This time around, we are bringing you some most inspirational documentary movies ever made on the lives of some great master photographers around the world. This era has produced some amazing Photojournalists and War Photographers over the period of time. How about showing them all right from the way they approach a scene to the very end stage of processing a particular image in their darkroom. These documentaries here are definitely going to plunge onto you & kindle that unknown curiosity and most importantly take us into a world literally unknown for most of us.

An astounding passage onto their journey as a photojournalists and even more. These films gives us a bold idea on the passion and survival these greats have undergone. Nevertheless to say, these handful of documentaries are real gem and a classy recognition to what they are.

War Photographer (2001)

War Photographer (2001)

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Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye (2003)

Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye (2003)

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Edward Weston: The Photographer (1948)

Edward Weston: The Photographer (1948)

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Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film (2002)

Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film (2002)

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Robert Capa: In Love and War (2003)

Robert Capa: In Love and War (2003)

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W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult (1989)

W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult (1989)

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What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann (2005)

What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann (2005)

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Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens (2008)

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens (2008)

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William Eggleston in the Real World (2005)

William Eggleston in the Real World (2005)

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Sebastião Salgado – Looking back at you

Sebastião Salgado - Looking back at you

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America and Lewis Hine (1984)

America and Lewis Hine (1984)

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Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light (1996)

Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light (1996)

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Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks (2000)

Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks (2000)

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Strand, Under the Dark Cloth (1989)

Strand, Under the Dark Cloth (1989)

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Ralph Gibson: Photographer/Book Artist (2002)

Ralph Gibson: Photographer/Book Artist (2002)

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Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge (1989)

Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge (1989)

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Masters of photography – Diane Arbus (1972)

Masters of photography - Diane Arbus (1972)

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Masters of Photography – André Kertesz

Masters of Photography - André Kertesz

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Alfred Eisenstaedt: Photographer

Alfred Eisenstaedt: Photographer

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Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank

Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank

YouTube

 

Karsh: The Searching Eye (1986)

Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank

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Masters of Photography – Edward Steichen

Masters of Photography - Edward Steichen

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Michael Kenna’s Hokkaido

Michael Kenna's Hokkaido

 

In No Great Hurry: 13 Lessons in Life with Saul Leiter (2012)

In No Great Hurry: 13 Lessons in Life with Saul Leiter (2012)

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Manufactured Landscapes (2006)

Manufactured Landscapes (2006)

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