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Everyone can take photos but only some are considered as famous photographers. Take a creative & outstanding portrait photographs is not an easy task. A famous portrait photographer can combine the correct time with proper color coordination & viewpoint of a subject. In this post we are introducing world’s most famous portrait photographer’s portfolio & their great portrait photography. So please have a look…

Many portrait photographers have created great portraiture over the years. Some of these portrait photos have gone beyond iconic position in the art realm to become world famous. Here is a list of some great famous portrait photographers. We also illustrate their short biography & some of their great photographs.

Gertrude Kasebier

(1852–1934)

Gertrude Kasebier was one of the most famous portrait photographers of the 20th century. Gertrude Kasebier was born on 18th May, 1852 and came from Des Moines, Iowa. In the year 1897 she set up a portrait studio in New York. The celebrities photographed by Gertrude Kasebier include Mark Twain, Booker T. Washington, Buffalo Bull, Auguste Roding and many others.

In 1916 Käsebier helped Clarence H. White found the group Pictorial Photographers of America, which was seen by Stieglitz as a direct challenge to his artistic leadership. By this time, Stieglitz’s tactics had offended many of his former friends, including White and Robert Demachy, and a year later he was forced to disband the Photo-Secession. During this time many young women starting out in photography sought out Käsebier, both for her photography artistry and inspiration as an independent woman. Among those who were inspired by Käsebier and who went on to have successful careers of their own were Clara Sipprell, Consuelo Kanaga and Laura Gilpin. Throughout the late 1910s and most of the 1920s Käsebier continued to expand her portrait business, taking photos of many important people of the time including Robert Henri, John Sloan, William Glackens, Arthur B. Davies, Mabel Dodge and Stanford White. In 1924 her daughter Hermine Turner joined her in her portrait business.

In 1929 Käsebier gave up photography altogether and liquidated the contents of her studio. That same year she was given a major one-person exhibition at the Booklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Käsebier died on 12 October 1934 at the home of her daughter, Hermine Turner. A major collection of her work is held by the University of Delaware.

She is therefore, one of the most famous photographers of America. She was known for her evocative images of motherhood, her powerful portraits of Native Americans and her promotion of photography as a career for women.

Gertrude Kasebier Photography:-

Dorothea Lange
(1895 – 1965)

Dorothea Lange is amongst the most excellent photographers of the 20th century. She was an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Lange’s photographs humanized the consequences of the Great Depression and influenced the development of documentary photography. Whilst her career was varied, she is best known for her distressing images of Depression era California.

Lange told the human story of this age, through images that continue to resonate as symbols of hardship and tragedy today.
In 1972 the Whitney Museum used 27 of Lange’s photographs in an exhibit entitled Executive Order 9066. This exhibit highlighted the Japanese Internment during World War II. On May 28, 2008, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver announced Lange’s induction into the California Hall of Fame, located at The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts. The induction ceremony took place on December 15 and her son accepted the honor in her place. In 2006, a school was named in her honor in Nipomo, California, near the site where she photographed “Migrant Mother”.

Lange died of esophageal cancer on October 11, 1965; age 70.She was survived by her second husband, Paul Taylor, two children, three stepchildren, and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Dorothea Lange Photography:-

Angus McBean
(1904 – 1990)

Famous portrait photographer Angus McBean was born in South Wales in June 1904. In spite of the surname and the family’s claim to be head of the sub-clan McBean, they had been Welsh for generations. Clem McBean was a surveyor in the mines and the family moved frequently around Wales with his job. Fascinated by the apparently magical properties of photography, Angus wanted to be able to take pictures of people and sold a gold watch left to him by his grandfather to raise the five pounds necessary for the equipment.

Angus McBean was one of the most significant British photographers of the twentieth century. It brings together over 100 photographs in black and white and color, including a large number of vintage prints from museum collections and important loans from private collections. The exhibition offers an unprecedented opportunity to see the astonishing range of McBean’s work. From the striking surrealist portraits of the 1930’s to his period as indisputably the most important photographer of theatre and dance personalities of the 1940’s and 1950’s. The exhibition also showcases his cult re-emergence as a chronicler of pop music and includes his famous Beatles covers.

Two figures have prevented McBean from gaining more fame: Cecil Beaton (thanks to his lavish lifestyle and work for Vogue and the British royal family); and David Bailey, who much later (1960s) was close to Cecil Beaton both personally and in terms of style. McBean did not enjoy this level of fame either in his life or after death, even though he was arguably the better technically and artistically. Additionally McBean’s focus on the world of theatre (particularly London’s West End) did not give him international recognition. In 2007 seven original color transparencies by McBean were accidentally thrown in the bin at the HQ of EMI.

Angus McBean Photography:-

Cecil Beaton
(1904 – 1980)

British Famed fashion & portrait photographer Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton was born on January 14, 1904, in London, England. As a child, he adored the picture postcards of society ladies that came with the Sunday newspaper. Beaton owned his first camera at the age of 11. In the 1920s, he was hired as a staff photographer for Vanity Fair and Vogue, where he developed a unique style of posing sitters with unusual backgrounds. He was also a diarist, interior designer, and Oscar-winning stage and costume designer. He was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1970. He was also a diarist, interior designer, and Oscar-winning stage and costume designer.

Honours, awards and medals:-

• Tony Award for Best Costume Design for Quadrille (play) (1955)
• CBE (1956)
• Tony Award for Best Costume Design for My Fair Lady (1957)
• Fellow of the Ancient Monuments Society (1957)
• Academy Award for Costume Design for Gigi (1958)
• Tony Award for Best Costume Design for Saratoga (1960)
• Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur (1960)
• Academy Award for Best Art Direction for My Fair Lady (1964)
• Academy Award for Costume Design for My Fair Lady (1964)
• Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain (1965)
• Tony Award for Best Costume Design for Coco (musical) 1970
• Knighthood (1972)

By the end of the 1970s, Beaton’s health had faded. In January 1980, he died at Reddish House, his home in Broad Chalke in Wiltshire, at the age of 76.

Cecil Beaton Photography:-

Philippe Halsman

(1906 – 1979)

Famous American portrait photographer Philippe Halsman once said, “A good portrait is incredibly hard to create, there is too much temptation to pander to the individual rather than portray them as they really were.”

Philippe Halsman (1906-1979) was born in Riga, Latvia. He studied engineering in Dresden before moving to Paris, where he set up his photographic studio in 1932. Halsman’s bold, spontaneous style won him many admirers. His portraits of actors and authors appeared on book jackets and in magazines; he worked with fashion (especially hat designs), and filled commissions for private clients. By 1936, Halsman was known as one of the best portrait photographers in France.

Philippe Halsman set the standard for celebrity portraiture. From the 1940s until the 1970s his portraits of actors, intellectuals and politicians appeared on the covers and pages of the biggest magazines in Europe and the US. He arrived in New York in 1940, with little English, no money, no contacts and a camera. Within two years his work appeared on the cover of Life magazine, beginning a 30 year association with the magazine. Life published 101 covers by Halsman – a record unmatched by any other photographer.

Halsman’s big break in New York came when he met Connie Ford, a model who agreed to pose for him in exchange for prints for her portfolio. When Halsman showed the resulting pictures of Ford against an American flag to the cosmetics company Elizabeth Arden they used the image to launch a national advertising campaign for “Victory Red” lipstick. A year later he was commissioned by Life to photograph new hat designs. His portrait of a model in a Lily Daché hat was the first of his many covers for Life.

Of all the great photographers of his time, Halsman belongs most completely to the magazine era. His subjects create a vivid picture of prosperous American society in the middle years of this century and he captures the laughter, high spirits and glamour of his time, as well as its intense emotions and true optimism.

Website: philippehalsman.com

Philippe Halsman Photography:-

Yousuf Karsh

(1908 – 2002)

Yousuf Karsh is one of the most famous and talented portrait photographers of all time. His body of work includes portraits of statesmen, artists, musicians, authors, scientists, and men and women of accomplishment. He was born to an Armenian family in Mardin, Turkey, December 23, 1908. His extraordinary and unique portfolio presents the viewer with an intimate and compassionate view of humanity. His work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, The National Portrait Gallery in London, and the National Gallery of Canada.

Awards:-

• In 1999, the International Edition of Who’s Who In The World chose Karsh as one of the 100 most influential figures of the twentieth century. He was the only photographer and the only Canadian among the selected distinguished group of men and women. Karsh was delighted to learn that, among this group, he had photographed more than half.
• Jerusalem Prize for Arts and Letters, Bezalel Academy, 1997
• Presented to the Combined Houses of the Canadian Parliament by the Speaker of the House of Commons, 1995
• Gold Medal of Merit, National Society of Arts and Letters, USA, 1991
• Companion of the Order of Canada, 1990
• Master of Photography Award, International Center of Photography, NYC, 1990
• Medal of Merit from the Lotos Club, New York, 1989
• Gold Medal of the Americas Society for furthering Canadian-American understanding, 1989
• Creative Edge Award, given by New York University and TIME, Inc., 1989
• Doctor of Humane Letters, Yeshiva University, New York City, 1989
• Doctor of Fine Arts, Syracuse University, 1986
• Silver Shingle, Boston University School of Law, 1983
• Doctor of Fine Arts, Tufts University, 1981
• Achievement of Life Award of the Encyclopedia Britannica, 1980
• Doctor of Fine Arts, University of Hartford, 1980
• President’s Cabinet Award, University of Detroit, 1979
• Doctor of Fine Arts, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1979
• Medal of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 1975
• Bachelor of Professional Arts, Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California, 1973
• Master of Photographic Arts, Professional Photographers of Canada, 1970
• Doctor of Civil Law, Bishop’s University, Lennoxville, Quebec, 1969
• Canada Council Medal, 1969
• Medal of Service of the Order of Canada, and the Centennial Medal, 1968
• Doctor of Humane Letters, Emerson College, Boston
• Doctor of Law, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
• Doctor of Law, Carleton University, Ottawa
• Doctor of Humane Letters, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire
• Doctor of Humane Letters, Ohio University
• Doctor of Humane Letters, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick

Website: -   www.karsh.org

Yousuf Karsh Photography:-

Eve Arnold

(1912 – 2012)

Eve Arnold (April 21, 1912 – January 4, 2012) was born Eve Cohen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the middle of nine children born to immigrant Russian-Jewish parents, William Cohen (born Velvel Sklarski), a rabbi, and his wife, Bessie (Bosya Laschiner). Her interest in photography began in 1946 while working in a New York City photo-finishing plant. Over six weeks in 1948, she learned photographic skills from Harper’s Bazaar art director Alexey Brodovitch at the New School for Social Research in Manhattan.

