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Gustave Le Gray
I think we can definitely say that between Gustav Le Gray and Fox Talbot, they made the first forays into representing the wilderness in photographic form. more
Carr Clifton
Carr has been photographing the landscape for over thirty years. In that time he has produced five exhibit format books, including my favourite, California more
Wynn Bullock
The big turning point in his photographic journey was meeting Edward Weston. Stunned by the beauty of his prints, he devoted to ‘straight’ photography... more
Minor White
Some photographers have an extended influence far beyond their public notoriety. Minor White epitomises these individuals. His work in analysing and teaching photography created a whole host of ‘followers’ and in some cases ‘acolytes’ and his writing still inspires today, but a lot of people don’t know his photography (or may be put off by his proclivities) which is a real shame. Hopefully this short biography will help as more
Peter Dombrovskis
I found out about Peter Dombrovskis when I was on a large format photography course with Joe Cornish and David Ward. more
Harry Callahan
Harry Callahan, born 1912, was a photographer many of us could relate to. He wasn’t a graduate of any particular art school or a rich family who could support a creative life. Harry, an engineer by training, worked for Chrysler during the Great Depression and only started photography as a hobby during a ‘mid life crisis’ in 1938 (sounds like an early life crisis to me). He was going to buy a movie camera but couldn’t afford one so more
John Blakemore
Unlike many of the photographers we have discussed in our ongoing Masters section, John wasn’t a photographer from childhood, being more obsessed with drawing wildlife. His passion for photography was inspired when his mother sent him an issue of Picture Post when he was in Africa when serving in the RAF as a nurse. This edition had some extracts from ‘The Family of Man’, a pivotal photographic exhibition that was put together by Edward Steichen which featured the work more
Shinzo Maeda
In 1974 he published his first collection of photographs entitled “The Four Seasons of a Home Town”, Maininchi Shimbun-sha, Tokyo which became a successful vehicle for his craft and the production of 46 photography books until his death in 1998 at the age of 76. more
Christopher Burkett
A passion for the light entered his life during the years as a brother and he started to use a Crown Graphic 4x5 camera and a Rolleiflex more
Fay Godwin
Introduction Before visiting the National Media Museum to see Fay Godwin's latest photography exhibition, I didn’t know a whole lot about her apart from the fact that she was supposedly a ‘landscape’ photographer (although much of her work appeared not to be) and that she influenced many other landscape photographers of her era. After seeing this exhibition though, my mind has been comprehensively changed. She most definitely is a landscape more
Galen Rowell
Had he lived, Galen Rowell would by now be 70 years old. That his name still resonates down the years says much for the power of his art. more
Bill Brandt
Bill Brandt is a photographer that is probably well known to a generation of photographers who worked in the sixties and seventies. more
Jan Tove
Jan Tove is a bit of an enigma in the UK; A photographer of no small talent who has inspired a great many more people than his British profile more
Eliot Porter
Eliot Porter, born in 1901; the beginning of a century that would transform photography. more