Robert DOISNEAU
Edward Weston - Still life Research
Whilst Researching Irving Penn Bing suggested that i look at Edward Weston. Upon looking at some of his images i was Drawn to his unusual flair for still life imagery. He was born in 1886 and the first images he captured were of the local parks and his aunts farm in Chicago with a bulls eye #2 camera that his father got him for his 16th birthday. He then moved to California briefly working as a surveyor and going door to door for every opportunity to build onto his photography career…
Wolfgang Tillmans' new book turns his lens on the wider world with jaw-dropping results
Back in January we were pleased to see Taschen publish "a combined set of Wolfgang Tillmans' three previous books":http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/wolfgang-tillmans-3-vols and wondered whether it marked the end of a certain stage in the Turner-prize winning photographer's career.
Monochromatic Visions in the likeness of
fanatical discussion: We as B&W photographers and even those who chose to shoot Monochromatic (monotone) images, learn about, study and strive to emulate our work from famous photographers, in hopes that our own work will be in their likeness. Great photographers such as Ansel Adams for one; not that he was the greatest, but he is the one who gave vision to his work through his own style. For some of us, myself included, I prefer the work of Michael Kenna and the genius of Joe Cornish and…
Edward Weston
Edward Weston was a seminal American photographer whose radical approach to composition, lighting, and form changed the history of the medium. View Edward Weston’s 3,123 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. See available photographs, prints and multiples, and design for sale and learn about the artist.
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silfarione: “ by Robert Doisneau ”
Photographer Profile ~ Edward Weston
Edward Weston was renowned as one of the masters of 20th century photography. His legacy includes several thousand carefully composed, superbly printed photographs which have influenced photographers around the world for 60 years. Photographing natural landscapes and forms such as artichoke, shells, and his famous nudes using large-format cameras and available light. Weston's sensuously precise images raise to the level of poetry. The subtle use of tones and the sculptural formal design of…
Exhibition: ‘The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today’ at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York
Exhibition dates: 1st August – 1st November 2010 A huge posting of wonderful photographs – especially for sculptor Fredrick White who always takes photos of his sculptures! Many …
rude-mechanicals
bibeim: “ Jacques Tati, by Robert Doisneau ”
Roe Ethridge