Eve Arnold photographed many of the iconic figures who shaped the second half of the twentieth century. Most well known for her photos are:-

• Marilyn Monroe, 1960.
• Jacqueline Kennedy arranging flowers with daughter Caroline, 1961.
• Horse Training for the Militia in Inner Mongolia, 1979.

Arnold is best known for her images of actress Marilyn Monroe on the set of Monroe’s last (1961) film, The Misfits, but she took many photos of Monroe from 1951 onwards. An exhibition of her previously unseen photos of Monroe was displayed at the Halcyon Gallery in London in May 2005. Monroe trusted Arnold more than any other photographer.

Not only did Arnold photograph VIPs such as Queen Elizabeth II, Malcolm X, and Joan Crawford, she traveled extensively around the world, photographing in China, Russia, South Africa and Afghanistan.

In 1980, she had her first solo exhibition, which featured her photographic work done in China at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City. In the same year, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Magazine Photographers. In 1995, she was made a fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and elected Master Photographer by New York’s International Center of Photography. She also did a series of portraits of American Presidents’ wives.

Arnold left the United States in the early 1960s with her son, Francis, moving to England, which eventually became her adopted home. In England, while working for the UK Sunday Times, she began to seriously use color as a medium for photography. In her adopted homeland, she was later appointed a member of the Advisory Committee of the National Media Museum formerly the Museum of Photography, Film & Television in Bradford in 1997.
Awards:-

• Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, 1997.
• Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters, Staffordshire University.
• Doctor of Humanities, Richmond, the American International University in London.
• Master Photographer, International Center of Photography, NYC.
• Honorary OBE by the British Government.
• Lifetime Achievement Award, the Sony World Photography Awards, 2010.

Eve Arnold Photography:-

Irving Penn

(1917 – 2009)

Irving Penn was born on June 16, 1917 in Plainfield, New Jersey, to Harry Penn and Sonia Greenberg. He was an American photographer most known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still life photos. He had a very long career which yielded some of the most well known images of the 20th century. His work is characterized by highly organized compositions, in which subjects conform to rigorous, often geometric, aesthetic themes.
While perhaps best known for his fashion photography, Irving Penn’s repertoire also includes portraits of creative greats; ethnographic photographs from around the world; Modernist still life’s of food, bones, bottles, metal, found objects, etc.; and stunning scenes from photographic travel essays. That said, his fashion photography is paramount to his career, and his creative eye helped to shape the post-World War II feminine chic and glamour photography of the mid-twentieth century.

Penn was among the first photographers to pose subjects against a simple grey or white backdrop and used this simplicity more effectively than other photographers. Expanding his austere studio surroundings, Penn constructed a set of upright angled backdrops, to form a stark, acute corner. Subjects photographed with this technique included Martha Graham, Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso, Georgia O’Keeffe, W. H. Auden, Igor Stravinsky.
Penn’s still life compositions are skillfully arranged assemblages of food or objects—at once spare and highly-organized, the objects articulate the abstract interplay of line and volume. All of Penn’s photographs are composed with a great attention to detail, which continues into his craft of developing and making prints of his photographs. Penn experimented with many printing techniques, including prints made on aluminum sheets coated with a platinum emulsion rendering the image with a warmth and maturity that intoned silver prints lacked. His black and white prints are notable for their deep contrast, giving them a clean, crisp feel.

While steeped in the Modernist tradition, Penn also ventured beyond creative boundaries. The exhibition of Earthly Bodies consisted of series of posed nudes whose physical shapes range from thin to plump; while the photographs were taken in 1949-1950, they were not put on exhibit until 1980, perhaps in part because of questions about the public reception of the graphic representations of the female nude.

Irving Penn Photography:-

Francesco Scavullo

(1921-2004)

He is basically a fashion photographer from USA. Born on 16th January, 1921, Francesco Scavullo made use of innovative lighting techniques and which was one of his specialties. He began experimenting with the art of portrait photography at home itself. Francesco’s sisters and friends were the subjects he used to shoot in the beginning. His works of photography have appeared on cover pages of magazines like ‘Rolling Stone’, ‘Harper’s Bazaar’ and ‘Seventeen’. Joining the staff of ‘Seventeen’ was the turning point in Francesco’s career. He got the opportunity to shoot celebrity portrait photographs when he worked for the magazine.

In 1969, Scavullo painted singer Janis Joplin, with a cigarette in her hand, a picture exhibited at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. The museum poster refers to Joplin, who died in 1970, as having a “free-spirited fervor of the counterculture revolution.” Some of Scavullo’s more controversial work included a Cosmospolitan centerfold of a nude Burt Reynolds, and photographs of a young Brooke Shields that some considered overly sexual. He also befriended a young teenager from Philadelphia, future supermodel Gia Carangi, whose career he was largely responsible for launching. Later, when Carangi’s heroin addiction made it impossible for her to find work, Scavullo continued to employ her and support her until her eventual death from complications relating to AIDS. Scavullo also created shots for various movie posters, album covers and Broadway shows, including one for A Star is Born (featuring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson), a portrait of Julie Andrews for Blake Edwards’ Victor Victoria., and the cover and in-sleeve photos of Donna Summer for her Once Upon A Time and Live and More double albums. In 1981, Scavullo was commissioned by Mikhail Baryshnikov to photograph the dancers of the American Ballet Theatre which formed the basis of an exhibition that was later shown in a nationwide tour. Scavullo’s work has also been used in the covers of Seventeen, Harper’s Bazaar, and Rolling Stone. He also published several books, from 1976s Scavullo on Beauty to 2000s Scavullo Nudes.

Scavullo died of heart failure at the age of 82, while on his way to a photo shoot with a then up-and-coming CNN news anchor, Anderson Cooper.

Francesco Scavullo Photography:-

Richard Avedon

(1923 – 2004)

Richard Avedon (May 15, 1923 – October 1, 2004) was an American photographer. An obituary, published in The New York Times following Avedon’s death said that, “his fashion and portrait photographs helped define America’s image of style, beauty and culture for the last half-century.

Avedon first studied philosophy at Columbia University, New York (1941-2). In 1944, following two years in the merchant marine, during which he took identity photographs of servicemen, he enrolled in Alexey Brodovitch’s Design Laboratory at the New School for Social Research, New York.

Avedon began working for Brodovitch at Harper’s Bazaar at the age of 22, and was a fashion photographer there from 1945 to 1965. During the 1950s he also contributed to Life, Look, and Graphis, and became staff editor for Theatre Arts in 1952. In 1965, he left Harper’s to work under Diana Vreeland and Alexander Liberman at Vogue. By this time he had shifted from outdoor settings to the studio, developing a signature white-backdrop style. This approach, at once stark and highly polished, he adapted to portraiture of both celebrities and ordinary people, reasoning that ‘a white background permits people to become symbolic of them’.

Avedon’s penchant for blending fashion and documentary modes is especially evident in the numerous books and exhibitions of his work, over whose design he maintained a remarkable degree of control. Observations (1959), designed by Brodovitch with an essay by Truman Capote, comprises dynamic portraits of celebrities such as Marion Anderson interrupted by seemingly anomalous images of street life in Italy. The book’s large format announced a distinctive bold style that Avedon has maintained throughout his career. Nothing Personal (1964), with an essay by James Baldwin, combines celebrity portraits with images of prisoners and the mentally ill. In the early 1970s, Avedon produced a series of portraits of his dying father; these were exhibited at MoMA, New York, in 1974. In 1976 he photographed American businessmen and political leaders for the magazine Rolling Stone. His most controversial project, In the American West, a typological study of laborers and drifters in the tradition of August Sander and Diane Arbus, was unveiled in 1985.

Avedon’s career was celebrated in the 1957 film Funny Face, which starred Fred Astaire as a charismatic fashion photographer. More traditional recognition came in the form of an exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, in 1962; a survey of Avedon’s fashion photography organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 1978; and Evidence, a major retrospective of Avedon’s work exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, in 1994. Avedon’s An Autobiography (1993) is his own most personal statement.

Famous photographs:-

• Marella Agnelli, Italian socialite, 1953
• Carmen Mayrink Veiga, Brazilian socialite (Vogue’s 10 best dressed), 1970
• Dovima with Elephants, 1955
• Marilyn Monroe, actress, 1957
• Homage to Munkacsi, Carmen, coat by Cardin, Paris 1957
• Christina Bellin, model, 1962
• Dwight David Eisenhower, President of the United States, 1964
• The Beatles, 1967
• Andy Warhol and Members of the Factory, New York 1969
• Sly Stone (cover of Fresh Album), 1973
• Asha Puthli (She Loves to Hear the Music Album back cover), 1974
• Ronald Fischer, beekeeper, 1981
• Nastassja Kinski and the Serpent, 1981 [29]
• Pile of beautiful people, Versace campaign 1982.
• Whitney Houston (cover of Whitney), 1987

Website: www.richardavedon.com

Richard Avedon Photography:-

Diane Arbus

(1923-1971)

One of the famous women photographers and writer, Diane Arbus was born on 14th March, 1923. She was better known for photographs that portrayed the darker side of society. Her artworks were based on themes like dwarfs, transvestite, giants, circus performers, nudist, etc. She was the first photographer from USA whose works were exhibited at the ‘Venice Biennale’; she was one of the famous black and white portrait photographers. Diane Arbus and her husband Allan both were photographers by profession and contributed to magazines like Vogue, Seventeen, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar, etc.

By the mid-1960s, Diane Arbus was a well-established photographer, participating in shows at the Museum of Modern Art in New York among other places. She was known for going to great lengths to get the shots she wanted. She became friends with many other famous photographers, such as Richard Avedon and Walker Evans.

