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Famous photographers
Yousuf Karsh
12.27.07 | Comment?Karsh was a master of studio lights. One of Karsh’s distinctive practices was lighting the subject’s hands separately. He photographed many of the great and celebrated personalities of his generation. Throughout most of his career he used the 8×10 bellows Calumet (1997.0319) camera, made circa 1940 in Chicago. Journalist George Perry wrote in the British paper The Sunday Times that “when the famous start thinking of immortality, they call for Karsh of Ottawa.” (more…)
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Robert Doisneau
11.30.07 | 1 CommentFrench photographer noted for his frank and often humorous depictions of Parisian street life. (more…)
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Henri Cartier-Bresson
11.25.07 | Comment?Bresson was a French photographer considered to be the father of modern photojournalism, an early adopter of 35 mm format, and the master of candid photography. He helped develop the “street photography” style that has influenced generations of photographers that followed. (more…)
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Alfred Eisenstaedt
11.25.07 | Comment?The 20th century had a preeminent master of the candid photography, Alfred Eisenstaedt. Called “the father of photojournalism,” Eisenstaedt perfected certain techniques for capturing the spontaneous moment that has given us some of our most enduring photographic images. (more…)
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James Nachtwey
10.06.07 | 3 CommentsJames Nachtwey (born 1948) is an influential American photojournalist and war photographer. His photographs have been exhibited throughout Europe and the United States, and he has received numerous prizes and awards. (more…)
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