Born in Budapest, Besnyö was brought up in a well-to-do Jewish home to father Bela Blumengrund and mother Ilona Kelemen. Her father was a lawyer who changed his name to a Hungarian sounding one in order to get ahead. She grew up fluent in Hungarian and German. In 1928, instead of attending university like her [...]
Bold, brash and right in your face, are a few of the terms that come to mind when brutalist architecture is mentioned to me. The finest example being the Barbican estate along with the National Theatre. Those fine example to London's architecture that you are unlikely to forget once seen. Brutalism's etymology actually lies in [...]
" A garbage can, occasionally, to me at least, can be beautiful. That's because you're seeing. Some people are able to see that - see it and feel it. I lean toward the enchantment, the visual power, of the aesthetically rejected subject' - Walker Evans Those are the words that intrigued enough to so some [...]
When we start taking interest in anything, our first instinct is to learn and we are eager to do just that. Over the years, I’ve watched many tutorials and read many books on the subject. While I’m not done learning, I think that it is time to free myself a little. I recall when I [...]
Pedro Meyer is one of the pioneers and most recognized representatives of contemporary photography. He was the founder and president of the Consejo Mexicano de Fotografía(Mexican Council of Photography) and organizer of the first three Latin American Photography Colloquiums. Besides his artistic photographic work, Pedro Meyer has been a teacher in various prestigious institutions, as well as the [...]
I am one of those really annoying people that want everything to happen over night. It does not mean that I will not be putting in the work to achieve it, it just means that I am extremely impatient. The great thing about putting the work is that amazing things happen when you are not [...]
While at work yesterday and contemplating packing everything in and just walk out, I came across today's image and the condition in which I captured it. First of all, it was in the dead of winter, it was snowing and by the time I put my camera on the tripod I could no longer feel [...]