While professionally Arbus continued to thrive in the late 1960s, she had some personal challenges. Her marriage ended in 1969, and she later struggled with depression. She committed suicide in her New York apartment on July 26, 1971. Her work remains a subject of intense interest, and her life was part of the basis of the 2006 film, Fur, starring Nicole Kidman as Arbus.

Although some of Arbus’s photographs have sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars at auction, Arbus’s work has provoked controversy; for example, Norman Mailer was quoted in 1971 as saying “Giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a live grenade in the hands of a child.” Others have, however, pointed out that Mailer was dissatisfied with a picture of him holding his crotch taken by Arbus which appeared in the New York Times Book Review.

Website: diane-arbus-photography.com

Diane Arbus Photography:-

Edouard Boubat

(1923 – 1999)

French art photographer Edouard Boubat was born in Montmartre, Paris. He studied typography and graphic arts at the Ecole Estienne, and then worked for a printing company before becoming a photographer after WWII. He took his first photograph in 1946 and was awarded the Kodak Prize the following year. Afterwards he travelled the world for the magazine Realties. The French poet Jacques Pervert called him a “Peace Correspondent.” His son Bernard is also a photographer.

He had a brilliant knack for capturing people in their own private worlds, whether that was lovers embracing, or children daydreaming. One of his most famous pictures, “Remi Listening to the Sea”, is a portrait of a little boy holding a sea shell up to his ear and, with eyes closed, quietly listening to the sound of the ‘sea’.

Boubat is often described as a ‘humanist’ photographer because of his ability to capture the beauty and dignity of his subjects. In 1973 he was awarded the Octavius Hill Prize, and that was followed by the Hasselblad Prize in 1988.

Website: www.edouard-boubat.fr

Edouard Boubat Photography:-

Mary-Ellen Mark

(1940 – )

Mary Ellen Mark was born March 20, 1940, in Philadelphia, PA; married Martin Bell (a documentary filmmaker). She is one of the best known female photojournalists.  Her career has included portraiture and advertising photography in addition to her photojournalistic pursuits.

Mary Ellen Mark has achieved worldwide visibility through her numerous books, exhibitions and editorial magazine work. She is a contributing photographer to The New Yorker and has published photo-essays and portraits in such publications as LIFE, New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair. For over four decades, she has traveled extensively to make pictures that reflect a high degree of humanism. Today, she is recognized as one of our most respected and influential photographers. Her images of our world’s diverse cultures have become landmarks in the field of documentary photography. Her portrayals of Mother Teresa, Indian circuses, and brothels in Bombay were the product of many years of work in India. A photo essay on runaway children in Seattle became the basis of the academy award nominated film STREETWISE, directed and photographed by her husband, Martin Bell.

Awards and honors:-

Mark’s numerous awards and honors include the following:

• 1980 First Prize, Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, “Mother Teresa”, Life
• 1980 Page One Award for Excellence in Journalism, The Newspaper Guild of New York, “Children of Desire”, The New York Times Magazine
• 1981 First Prize, Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, “Mother Teresa in Calcutta”, Life Magazine
• 1982 Leica Medal of Excellence, Falkland Road
• 1984 First Prize, Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, “Camp Good Times”, Life
• 1986 The Phillipe Halsman Award for Photojournalism, American Society of Magazine Photographers
• 1987 Photographer of the Year Award, The Friends of Photography
• 1988 World Press Photo Award, for Outstanding Body of Work Throughout the Years
• 1988 George Polk Award, Photojournalism
• 1988 Distinguished Photographer’s Award, Women in Photography*
• 1989 The World Hunger Media Awards, Best Photojournalism, “Children of Poverty”, Life
• 1990 Pictures of the Year Award for Magazine Portrait/Personality, “The Face of Rural Poverty”, Fortune Magazine
• 1992 Society of Newspaper Design, Award of Excellence, Magazine Cover and Photojournalism Feature, The New York Times Magazine
• 1993 Front Page Award, The Newswomen’s Club of New York, “Cree Indians” for Condé Nast Traveler, November 10, 1993
• 1994 The Professional Photographer of the Year Award, Photographic Manufacturers and Distributors Association
• 1995 Pictures of the Year, 1st Place Magazine Division, “Napping” Freelance/Life
• 1996 Pictures of the Year, 1st Place Magazine Division, for issue reporting “Damm Family”; 3rd place in Magazine division for picture essay
• 1996 Master Series Award, School of Visual Arts
• 1997 Infinity Award, International Center of Photography
• 1998 The Art Directors Club Silver Award, “El Circo”
• 1998 The Society of Publication Designers, Gold Medal Award for Design Entire Issue, “Battle of the Generations”, Fast Company
• 1999 Leadership Award, International Photographic Council
• 1999 Photographic Administrators Incorporated, Award for Excellence in Photojournalism
• 2001 Cornell Capa Award, International Center of Photography
• 2003 Lucie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Photography
• 2004 World Press Photo Awards, First Prize in the Arts (Twins series)
• 2006 Visionary Woman Award, Moore College of Art & Design

Grants and fellowships:-

• 1965-66 Fulbright Scholarship to photograph in Turkey
• 1975 U.S.I.A. Grant to lecture and exhibit in Yugoslavia
• 1977 National Endowment for the Arts
• 1977 New York State Council for the Arts: CAPS Grant
• 1978 Commissioned Artist with the Bell System Photography Project
• 1979-80 National Endowment for the Arts
• 1990 National Endowment for the Arts
• 1994 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
• 1997 Erna and Victor Hasselblad Foundation Grant to continue to make pictures for the American book & exhibition project

Website: www.maryellenmark.com

Mary-Ellen Mark Photography:-

Antonin Kratochvil

(1947 – )

Antonín Kratochvíl was born 1947 in Litoměřice, Czechoslovakia.He is a Czech-born American photojournalist. He is a founding member of the VII Photo Agency. Anton Kratochvil grew up in Czechoslovakia, but was forced to flee prior to the Soviet invasion in 1967. He later moved to the United States and took work as a photojournalist on the LA Times. Kratochvil has reported from many troubled areas of the world and his work often focuses on human emotion.

He has also produced a large number of portraits of famous actors and musicians. These are often tightly cropped photos, shot outdoors in high contrast light. My favourite portrait photo by Kratochvil is of David Bowie, where a strange shaped shadow falls over the enigmatic singer’s face, making him tricky to fully make out.

He received his BFA in Photography from Gerrit Rietveld Academie which is located in Amsterdam, Holland. Kratochvil has photographed a wide variety of subjects, including Mongolia’s street children for the Museum of Natural History and the war in Iraq for Fortune Magazine. He has three sons – Michael Kratochvíl and Wayne Anthony Cooper Kratochvil who are also photographers.

Awards and Grants:-

He has received numerous grants and awards for his photography, most recently the 2005 Lucie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Photojournalism and the 2005 Golden Light Award for Best Documentary Book.

• 1991 Infinity Award: Photojournalist of the Year
• 1994 Leica Medal of Excellence for Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Photography
• 1994 Dorothy Lange Prize
• 1994 Ernst Haas Working Grant
• 1995 Hasselblad Foundation Grant for Photography
• 1995 Ernst Haas Award
• 1997 Gold Medal for Photography from Society of Publishing Designers
• 1997 First Prize, World Press Photo Portrait Series, Amsterdam.
• 1997 (Eissie) Alfred Eisenstadt Award for 3Eyewitness Essay2 Life Magazine.
• 2000 Gold ARC Award for Best Annual Report, NGO Category, for Rockefeller Foundation 1999 Annual Report.
• 2003 First Prize World Press Photo Amsterdam (2 awards same year)
• Medal from the City of Prague for Photography
• 2005 Lucie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Photojournalism
• 2005 Golden Light Award for Best Documentary Book for the book Vanishing

Website: www.antoninkratochvil.com

Antonin Kratochvil Photography:-

Annie Leibovitz

(1949 – )

Annie Leibovitz Born in Westport, Connecticut, in 1949, Leibovitz received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1971. She subsequently continued her studies with photographer Ralph Gibson. In 1969 she lived on a kibbutz in Israel and participated in an archaeological dig at the site of King Solomon’s temple. From 1970 to 1983 she was a freelance photographer and the chief photographer for Rolling Stone magazine, and in 1975 she served as a concert-tour photographer for The Rolling Stones band. She has been a contributing photographer for Vanity Fair magazine since 1983, and in the early 1990s she founded the Annie Leibovitz Studio in New York City.

While studying painting at the San Francisco Art Institute, she took night classes in photography, and in 1970, she began doing work for Rolling Stone magazine. She became Rolling Stone’s chief photographer in 1973. By the time she left the magazine, 10 years later, she had shot 142 covers. In 1983, she joined the staff at Vanity Fair, and in 1998, she also began working for Vogue. In addition to her magazine editorial work, Leibovitz has created influential advertising campaigns for American Express and the Gap and has contributed frequently to the Got Milk? campaign. She has worked with many arts organizations, including American Ballet Theatre, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the Mark Morris Dance Group, and with Mikhail Baryshnikov. Her books include Annie Leibovitz: Photographs (1983), Photographs: Annie Leibovitz 1970–1990 (1991), Olympic Portraits (1996), Women (1999), American Music (2003), A Photographer’s Life: 1990–2005 (2006), and Annie Leibovitz at Work (2008). Exhibitions of her images have appeared at museums and galleries all over the world, including the National Portrait Gallery and the Corcoran Gallery, in Washington, D.C.; the International Center of Photography, in New York; the Brooklyn Museum; the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam; the Centre National de la Photographie, in Paris; and the National Portrait Gallery in London. Leibovitz has been designated a Living Legend by the Library of Congress and is the recipient of many other honors, including the Barnard College Medal of Distinction and the Infinity Award in Applied Photography from the International Center of Photography. She was decorated a Commandeur in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. She lives in New York with her three children, Sarah, Susan, and Samuelle.

