Daido Moriyama uses an ordinary compact camera and never stops shooting. The artist is the most celebrated photographer to emerge from the Japanese Provoke movement of the 1960s. In this film, Moriyama invites us into his studio and takes us on a walk around the atmospheric Shinjuku neighborhood, his home…
Photographer and journalist Gordon Parks used his camera as a tool to help the world understand the experience of African-Americans in the U.S. A current exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, titled “Gordon Parks: The New Tide,” examines the first ten years of his career, and exhibit curator Philip…
The legendary street photographer and pioneer of colour art photography shares his philosophy and techniques learned over his 50-year career behind the camera. Joel is an extremely eloquent teacher and his passion for photography is truly inspiring. In his online photography masterclass, you will walk the streets with Joel as…
The legendary photographer Steve McCurry spoke to Phaidon while showing at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. In this video, he shares the stories behind some of his iconic photographs taken from around the world. We are sharing this video from Phaidon Youtube Channel. You can find more amazing videos from…
Sam Stephenson, a writer and director of the Jazz Loft Project at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, spoke May 11, 2010, at the Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University about the life and work of photographer and Wichita native W. Eugene Smith.…
Short and sweet interview of Master Photographer Harry Gruyaert. In this video Harry Gruyaert talking about his photography journey and he also talks about some of his photographs and experiences over the last 40 years. Harry Gruyaert was born in 1941 in Antwerp, Belgium. He studied at the School for…
Henri Cartier-Bresson (August 22, 1908 – August 3, 2004) was a French humanist photographer considered a master of candid photography, and an early user of 35 mm film. He pioneered the genre of street photography and viewed photography as capturing a decisive moment. Cartier-Bresson was one of the founding members…
Brill Brandt (1904 – 1983) is one of the most important British Photographer and Photojournalist. His works include Social Documentaries and Landscapes are very popular. Born in Hamburg, Germany, son of a British father and German mother. In 1933, Brandt began documenting all levels of British society. The kind of…
British Photographer David Yarrow born on 8th January 1966. He is a photographer, financier, conservationist, and author. He has traveled to isolated locations to capture images of wildlife, indigenous communities, and landscapes. In this video, David Yarrow talking about his photography journey and the story behind his most famous photographs.…
Andreas Bernhard Lyonel Feininger (December 27, 1906 – February 18, 1999) was an American photographer and a writer on photographic technique. He was noted for his dynamic black-and-white scenes of Manhattan and for studies of the structures of natural objects. Feininger wrote comprehensive manuals about photography, of which the best…
Magnum Photographer Elliott Erwitt on the subject of “HOME” In collaboration with FUJIFILM, Magnum Photos is on a major new project exploring the subject of “HOME”. An exhibition of the work will tour to seven cities around the world starting in March 2018, and be accompanied by a photobook. 16…
We are glad to share this amazing Documentary Film shot by “BBC Imagine” about American Street Photographer Vivian Maier. Vivian Dorothy Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) was an American street photographer. Maier worked for about forty years as a nanny, mostly in Chicago’s North Shore, pursuing photography…
Daidō Moriyama born in Ikeda, Osaka, Japan on October 10, 1938. Moriyama noted for his images depicting the breakdown of traditional values in post-war Japan. Moriyama studied photography under Takeji Iwamiya before moving to Tokyo in 1961 to work as an assistant to Eikoh Hosoe. Moriyama received the Infinity Award…
Jindřich Štreit is a Czech Photographer. He is born 5th September, 1946 in Vsetín. He concentrates on documenting the rural life and people of Czech villages. He is considered one of the most important exponents of Czech documentary photography. He began taking photographs in 1964, during his studies at the…
Master Photographer Bruno Barbey was born in 1941. Barbey has had a significant career as a photographer and filmmaker. Throughout his four-decade career, he has traveled across five continents, photographing many wars. He is most notable for his work with Magnum acting both as a photojournalist and as a leading…
In 1967, when the Museum of Modern Art in New York City presented New Documents — a major exhibition of the personal visions of several photographers — the surprise of the show was the work of Diane Arbus. On her own, against the advice of many friends, she had pursued…