“I became interested in photography in the late 1940s and began to look at magazines such as Life, Look, and Picture Post,” David Goldblatt told Colin Pantall, writing for BJP in 2013. “In the early 1950s, I tried to become a magazine photographer. I sent my pictures to Picture Post and got rejected. Then, when the African National Congress became active in their struggle against apartheid, Tom Hopkinson, the editor of Picture Post, contacted me and asked if I could make something. So I went to an ANC meeting and photographed everything I saw. That was in 1952. “I shot and I shot and I shot and then I realised that I was using a long roll of film – film that had failed to engage on the sprocket of the Leica I was using. It was an incredibly basic mistake. But the other thing I realised was that I wasn’t really interested in what was happening around me. “After the ANC meeting, I discovered I had to understand what I was competent in and what I was interested in. That took some years to probe, until I could get to the underbelly of the society that underlay South Africa. And to understand it visually, I also had to get a grasp on the history of the country. So I did a degree, which included courses in English and economic history. This taught me how to think and understand what was happening around me. “My father died in 1963. I was 32 with three children and a family, but I sold the shop [the family business] and, with a couple of Leicas and the capital to keep on going for a year, I became a full-time photographer.”
“I became interested in photography in the late 1940s and began to look at magazines such as Life, Look, and Picture Post,” David Goldblatt told Colin Pantall, writing for BJP in 2013. “In the early 1950s, I tried to become a magazine photographer. I sent my pictures to Picture Post and got rejected. Then, when the African National Congress became active in their struggle against apartheid, Tom Hopkinson, the editor of Picture Post, contacted me and asked if I could make something. So I went to an ANC meeting and photographed everything I saw. That was in 1952. “I shot and I shot and I shot and then I realised that I was using a long roll of film – film that had failed to engage on the sprocket of the Leica I was using. It was an incredibly basic mistake. But the other thing I realised was that I wasn’t really interested in what was happening around me. “After the ANC meeting, I discovered I had to understand what I was competent in and what I was interested in. That took some years to probe, until I could get to the underbelly of the society that underlay South Africa. And to understand it visually, I also had to get a grasp on the history of the country. So I did a degree, which included courses in English and economic history. This taught me how to think and understand what was happening around me. “My father died in 1963. I was 32 with three children and a family, but I sold the shop [the family business] and, with a couple of Leicas and the capital to keep on going for a year, I became a full-time photographer.”
diane arbus: in the beginning considers the first seven years of the photographer’s career, from 1956 to 1962. A lifelong New Yorker, Arbus found the city and its citizens an endlessly rich subject for her art. Working in Times Square, the Lower East Side, and Coney Island, she made some of the most powerful portraits […]
Diane Arbus (1923–1971) is one of the most original and influential photographers of the twentieth century.
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At the start of 1890, Eugène Atget pinned a sign to the front door of his apartment. Documents pour artistes It was an advert for business and a declaration that Atget was now a photographer. Photography had not been his first choice. He came to it through work as a sailor, an actor, and finally … Continue reading "Eugene Atget – The Photographer who Walked Fin de Siècle Paris"
Presentamos una galería especial con imágenes de la fotógrafa estadounidense Helen Levitt.
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From portraits of the Seri people to depictions of LA gangs, this major figure of Latin American photography has always looked for ‘surprise in the ordinary’
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Acclaimed Magnum photographer Raghu Rai has spent 40 years photographing India. Here is a selection from his forthcoming exhibition at Aicon Gallery, London
British photographer Chris Killip captured the ravages of de-industrialization in northern England in the '70s and '80s. He discusses the stories behind his stark images.
Harvard professor's depiction of Newcastle's industrial decline became an icon of British documentary photography
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Dedicada en gran parte de su carrera fotográfica a la fotografía de moda, Diane Arbus (wikipedia) junto su marido (por aquel entonces) trabajaron creando
Don McCullin : Ben sanatçı değilim. Tüm hayatım boyunca bu kelimeye karşı mücadele ediyorum. Ben bir fotoğrafçıyım ve bunun yanında duruyorum.
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From his pictures of wars and famines from around the world to his social documentary work in Britain, this retrospective draws together work from all aspects of this British photographer’s remarkable career.
These colorized monochrome photos will change the way you imagine the past. Since we live and remember in color, a black-and-white image seems almost of another world. Through the process of colorization, that world becomes more familiar, easier to imagine, and easier to connect to.
© Don McCullin, Cyprus, 1964 Дон МакКуллин родился в 1935 году в бедном районе Лондона. После службы в армии он занялся военной фотографией. Работал в горячих точках планеты - Камбоджа, Кипр, Конго, Вьетнам, Бангладеш, Сальвадор. Без преувеличения его можно назвать выдающимся военным фотографом…
James Nachtwey a probablement couvert la majorité des conflits de ces trente dernières années. Il souhaite révéler comment, dans un contexte difficile, l’utilisation de la photographie peut déclencher une réelle prise de conscience et une véritable relation aux autres. Il offre au spectateur, des photographies authentiques et exigeantes. Alors que le danger et la peur…
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Bruce Davidson, Chicago (1962)
