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Famous Photogs Pose With Their Most Iconic Images

Famous Photogs Pose With Their Most Iconic Images
Jeff Widener holds his photo of Tank Man in Tienanmen Square from 1989.Photo: Tim Mantoani Steve McCurry holds his 1984 photo of a young woman from Peshawar, Pakistan. "I looked for this girl for 17 years and finally found her in 2002. Her name is Sharbat Gula."Photo: Tim Mantoani Neil Leifer holds his photo, Ali vs. Liston, which he took on May 25, 1965 in Lewiston, Maine.Photo: Tim Mantoani Bill Eppridge stands with his photo of Robert F. Kennedy after his assassination on June 5, 1968.Photo: Tim Mantoani Elliot Erwitt: "The picture I am holding was snapped in 1974 just across the street from my apartment in New York's Central Park. Mark Seliger: "Originally an inside opener for Rolling Stone cover story of Nirvana in conjunction with the release of In Utero, my first Polaroid (with Negative) was by far the most emotional and revealing of his spirit. The Tank Man of Tienanmen Square. “I felt like there was kind of this void,” says Mantoani.

Asia: 10 lessons learned with the heart of a photographer My mind races. It is five AM and I have not fallen asleep. I am awake after traveling from Bangkok to Tokyo, and from Tokyo to New York. Bayon Temple (Cambodia). 1. Bandipur (Nepal). 2. Nepal. 3. Rice field in Katmandu Valley (Nepal). 4. Fish Market in Tokyo (Japan). 5. Children play in Bandipur, a hilltop settlement in Tanahu District (Nepal). 6. Man fishing in the Mekong River (Laos). 7. Buddhist monk mediates under a tree in Ta Phrom Temple. 8. The Mekong River at dusk (Laos). 9. Photographer KIKE CALVO spent eight weeks documenting Asia. 10.

Les ombres photographiques de Santu Mofokeng éclairent le Jeu de paume à Paris (Paris) - C’est au Jeu de paume, à l’ombre de l’obélisque de la place de la Concorde, à Paris, que l’on peut plonger, pour la première en France, aussi profondément dans l’œuvre de Santu Mofokeng. Une rétrospective de trente années de photographie, d’essais imagés voire imaginés, essentiellement en noir et blanc, découvrant aux visiteurs une vision sensible de l’austral du continent africain et bien au-delà. Comrade-Sister, White City Jabavu, 1985, « Soweto Township ».Courtesy Lunetta Bartz, Maker, Johannesburg. © Santu Mofokeng Car Santu Mofokeng est sud-africain, noir, né à Soweto (South West Township) en 1956, près de Johannesburg, banlieue emblématique de la lutte anti-apartheid, marquée notamment dans sa chair par les émeutes du 16 juin 1976 violemment réprimées par la police afrikaner. Christmas Church Service, Mautse Cave - Free State, 2000, « Chasing Shadows ». Les images exposées ne montrent pas cette violence barbare et drue de l’apartheid. www.santumofokeng.com

Mark Jenkins // Street Installations - StumbleUpon Kristiansand, Norway London, England Montreal, Canada Cologne, Germany Besançon Rome Rio de Janeiro Tudela London Dublin Moscow Winston-Salem Seoul Royan Bordeaux Puerto del Rosario Barcelona Malmö Washington DC Washington, DC Pen Story - Olympus stop motion :: koikoikoi.com - Visual Arts Magazine, graphic design, illustration, photography, interviews, inspiration, tutorials Over 60,000 images taken, 9600 photos developed and printed and over 1.800 pictures shoot again. These are the incredible numbers for the production of 3 minutes of the stop motion video created by Olimpus who is celebrating the 50th anniversary and the relaunch of the legendary “PEN” camera. Olimpus claimed no post production was used to make the clip. > olympus.eu/penstory

12 Photography Websites That Will Inspire You Photography is, without a doubt, one of the most accessible creative disciplines one can pursue. While it may seem like all you really need is a camera to get started, it’s really the photographer’s eye and his ideas that truly make a great photo. For those of you looking to get inspired for your next photography session, I decided to compile a list of some of the best websites devoted to photography. The websites listed below feature some really great work by some of the best photographers in the world. Enjoy! And let us know about your favorite photography websites in the comments section below! Flakphoto Flakphoto is one of the best places to find great fine art photography. Aperture Established in 1952, Aperture is a very well-respected community in the world of photography. National Geographic For more than a century, National Geographic has been the embodiment of adventure and exploration for many people all over the world. Talent House Time Lightbox The New York Times Lens Bentrova.to

PIETER HUGO Top 15 Famous Photographers around the world and their photos Friday Animation Fun: Fat RIME | JERSEY JOE - Mural Painting Gori Island Blog » 10 Best Type Foundries of 2013 As Google continues to strive towards world domination, they are dipping their digital fingers into everything, including fonts. The Google Fonts directory is served by other monolithic foundries such as Adobe and Monotype. With the vast majority of fonts coming from the minority of designers (#wearethe99percent), it’s almost too easy for the true heroes of typographical design to go uncelebrated. Here are 10 of our favourite designers through 2013 – check out their fonts and see what real talent can do. Sudtipos Based in Argentina, Sudtipos is a collaborative effort between four design powerhouses, Ale Paul, Ariel Garofalo, Claudio Pousada, and Diego Giaccone. We have 24 font families available, but our favourite Sudtipos font is the wonderful Aladin Pro font; we can’t get enough of the Eastern style oozing from every curve. HVD Fonts Founded in 2008 by the German designer Hannes von Döhren, HVD Fonts has produced an array of superb, award winning fonts. Yellow Design Studio FontFabric

20 Historic Black and White Photos Colorized One of the greatest facets of reddit are the thriving subreddits, niche communities of people who share a passion for a specific topic. One of the Sifter’s personal favourites is r/ColorizedHistory. The major contributors are a mix of professional and amateur colorizers that bring historic photos to life through color. All of them are highly skilled digital artists that use a combination of historical reference material and a natural eye for colour. When we see old photos in black and white, we sometimes forget that life back then was experienced in the same vibrant colours that surround us today. Below you will find a collection of some of the highest rated colorized images to date on r/ColorizedHistory. I’ve also provide a list of some of the top contributors (in no particular order): - zuzahin aka Mads Madsen [website, facebook] – mygrapefruit aka Sanna Dullaway [website, facebook] – klassixx aka Dana Keller [facebook page] – photojacker aka Jordan J. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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