Bill Brandt | London, 1952

Posted: January 16th, 2011 | Author: doug | Filed under: Film, Photography, Quotes

I am not interested in rules or conventions. Photography is not a sport.

- Bill Brandt

London, 1952, Bill Brandt

London, 1952, Bill Brandt


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Magnum Photos | Happy New Years

Posted: January 1st, 2011 | Author: doug | Filed under: Film, New York City, Photography

NEW YORK—New Year's Eve in Times Square, 1959. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos

NEW YORK—New Year's Eve in Times Square, 1959. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos

PARIS—New Year's celebration, 1979. © Guy Le Querrec / Magnum Photos

PARIS—New Year's celebration, 1979. © Guy Le Querrec / Magnum Photos

WARSAW, Poland—New Year’s Eve, 1989. © Mark Power / Magnum Photos

WARSAW, Poland—New Year’s Eve, 1989. © Mark Power / Magnum Photos

NORMANDY, France—Midnight supper of St. Sylvestre, 1976. © Jean Gaumy / Magnum Photos

NORMANDY, France—Midnight supper of St. Sylvestre, 1976. © Jean Gaumy / Magnum Photos

RHONDDA VALLEY, Wales—New Year's Eve celebrants, 2000. © Bruce Gilden / Magnum Photos

RHONDDA VALLEY, Wales—New Year's Eve celebrants, 2000. © Bruce Gilden / Magnum Photos

LONDON—Trafalgar Square on New Year's Eve, 1964.  © Ian Berry / Magnum Photos

LONDON—Trafalgar Square on New Year's Eve, 1964. © Ian Berry / Magnum Photos

GUNNEDAH, Australia—New Year’s Eve, 2003. © Trent Parke / Magnum Photos

GUNNEDAH, Australia—New Year’s Eve, 2003. © Trent Parke / Magnum Photos


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Robert Frank | London & Wales

Posted: May 19th, 2010 | Author: doug | Filed under: Books, Film, Photography, Quotes

Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.

-Robert Frank

London 1952-53, Robert Frank

London 1952-53, Robert Frank

London 1951, Robert Frank

London 1951, Robert Frank

London 1952-53 © Robert Frank

London 1952-53 © Robert Frank

 Caerau, Wales 1953 © Robert Frank

Caerau, Wales 1953 © Robert Frank

London 1951-52 © Robert Frank

London 1951-52 © Robert Frank

London 1952-53 © Robert Frank

London 1952 -53 © Robert Frank

London 1951-52 © Robert Frank

London 1951-52 © Robert Frank

Ben James and His Wife, Wales 1953 © Robert Frank

Ben James and His Wife, Wales 1953 © Robert Frank

Ben James, Wales 1953 © Robert Frank

Ben James, Wales 1953 © Robert Frank


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Happy New Year’s Day

Posted: January 1st, 2010 | Author: doug | Filed under: Film, Photography

PRAGUE—New Years' Eve, 2005. © Josef Koudelka / Magnum Photos

PRAGUE—New Years' Eve, 2005. © Josef Koudelka / Magnum Photos

G.B. ENGLAND. London. Trafalgar Square. 01/01/2000. © Chris Steele-Perkins / Magnum Photos

G.B. ENGLAND. London. Trafalgar Square. 01/01/2000. © Chris Steele-Perkins / Magnum Photos

NEW YORK—The Bowery, 1947. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos

NEW YORK—The Bowery, 1947. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos

PARIS—La Villette, 1929. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos

PARIS—La Villette, 1929. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos


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David Hurn | Hard Day’s Night

Posted: September 16th, 2009 | Author: doug | Filed under: Cinema, Film, Photography

From the Magnum Photos archive:

David Hurn, London 1965 / Magnum Photos

© David Hurn, London 1964/ Magnum Photos

LONDON—The police restrain fans who line the railway bank in hopes of seeing the Beatles as their train passes through on its daily trip, during the filming of A Hard Day’s Night, 1964.


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