Annie Leibovitz Photography:-

Steve McCurry

(1950 – )

Steve McCurry was born on February 24, 1950 in Philadelphia, attended Penn State University. He originally planned to study cinematography and filmmaking, but ended up getting a degree in theater arts and graduating in 1974. He became interested in photography when he started taking pictures for the Penn State newspaper The Daily Collegian.

He received his first award, the Robert Capa Medal for Best Photographic Reporting from Abroad, in 1980 after his first trip to Afghanistan. Because of the hostile environment and the war taking place between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Mr. McCurry had to disguise himself in local dress to cross into the border area. In order to get his film back across the border, he had to sew the film strips to the inside of his clothing. This was not the last time Mr. McCurry would see himself in the midst of danger and death-defying situations.

Steve McCurry is a master at capturing the essence of human struggle and joy. Many of his images have become modern icons, including his famous portrait of, “Afghan Girl”, which became a symbol of the trauma suffered by the Afghan people during the Soviet invasion.

For McCurry, the most frightening moment he had abroad was the time his plane crashed in Yugoslavia. He was taking aerial pictures in a light-weight plane when the pilot lost control. The plane crashed into a lake, and McCurry struggled to get out of his seat-belt and out of the sinking plane. Eventually, McCurry surfaced and swam to shore where a boat picked him up. These dangerous situations in which McCurry finds himself do not detour him from the work he loves, however.

One of McCurry’s favorite photos that he has taken is titled “Dust Storm, India.” Taken in Rajasthan, India in 1983, the image of the women huddled behind a tree for shelter is truly, as McCurry puts in his own words, “magical.” Despite the fact that he was worried about his equipment being damaged, he went out in the storm anyway because “that was what [he] was there for.” His style of photography captures the raw instances in human lives, when people are being themselves. McCurry says he likes to wait with his subjects and joke with them to lighten the mood. He says that eventually they forget the camera is even there and their true essences shine through.

Today, Mr. McCurry favorite place to go abroad for his photography is Asia, though he does find the western United States, in particular the Grand Canyon area, “one of the most spectacular places in the world.” He spends the majority of his time traveling and plans to do so for the rest of his life. McCurry has published a number of his collections in the form of books. His work is also displayed on exhibit throughout the United States and abroad. He has offices in Pennsylvania and New York, spending most of his time in New York.

Awards:-

• 2006 – Lowell Thomas GOLD
• 2006 – National Press Photographers Association 1st Place, Buddha Rising, National Geographic, Dec. 2005
• 2006 – Honorary Fellowship, New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography
• 2005 – Honorary Fellowship, The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, London
• 2005 – Photographic Society of America, Photojournalism Division-International Understanding Through Photography Award
• 2003 – International Photography Awards, CA, the Lucie Award for Photojournalism
• 2003 – Distinguished Alumni Award, Pennsylvania State University, PA
• 2003 – Co-recipient of the NY Film Festival Gold for documentary,  “Afghan Girl: Found” Distinguished Visiting Fellow, College of Creative Studies, University of California
• 2002 – Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, Fairleigh Dickinson University, NJ
• 2002 – Photographer of the Year, PMDA Professional Photographer Award
• 2002 – Photographer of the Year, American Photo Magazine
• 2002 – United Nations International Photographic Council: Special Award, In recognition of his ceaseless devotion and outstanding achievement in photography.
• 2002 – French Art Directors Association, Award of Excellence for “Women of Afghanistan”            Photography Annual, Communication Arts  Award of Excellence, Book Series, South SouthEast
• 2000 – Picture of the Year Competition of the Year, South SouthEast Magazine Picture Award of Excellence: ‘Women in Field, Yemen’
• 1999 – Pennsylvania State University, PA, Lifetime Fellow Award
• 1998 – Life Magazine: ‘The Eisenstaedt Awards’-  Our World Photo Winner,’Red Boy’ Life Magazine: ‘The Eisenstaedt Awards’- Our World Essay Finalist,’India’
• 1998 – Picture of the Year Competition, Award of Excellence, Portraits:‘Red Boy’ SAJA, Southern Asian Journalistic Award, Outstanding Special Project National Geographic Story, India: 50 Years of Independence SAJA, Southern Asian Journalistic Award, Outstanding Photograph:’Red Boy’
• 1997 – Picture of the Year Competition Magazine Feature Picture Award of Excellence: ‘Fishermen’
• 1996 – Picture of the Year Competition Magazine Feature Picture Story Award: ‘Beggar’ Magazine Feature Picture Story Award: ‘Burma: The Richest of the Poor Countries’
• 1994 – Pennsylvania State University, Arts and Architecture Distinguished 1Alumni Award
• 1993 – National Press Photographers Association, Award of Excellence for ‘Rubble of War’
• 1992 – Oliver Rebbot Memorial Award, Overseas Press Club Best Photographic Reporting from Abroad on Gulf War Coverage
• 1992 – Picture of the Year Competition Magazine Feature Picture Award of Excellence: ‘Fiery Aliens’ First Place, Magazine Science Award: ‘Camels under a Blackened Sky’ First Place, Gulf War News Story: ‘Kuwait: After the Storm’
• 1992 – World Press Photo Competition First Place, Nature and Environment: ‘Oil-Stricken Bird’, Kuwait            First Place, General News Stories: ‘Kuwait After the Storm’ Children’s Award: ‘Camels under a Blackened Sky’
• 1990 – Award of Excellence, White House News Photographers Association, ‘Spanish Gypsy’
• 1987 – Medal of Honor, Philippines, for coverage of the 1986 Philippine Revolution
• 1986 – Oliver Rebbot Memorial Award, Overseas Press Club Best Photographic Reporting from Abroad for work done in the Philippines
• 1985 – World Press Competition, Four First Prize First place, Nature and Nature Series;  First place, Daily Life and Daily Life Series
• 1985 – Oliver Rebbot Award Citation: ‘Monsoons’ and ‘The New Faces of Baghdad’
• 1984 – National Press Photographers Association: Magazine Photographer of the Year
• 1980 – Robert Capa Gold Medal Award, for coverage of the war in Afghanistan for Time Magazine

Website: stevemccurry.com

Steve McCurry Photography:-

Herb Ritts

(1952-2002)

Herb Ritts was born in Los Angeles in 1952, and grew up living and working among the celebrities of the day. In 1970, he left California to attend Bard College and study economics. He later returned to West Hollywood and worked as a sales representative for the family business selling rattan furniture, often to movie sets. This job allowed Ritts to travel and to pursue one of his interests, photographing his friends.

During the 1980s and 1990s, Ritts photographed celebrities such as Diana Ross, Christopher Reeve, Belinda Carlisle, Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Michael Jordan, Dalai Lama, Mikhail Gorbachev, Francesco Clemente, George Clooney, Cher, Mel Gibson, Elizabeth Taylor, Brad Pitt, Ronald Reagan, Julia Roberts, Stephen Hawking, Nicole Kidman, Edward Norton, Tom Cruise, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dizzy Gillespie, Elton John, Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas, Richard Gere, Jack Nicholson, Cindy Crawford, and Tina Turner.

He took many fashion and nude photos of supermodel Cindy Crawford and eventually set her up with his good friend, actor Richard Gere, at a BBQ held at his mother Shirley’s house. The couple married four years later in 1991, but divorced in 1995.

He also worked for the magazines, Interview, Esquire, Mademoiselle, Glamour, GQ, Newsweek, Harper’s Bazaar, Rolling Stone, Time, Vogue, Allure, Vanity Fair, Details, and Elle. He photographed Prince for his The Hits/The B-Sides greatest-hits package released in 1993. He published many books on photography for leading fashion designers including, Giorgio Armani, Revlon, Ralph Lauren, Chanel, Gianni Versace, Calvin Klein, Elizabeth Arden, Donna Karan, Cartier, Guess, Maybelline, TAG Heuer, Lacoste, Gianfranco Ferré, Levi’s, Victoria’s Secret, Gap, Acura, CoverGirl, Lancôme, and Valentino. From 1996 to 1997 his work was displayed at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, attracting more than 250,000 people to the exhibit, and in 2003 a solo exhibition was held at the Daimaru Museum, in Kyoto, Japan.

Website: www.herbritts.com

Herb Ritts Photography:-

Cindy Sherman

(1954 -  )

One of the famous photographers of 21st century, Cindy Sherman lives in New York City. She is one of the famous modern portrait photographers and also amongst highly paid female artists of today’s times. Born on 19th January, 1954, Cindy Sherman comes from New Jersey, USA and is one of the famous American photographers. She was given the McArthur Award in 1995. Her interest in visual arts developed while she was studying at the Buffalo State College. Cindy Sherman found the activity of painting quite limiting which according to her, didn’t offer much scope for expression. Instead, photography interested her more than painting and any other visual art.

Cindy Sherman is best known for her conceptual portraits. In 1995, she was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. Through a number of different series of works, Sherman has sought to raise challenging and important questions about the role and representation of women in society, the media and the nature of the creation of art. Her photographs include some of the most expensive photographs ever sold. Sherman lives and works in New York.

Awards:-

In 1981, Sherman was artist-in-residence at the non-profit Light Work in Syracuse, New York. In 1995, she was the recipient of one of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowships, popularly known as the “Genius Awards.” This fellowship grants $500,000 over five years, no strings attached, to important scholars in a wide range of fields, to encourage their future creative work. Among her awards are the Larry Aldrich Foundation Award (1993); Wolfgang Hahn Prize (1997); Hasselblad Award (1999); Guild Hall Academy of the Arts Lifetime Achievement Award for Visual Arts (2005); American Academy of Arts and Sciences Award (2003); National Arts Award (2001); Jewish Museum’s Man Ray Award (2009); and the Roswitha Haftmann Prize (2012). In 2010, Sherman was elected an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Arts, London. In 2012, Sherman was among the artists whose works were given as trophies to the filmmakers of winning pictures in the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival’s jury competitions.

Website: www.cindysherman.com

Cindy Sherman Photography:-

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In present age beautiful & amazing macro photography is an inspiring stimulus for the newly photographers. It describes the gorgeous & specific view of a small entity. In this post we demonstrate a collection of very stunning & mind-blowing macro photography for you. So let’s have a look…

Macro Photography:
Macro photography or macrography is an art of taking excessive close-up photographs that expose details of the small objects which does not follow with our naked eye. It is normally used by still life DSLR photographers to capture small details of objects.

