Georgette Louise Meyer known as Dickey Chapelle was an American photojournalist born in March 14, 1919 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin was known for her work as a war correspondent from World War II through the Vietnam War. At the age of sixteen, she attended the aeronautical design classes at MIT. She soon returned home, where she worked at a local airfield, hoping to learn to pilot [...]
Ruth Robertson was an American photojournalist and an explorer. Born in 1905, she started in 1939 at The Journal Star where she was the first female photographer. After convincing the editor to try something new, Ruth's creation, Peoria and Her People, quickly gained popularity, and established her credentials as a writer and photographer. Constantly searching for [...]
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 [...]
