History of Photography
History of Photography
Man Ray’s love-hate relationship with Hollywood
The Surrealist artist Man Ray struggled to balance the competing demands of his passion and his wallet Man Ray was by no means the first...
Can a documentary photograph change the world?
“Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.” (W. Eugene Smith,...
John Berger on August Sander, Henri Cartier-Bresson & Paul Strand
During the first semester of the Magnum Photos-Speos Photo School's "Creative Documentary & Photojournalism Course" we were asked to briefly analyse John Berger's essay...
ANZACs evacuate from Suvla Bay at Gallipoli, Turkey
20th December. On this day in 1915, the ANZACs and allied troops were all evacuated off the Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey, marking the end of...
Photo scoop during the 1987 Fiji Coup
How we got a photo scoop during the 1987 Fiji Coup Blog update: General elections were held in Fiji on 14 December 2022 to elect...
Faked photos for Soviet propaganda
During the era of Stalinist Russia, it was a common practice to revise Soviet history by expunging inconvenient individuals, frequently men and women who...
NASA’s Famous Blue Marble Photo Is 50 Years Old
The Blue Marble photograph, made by NASA’s Apollo 17 astronauts on December 7, 1972, is one of the most published photographs on Earth. The last manned...
Robert Capa, a prolific & great war photographer
Robert Capa, one of the most prolific and greatest war photographers, died on 25 May 1954 in Indochina after stepping on a land mine...
Life Magazine’s Innovative Photography at MFA Boston
MFA Boston Presents Unprecedented Exhibition Exploring Life Magazine’s Innovative Use of Photography On view October 9, 2022–January 16, 2023. Photo captions: 1. Normandy Invasion on D‐Day, Soldier Advancing through...
Glossary of photography terms for auction & collectors – with examples.
FEATURE Series: Collecting Old, Antique and Vintage Photography Albumen print Prints made on a paper coated with an egg white and salt solution, then sensitized with...