" Often my best photographs are the ones I didn't take" - Mariana Yampolsky Marianna Yampolsky was one of the major figure of Mexican photography in the 20th Century. Born in Chicago, Mariana Yampolsky emigrated to Mexico in the 1940’s and became a Mexican citizen in 1954. She participated in the Taller de Gráfica Popular, [...]
Flip Schulke (American, June 24, 1930–May 15, 2008) is best known for his work documenting the Civil Rights movement. He was born in 1930 in New Hampshire. After receiving a Kodak ‘Baby Brownie Special’ camera, he began photography as a high-school student in New Ulm, Minnesota. After serving in the Korean War, Schulke enrolled at [...]
While looking through past work from 2018 and 2017, Ive realised that my work has changed considerably. I've often wondered what's the reason behind it? The more I look my current work, the more I realised that I has simplified over time. Not because, I do not want to tackle complex images but it is [...]
"I felt compelled to venture forth and explore the true face of the world. Leading a satisfying life of plenty had blinded many of us to the immense hardships beyond our borders"- Werner Bischof Werner Bischof was born in Switzerland. He studied photography with Hans Finsler in his native Zurich at the School for [...]
From time to time, I go back and re-edit old images. The images that I am sharing today was edited in 2017 and 2019 respectively. I chose to re-edit this image because I was never really satisfied with the result. By going back, I see how far I've come and by revisiting certain images I [...]
James Abbe was an American photographer born in 1883 in Alfred, Maine. He was a portraitist to the stars in the 1920's world of theatre and film, a pioneer photojournalist observing first hand the dramatically changing European cultural and political situation. James Abbe first became interested in photography at the age of 12 after he [...]
Even though I spent most of my time in Florence using my 35mm film camera, here's one of the rare image that I captured using my DSLR. My visit to Florence was early October 2 years ago. I've had always wanted to visit Florence. The culture, food and architecture intrigued me. Any time that I [...]
