"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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
"Photography is the easiest art, which perhaps makes it the hardest" - Lisette Model Lisette Model was born in Vienna, where she studied piano and compositional theory with Arnold Schönberg before moving to Paris. She discontinued her musical career in 1933, and discovered photography through her sister Olga and her friend Rogi André, André Kertész's [...]
Each I switch on my computer lately it is to edit an image or sometimes two or 3 images at the time. I’m not saying this is a bad thing but it is what I love to do. To be honest it is what I am passionate about. I’m passionate about the process and I [...]
