Joel Meyerowitz

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Joel Meyerowitz – Young Dancer, 34th Street and 9th Avenue, New York City, 1978, Empire State Series -© Joel Meyerowitz

Joel Meyerowitz biography

Gordon Parks (1912 – 2006)

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Gordon Parks – Ingrid Bergman at Stromboli, 1949 – © Image is copyright of the respective owners, assignees or others

Gordon Parks Biography

Roberto Rossellini – Stromboli, 1950

Denis Roche (1937 – 2015)

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Denis Roche – Les Sables-d’Olonne, Hôtel Atlantic, chambre 301, 1984 – © Denis Roche

Denis Roche biography

Paul Fusco

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Paul Fusco – Robert Kennedy funeral train, 1968 – © Paul Fusco/Magnum Photos

Paul Fusco “RFK Funeral Train”

Minor White (1908 – 1976)

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Minor White – Man and Moon, Matchstick Cove, 1947 – © Image is copyright of the respective owners, assignees or others

Minor White biography

Mark Steinmetz

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Mark Steinmetz – Carey, Farmington, GA, 1996, from “South East, 1994-2001” – © Mark Steinmetz

Mark Steimetz Official Site

Antonio Garduno

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Antonio Garduno – Nauhi Olin, about 1927 – © Image is copyright of the respective owners, assignees or others

Antonio Garduno e Nauhi Olin

Art Wolfe

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Art Wolfe – Pigment study n°8, from the series “Human Canvas” – © Art Wolfe

Art Wolfe Official Site

Eleonora, settembre 2001

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Marco Barsanti – Eleonora, Bretagna, settembre 2001 -© Marco Barsanti

Polaroid Type 55 4×5″ Positive/Negative film

ANSEL ADAMS, AND PHOTOGRAPHY BEFORE PHOTOSHOP

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ANSEL ADAMS,  AND PHOTOGRAPHY BEFORE PHOTOSHOP

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A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND …

In the days of film photography a print of an image as it came out of the camera was known as a “straight print.” The image above is a straight print made by Ansel Adams of his iconic Moonrise. To paraphrase David Byrne, “This is not my beautiful photograph!” If this is a print of the image straight from the camera, how did Ansel Adams achieve the dramatic effect of the finished print of Moonrise? You might even say, “But I thought he was a great photographer.” He was. The ability to look at a scene and know that it will make a great photograph is the essence of the talent of a great photographer, whether it be Ansel Adams, Henri-Cartier Bresson, Richard Avedon, Julia Margaret…

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