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September 10, 2011 / Masters of Portrait Photography / by admin

Annie Leibovitz

Anna-Lou “Annie” Leibovitz ( /ˈliːbəvɪts/; born October 2, 1949) is an American portrait photographer. Early life and education Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Leibovitz is the third of six children. She is a third-generation American whose great-grandparents were Jewish immigrants, from Central and Eastern Europe. Her father’s parents had emigrated from Romania.[1] Her mother, Marilyn Leibovitz, was a modern dance instructor of Estonian Jewish heritage; her father, Sam Leibovitz, was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force. The family moved frequently with her father’s duty assignments, and she took her first pictures when he was [...]

September 10, 2011 / Masters of Portrait Photography / by admin

The Masters of Photography: Rankin Edition

Waddell was brought up in St Albans, Hertfordshire. At the age of 21, whilst studying accounting at Brighton Polytechnic, he realized that his interests lay elsewhere and dropped out, taking up the study photography at London College of Printing. During this time, Rankin met Jefferson Hack, with whom he formed a working relationship. The two decided to start a magazine together called Dazed & Confused once they had graduated. In 1999 Hack and Rankin founded Dazed Film & TV, a production company that would produce [...]

June 24, 2011 / Masters of Portrait Photography / by admin

Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light (1/9)

Vividly portrayed in this American Masters Special, photographer Richard Avedon shoots for two different worlds. Primarily, he is a fashion photographer, having worked for various magazines for more than 50 years. Of particular note is the description of photographing Natassja Kinski, a shoot that took two hours of her lying naked on a cement floor as they tried to coax a snake up her body. As a fashion photographer, Avedon became known for his sense of movement and the energy he [...]

June 24, 2011 / Masters of Portrait Photography / by admin

What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann, part 1

Born in Lexington, Virginia, Mann was the third of three children and the only daughter. Her father, Robert S. Munger, was a general practitioner, and her mother, Elizabeth Evans Munger, ran the bookstore atWashington and Lee University in Lexington. Mann graduated from The Putney School in 1969, and attended Bennington College and Friends World College. She earned a B.A., summa cum laude, from Hollins College (now Hollins University) in 1974 and a MFA in creative writing in 1975.[1] She took up photography at Putney, where, she claims, her motive was to be [...]

June 24, 2011 / Masters of Portrait Photography / by admin

Helmut by June part 1

Helmut Newton, born Helmut Neustädter (October 31, 1920 – January 23, 2004) was a German-Australian photographer. He was a “prolific, widely imitated fashion photographer whose provocative, erotically charged black-and-white photos were a mainstay of Vogue and other publications.”[1] Early life Born in Berlin to a German-Jewish button-factory owner and an American mother, Newton attended the Heinrich-von-Treitschke-Realgymnasium and the American School in Berlin. Interested in photography from the age of 12 when he purchased his first camera, he worked for the German photographer Yva (Elsie Neulander Simon) from 1936. [...]

June 24, 2011 / Masters of Portrait Photography / by admin

Irving Penn Photography

Irving Penn (June 16, 1917 – October 7, 2009[1]) was an American photographer known for his portraiture and fashion photography. Biography Early career Irving Penn studied under Alexey Brodovitch at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art (now the University of the Arts) from which he was graduated in 1938. Penn’s drawings were published by Harper’s Bazaar and he also painted. As his career in photography blossomed, he became known for post World War II feminine chic and glamour photography. Penn worked for many years doing fashion photography for Vogue magazine, [...]

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Annie Leibovitz

September 10, 2011 / Masters of Portrait Photography

Anna-Lou “Annie” Leibovitz ( /ˈliːbəvɪts/; born October 2, 1949) is an American portrait photographer. Early life and education Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Leibovitz is the third of six children. She is a third-generation American whose great-grandparents were Jewish immigrants, from Central and Eastern Europe. Her father’s parents had emigrated from Romania.[1] Her mother, Marilyn Leibovitz, was a modern dance instructor of Estonian Jewish heritage; her father, Sam Leibovitz, was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force. The family moved frequently with her father’s duty assignments, and she took her first pictures when he was [...]

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The Masters of Photography: Rankin Edition

September 10, 2011 / Masters of Portrait Photography

Waddell was brought up in St Albans, Hertfordshire. At the age of 21, whilst studying accounting at Brighton Polytechnic, he realized that his interests lay elsewhere and dropped out, taking up the study photography at London College of Printing. During this time, Rankin met Jefferson Hack, with whom he formed a working relationship. The two decided to start a magazine together called Dazed & Confused once they had graduated. In 1999 Hack and Rankin founded Dazed Film & TV, a production company that would produce [...]

Continue reading »
Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light (1/9)

June 24, 2011 / Masters of Portrait Photography

Vividly portrayed in this American Masters Special, photographer Richard Avedon shoots for two different worlds. Primarily, he is a fashion photographer, having worked for various magazines for more than 50 years. Of particular note is the description of photographing Natassja Kinski, a shoot that took two hours of her lying naked on a cement floor as they tried to coax a snake up her body. As a fashion photographer, Avedon became known for his sense of movement and the energy he [...]

Continue reading »
What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann, part 1

June 24, 2011 / Masters of Portrait Photography

Born in Lexington, Virginia, Mann was the third of three children and the only daughter. Her father, Robert S. Munger, was a general practitioner, and her mother, Elizabeth Evans Munger, ran the bookstore atWashington and Lee University in Lexington. Mann graduated from The Putney School in 1969, and attended Bennington College and Friends World College. She earned a B.A., summa cum laude, from Hollins College (now Hollins University) in 1974 and a MFA in creative writing in 1975.[1] She took up photography at Putney, where, she claims, her motive was to be [...]

Continue reading »
Helmut by June part 1

June 24, 2011 / Masters of Portrait Photography

Helmut Newton, born Helmut Neustädter (October 31, 1920 – January 23, 2004) was a German-Australian photographer. He was a “prolific, widely imitated fashion photographer whose provocative, erotically charged black-and-white photos were a mainstay of Vogue and other publications.”[1] Early life Born in Berlin to a German-Jewish button-factory owner and an American mother, Newton attended the Heinrich-von-Treitschke-Realgymnasium and the American School in Berlin. Interested in photography from the age of 12 when he purchased his first camera, he worked for the German photographer Yva (Elsie Neulander Simon) from 1936. [...]

Continue reading »
Irving Penn Photography

June 24, 2011 / Masters of Portrait Photography

Irving Penn (June 16, 1917 – October 7, 2009[1]) was an American photographer known for his portraiture and fashion photography. Biography Early career Irving Penn studied under Alexey Brodovitch at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art (now the University of the Arts) from which he was graduated in 1938. Penn’s drawings were published by Harper’s Bazaar and he also painted. As his career in photography blossomed, he became known for post World War II feminine chic and glamour photography. Penn worked for many years doing fashion photography for Vogue magazine, [...]

Continue reading »