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"Horst: Photographer of Style" on show at the Victoria and Albert Museum from the 6th of September!

Muriel Maxwell, American Vogue cover, 1 July 1939 © Condé Nast / Horst Estate

‘Fashion is an expression of the times. Elegance is something else again.’ Horst, 1984

Horst P. Horst is often credited as one of the greatest photographers of all time, side by side with Richard Avedon and Irving Penn. His greatness is divinely highlighted on V&A’s first retrospective of the photographer, “Horst: Photographer of Style”, opens from the 6th of September.

The exhibition builds a timeline across Horst’s long career – he was an active photographer for over 60 years – adding curiosity drops of his personal life (did you know, for instance, that he worked in Paris as an apprentice to Le Corbusier) and backstories of some of the shoots. Notebooks, drawings, scrapbooks and letters also accompany the show, and even some of his cameras – an epic moment for analogue lovers such as ourselves.

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The legendary photographer Philippe Halsman who's made '101 covers for LIFE magazine' talks to Leonard Nimoy in 1973 about his work. What an inspiration!

Happy Birthday to a true master of photography, Brassaï who was born on this day in 1899!

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9 September 1899 – 8 July 1984

“Chance is always there. We all use it. The difference is a poor photographer meets chance one out of a hundred times and a good photographer meets chance all the time.”  Brassaï

Today marks the birthday of Brassaï (Pseudonym of Gyula Halász), one of the most renowned photographers of the interwar period. Born in 1899 in the Transylvanian town of Brassó, who rose to fame in France in the 20th century. 

Brassaï became well known for his candid shots of the streets of Paris and his long-time friend, Henry Miller, nicknamed him “The Eye of Paris” for his devotion to the city. Through out his career he became friends with a number of different artists including  Picasso which resulted in many famous portraits of the artist, as well as important books. His first photo-book, published in 1933 and entitled Paris de nuit (published in English as Paris After Dark), remains the most famous depiction of the city’s hidden underbelly, and is considered a classic of early street photography.

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Edward Weston Photos to Be Auctioned

Photography by Edward Weston

A collection of 548 photographs taken by Edward Weston and printed posthumously by his son Cole Weston — the only person Weston authorized to print from his negatives — will be auctioned by Sotheby’s in New York on Sept. 30. The house is estimating that the prints, which are being sold in a single lot, may bring as much as $3 million.

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Lightroom – The File or Folder Could Not Be Found – Solution

A walk-through of the solution to the Adobe Lightroom error message ‘File or Folder Could Not Be Found’. This occurs when the original source file has been moved to a new location after the Lightroom catalog has been created. It’s a simple task to point Lightroom to the new file location or to simply move the files to where Lightroom is currently looking for them.

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6TH EUROPEAN MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY BERLIN

Once again, a Portfolio Review will be organised in the framework of the 6th European Month of Photography (MdF Berlin), to be held this year in collaboration with the BTK University of Applied Sciences of Berlin. Forty national and international experts are available for discussion with freelance photographers, artists, and photography students in advanced semesters.

Short Overview

Where: BTK, Bernburger Straße 24/25, 10963 Berlin
When: November 1–2, 2014
Participation fee: Three talks for € 75.00, six talks for € 130.00
Application deadline: September 12, 2014

Prices

First Prize: A solo exhibition in the dat Galerie as well as a 1,500.00 € voucher for exhibition prints with the Grieger company in Düsseldorf
Second Prize: 1,000.00 €
Third Prize: 500.00 €

Here you find detailed information for applicants and the eligibility requirements.

American Colour 1962-1965 -- FREE SHIPPING TODAY

Free-shipping today: AMERICAN COLOUR 1962-1965 by Tony-Ray Jones (second printing) http://www.photobookcorner.com/book/american-colour-1962-1965/
"Later recognized for his beautifully jaded black-and-white documentary style, Ray-Jones' influence on photography was enormous, before his decade long career ended abruptly due to leukemia. Here we are given the opportunity to step inside the head of a rapidly developing young British photographer in the early 60s as he explores the U.S., in color no less." - Michelle Molloy, TIME