Some occasional thoughts and writings about photographers and photography.
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Written by Roy Hammans
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Thursday, 14 January 2010 13:57 |
Alexey Brodovitch (American, 1923-2004) was a graphic designer, photographer and teacher who had an immense influence on the lives of many famous photographers who have, in turn, done much to shape the way we view photography today.
You can read a good description of his background here, but perhaps equally relevant to this article are the names of some of the photographers who were fortunate enough to work with and learn from him: Tony Ray-Jones, John Benton Harris, Hiro, Lillian Bassman, Diane Arbus, Eve Arnold, Richard Avedon, Lisette Model, Gary Winogrand, the list goes on...
These notes by Brodovitch were originally published in Photography magazine in 1964 and were discovered following a request from Valentina, a researcher in Italy. Their succinct commentary on aspects of commercial photography still applies equally today.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 January 2010 16:53 |
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Written by Roy Hammans
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Tuesday, 26 May 2009 09:27 |
Christopher Alexander, architect, is also the founding father of the Pattern Language movement in computer science, and author of A Pattern Language, the seminal work that was perhaps the first complete book ever written in hypertext fashion. The page on my old website that referenced his 'Elements of Style' gets a surprising number of hits, so I've decided to include it here.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 May 2009 22:53 |
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Written by Roy Hammans
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It seems that every site must have some autobiographical statement to put the author in context, so here's mine.
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