Wednesday, October 27, 2010



Jay Lefor was born in 1971. He photographs liquid as it swirls, pulsates, and pops, stirred by a sound recording of his brain waves, Jay probes the internal workings of the human body to make great Photographs. He graduated from the Graduate School of Fine Arts at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana in 2000. Sorry I could only find one image.







Born in Nová Paka, the Czech Republic, on 5 May 1911.He studied under his father, the photographer František Hak. Between 1925 and 1931 Hak worked as a photographer in Prague and Bratislava. The 40’s and 50’s he worked in the film industry. From 1942- 1948 Hak associated with the Prague-based Group 42, which united avant-garde Czech photographers. This group was influenced by civilism, cubism, futurism, constructivism, and surrealism.Miroslav Hak died in Prague on 29 June 1978.









Monday, October 25, 2010

Lois Greenfield







Lois was born in 1949 and began taking photographs in the late 60's. She taught herself everything she needed to know about photography and wanted to be a photojournalist for National Geographic. She was assigned to cover a dance concert and set out to master the art of capturing the unpredictable movement of dancers on film. This became her passion and she eventually set up a studio and invited dancers to join in her experimentation.


Two books have been published showcasing her work "Breaking Bounds"(1992) and "Airborne"(1998). In 2006, the Southeast Museum of Photography organized "Resonating Fields", a touring retrospective of her classic black and white work of the last 35 years. http://www.loisgreenfield.com/index.html

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

E J Bellocq




E J Bellocq was born to a rich white Creole family in 1873 in the French Quarter of New Orleans. He started off as a local amateur photographer before going professional. E J took pictures mostly of ships, machinery for local companies and recording landmarks.

Bellocq also had a hobby of photographing opium dens and prostitutes in the red light district. He kept his images well hidden in a sofa. E J passed away in 1949. Most of his negatives where destroyed after his death. His Prostitutes of Storyville negatives were found years after his death.

http://www.fraenkelgallery.com/index.php#mi=&pt=1&pi=10000&s=0&p=0&a=5&at=1

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Robert Polidori







Robert Polidori was born in Montreal in 1951 and he lives in New York City. He is a regular contributor to the New York Times, and his work has been shown in Paris, Los Angeles, and Brasilia. He has wonderful work, especially what he captures with abandoned places. He captures detail and light really well.



I can't seem to find his own website, but this site gives some information about him, http://www.theglobalist.com/photo/chernobyl/polidori.shtml

Don Cameron







Don Cameron has been specializing in large format photography for high-end commercial use since 1975. In 1982, Cameron started to take black and white photography to relax with and then he started to do solo-exhibits of his work and now his work has been shown at the United States Embassies around the world.






He works well with lighting, and the longer exposures he uses really softens and makes his images almost surreal. He mostly shoots landscapes and he uses black and white film. This is his website, http://doncameron.com/

Toni Frissell







Toni Frissell was a photographer for nearly 40 years, she photographed a wide variety of subjects, she is best known for her fashion photography, and photographing famous people like John and Jacqueline Kennedy, Winston Churchill, and Eleanor Roosevelt. She was also a staff photographer at Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Sports Illustrated. There is a large source of her images and some background information here, http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/coll/090.html


These are a couple of her photographs, I thought the underwater photos of hers were pretty awesome.