" I need to become completely anonymous if I'm to capture the essence, the root fact about the person and not merely their surface " - Dan Budnik Dan Budnik is a photojournalist who has documented social, political and cultural change in the world for past 55 years. He was at the heart of the [...]
" I think that to make a Photograph, you have to be so completely absorbed in what you are photographing that you forget yourself, and become what you photograph " - Ellen Auerbach Auerbach nee Rosenberg was a German born photographer who is best remembered for her innovative artwork for the ringl+pit studio in Berlin [...]
" It doesn't matter if you take a great picture if no one knows what it's about " - Carl Mydans Carl Mydans was an American photographer born in 1907. Born and raised in Boston, he earned a B.S. degree from the Boston University school of Journalism in 1930. Mydans's career as a journalist began [...]
Willy Maywald (1907-1985) was one of the most important photographers in Paris from the 1930s to the 1950s. He was born in Kleve in the Lower Rhine region in 1907, he attended the schools of applied arts in Krefeld, Cologne, and Berlin which shaped his avant-garde style. His education in the Technical Schools of Art [...]
"Photography is demonstrably the most contemporary of art forms; it is the most vital, effective and universal means of communication of facts and ideas between peoples and nations. " - Cornell Capa Cornell Capa was born Cornell Friedmann was a photographer, member of Magnum Photos, photo curator and the younger brother of the photo-journalist and [...]
"When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear" - Alfred Eisenstaedt A quote that I can truly relate to. I'm very shy by nature but when behind the camera, I get a wave of confidence that gets a hold of me like never before. A feeling that I am completely in [...]
"There are two dirty words in Photography; one is art and the other is "good taste" " - Helmut Newton Although I along with many others may not agree with the quote above, we can all agree that his body of work along with career where truly impressive and inspiring. Before we get into his [...]
