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    Neil Leifer. Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston, 1973
    Photo Credit: Heritage Auctions

    Yesterday, we shared a photograph by Neil Leifer of Muhammad Ali’s electrifying fight against Ken Norton on our Action Photography group. Today, we are shifting our focus to another monumental moment in boxing history, one that deserves a prominent place on our…Read More

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    Churchill’s cigar was ever present. I held out an ashtray, but he would not dispose of it. I went back to my camera and made sure that everything was all right technically. I waited; he continued to chomp vigorously at his cigar. I waited. Then I stepped toward him and, without premeditation, but ever so respectfully, I said, “Forgive me, sir,” and plucked the cigar out of his mouth. By the time I got back to my camera, he looked so belligerent he could have devoured me. It was at that instant that I took the photograph.

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    Yousuf Karsh. Winston Churchill, Canada, 1941
    Photo Credit: Portraits of Greatness by Yousuf Karsh (Nelson; 2nd Edition (January 1, 1959)

    We are turning our lenses towards one of the most timeless portraits ever captured by the brilliant Yousuf Karsh, a photographer revered for his uncanny ability to seize powerful and meaningful expressions…Read More

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    “The Americans” by Robert Frank. Jack Kerouac.
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    First published in France in 1958 and later in the United States in 1959, Robert Frank’s “The Americans” transformed the field of 20th-century photography. Through 83 evocative photographs, Frank revealed the deeper layers of American society, highlighting racial tension, political…Read More

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    Robert Frank. The Trolley-New Orleans, 1955

    In the heart of the 1950s, Swiss photographer Robert Frank introduced a series of photographs that would soon redefine American photography. His collection, titled “The Americans”, though initially met with criticism, was eventually regarded as an iconic masterpiece. It presented a raw, unfiltered vie…Read More

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    August Sander. Three Young Farmers on Their way to a Dance, 1914
    Credit: Rare Historical Photos

    In the 1914 photograph “Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance,” August Sander showcases three young men poised in their best outfits. Interestingly, despite the title, these individuals were not actually farmers but worked at an ore mine. On this…Read More

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    If I, August Sander, a man in good physical and emotional health, purport to see things as they are and not as they should or could be, then I hope I will be forgiven, for I cannot do otherwise. I have been a photographer for 30 years and have dedicated myself to my work with all the devotion that I have to give, the path I have chosen has varied, but it has taught me to recognise my mistakes. The exhibition in the Cologne Art Gallery represents the results of my research, and I hope I am on the right track. Nothing is more abhorrent to me than sugary-sweet photography full of pretence, poses, and gimmickry. For this reason, I have allowed myself to tell the truth about our times and people in a sincere manner.

    August Sander

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    August Sander. The Boxers, Heim Heese and Paul Roderstein, 1929
    Credit: Heritage Auctions

    In the photograph “The Boxers, Hein Heese and Paul Roderstein, 1929”, the renowned German portrait and documentary photographer August Sander offers a raw, unembellished glimpse into the persona of two boxers, captured in their natural disposition. This pie…Read More

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    I just walk around, observing the subject from various angles until the picture elements arrange themselves into a composition that pleases my eye.

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About Me

Photography is an art medium that speaks to me the most as an outlet for my creativity. I especially love landscape and architectural photography. Landscape photography gives one time to think, discover and create. It gives me great pleasure to find silence, solitude, simplicity and sometimes coincidence and surprises in nature.

Over the years I have discovered I am naturally draw to black and white (B&W) images, especially in B&W architecture. The biggest reason, other than the timeless appeal of B&W, lies in the fact that B&W architectural photography, by its nature, gives me more freedom to depart from the visual reality. Therefore, for me, the joy of being creative comes from identifying the underlying beauty and potential from a more visible and obvious colour reality, then transforming it to a black and white vision. This holds true for landscape photography as well.

My use of natural light, tonal contrast, colour, texture, and movement are the qualities I look for when I am out there and what makes my images unique. Through my images, I want to offer the world my perspectives and express my connections with the subjects that I capture.

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