World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances:...
Jeroen Nieuwhuis: People of Cuba
Jeroen Nieuwhuis lives in the Netherlands. He started photography at age 11, capturing friends with the camera he got for birthday. After a couple of years, he started shooting portraits of friends and posting them on different forums to receive feedback on them. Slowly he developed his own taste in photography and started to look at images differently....
PhotoBiography: Loretta Lux
Loretta Lux was born in Dresden, Germany, in 1969. In 1989 she left East Germany for Munich, a few months before the fall of the Berlin Wall. From 1990–96, she studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich. Trained as a painter, Lux began taking photographs in 1999. Although...
Interview with Dog photographer Sophie Gamand
- How did you get into photography? I was always a very artistic person, and I tried many forms of expression (singing, poetry, painting, etc). Photography was a way for me to create intimacy with people and animals around me. It accompanied me me on and off my whole life...
Interview with Portrait photographer Vinit Gupta
How did you get into photography? The first motivation to getting in photography was travelling, but later, while volunteering with Not to Profit Organisation, I realized how we can use photography as a tool for social and documentary research. In 2011 left my corporate job and start working with development...
PhotoBiography: Michal Chelbin
Based in New York City, Israeli-born, Michal Chelbin has been shown in solo and group shows in the US and abroad in venues such as the Photographer’s Gallery in London , Hendrik Andersen Museum in Rome , the National Portrait Gallery in London , and the Tel Aviv Museum of...
PhotoBiography: Jimmy Nelson
Jimmy Nelson (Sevenoaks, Kent, 1967) started working as a photographer in 1987. Having spent 10 years at a Jesuit boarding school in the North of England, he set off on his own to traverse the length of Tibet on foot. The journey lasted a year and upon his return his...
PhotoBiography: Vee Speers
Vee Speers, an Australian artist, has lived and worked in Paris since 1990. Speers studied fine art and photography at the QCA in Brisbane before working as a Stills Photographer at the ABC Television in Sydney in the 80’s. After moving to Paris she began exhibiting her series ‘Bordello’ ,...
Portraits of Celebrities by Art Kane (1960s)
Art Kane (1925 - 1995) was one of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century. A bold visionary, Kane’s work encompassed fashion, editorial, celebrity portraiture, travel, and nudes with a relentless and innovative eye. Like his contemporaries, Guy Bourdin (1928 - 1991) and Helmut Newton (1924 - 2004), Kane...
PhotoBiography: Matt Hoyle
Matt Hoyle is an award winning celebrity photographer. Known for his passion and energy in storytelling, his subjects love the collaborating process in creating something beyond just a typical portrait. Matt has spoken about his work at TEDx, Apple in NY, SVA and internationally at various photography events from Australia...