gursky





Repeat, Pattern, Collection, Social, People, Supermarket, Colour, Factory, Photography, Building, Window, High Point of View, Perspective, 

Paul Strand




Light, Black and White, Architecture, Structure, Building, Pattern, Repeat, Shadow, Photography, Pylon,  

Bernd and Hilla Becher




Repeat, Pattern, Building, Structure, Architecture, Collection, Black and White, Photography, Documentary, 

Annie Leibovitz





Portrait, Performance, Expression, Bath, Milk, Face, Emotion, Mask, Personality, Photography, 

Lois Greenfield




Dance, Movement, Performance, Body, Moment, Captured Moment, Reflection, Portrait, 

Barbara Morgan




Movement, Dance, Performance, Long Exposure, Double Exposure, Spirit, Moment, 

Robert Rauschenberg





Mixed Media, America, Political, Collage, Skeleton, Double Exposure, Portrait, President, Photography, Ripped, Poster,  


Jeff League





Mixed Media, Photography, Colour, Bird, Map, Sky, Weather, Butterfly, Tree, Leaf, Nature, Garden, Encaustic Painting, 

Sally Mankus





Possessions, Mixed Media, Texture, Shoes, Portrait, Objects, Everyday, Hands, People, Degraded, Rust, 

Elliot Irwitt







Reflection, Glass, Portrait, Black and White, Photography, Dog, People, Possession, Relationship, Crack, Army, Car, Love, Obscure,