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Everybody wants their wedding photos to memorialize their wedding day and last a lifetime, so we have to give this impotence to a brilliant and famous wedding photographer. Professional wedding photography is one of the excellent professions in photography. Famous wedding photographers are highly skilled to capture the excellent and extraordinary wedding photographs. They capture the magnificence impression of the wedding day in photographs that take our breathing away. There are thousands of wedding Photographers in the world but some of them are famous and awarded. In this post we introduce a list of world’s most famous wedding photographers and their amazing wedding photography. So let’s have a look…

Wedding day is definitely one of the most loved days of our life and the wedding photography is an enduring reminder of how exceptional that day was.

The type of photography which activities are relating to weddings is termed as wedding photography. Actually wedding photography deals with capturing photographs in someone’s weddings. Photographs of the pair all through the different events at the time of wedding are taken in this type of photography.

Here is a list of world’s most famous and awarded wedding photographers biography and their mind blowing wedding photography-

Joe Buissink (Beverly Hills, California)

Joe Buissink shoots weddings all over the globe, as well as Venice Italy, the Amalfi Coast, New York, Napa Valley California, Southern France, Mexico, The Bahamas, Miami, and Aspen Colorado. Joe has been a favorite wedding photographer among celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Simpson & Nick Lachey, Brendan Fraser, Kelsey Grammer, Hillary Swank & Chad Lowe, Christina Applegate, Jenny Garth & Peter Facinelli, and Christina Aguilera.

• Awards:

In 2003, Joe was awarded the International Leadership Award in Photography by the International Photographic Council at the United Nations. Also, Kodak hired Joe in 2003 to shoot their International Ad campaign for their Portra Film Line. In 2005, Apple selected Joe to be their spokes person for the Wedding Industry, in the release of their new program Aperture. Joe has received numerous International Grand Awards for his work from the WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International). In February of 2007, American Photo nominated Joe as one of the Top 10 Wedding Photographers in the World.

Website: www.joebuissink.com

Joe Buissink Photography:-

Kevin Kubota (Bend, Oregon)

Kevin Kubota’s wedding and portrait images speak to the heart – filled with emotion, pleasure, intimacy, and blow. His snaps have been marked on the covers and within the pages of many popular magazines and photography books. Kevin has been sponsored to present by Nikon and Adobe, and his work with the Nikon digital camera earned him a spot as a Nikon “Legend Behind the Lens”.

Kevin is also a PPA Photographic Craftsman. Kubota is an internationally recognized speaker, having presented for every major photographic convention in the USA. He created the popular “Digital Photography Boot Camp” workshop which has been running successfully since 2002. He authored the book under the same name, now in its second edition, published by Amherst Media.

• Awards:

Kubota Image Tools products have won multiple Hot One Awards as well as the Readers Choice Award. Kevin was personally awarded the 2009 Monte Zucker Memorial Humanitarian Award for social service through photography. Kevin’s images have also been featured in: Rangefinder, Studio Photography & Design, Professional Photographer, Shutterbug, Popular Photography, After Capture, American Photo, Best of Wedding Photojournalism (Amherst Media), Best of Portrait Photography (Amherst Media), Best of Adobe Photoshop (Amherst Media), Wedding Album Design and Sales (Amherst Media), Sculpting with Light (Amherst Media), and many others.

Website: www.kkphoto-design.com

Kevin Kubota Photography:-

David Oliver (Australia)

Three times winner of the impressive John Whitfield King Award for his dramatic reportage style photography, whatever the type to which David turns his focus- weddings, portraits, landscapes- he is loyal to capturing those spontaneous, once in a lifetime moments that are treasured for posterity.

David Oliver winner of two of the most prestigious Australian wedding photographic awards: Australian Wedding Photographer of the Year and Three times NSW Wedding Photographer of the Year.
David has had the privilege of capturing the special day of many delighted couples throughout his career. His wedding style is unobtrusive and candid; David’s candid style reflects the true personality of each person at the wedding, which in turn creates fond lasting memories.

• Awards

DAVID
•    2009 – WPPI AWARDS ILLUSTRATIVE/EDITORIAL – 1ST PLACE
•    2007 – AWARDED AS A GRAND MASTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY
•    2007 – HONOURED AS A FELLOW BY THE AIPP
•    2007 – AIPP NSW ILLUSTRATIVE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
•    2007 – RECIPIENT OF TWO GOLD DISTINCTION AWARDS
•    2002 – RECIPIENT OF TWO GOLD AIPP AWARDS FOR PORTRAITURE
•    2001 – AIPP NSW WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
•    1997 – THE FUJI ACMP COLLECTION AWARD
•    1997 – JWK AWARD FOR WEDDING AND PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY
•    1996 – AWARD NSW ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY
•    1995 – JWK AWARD FOR WEDDING AND PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY
•    1995 – AIPP AUSTRALIAN WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
•    1994 – JWK AWARD FOR WEDDING AND PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY
•    1993 – AIPP NSW PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

CLARE
•    2008 – SILVER AWARD
•    2007 – THREE SILVER AWARDS

David’s passion for photography sees him in high demand as a speaker on his craft at overseas conventions. Whilst lecturing overseas his camera is never far from his side. This dedication has enabled him to capture a large body of landscape work, These beautiful works of art hang in his gallery in Pennant Hills, they are available to be customized to suite the preferences of our clients.

Website:  www.davidoliver.com.au

David Oliver Photography :-

Jerry Ghionis (Victoria, Australia)

Widely considered among the top 5 wedding photographers in the world, Jerry Ghionis has emerged as one of the most influential wedding photographers of the 21st century. Australian born and of Greek heritage, he is based in Melbourne, Australia and travels frequently on international assignments.

• Awards:

He was the only Australian named by American Photo magazine in their first ever list of Top Ten Wedding Photographers in the World. Jerry has won the WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International) Wedding Album of the Year for a record seven times among his long list of accolades. WPPI included Jerry in their Top Five Wedding Photographers in the World.

At the 2006 W.P.P.I. awards he became the most awarded photographer of the past 4 consecutive WPPI conventions by winning first and second place in the bride and groom together category print competition and third in the bride alone category.
Jerry was also awarded with first and second place in the Wedding Album of the Year competition which brings his tally to 3 wins out of 4 attempts. Top honors were once again received by him with the acceptance of his third Grand Award in 4 years. A feat unprecedented in the 26 year history of the W.P.P.I. convention.
The A.I.P.P. Australian National Awards in 2006 were held in Sydney, Australia. After coming runner up in the Australian Wedding Album of the Year award in 2005, Jerry won the event in 2006 and also was awarded with the best Audio Visual of the Year for the third time in a row and came runner up to the Australian Wedding photographer of the year with 3 silver distinctions and 1 gold award.

Website:  www.jerryghionisphotography.com

Jerry Ghionis Photography:-

Martin Schembri (Australia)

With over twenty-eight years as a professional photographer, Martin Schembri M.Photog III. AIPP FSWPP
(Australian Institute of Professional Photography) has achieved a reputation as one of the world’s finest Wedding and Portrait photographers.
Adapting to digital photography since1997, Martin was one of the first wedding photographers to introduce magazine style layouts to his clientele. His imagery has been internationally awarded for his unique style and passion devoted towards his craftsmanship.

• Awards:

•    Member of the Australian Institute of Professional Photography (Aipp) since 1987 and has achieved triple master status with the institute.
•    Winner of the WPPI 2003 Awards of Excellence Competition-Wedding Category
•    Winner of the WPPI 2003 Awards of Excellence Competition-Portrait Category
•    Winner of the WPPI 2003 Awards of Excellence Competition-categories – Portrait group, Bridal party, and Bride & Groom.
•    SWPP 2007 International Photographer of the Year
•    Awarded NSW – AIPP Wedding Photographer of the Year 1998
•    Awarded 6 Gold and over 50 Silver merits with the AIPP national print competitions since 1987.
•    Winner of the NSW – AIPP Australian Wedding Album of the Year -2003

Website:  www.martinschembri.com.au

Martin Schembri Photography:-

Jeff Ascough (England)

Born in Bristol in 1967, Jeff Ascough began his photography career in 1989 at the age of 21. Initially working as a portrait photographer in a small family business in Leicestershire, he shot his first wedding in 1990. Two years later he moved to Derbyshire to start his own business specializing in wedding photography.

Jeff’s reputation for artistic and technical excellence has also been acknowledged by the world’s biggest camera company, Canon. For the past four years he has been an international ‘Ambassador’ for them and spends time each year travelling throughout Europe, educating photographers from many different countries. He is currently the face of Canon professional printing products and his images are regularly used to promote Canon’s brand.
Jeff lives and works in the beautiful seaside town of Lytham St Annes in Lancashire, undertaking an exclusive number of wedding assignments each year. Availability and pricing is available upon request.

• Awards

Jeff is the only British photographer to be included in ‘American Photo’ magazine’s list of the ten best wedding photographers in the world. He holds the ‘Lens and Light’ honour with the invitation only organisation ‘Best of Wedding Photography’, and both the BBC and the Italian luxury bridal magazine ‘Just Married’ voted him as one of the top five wedding photographers in the world. Jeff’s wedding work has been exhibited at the Getty Image Gallery in London, the Visa Pour L’Image photojournalism festival in France, and at exhibitions and trade shows all Europe. He has been the subject of articles and interviews in every major industry publication in the UK, USA and Europe and has been the subject of stories in the ‘Washington Post’ and ‘Newsweek’.

Website: www.jeffascough.com

Jeff Ascough Photography:-

Yervant (Melbourne, Australia)

Yervant was born in Ethiopia, he is the son of royal photographer Hagop Zanazanian. Yervant followed his father’s footsteps in photography, mastered dark room techniques at a young age of 9, won his first award of excellence with a landscape image at the age of 11 and received an unprecedented personal invitation by the Emperor Hailé Silaée to receive a further medal of encouragement…

Yervant travels extensively to present inspirational seminars and comprehensive workshops to professional photographers in all continents. His fundamental ‘Dark room’ expertise is transformed to Digital through Photoshop and his photographic proficiency keeps evolving as he keeps re-inventing himself year after year with new and exciting approaches and techniques, most of which become international milestones within the industry.

