Posts Tagged ‘legendary pictures’

Licitatie Sotheby’s la New York

Sunday, April 5th, 2009
IRVING PENN - B. 1917 - 'PICASSO (B), CANNES' - 62,500 USD - © Sotheby's

IRVING PENN - B. 1917 - 'PICASSO (B), CANNES' - 62,500 USD - © Sotheby's

In plina criza financiara, o licitatie de fotografii organizata la New York in data de 30 martie 2009 de celebra casa  Sotheby’s a strans nu mai putin de 2.384.690 USD. S-au licitat nume ca Ansel Adams, Edward Weston,  Berenice Abbott, Robert Doisneau, Henri Cartier – Bresson, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton sau Annie Leibovitz. Gasiti mai jos cateva din fotografiile licitate.

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Sir John Herschel by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1867

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

Abordarea Juliei Cameron (Marea Britanie 1815–1879) a fost una neobisnuita. Ea evita intentionat claritatea si reproducerea detaliilor ce se obtineau usor cu ajutorul negativelor de sticla. Folosea in schimb un sharf moale si o expunere lunga, (expunere masurata uneori in minute, in vremea in care fotografii faceau tot ce era posibil sa obtina expuneri cat mai scurte, de ordinul secundelor).

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Gustave Le Gray – Brig on the Water, 1856

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

Pentru cine credea ca tehnologia HDR este o inventie relativ recenta, o performanta a generatiei photoshop, uite ca nu e asa :).

Gustave Le Gray (Francez, 1820–1884) a fost primul ce a rezolvat problema expunerii corecte atat a cerului cat si a solului intr-o singura imagine. Practic a expus doua negative pe placi de stica, una cu expunerea corecta pentru cer si o a doua cu expunerea corecta pentru sol. Placile erau ulterior suprapuse pentru obtinerea printului final.

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Train Wreck at Montparnasse 1895

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

The Gare Montparnasse became famous for a derailment on 22 October 1895 of the Granville-Paris Express that overran the buffer stop. The engine careened across almost 30 metres (98 ft) of the station concourse, crashed through a 60-centimetre (24 in) thick wall, shot across a terrace and sailed out of the station, plummeting onto the Place de Rennes 10 metres (33 ft) below, where it stood on its nose.

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Cum ajunge o fotografie celebra?

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Unii fotografi incearca sa gaseasca o reteta pentru a realiza imagini celebre, o metoda ar fi ca fotografia sa fie aleasa pentru desktop-ul standard al celui mai raspandit sistem de operare… simplu, nu?

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Nicolae Ionescu – Fotograful Cronicar

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

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Unul dintre cei mai cunoscuti fotografi din perioada interbelica este Nicolae Ionescu (1903 – 1975). Pe cat de cunoscut atunci, pe atat de necunoscut azi. Marele merit al lui Ionescu este fotografia- document pe care a realizat-o in decursul vietii. Fascinantul Bucuresti al anilor 20 – 30, amintirea “micului Paris” este pastrata inca vie prin fotografiile lui. Cazut in dizgratie in perioada comunista, el ramane un necunoscut publicului si in prezent. Multe dintre fotografiile lui care circula astazi sunt publicate in diferite albume sau se gasesc pur si simplu pe internet, dar de cele mai multe ori lucrarile nu sunt semnate, frumusetea fotografiilor neaducand nici un fel de glorie fotografului.

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Primul om fotografiat din istorie.

Sunday, December 23rd, 2007

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Evident cineva a trebuit sa fie primul asa ca nu e chiar “big deal” dar felul in care sa intamplat este unul foarte interesant, mai ales pentru cei ce au cat de cat habar de tehnica fotografica.

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American Girl in Italy

Sunday, May 6th, 2007

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“American Girl in Italy” este una din clasicile lucrari ale lui Ruth Orkin. In 1951 ea a calatorit in Israel avand un angajament din partea Filarmonicii Israeliene. Dupa ce a trait cateva luni in acolo, ea si-a continuat calatoriile in Italia. In Florenta a intalnit un student la arte ce ii va deveni subiect pentru o fotografie ilustrativa intitulata “Don’t Be Afraid to Travel Alone”.

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The burning monk

Friday, May 4th, 2007

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In dimineata zilei de 10 iunie 1963, Malcom Browne, un fotograf de 30 de ani din New York ce a fost trimis in Vietnam de Associated Press, a primit un telefon cu informatia de a fi a doua zi intr-o anume intersectie din Saigon pentru ca ceva important avea sa se intample.

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The Saigon Execution

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

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On the second day of the Tet Offensive, Edward Thomas Adams and an NBC news crew heard gunfire. They followed the noise to a street corner where South Vietnamese soldiers were leading a handcuffed Viet Cong captive to Lt. Col. Nguyen Ngoc Loan, chief of the South Vietnamese National Police. Assuming the prisoner was about to be interrogated, Adams raised his camera to capture the moment. Instead, he took a picture of Lung shooting the prisoner in the head. (Adams later learned that the prisoner was a Viet Cong officer responsible for slaughtering an entire family.)

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Daca tot am adus vorba de Dali…

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

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Se pare ca Halsman si Dali au avut o relatie fotografica de lunga durata. Mai toate fotografiile celebre ale lui Dali sunt realizate de Halsman si nu sunt char putine.

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Dali Atomicus

Sunday, March 25th, 2007

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It took 26 tries and over five hours to have this image done. Philippe Halsman made this picture in 1948 and the subject was Salvador Dali himself. Of course, all that you see in the image was an real act in front of the camera, no ticks or retouch. No more than three assistants threw the cats, one threw the water from a bucket and Halsman’s wife held the chair.

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The new most expensive picture

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

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“99Cent” by Andreas Gursky, chromogenic color print, 81 1/2 by 132 inches, numbered 6/6, 1999 was sold with the amount of 3,3 millions $. The old record was only 2,9 millions $.

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

Monday, February 26th, 2007

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If you’ll make a top of the world’s most important war pictures, this Pulizer wining image will be on the first place for sure. For Americans, if they have to describe “patriotism” in a single picture, this will be more than enough.

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Antonescu’s last pictures

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

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I’m sure that some of you already know the pictures and the history of this man but I have to publish these images here anyway. It is very strange for me to see the eyes of a man who will know he will die in the next minutes. In this kind of pictures I really identify the true power of photography. This man died more than 60 years ago but this touching face expression it is still printed and somehow alive.

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