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Alfred Eisenstaedt Alfred Eisenstaedt was a German-born American photographer whose photography and photojournalistic skills made him an international household name. He was born in 1898 to a Jewish family. Born in West Prussia, the family moved to Berlin in 1906. Eisenstaedt developed a passion for photography from an early age. As an 11-year-old, he took photos using an Eastman Kodak Folding Camera. However, his career as a photographer took a massive boost after he started freelance photography at Pacific and Atlantic Photo's in Berlin.

Over the years, Alfred amassed a lot of experience as a photographer. He quickly rose... View artist page

Elliott Erwitt Biography

American documentary photographer Elliott Erwitt was born Elio Romano Erwitz in 1928 in Paris to Russian parents. Often considered a master of style, Elliott Erwitt's photography is best known for the candor and humor that shines through his black-and-white pictures. Elliott Erwitt began dabbling in photography as a teenager living in Los Angeles, shooting weddings. Later, Elliott Erwitt shot photos for the Army in France and Germany; later living in New York, he met fellow war photographer Robert Capa, who invited him to join the Magnum Photos agency. Elliott Erwitt is responsible for making some of the...

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Ernst Haas Biography Ernst Haas (March 2, 1921 – September 12, 1986) was a photojournalist and a pioneering color photographer . During his 40-year career, the Austrian-born artist bridged the gap between photojournalism and the use of photography as a medium for expression and creativity. In addition to his prolific coverage of events around the globe after World War II , Haas was an early innovator in color photography. His images were widely disseminated by magazines like Life and Vogue and, in 1962, were the subject of the first single-artist exhibition of color photography at New York’s Museum of Modern... View artist page

Cig Harvey Biography

European photographer, Cig Harvey, is known for her photographs exploring the narratives deeply rooted in the natural environment and familial relationships. The slow passing of time and the natural surroundings of Cig Harvey's rural home in the Midcoast of Maine has made her alert to the magic of the mundane. Harvey’s photographs depict luscious color and luminous natural light whether it be a portrait or still lives. Her early work presented stylized and cropped self-portraits including visual metaphors and elaborate costuming. Since then, she has shifted her focus to more spontaneous photographs of her life in Maine....

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Horst P. Horst Biography

Horst P. Horst (1906-1999) was in Weissenfels-an-der-Salle, Germany. Originally channeling inspiration for shooting fashion from Baron George Hoyningen-Huene, Horst P. Horst eventually developed his own style, particularly manipulating light to highlight subjects’ features. By 1931, Horst P. Horst was shooting regularly for French Vogue, as fostered through a friendship with Hoyningen-Huene. Eight years later he made one of his most famous works, Mainbocher Corset, which featured a woman’s back strapped into a corset and published in Vogue. Horst P. Horst primarily worked in the studio, sometimes taking days to strike the right balance of light and...

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André Kertész Biography André Kertész (1894 – 1985) is considered one of the seminal figures of 20th century photography. He is regarded as one of the fathers of photojournalism and street photography but is also known for his groundbreaking contributions to photographic compositions using unorthodox camera angles, distortions, and style. By combining a seemingly artless spontaneity with a sophisticated understanding of composition, André Kertész developed and fostered a unique and intimate style of image making. Born Kertész Andor in Budapest, he received his first camera in 1912. At the early age of 18, he began experimenting with the medium by... View artist page

William Klein Biography

Born in New York City a year before the Depression started, French photographer and filmmaker William Klein’s (1928 - present) first forays into art were through painting. Although he eventually switched gears towards the camera, he never formally studied photography, which explains his abstract approach. William Klein won his first camera during a poker game in 1946 while part of the U.S. Army stationed in Germany. He worked a brief stint as assistant to French painter and sculptor Fernand Léger’s in Paris in 1948. William Klein’s photography in fashion has appeared in magazines, books and documentary and...

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Jacques-Henri Lartigue Biography Jacques-Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) was born in Courbevoie, France, but he grew up in Paris. His father, a businessman and passionate amateur photographer, gave him his first camera at the age of seven. He was very quickly attracted by movement and, after mastering the technique, took his first ‘snapshots’ of tennis, swimming, bobsledding, and other games.

From that point forward, Lartigue constantly took photos as a passion in his childhood, from automobile excursions and family holidays to crazy inventions by his older brother, Maurice. Born into wealth, the two brothers were fascinated by cars, aviation, and sports... View artist page

Arthur Leipzig Biography Photographer Arthur Leipzig, an acclaimed documentary photographer, was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1918.

Nowhere in the world will you find a better collection of photographs about the City That Never Sleeps than in Leipzig’s collected works. Leipzig produced thousands of rolls of film over five decades, most of which depicted street life in New York. Most famous are his photo essays of children’s street games, like hopscotch, stickball, and basketball. Other powerful photos showed city workers atop the Brooklyn Bridge performing maintenance, Coney Island in its heyday, and V-Day. Leipzig candidly captured New York’s... View artist page

Danny Lyon Biography Danny Lyon is a self-made American filmmaker and photographer. He's also known for his writing skills, which he uses to compliment his images. Danny received a BA in history from the University of Chicago in 1963. He also published his first photographs for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, where he served as a staff photographer in the same year. His photos were featured in The Movement , a documentary book about the Southern Civil Rights Movement.

Later, Lyon moved on to writing books. His first publication was The Bikeriders (1967), which is a study of outlaw... View artist page

Norman Seeff Biography

South African photographer, Norman Seeff is known for his outstanding black and white photographs of celebrities such as Steve Jobs, Tina Turner, Joni Mitchell, Patti Smith, Andy Warhol, Miles Davis, and many more. His work focuses on the exploration of human creativity and the inner dynamics of the creative process. “My whole thing was, it’s not about photography- it’s about communication,” Seeff tells Rolling Stone.

Norman Seeff was born in 1939 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Seeff qualified as a medical doctor in 1965 ad for three years he worked in emergency medicine at the Chris Hani Baragwanath...

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Mark Shaw Biography

After JFK’s death, a selection of Mark Shaw’s photographs was published as a best selling book, The John F. Kennedy’s: A Family Album . The book was re-published in 2000 by Rizzoli with new additions, including never before seen color images.

Mark Shaw also contributed to two other books: The Catch and the Feast features his photographs of wild game, both live and cooked; Messenger of Peace is a photo journal of Pope Paul Vl’s visit to the United States.

Mark Shaw’s images of the Kennedys were widely used in Jacqueline Kennedy: the White House Years ,...

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Trine Søndergaard Biography

Trine Søndergaard (b. 1972) is a Danish photography-based visual artist. Søndergaard lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 1996 she graduated from Fatamorgana, the Danish School of Art Photography. Trine Søndergaard's work is marked by a precision and a sensibility that co-exist with an investigation of the medium of photography, its boundaries and what constitutes an image. Layered with meaning and quiet emotion, her works are highly acclaimed for their visual intensification of our perception of reality. In 2000 she was awarded the Albert Renger-Patzsch Prize and has since received numerous grants and fellowships, including a three-year...

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