Tag Archive | "Master Photographer"
Steve McCurry Talks About the “Afghan Girl” and Shows Outtakes
If you like making great natural light portraits Steve McCurry is clearly one of the great masters to study. He is a master at capturing the unguarded moment and showing us the soul of his subjects...
Continue reading...National Geographic Photographer Bruce Dale: 30 Years of BAD Pictures
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Bruce Dale worked exclusively for National Geographic for 30 years. Bruce Dale’s assignments varied from undersea to aerial photography and from people to complex science subjects while working in over 75 countries. Watch the first video to find out more about Bruce's BAD pictures...
Continue reading...Sally Mann Revisited
Monday, February 22, 2010
A little while back I reviewed the DVD What Remains which is perhaps one of the best photography documentary films I have ever watched. Heck, it's worth watching even just for the music! It's a great film. Anyway you can read the full review in this post. Anyway, so today the book Immediate Family by Sally Mann arrived from Amazon...
Continue reading...DVD Review: What Remains
Saturday, January 2, 2010
"What Remains" is easily one of the best photography documentary films I have ever seen. The film is absolutely brilliantly put together by the talented director Steven Cantor, and the musical score is both incredibly beautiful and strangely moody, setting an amazing atmosphere throughout the film.
Continue reading...Interview with Tony Sweet
Thursday, October 29, 2009
After 20 years as a professional jazz artist, Tony Sweet changed careers and directed his creative juices towards nature photography. Tony is a 'Nikon Legend Behind the Lens', a member of 'Team Nik' (NikSoftware) and a 'Lensbaby Guru'. His fine art prints are exhibited in private and corporate collections throughout the United States, and he is represented by The Getty Picture Agency. Today, Tony’s work is published on greeting cards, calendars, post cards, posters, annual reports, catalogs and various electronic mediums.
Continue reading...The Life of a (Cowboy) Photograph
Monday, September 14, 2009
In this post I wrote about Sam Abell’s great photo book The Life of a Photograph. In this video Sam Abell talks about his book and the picture that his peer photographers most admire. The picture in question can be found on page 11 in the book. It is an amazingly complex – yet superbly [...]
Continue reading...The Life of a Photograph
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
I have just started reading The Life of a Photograph by Sam Abell and it’s an amazing photo book. Sam Abell has done more than three decades worth of fieldwork for National Geographic and is an excellent visual storyteller. In this post I wrote about taking your time to explore different viewpoints. The Life of a Photograph illustrates this [...]
Continue reading...Pete Turner: Empowered by Color
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Bold color and striking compositions are at the core of Pete Turner’s extraordinary vision. Critic A.D. Coleman wrote of Turner’s work, “A dramatist’s sense of event, intense and saturated coloration, and a distinct if indescribable otherness are omnipresent in Turner’s images.” In 1959, an expedition from Capetown to Cairo was a turning point in Turner’s [...]
Continue reading...André Kertész: The Polaroids
Sunday, August 16, 2009
André Kertész "The Polaroids" is, perhaps, the best photo book I have ever purchased, deserving of nothing less than a feature review here at Photography 24/7. It might be small in format (measuring just 7.2 x 6.4 x 0.7 inches) but it is huge on emotion! I cannot remember any other photo book that have moved me as much as this one. It is simply deeply touching.
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