“Mysteries lie all around us, even in the most familiar things, waiting only to be perceived.” – Wynn Bullock Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1975, Wynn Bullock venture into photography started with his interest into the work of the Impressionists and post- Impressionists while living in Paris in the mid - 1920s. He then discovered…
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On a grey Sunday afternoon, I stood for 10 minutes in front of an abandoned building lost in both my thoughts and mainly in awe at the craftsmanship. A lady came up to me and asked what I was looking at. What had caught my eye was the contrast between the old and the new.…
"If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given. It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument" - Eve Arnold Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Eve Arnold was a photojournalist that began photographing in 1946, while working at a photo-finishing plant in New York City, and…
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This time last week I was very much looking forward to visiting the show this year. After getting home from work on Friday, I got packing for the weekend only to realise to my amazement that another blizzard was on its way. To say that I am over winter is an understatement. Arrived at…
“One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you’d be stricken blind.” - Dorothea Lange Dorothea Lange was one of the pioneering documentary photographers of the 20th century. Born Dorothea Nutzhorn on May 26, 1895, in Hoboken, New Jersey, her father, Heinrich Nutzhorn, was a lawyer, and her mother, Johanna, stayed at home to…
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Photography is a great creative tool that allows us to express ourselves. Just as everything the whole idea can be daunting if not understood clearly. One of those very intimidating concept is the Zone System. The Zone System was a technique formulated by Ansel Adams and Fred Archer in 1930. It was a standard technique…
Alexander Rodchenko was born in Saint Petersburg. Henrolled in the Kazan School of Art, where he studied from 1910 to 1914 under Nikolai Feshin and Georgii Medvedev. The artist quickly absorbed the basic principles of the academic training, earning high praise from his instructors. In 1914, he met Varvara Stepanova, a fellow student and hey became…
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