"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 [...]
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 [...]
" 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 [...]
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 [...]
