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Kertesz as a Hungarian-born photographer distinguished by haunting composition in his photographs and by his early efforts in developing the photo essay. In his lifetime, however, his then-unorthodox camera angles, which hindered prose descriptions of his works, prevented his work … Continue reading →

Diane Arbus Diane Arbus is an American-Jewish photographer. She was born on March, 1923.  Arbus grew up in a wealthy family. Her parents owned a famous store on 5th avenue called Russek’s. At the age of eighteen, she married Allan … Continue reading →

Paul Strand documented people, work, culture and artifacts of life by way of photography.  His work came during a revitalization period for art.  He redefined the photographic medium by creating work that reflected the time(s) and documented history. “The documentary … Continue reading →

Lee Friedlander is a famous American photographer born on July 14, 1934. Lee attended Art Center College of Design in Pasadena where he studied photography. Lee started his career shooting record covers for jazz musicians in New York City, and … Continue reading →

Walker Evans was an American photographer who lived from 1903 to 1975. Evans is best known for documenting the effects of the Great Depression through his pictures. He was known to use a large-format, 8×10-inch camera. Most of his work … Continue reading →

Berenice Abbott is remembered as a one of the most intended and independent photographers in 20th century. She was born in Springfield, Ohio in 1898. She had an unhappy childhood and she dropped out of the Ohio state university in … Continue reading →

Lisette Model (November 10, 1901-March 30, 1983) was an Austrian-born American photographer. In 1933, she gave up music and recommitted herself to studying visual art, at first taking up painting as a student of Andre Lhote (whose other students included … Continue reading →

Berenice Abbott was one of American photographer who was known for black-and-white photography of New York City architecture and urban design of the 1930s. Abbott is remembered as one of the most independent, determined and respected photographers of the twentieth … Continue reading →

Robert Frank is a very inspirational photographer and filmmaker in the American culture. He was born in November 9, 1924. He is a living witness of World War II. The reality of threat and stress from Nazism led him to … Continue reading →

Gyula Halasz was born in Broasov, Romania in September 1899. He studied painting and sculpture at Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest at his young age. In 1924, he moved to Paris and worked as a journalist for publication … Continue reading →