Photonet photography articles – famous photographers
Balázs Telek was born in May 9, 1974, in Balassagyarmat. He studied graphics and visual communication. He worked in different fields of art. Started his photographical experiments in 1994. He was introduced to camera obscura as a photography tool by his teacher László Lugo Lugosi photographer.…
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Yousuf Karsh (December 23, 1908 – July 13, 2002) is one of the masters of 20th century photography. His body of work includes portraits of statesmen, artists, musicians, authors, scientists, and men and women of accomplishment. His extraordinary and unique portfolio presents the viewer with an intimate and compassionate view of humanity.…
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JH Engström, born in 1969 in Karlstad, Sweden, spent the early part of his career as a photographer between Sweden and France.…
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David de Rueda was born in Poitiers in 1987. From a family of artists, this Franco-German photographer and director practices urban exploration since his teenage years. He learned photography on his own and created Urbex.Fr website in 2007. End of 2013, his work was exposed at la Samaritaine for a contest organized by LVMH. In…
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André Kertész thoughts about photography, about being a professional or an amateur photographer. André Kertész always wanted to remain an amateur photographer so he can photograph what ever he likes. Do you want to be a professional or an amateur photographer?…
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Pien Wilbrink Dutch photographer of street photography and urban landscapes focusing on details rather than the more common in genre, larger viewing angles.…
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Brassaï, originally as Gyula Halász, Hungarian-born French photographer, painter, writer, film artist. The artist was born in Brasov on September 9, 1899 from Armenian mother and Hungarian father. Brassai studied fine art in Budapest and in Berlin with interruptions between 1918 and 1922. After graduating, he went to Paris to try his luck at the…
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István Csaba Sánta two-Hungarian Press Photo Prize-winning freelance photojournalist was born in Transylvania in Sepsiszentgyörgy. He moved to Budapest and studied the basics of photography at Prater-street school’s professional photographers faculty. Personal encounter with Henri Cartier-Bresson in 2002, and later with Josef Koudelkával made big impression on him.…
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Fedor Gabčan born on July 22, 1940, in a picturesque Slovakian village, Jókút (Kúty). After the war he moved to Révkomárom (Komarno) with his widowed father, who was a gendarme commander. Here he married again and there he remained until his death.…
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1899. november 30-án született Nyíregyházán, Pelach Sándor néven, a család hét gyermeke közül elsőként. Ifjú korában szeretett énekelni, egy időben az operaénekesi pálya iránt érdeklődött. Édesapja ennek nem örült, mondván, ő nem nevel urakat! Mivel szülei ebben az időben különböző fürdőket és strandokat béreltek, üzemeltettek (Pünkösdfürdő, Csillaghegy) végül az úszómesteri pálya mellett kötött ki. Abban az időben az úszómester nemcsak a medencékben fürdőzők biztonságára ügyelt, hanem úszásoktatással is foglalkozott. Később, amikor édesapjuk elhagyta a családot, mind a heten Pelachról Pusztaira cserélték a vezetéknevüket. Az első világháború idején katona volt, majd ismét fürdőkben dolgozott.
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