The first time I saw Paris… I didn't get to Europe until I was 32 years old. I had wanted to go for a long time. I had been photographing for nine years and had never been sent there. Business was good, but it never brought me to Europe.  Finally, in 1963, I decided I had to go. I bought a 21-day excursion ticket. I st

What constitutes a favorite is that after seeing it every day for years, it doesn’t lose its power. I know some photographers who are always quite delighted with everything they do. I wish I was like that, but I find a great many of my images lose their power or at least my interest at some later date. Either I’m not i

People are always referring to this or that “golden age.” I was lucky to start photography in a time that was often called the “Golden Age of Jazz.” I got to see and photograph Louie Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday and others you’ll see in this collection. It was not only a golden ag

Haiti was one of the first times I traveled in a “foreign” country. I had always wanted to go there. It was mysterious. It was exotic. It had more artists per capita than any other country. It had great music and fantastic drumming and “Voodoo.” I was going to experience it all. Of course, I interacted very little with

Images have been taken from satellites. One can shoot from jet planes, helicopters, and trains, buses, cars, and get great stuff. But you have to get down on the ground and start walking to get the intimate relationships that occur between the people in your images and you. I’ve been a New Yorker all my life. I live in

Jay Maisel

I had a different picture selected for today's post. But, I've been reading Jay Maisel's book, "Light, Gesture and Color." It started me thinking about how I work and why. I started thinking that I shoot pictures a lot like he does, except just not as well. He is, after all, one of the fathers…

There are a number of photographers who have left me with profound impressions. One of the most influential is Jay Maisel. He isn’t just an extremely successful photographer but a mentor and philosopher, as well. His lectures on light, gesture, and color are well worth listening to or reading about. The concepts of light and color in photography are more easily definable. Gesture, on the other hand, is a more elusive. I would say it isn’t a quantifiable variable, but it is probably one, if not, the most important quality of any photograph. #YellowThroatedEuphonia #LightGestureColor

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The 'Buddha of the Golden Spectacles', at Shwemyetman Pagoda in the small town of Shwedyaung, near Pye in central Burma. The original giant spectacles, in gold, were provided by a local nobleman, although they were soon stolen. This replacement pair wa... - Michael Freeman Photography

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We turned our most iconic covers and images (some by Milton Glaser) into prints that’ll also make great holiday gifts.

For nearly five decades, I’ve had the good fortune to make a living doing something I love; photography. My photographic life has been a continuous…

Headed home yesterday. No break in the action, though. Today I am in the city and I start Jay Maisel's workshop at the bank. Had to cancel a couple times, and it took a year

Colin Firth photography by Peter Lindbergh for Telegraph Magazine, January 1997.  Check out the German poster of The Night Porter here

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Sebastião Salgado es un fotógrafo brasileño nacido en Aimorés, Minas Gerais, en 1944. Recibió en 1998 el Premio Prínc...