California painter Rick Norsigian caused a stir in the art world after a stack of never-before-seen Ansel Adams negatives he bought at a garage sale in Fresno, California, were authenticated on Tuesday. Norsigian said he found the photographs more than 10 years ago, and paid less than $70 for the negatives, suspecting they were Adams [...]
Helmut Newton is a famous photographer who primarily specialized in fashion photography early on but later became well known for his portraits of nude women. His start in life was relatively difficult in comparison to many other well-known photographers. He was born in Berlin, Germany in 1920. By 1938 as he was from jewish decent [...]
Edward Steichen is credited with having the photograph that has brought the most money ever. He is an award winning photographer who was also a brave soldier and used his photography skills virtually everywhere he had ever went. Edward is not a native citizen to the United States as nor many were for his time [...]
If you think you had it tough growing up, just take a look at Yousuf Karsh’s childhood. He grew up during the Armenian Genocide. This meant for him and his family they were starved, driven away from their homes, and many were massacred. His family was no exception. He had many relatives that were literally [...]
Robert Doisneau is one of France’s most well-known and easily recognizable photographers. He is known for his playful sense of style. Rarely are his photographs serious or taken with a heavy heart. Rather, his work is fairly light-hearted, taking pictures of everyday people, often children, throughout France. Most people would view Robert Doisneau as though [...]
Henri Cartier-Bresson, like many of the early photography pioneers, was one that started as a painter. He had an appreciation for capturing life. He loved the artistic side of it and had a candid eye for it. As a native to Paris, he was inspired by another photographers work and realized how amazing photography was [...]