• Awards:

Yervant has been voted as Australia’s no# 1 Wedding photographer by industry poll 2007, 2008, 2009 and is a finalist for 2010 which will be announced by July.

Amongst Yervant’s copious collection of awards, he has also been bestowed with the title of Grand Master, Fellow AIPP and Hon F MPA UK.

Most recent awards include: 2009 Photojournalist of the year AIPP Australia, Photojournalist of the year WPPI, Wedding Photographer of the year 2009 AIPP, Highest scoring print AIPP.

Website:- www.yervant.com

Yervant Photography:-

Denis Reggie (United States)

Denis Reggie has been described as “the great wedding photographer of the day” by Town & Country and “the best of the best” by Harper’s Bazaar – not bad for someone who came into photography by accident. Reggie was born in Crowley, Louisiana, in 1955 but originally his aspirations were purely athletic. His career, however, was curtailed by injury, but in order to keep hanging out with the football team he brought along his camera and starting taking sports pictures; a background that was to serve him well in the arena of wedding photography that can be equally hazardous.
The American Photo magazine cover story “The Top Ten Wedding Photographers in the World, “listed Denis Reggie first among them. For a series entitled “The world’s greatest wedding photographers,” a BBC film crew traveled from the U.K. to Reggie’s home base in Atlanta to produce a 22 minute documentary devoted to him and his celebrated photography approach.

Denis Reggie’s distinctive, spontaneous images have been featured on the cover of LIFE magazine, and named in “Photographs of the Year” by People, LIFE, Time, and Newsweek among other publications. He has been interviewed numerous times as a guest on NBC’s Today show and has appeared as a guest on Oprah! His photograph of Oprah Winfrey with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was highlighted on an episode Oprah’s Favorite Things. He has been featured on Entertainment Tonight, VH-1, E! Entertainment Television, CNN and Fox in national and international broadcasts.
Reggie says that he still gets motivated when he sees the reaction of the bride and groom and their parents to his pictures: “I live for the reward of knowing that I’ve made someone’s life happier and that I’ve given news to people about an event that they would otherwise not have been able to understand or to see. It’s a great profession and I love what I do.”

• Awards:

Denis has photographed more famous weddings than most of us have even read about. Many of his clients are celebrities of film, television, music, and political life including Ted Turner, Tom Clancy, Karenna Gore, Peter Jennings, Prince Alexandre von Furstenberg, Mariah Carey, Alan Greenspan, James Taylor and Don Henley. Of his 1,700+ wedding assignments, more than 18 have been for members of the Kennedy family including those of Caroline Kennedy, and Maria Shriver to now-California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. His iconic wedding image of John Kennedy, Jr. reaching, like a modern Galahad, to kiss the hand of his bride has been described as “one the greatest wedding photographs of all time.”

Website:-  www.denisreggie.com

Denis Reggie Photography:-

Angelica Glass (Long Island, NY)

While working toward a degree in criminal justice, Glass took a job making wedding albums at a Long Island, New York, photo studio. When the studio was hired to shoot a wedding Glass was attending as a guest, her boss gave her film to take along—and fate took over. “The main photographer got lost,” Glass recalls, “so I just had to learn how to do it right there.” Her results were stellar, and the studio began using her as a shooter. A few years later she struck out on her own.

Like her clients, Glass has moved away from the playful trends of the past few years and shies away from cute props. “I think when people feel insecure they feel they have to detail their weddings to death,” she says. “I reassure them that it’s about their personality and who they are as a couple.”

That’s not to say she’s a stick in the mud. When the formalities are over, Glass grabs a 16–35mm lens and hits the dance floor to capture the thrill of the occasion at close range. “A lot of people hire me for the shots of the reception, because it looks like an insane, fun party, even if there are only 10 people dancing. Which is what everybody wants at their wedding—to have it be a great party.”

Website:- www.angelicaglass.com

Angelica Glass Photography:-

Susan Stripling (United States)

Susan Stripling never knew that she’d end up a wedding photographer. Though she purchased her first camera in high school she went to college to study theatre and dance, obtaining a BFA in 2001. Shortly upon her move to New York city after college graduation Susan realized that the life of a starving actor was not for her and went on to consider several career paths. She waited tables, was a receptionist at a failing dotcom, worked in a Broadway theatre casting office, and finally found her love for photography when she began studying digital and graphic design.

Susan has photographed weddings all throughout the US, the Caribbean, South America, Finland, France, and the Bahamas. She’s been published in Inside Weddings, Martha Stewart Weddings, Grace Ormonde Wedding Style, Bride and Bloom, Modern Bride, The Knot, Professional Photographer Magazine, The New York Times Style section, Rangerfinder Magazine, Capture Magazine, Elegant Bride, in Trade Publications for Nikon USA, and Town and Country Weddings. Susan’s teaching career has developed as well; she has been seen at past Digital Wedding Forum conventions, gives private and group workshops throughout the USA, and has spoken at WPPI.

• Awards:

In 2009 Susan won third place in the Bride and Groom together category of WPPI’s international yearly 16×20 competition. In 2010 she won first place in the Wedding Photojournalism category and the Grand Award in the Photojournalism division.

Website:- www.susanstripling.com

Susan Stripling Photography:-

Todd Laffler (Califon, NJ)

Began his journey in photography when he was 17 years of age. His mother showed him how to shoot, develop, and print black and white photographs in her makeshift darkroom in their basement. He was blown away by the whole process, and instantly became infatuated. He started photographing what he knew best, which at the time was skateboarding. He even made his own skateboard magazine using his photography. After high school he went on the earn his BFA in Photography from the Maryland Institute College of Art.

Todd Laffler photography style is best described as modern, fresh, fun, and sometimes a little quirky. He prefers to let the events of the day unfold naturally and just be prepared to capture them as they happen. While he does give some direction from time to time, he strives to inject fun into his photography, creating unexpected compelling images. However, for the majority of the wedding, he stays in the background as a quiet observer, paying close attention for genuine and candid interactions. It is extremely important to him that the photographs he create at a wedding are both unique and artistic, and when seen collectively, tell the entire story of the day.

Website:-  www.lafflerphotography.com

Todd Laffler Photography:-

Ira Lippke (Brooklyn, NY)

Most photographers who run upscale New York City photo studios don’t have the same background as Ira Lippke. “My parents are Christian hippies,” he explains. The oldest of five kids, Lippke grew up homeschooled in the Pacific Northwest, living in tents and a school bus. He got interested in photography at 14, when he picked up a $12 thrift-store camera. Later, he paid his way through college in Los Angeles photographing bands and weddings.

After graduation, he stayed in L.A. and plunged into fashion work, but of all things, an absolutely perfect shoot convinced him that he should be doing something else. “Everything went exactly the way I wanted,” he recalls. “I had great models, great stylists, a great magazine to work with. Then I realized that the issue would be in recycle bins a month later. I decided that I wanted my pictures to be treasures.” To that end, he opened a studio in Long Beach, California, specifically focused on weddings.

Lippke made another major shift in 2007 when he moved his business to New York. “I always just felt like I belonged here,” he says. His studio caters to upscale weddings with a classic documentary style. “Our work is pretty straight,” he says. “We steer away from the trendy stuff.” Indeed, an attempt to capture the timelessness of people’s connection to one another seems to be key to the studio’s identity. “Even if the ceremony is done at a dance club by a friend who was ordained on the Internet, what’s happening between these people is a sacred thing,” he says. “There’s a mystery to it. And the essence of mystery is that you never come to the end of it. Photography accesses the immaterial. Even though a photo is a physical thing, photography is a medium that plumbs the soul.”

Website:-  www.iralippkestudios.com

Ira Lippke Photography:-

Jasmine Star

Jasmine literally shares her heart & mind on her blog and whilst she is hugely popular and has many fans she is totally approachable. Her original (old) blog is a hand-on-heart read and I highly recommend it to any photographer just starting out.

Website:- www.jasmine-star.com

Jasmine Star Photography:-

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Advertising photographers take photos for commercial purpose. Famous commercial product advertising photographers know all the tricks that make a product more attractive and appealing. In this post we are introducing some world’s most famous advertising photographers and their exceptional photography. So, let’s have a look…

Commercial advertising photography is most likely represent as any photography for which the photographer is paid for images rather than works of art.

Commercial advertising photography means taking photos for business use, such as in advertising, merchandising, product placement and product promotion. Advertising photography is also used in corporate promotional material and leaflets, menus in cafes and restaurants, and similar marketable uses. Advertising photography is used to promote or sell products or services. Famous photographers do extremely well at commercial photography and they are well paid.

If your company is in need of attractive, professional promotional resources or advertising, commercial advertising photography may be considered necessary. Commercial photographers will work with you on the most excellent way to display your product for whatever purpose you need, from magazine advertising to your annual report.

Ian Abela (Paris, France)

Professional photographer for more than ten years, Ian Abela specialized in the photography of product, fashion and beauty. He runs his knowledge in numerous advertising campaigns, and exports his images all over the world.

This self-taught of 39 years, experiments the photography from its childhood, and associates it very fast the digital retouch to widen its creative field. Completely autonomous thanks to his Parisian studio, and his digital equipment, Ian Abela stays, of the recording in the post-production, the only one occurring on his pictures.

Website: www.ianabela.com

Ian Abela Photography:-

Bruno Bisang (Ascona, Switzerland)

Bruno Bisang was born in 1952 and spent much of his early life in Ascona, a charming little town in the Italian speaking part of Switzerland. When he was 19 he joined the School of Applied Arts for Photography in Zurich, which was followed by a photographic apprenticeship. Since 1979 he has worked as a freelance photographer, first in Zurich, and then for a time in Milan and Munich. Now he works between Milan, New York, Zurich and Paris for a famous clientele.

