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Central Park’s History and Photography – The People’s Park

*All Central Park photographs in this article are for sale here. See this page if you would like to learn more about the best walking and photography routes for Central Park, or see this page to learn more about my guided photography tours of Central Park, day or night. The People’s Park – the History […]

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A Foreigner’s Road Trip – Robert Frank’s America

Despite being born in Switzerland, Robert Frank defined and diagnosed America in the ’50s in ways that his contemporaries couldn’t. While his peers were photographing the optimistic and prosperous 50’s post-war United States, Frank’s photography took a stark and much more realistic turn. Frank’s childhood was difficult – in the 1930s, the fear of Hitler

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Photographing the ‘Boring,’ the History and Photography of William Eggleston

All photographs copyright Eggleston Artistic Trust William Eggleston may be one of the most celebrated and misunderstood photographers in history. Born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1939 and raised in Mississippi, Eggleston was an introverted man born into a wealthy aristocratic family of former plantation owners. Eggleston was influenced by Robert Frank’s The Americans, Henri Cartier-Bresson’s

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