When in 2014, Dylan Scalet inherited a sizable collection of photos captured by his grandfather Jack Sharp, he didn’t expect much. It actually took him 6 years—and COVID-19 lockdown happening—to finally begin to digitize the film. What he discovered was a treasure trove of incredible photographs depicting street life in…
Tošo Dabac (18 May 1907 – 9 May 1970) was an internationally renowned Croatian photographer. Dabac spent nearly his entire working career in Zagreb, Croatia. While he worked on many different kinds of publications throughout his career, he is primarily notable for his black-and-white photographs of Zagreb street life during…
As a young man, Brassai studied painting and sculpture at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest. He joined a cavalry regiment of the Austro-Hungarian army, where he served until the end of the First World War. In 1920, Brassai went to Berlin, where he worked as a journalist…
Sune Jonsson (20 December 1930 – 30 January 2009) was a Swedish documentary photographer and writer. Jonsson was born in Nyåker outside Nordmaling in the province of Västerbotten, Sweden. After studying folklore and literature in Stockholm and Uppsala, Jonsson returned in the early 1960s to northern Sweden. His debut book…
David Martin “Dave” Heath (27 June 1931 – 27 June 2016) was an American documentary and humanist photographer, whose most famous work was candid street photography. He was a mostly self-taught photographer. He was born in Philadelphia and was inspired by Life magazine, most notably an article Bad Boy’s Story…
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…
Vladimir Lagrange was a Russian photographer born in 1939 in Moscow. In 1959-1963 he was working in “Photokhronika TASS”. Since 1963-1989 – special photo correspondent of “Soviet Union” Magazine, in 1989-1991 – in “Native Land” Magazine, in 1991-1995 – in Moscow representative of French Agency “Sipa – Press”. © Vladimir…
Zofia Rydet (1911–1997) was a Polish photographer, best known for her project “Sociological Record”, which aimed to document every household in Poland. She began working on “Sociological Record” in 1978 at the age of 67, and took nearly 20,000 pictures until her death in 1997. Many of the pictures remain…
Here is the Part 8 of amazing black and white photos from masters. Please check our previous articles here: Great Black and White Photos – Part1 Great Black and White Photos – Part2 Great Black and White Photos – Part3 Great Black and White Photos – Part4 Great Black and…
Here is the Part 7 of amazing black and white photos from masters. Please check our previous articles here: Great Black and White Photos – Part1 Great Black and White Photos – Part2 Great Black and White Photos – Part3 Great Black and White Photos – Part4 Great Black and…
Here is the Part 6 of amazing black and white photos from masters. Please check our previous articles here: Great Black and White Photos – Part1 Great Black and White Photos – Part2 Great Black and White Photos – Part3 Great Black and White Photos – Part4 Great Black and White…
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…
Here is the Part 5 of amazing black and white photos from masters. Please check our previous articles here: Great Black and White Photos – Part1 Great Black and White Photos – Part2 Great Black and White Photos – Part3 Great Black and White Photos – Part4 Great Black and…
Eduardo Gageiro is a Portuguese photographer, born in Sacavém on the 16 February 1935. He is widely considered the Portuguese foremost photojournalist. He was first employed as a clerk at one of the country`s largest ceramic companies from 1947 to 1957. He lived closely and on a daily basis with…
Article By: Prashanth Swaminathan Filmmaking is presenting truth with the filmmaker’s view about the truth. Photography laid the foundation for this basic structure of filmmaking. Photos are plain truth that are even more real than reality. Life on earth has remained the same for a long time. Change never ceases…
Most of the historic black and white photos shows wars and struggles. But in this post, Boredpanda collected some heartwarming moments in old photographs. Hope you will enjoy these. (View photos on Boredpanda) …