The milestones of his carrier are marked by customers such as ‘Officiel de la Couture’, ‘Femme’, ‘Vital’, ‘Cosmopolitan’,’ Madame Figaro’, ‘Vogue Homme’, ‘Air France Madame’, ‘Max’, ‘Photo’, ‘GQ’, ‘Amica’, ‘Deutsche Vogue’, ‘Parfum Rochas’, ‘Guerlain’, ‘Wolford’, ‘Swish’, ‘Chaumet’, ‘Sergio Rossi’, Triumpf’, ‘Palmers’, ‘Ebel’, ‘Chanel’, ‘Givenchy’, ‘Cacharel’, ‘Vogue Gioiello’, ‘Chopard’, ‘Mauboussin’ and many more.

Website: www.brunobisang.com

Bruno Bisang Photography:-

Andrea Klarin (Paris, France)

Andrea was born in Belgrade in 1972. He pursued his studies at an art school in Belgium where he resided. Now he work and live mainly in Paris. He describes his work as the constant need to move and evolve! These are the characteristics of the fashion world that reflects also on the photography! He started fashion photography with the idealization of beauty and perfection.

Andrea Klarin’s love for photography started when he was just 18 years old. After studying for three years in Brussles, Klarin moved t Paris to pursue fashion photography. Since then, she’s shot campaigns for major fashion houses such as Valentino, Lanvin, and Guerlain. His editorial work has appeared in the likes of Vogue, InStyle, and Harper’s Bazaar.

Website: www.andreaklarin.com

Andrea Klarin Photography:-

Richard Warren (New York, United States)

Richard Warren is one New York’s most desirable fashion photographers. He assisted Robert Mapplethorpe, Helmet Newton, Bill King and Denis Piel in the 1980′s and has learned to master the art of fashion photography. His photography has appeared in over fifty fashion magazines including Australian Vogue, Bazaar Italia, Zink, and Vanity Fair. He has worked with many fashion models including Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, Brooke Shields and more recently Nicole Trunfio, Laryssa Castro and others.

Website: www.richardwarrenphotos.com

Richard Warren Photography:-

Nicolaas de Bruin (Los Angeles, California)

Nicolaas de Bruin is a Dutch born photographer located in the Los Angeles area.  After a wild life as a Dutch Marine and International fashion model he picked up the camera while living in NYC in 1999. He soon realized that his place was behind instead of in front of the camera.

Nicolaas de Bruin shoots Commercial Fashion Advertising with a specialization in Beauty and Body. Nicolaas works with top of the line equipment – leaf for medium format images and canon for 35mm digital output. Nicolaas is able to shoot in studio as well as on location anywhere in the world and can provide full service digital photography taking the hassle out of his client’s productions.

Professional photographer Nicolaas de Bruin has the expert eye for beauty and is able to provide eye catching beauty shots even with beginning models. Nicolaas does make time for beginning and professional models portfolio development please email for more information.

Website: www.ndbmphoto.com

Nicolaas de Bruin Photography:-

Raya (United States)

Raya was born in Israel. When she was 10, she moved to Paris. With her first small job she buys her first camera. A few boring jobs later comes a more serious camera and an irresistible passion for creating stories that keeps her awake at night. Her imagination and creative direction catch the eye of a Parisian fashion editor.

Raya falls in love with New York and move there for 4 amazing years (and more to come), focusing on advertising for cosmetic and jewelry brands.

Raya has been a fashion photographer for eight years and is based in New York. In her images the accent is on light. She is very fond of inventing photographic situations inspired by fairy tales and films. “A photographer is nothing without good equipment.

• In 2005 Winner of the International Fashion Photography Festival in Cannes.
• In 2006 Photo Exhibitions (Beijing China, Paris, Moscow, Times Square New York).
• In 2007 Chosen as Master Hasselblad.

Website: www.rayaphotographer.com

Raya Photography:-

Greg Powers (USA)

An internationally published photographer featuring a variety of work and style from product, food, interiors, still life, fashion and Advertising.

Greg Powers is a New York based photographer that shoots commercial, advertising, fashion and editorial photography. Clients include Tommy Bahama, Jennifer Croll, CSN, Sensi, Nikoleav Designs and many more. Photographed for major agencies IMG, FORD, CODE and more. Enjoys testing models in different cities and will travel.

Actors & models alike need to show great diversity in their images to be successful. From lighting styles to directing a subject as to how to bring movement and life to a photo – Greg excels at state-of-the-art technologies for contemporary photography while knowing the importance of bringing the best out of each subject at every photo session.

Website: www.gregpowers.us

Greg Powers Photography:-

Settimio Benedusi (Italy)

Settimio Benedusi Born in 1962. He is a Professional advertising & Fashion Photographer. Italian photographer Settimio Benedusi might be the luckiest schmuck in the world. Benedusi seems to spend all day taking photos of crazy-beautiful women.

He is a great photographer.

Website: www.benedusi.it

Settimio Benedusi Photography:-

James Nader (London, United Kingdom)

Even a brief glimpse at the stunning results of James Nader’s fashion photography suggests a unique 21st century fashion photographer with an exceptional pedigree technically brilliant, James’ composes and captures imagery through creative instincts honed on a global stage over two decades.  From New York to Morocco & from Italy to the UK. Whether editorial or sharply commercial, the transformation of real life to final image through the James Nader lens is an art in itself.

The unashamed beauty of the images on the Fashion pages contrasts with the fantastical creations unveiled in our Photomontage galleries. Select Published to see how James adapts to editorial presentation, and then check out the cheek and directness of his PR work. For a more comprehensive and up to date representation of his commercial and editorial work please go to his main site.

Website: jamesnader.com

James Nader Photography:-

Tarun Khiwal (New Delhi, India)

Tarun Khiwal was introduced to photography after he was gifted a camera by his father, although an engineer by education he became a photographer by choice, a decision that made him become one of the most sought after photographers in India. Tarun’s simplistic approach to photography combined with a touch of glamour is what characterizes his personal style that has been constantly setting benchmarks in the fashion and advertising circuits of India for many years.

Tarun has had no formal education in photography, however he has been the inspiration for many young photographers to relocate from all over the world to assist him and his protégées have all emerged as successful photographers themselves. He has created a niche for himself as he went on to win the Hasselblad Masters Award and other accolades like the Epson Stylus Pro, the F-Award, the Asian Photography Award, the MTV Style Lycra Award and the Kingfisher Fashion Photographer Award. He has shot for many premium international brands like Reebok, Nestle, Nokia, Panasonic, Honda and Samsung and is a favorite of fashion glossies.

Website: www.tarunkhiwal.com

Tarun Khiwal Photography:-

Victor de Mello (London, United Kingdom)

Victor de Mello was born in the Cape Verde Islands, growing up in Lisbon, Portugal, moving to Rio de Janeiro at the age of 17 which sparked a life-long passion for travel and a desire to experiences new cultures and taking him to homes as diverse as Edinburgh, Singapore, London, Cape Town, Copenhagen and New York.

Victor is currently a contributor for a variety of international fashion and art magazines including Harper’s Bazaar (UK), Vogue (GR), Sunday Times Style, Vision, Nuke, Wound, Italian Grazia and Madame Figaro (POR), among others, as well as shooting campaigns for leading fashion brands such as Vivienne Westwood, Max Factor, Cutler and Gross, Hannah Marshall, River Island, Qveen and Pilgrim.

In addition to his editorial work you can also experience Victor’s photographic collectionat galleries in Paris.

Website: www.victordemello.com

Victor de Mello Photography:-

Cyril Lagel (Paris, France)

Cyril Lagel French photographer based in Paris, France specialized in fashion & beauty. Organization of casting and spotting. Pictures production in France and foreign countries.
The work in Cyril Lagel’s professional glamor and fashion portfolio is among the best in France, and the world. Cyril’s ability to capture the beauty of a woman on film became evident the moment we laid eyes on his work. Cyril’s images not only show us the beauty of the female human form, but they also serve to convey a sense of power and confidence in the women he photographs.

Website: www.cyrillagel.com

Cyril Lagel Photography:-

Yanick Dery (Montreal, Canada)

Yanick Dery is one of todays most distinctive and down to earth fashion photographers.
Yanick Dery’s fashion photography is bold and sophisticated. The various series of pictures on his website are both in color and black and white. You can also see a varying level of digitization in the photographs. The above photograph, for example, albeit stunning in effect, seems to be simply a very well-executed shot. The jungle and absinthe series, however, seems to be more an example of digital art than photography.

Yanick Dery is a fashion photographer based in Montreal. His work has been featured on numerous websites and blogs. In fact, he has his own blog. He’s currently in the middle of a World Tour that’s encompassed locations like New York, Singapore, China, and Peru.

Website: web.yanickdery.com

Yanick Dery Photography:-

Joseph Cartright (New York, USA)

Joseph Cartright is known as one of the top high-end digital photographers in the country. He is often asked to lecture and teach digital photography to other professional photographers.

Cartright Photography is based in New York City.

Website: www.cartright.com

Josep Cartright Photography:-

David Leslie Anthony ( Los Angeles, California )

David Anthony shoots for the international editions of Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, Elle Canada, Rolling Stone, Joy Magazine (Spain), Scene Magazine, Chicago Magazine, and numerous others. He has shot the campaigns for Pepsi, U.K. with Britney Spears, the Michelob fashion campaign, the Baker’s Shoes Campaign; and the Von Dutch 2005 European Campaign.

In addition, David’s work has been shown in both art publications and art galleries in the U.S. and Europe. Though based in Chicago, David Anthony works primarily in New York and Europe. He is represented by Mark Parker at IM Creative in Miami.

Website: www.davidanthonyphotographer.com

David Leslie Anthony Photography:-

James Hickey (Los Angeles, United States)

Professional Los Angeles photographer James Hickey creates artistic fashion and lifestyle images with unique style. These are often identified with vivid color, and expression. The images tell stories and ideas of people who are full of beauty and life.

