Ara Guler is a Turkish Armenian photojournalist, nicknamed “the Eye of Istanbul” or “the Photographer of Istanbul”. He was born in born on August 16, 1928 in Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey. He studied at the local Getronagan Armenian High School. Owner of a pharmacy on Istiklal Avenue, his father had a wide circle of friends from the art world of the…
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Monday Photography Inspiration – Erich Salomon
“The work of a photojournalist who wants to be more than a mere craftsman, is a constant battle, a battle for the picture, and as in hunting, he gets his game only if he has an obsession for the chase.” – Erich Salomon Erich Salomon was considered to be the original candid moment photographer. Born…
Monday’s Photography Inspiration – Ralph Morse
“Photography is more than art. In photojournalism, it’s knowledge.” – Ralph Morse Ralph Theodore Morse was a career staff photographer for Life magazine. He was born in Manhattan in 1917 and raised in the Bronx area of New York City. He lived with his mother and sister in an apartment where the income was $25 a week. At fifteen, he starting working…
Monday’s Photography Inspiration – Milton Rogovin
“The rich have their own photographers… I photograph the forgotten ones.” – Milton Rogovin Milton Rogovin was an American photographer born in New York in 1909. He was considered to be America’s most significant social documentary photographers. He attended Stuyvesant High School in New York City and enrolled in Columbia University, from which he graduated in 1931 with…
Monday’s Photography Inspiration – Rosalie Gwathmey
“We all know that if the language isn’t eloquent, no one bothers to finish the story” – Rosalie Gwathmey Gwathmey was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was the daughter of successful architect, Charles C. Hook, and Ida MacDonald Hook. Rosalie married painter, Robert Gwathmey in 1935. She gave birth to their son, Charles Gwathmey, in 1938. He is another…
Monday’s Photography Inspiration – Gisèle Freund
Gisèle Freund was a German-born French photographer and photojournalist, born in Schöneberg District, Berlin famous for her documentary photography and portraits of writers and artists. In 1931, Freund studied sociology and art history at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Breisgau, Germany. From 1932-33 she studied at the Institute for Social, Sciences, University of Frankfurt under Theodor W. Adorno,…
Monday’s Photography Inspiration – Eve Arnold
“If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given. It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument” – Eve Arnold Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Eve Arnold was a photojournalist that began photographing in 1946, while working at a photo-finishing plant in New York City, and…
Monday’s Photography Inspiration – Willem Van De Poll
Willem van de Poll was a Dutch photographer who grew up in Amsterdam. Originally, his parents wanted him to be come doctor but he chose a different route. His need for adventure pushed him to become a police inspector and then soon after a photographer. After training in Vienna, Willem van de Poll worked as a…
Monday’s Photography Inspiration – Ruth Bernhard
Ruth Bernhard ) was a German-born American photographer. In 1927, after two years at the Berlin Academy of Art, Ruth moved to New York where she began to seriously pursue a career in photography. Eight years later she met Edward Weston in California and was deeply moved by his work. He revealed to her the…
Monday’s Photography Inspiration -Jessie
Jessie Tarbox Beals was an American photographer and the first published female photojournalist in the United States. She is best known for her freelance news photographs, particularly of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, and portraits of places such as Bohemian Greenwich Village. She was the first female staff photographer hired by The Buffalo Inquirer…
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