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Curated posts highlighting innovative photographers and their amazing photos

17 05, 2017

Interview with Tony Sweet

By |2017-05-18T07:55:42-08:00May 17th, 2017|Categories: Inspiration|1 Comment

Tony Sweet is a Nikon legend behind the lеns.  Tony has worked as a professional jazz drummer for 20 years, playing with other great jazz artists such as Sonny Stitt and Joe Henderson. It was at this time, Tony began taking insightful photographs and capturing the essence of jazz clubs. He later refocused and honed in [...]

11 03, 2017

The Photo book: Thinking about making your own book of photographs? Get inspired!

By |2017-03-12T05:43:27-08:00March 11th, 2017|Categories: Inspiration|1 Comment

A photographer’s ambition when showing their work is usually oriented towards the photographic exhibition. It can be the greatest feeling, having your photos framed and mounted on the walls, all your hard work finally on display for the public to enjoy. But preparing an exhibition is no joke. It can take months, or even years of [...]

3 03, 2017

An introduction to 19th century landscape photography

By |2017-03-08T00:03:45-08:00March 3rd, 2017|Categories: Inspiration|0 Comments

One of the more popular motifs of 19th century photography was most definitely the landscape. Photographs have the power to bring faraway lands into our homes. The first landscape photographers had a great responsibility of faithfully reproducing places that people have never seen before. The world is constantly changing and it is only natural for photography [...]

26 02, 2017

Beyond realism – surrealism in photography

By |2017-02-24T04:34:40-08:00February 26th, 2017|Categories: Inspiration|0 Comments

The beginning of the surrealist movement and surrealism in photography is connected to Paris in the mid 20’s of the 20th century. Surrealism was a self-proclaimed movement. The surrealist manifesto, published in 1924 by André Breton, announced the priority of the irrational and belief in the truth beyond realism. Surrealism had roots in the Freudian theory [...]