Born in Pittsburgh in 1923, our master photographer Saul Leiter started getting into art in his late teens. Initially, he pursued to do some painting, later his new friendship with fellow master photographer W.Eugene Smith and Richard Pousette-Dart pulled him into the art of photography. Colors at their finest best,…
Bruno Barbey, one of the member and once the vice-president for Magnum foundation Europe is known for his expeditions as a photographer capturing strong images across 5 major continents and numerous conflicts around the world. This post of ours would describe much further on his works plus some key-points on…
Josef Koudelka was Czech photographer born in 1938 in Boskovice, Czechoslovakia. He started photographing his family and the surroundings with Bakelite camera. He finished his engineering and worked as aeronautical engineer. Later, he began taking commission work from theater magazines. In 1967, he decided full-time work as a photographer. He…
Here is the Part 4 of amazing black and white photos from masters. Please check our previous articles here: Great Black and White Photos – Part1 Great Black and White Photos – Part2 Great Black and White Photos – Part3 Great Black and White Photos – Part4 Great Black and…
Here is the Part 3 of amazing black and white photos from masters. Please check our previous articles here: Great Black and White Photos – Part1 Great Black and White Photos – Part2 Great Black and White Photos – Part3 Great Black and White Photos – Part4 Great Black and…
Vivian Dorothea Maier, was an interesting street photographer born in New york city. Earlier she did grow up in France but later returned to United states. During this period she worked as a Nanny in Chicago and it was during these days she shot almost more than 100,000 photographs. These…
Stanko Abadžić (born 1952 in Vukovar) is a Croatian photographer and photojournalist. He lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia. © Stanko Abadzic Stanko Abadžić began his professional career in photography as a photojournalist for the Croatian daily newspaper Vjesnik. During that period he made well-known reportages from Tunisia, Malta, Turkey…
Piergiorgio Branzi is an Italian journalist and photographer born in 1928. He started photography in the fifties, he traveled extensively in Italy, particularly in the south. Feel the unusual elements of momentary everyday life through the vision of such a gifted photographer. © Piergiorgio Branzi Biography: Raised in Florence ,…
Dorothea Lange (May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965) was an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Lange’s photographs humanized the consequences of the Great Depression and influenced the development of documentary photography. © Dorothea Lange Before she…
One more set of amazing black and white photos from masters. Please check our related articles here. Great Black and White Photos – Part1 Great Black and White Photos – Part2 Great Black and White Photos – Part3 Great Black and White Photos – Part4 Great Black and White Photos –…
Here we have collected some Historical Photos you have probably never seen it before. This is a ongoing series, we will share upcoming parts shortly. All photos are linked and lead to the sources from which they were taken. Please feel free to explore further works of these photographers on…
In this interview of photographer Steve McCurry talks about his inspirations of photographing in India. He talks about his 30 plus years of photographing in India and how each time is different. Steve McCurry was born on April 23, 1950 in Pennsylvania, attended Penn State University. He originally planned to…
Édouard Boubat was born in Paris and he studies typography and graphic arts at Ecole Estienne. He worked for a prnting company before becoming a photographer. In 1943 he was subjected to service du travali obligatoire, forced labour of French people in Nazi Germany, and witnessed the horrors of World…
Over the last couple of weeks, we ran another photo competition on Instagram and on the Masters of Photography Photostream. Thank you to all those who entered! The theme of the competition was ‘Summer Light’. Well done to all the winners. Here is winning photograph, the runners up and the…
Shirley Baker (1932 – 2014) is a wonderful master photographer whose work gained immense recognition in the early 70’s. Most of her work was photographed during the demolition of slums in the Manchester and Salford regions. Shirley says that the areas housing was really substandard during that time and nobody…
