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If you're a photographer reading our site, it's likely that you greatly enjoy reading about the latest and greatest photography gear. However, sometimes it's nice to take a look back instead. Casual Photophile has done just that, with an article about five classic cameras that were used by famous photographers.
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Come October 3rd, Christie's auction house will hold a photography auction, and in addition to an unparalleled collection of images up for bid from some of the most famed of all photographers, there's also the opportunity to bid on one of the most incredible pieces of ethnographic works the world has ever seen: Edward S....
You may have never heard of John Thomson, a pioneering Scottish photographer and geographer who traveled extensively throughout Asia in the latter part of the 19th century taking pictures. He worked extensively in Cambodia, Thailand, Taiwan and China and later Cyprus, photographing the landscapes, people and artifacts of...
Though he's a bit on the reclusive side, 73-year-old American photographer William Eggleston sat down for a short interview a few years ago with actress Drew Barrymore (yes, that Drew Barrymore) to discuss his work and his distinctive approach to photography.
Now, there are some who have called Eggleston the "world's...
Earlier this month, 73-year-old American photographer William Eggleston traveled to England to receive a Sony World Photography Award and to celebrate the opening of a permanent exhibition of his photographs at the Tate Modern in London. In reporting these two events, art critic Michael Glover of the Independent (UK)...
A month or so ago, IR's Dan Havlik reported on 10 early color photographs of Paris and, to all our surprise, it turns out there are more: a total of 85 in all at the “Paris 1914” website.
These are more softly colored Autochrome images that remind me of the first time I saw Paris. It was through the scratched window...
Looking for a holiday gift for that special Leica photographer in your life, even if that photographer just so happens to be you? A new Leica-commissioned oral and photographic history book entitled "Ninety Nine Years Leica," has just gone on sale at select Leica stores, boutiques, and dealers in North America.
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A new gallery exhibition at Somerset House in London that runs through January 27, 2013, bears the provocative title "Cartier-Bresson, A Question of Colour." The show presents 15 rarely seen black-and-white photos by famed French photographer Henri...
I'm not a big fan of watermarks on photos: never have been, never will. They are, of course, a necessary evil for protecting your images from being stolen but sometimes I feel the type of watermark a photographer uses on his or her photos can show a surprising lack of taste.
Kip Praslowicz has a hilarious send-up of...
Digital cameras allow me to choose among four image formats: 4:3, 3:2, 16:9 and 1:1. This could be a great asset, but I think that having so many choices actually makes things more difficult for photographers. Simply put, when camera format, screen shapes and photo print paper and frames are all in different shapes, it...
As a follow up to our report in March, entitled "Cartier-Bresson’s Photo of a Smoking Albert Camus Stirs Up Controversy," the Administrative Tribunal of Montpellier, France, decided last week that the picture of the Camus, a French Nobel Laureate, taken by France’s most celebrated photographer, Henri Cartier-Bresson, is a “work of art.”
This exempts it from France’s strict...