Website: www.jameshickeystudio.com

James Hickey Photography:-

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Fashion is one of the most amazing and exciting area of professional photography. In this modern era the demand as well as importance of fashion photography and professional fashion photographers become increasing rapidly.  In This post I would like to introduce few worlds’ leading famous fashion photographers and their awesome famous photographs. So let’s have a look…

Fashion photography:
Fashion photography is an art and impressive profession also. Fashion photography is a kind of photography that loyal to displaying dress and other fashion items. It has been in existence since 1839. There was always the existence of fashionable clothing, but the idea of capturing photographs to help trade clothing and accessories had just come into play. Now, fashion photography has developed its own illustration in which the dress and fashions are enhanced by the existence of foreign locations or accessories.

Here is a collection of some famous award winner fashion photographers & their great photography-

Andrea Klarin (Paris, France)

Andrea was born in Belgrade in 1972. He pursued his studies at an art school in Belgium where he resided. Now he work and live mainly in Paris. He describes his work as the constant need to move and evolve! These are the characteristics of the fashion world that reflects also on the photography! He started fashion photography with the idealization of beauty and perfection.
Andrea Klarin’s love for photography started when he was just 18 years old. After studying for three years in Brussles, Klarin moved t Paris to pursue fashion photography. Since then, she’s shot campaigns for major fashion houses such as Valentino, Lanvin, and Guerlain. His editorial work has appeared in the likes of Vogue, InStyle, and Harper’s Bazaar.

Website: www.andreaklarin.com

Andrea Klarin Photography:-

Raya (United States)

Raya was born in Israel. When she was 10, she moved to Paris. With her first small job she buys her first camera. A few boring jobs later comes a more serious camera and an irresistible passion for creating stories that keeps her awake at night. Her imagination and creative direction catch the eye of a Parisian fashion editor.

In Paris she worked for more than 10 years with prestigious magazines such Harper’s Bazaar, ELLE, Dansk, and luxury Brand, like Cartier…

Raya falls in love with New York and move there for 4 amazing years (and more to come), focusing on advertising for cosmetic and jewelry brands.

Raya has been a fashion photographer for eight years and is based in New York. In her images the accent is on light. She is very fond of inventing photographic situations inspired by fairy tales and films. “A photographer is nothing without good equipment.

In 2005 Winner of the International Fashion Photography Festival in Cannes.

In 2006 Photo Exhibitions (Beijing China, Paris, Moscow, Times Square New York).

In 2007 Chosen as Master Hasselblad.

Website: www.rayaphotographer.com

Raya Photography:-

Richard Warren (New York, United States)

Richard Warren is one New York’s most desirable fashion photographers. He assisted Robert Mapplethorpe, Helmet Newton, Bill King and Denis Piel in the 1980′s and has learned to master the art of fashion photography. His photography has appeared in over fifty fashion magazines including Australian Vogue, Bazaar Italia, Zink, and Vanity Fair. He has worked with many fashion models including Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, Brooke Shields and more recently Nicole Trunfio, Laryssa Castro and others.

Website: www.richardwarrenphotos.com

Richard Warren Photography:-

Shaun Alexander (Los Angeles, United States)

Internationally celebrated top fashion photographer Shaun Alexander, fashion, advertising, editorial photographer Los Angeles has been honing his unique style for over two decades worldwide. Boasting a background in painting and sculpture, Shaun’s photographic work is frequently compared to two of his biggest influences, Salvador Dali and Helmut Newton. Shaun’s award winning images have been on display at the Black and White Spider Awards /Masters exhibition, where he has won and been nominated for his outstanding achievements in fine art and fashion photography. Shaun’s award winning images are also found in The World’s Greatest Black and White photography book. His unique but provocative and stylish work has been featured on the outside and the inside of many international publications, art galleries and photo exhibitions and is frequently sought by advertising agencies, Hollywood celebrities, fashion designers and many premiere clients worldwide. An alchemist behind the lens, Shaun transforms ordinary objects into objects d’art, exquisitely beautiful, sexy and mysterious. Image-wise, he is every man and woman’s best friend! Shaun has worked in numerous exotic locations in New York, London, Paris, and Prague and currently resides in Los Angeles California, where he is showcasing his latest creations.

Website: www.shaunalexanderphotography.com

Shaun Alexander Photography:-

Ian Abela (Paris, France)

Professional photographer for more than ten years, Ian Abela specialized in the photography of fashion and beauty. He runs his knowledge in numerous advertising campaigns, and exports his images all over the world.

This self-taught of 39 years, experiments the photography from its childhood, and associates it very fast the digital retouch to widen its creative field. Completely autonomous thanks to his Parisian studio, and his digital equipment, Ian Abela stays, of the recording in the post-production, the only one occurring on his pictures.

Website: www.ianabela.com

Ian Abela Photography:-

Yanick Dery (Montreal, Canada)

Yanick Dery is one of today’s most distinctive and down to earth fashion photographers.
Yanick Dery’s fashion photography is bold and sophisticated. The various series of pictures on his website are both in color and black and white. You can also see a varying level of digitization in the photographs. The above photograph, for example, albeit stunning in effect, seems to be simply a very well-executed shot. The jungle and absinthe series, however, seems to be more an example of digital art than photography.
Yanick Dery is a fashion photographer based in Montreal. His work has been featured on numerous websites and blogs. In fact, he has his own blog. He’s currently in the middle of a World Tour that’s encompassed locations like New York, Singapore, China, and Peru.

Website: web.yanickdery.com

Yanick Dery Photography:-

Cyril Lagel (Paris, France)

Cyril Lagel French photographer based in Paris, France specialized in fashion & beauty. Organization of casting and spotting. Pictures production in France and foreign countries.
The work in Cyril Lagel’s professional glamor and fashion portfolio is among the best in France, and the world. Cyril’s ability to capture the beauty of a woman on film became evident the moment we laid eyes on his work. Cyril’s images not only show us the beauty of the female human form, but they also serve to convey a sense of power and confidence in the women he photographs.

Website: www.cyrillagel.com

Cyril Lagel Photography:-

Tarun Khiwal (New Delhi, India)

Tarun Khiwal was introduced to photography after he was gifted a camera by his father, although an engineer by education he became a photographer by choice, a decision that made him become one of the most sought after photographers in India. Tarun’s simplistic approach to photography combined with a touch of glamour is what characterizes his personal style that has been constantly setting benchmarks in the fashion and advertising circuits of India for many years. Tarun has had no formal education in photography, however he has been the inspiration for many young photographers to relocate from all over the world to assist him and his protégées have all emerged as successful photographers themselves. He has created a niche for himself as he went on to win the Hasselblad Masters Award and other accolades like the Epson Stylus Pro, the F-Award, the Asian Photography Award, the MTV Style Lycra Award and the Kingfisher Fashion Photographer Award. He has shot for many premium international brands like Reebok, Nestle, Nokia, Panasonic, Honda and Samsung and is a favorite of fashion glossies.

Website: www.tarunkhiwal.com

Tarun Khiwal Photography:-

Dirk Franke (Miami Beach, United States)

Born at an American Airbase in Libya, raised in Europe, based in Miami since 1991. Dirk studied to become a movie cameraman, but quickly fall back to his original passion photography. He opened his first studio in Europe at the age of 26 and has been shooting fashion & beauty in studios and on location all over the world ever since. Dirk and his wife Lene have been based in Miami beach since 1991 but Dirk is constantly traveling to shoot fashion, swimwear and lifestyle assignments in the US, in Europe, in the Caribbean Islands and Mexico.

Website: www.photobusiness.com

Dirk Franke Photography:-

James Hickey (Los Angeles, United States)

Professional Los Angeles photographer James Hickey creates artistic fashion and lifestyle images with unique style. These are often identified with vivid color, and expression. The images tell stories and ideas of people who are full of beauty and life.

Website: www.jameshickeystudio.com

James Hickey Photography:-

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In this tutorial I want to show you how to create outstanding light effects in photoshop. In this interesting light effects tutorial I like to give you good guidance on how to deal with an illustration like this effect and cover the overall workflow. So, let’s get start…

Preparation:

This is an advanced piece, I mean there are no hard to do techniques, but this kind of work requires a lot of good taste, some color experience and casting shadows knowledge. So I do not recommend this tutorial for beginners. I’ll skip basic pointers and go straight to the main point. Basically, I want you to get the idea of how to create an illustration like this and follow your own way with these effects.

Before we start, I wanted to show you how the concept changed during the whole session:

1. This first image below is the main concept, that I planned. It’s the first idea that came to my head: an energy ball with lots of shine lines around it.

2. While searching images I accidentally found an image of a man in a very cool position, which came from 123rf.com, so I thought this must be used here. So I put him there and wanted to make an illusion that this man is creating all the energy.

3. The first plans were done and I started to work on this project. During the process this concept somehow lacked dynamics, so I decided to rotate the whole piece.

4. Finally, when I had no idea how this energy ball could look like, and this took me some time before I came up with the final idea, I rejected the ball and went into energy touch only for this man.

So you see each project changes when you work on it, so before you get into this tutorial remember to work flexible, not everything needs to look the same way as you planned. Take your time and use your imagination.

Step 1:

Before we start, you need to know that the shining effects work best on a black background. The darker the background is, the more visible and contrasted shine you will achieve. So I started with a black background of the canvas around 900px by 1100px (this should work for you fine).

Step 2:

Now is the first hard part, searching for the right image. I know many people are unhappy with buying pictures, but well, the truth is: if you want good quality, you need to pay for it. I’ve nothing against free stock photos, if you have the time to search for a good image among mixed quality free pictures it’s OK.

Anyway, if you have the right image, then extract the person (or object) from the image of your choice. The biggest problem of all cut-outs is always the hair. But, as you can see in the image below, I had a short haired man. In this case I simply used the Pen Tool to deal with short hair. And because we have a black background in our main project document, we can easily blend this black hair with the background. To do this I used the Burn Tool with Range set to Midtones and burned the hair edges a little.

Step 3:

Now, in the Layers Palette I added two adjustment layers: Levels and Gradient Map to make a better blending between this person and the black background. I used a gradient from black to white and set the Gradient Map layer’s Blending Mode to Soft Light, then lowered the Opacity just a touch.

Step 4:

OK, next we’ll create ground. I used a Gradient Tool and on a new layer created a radial gradient from white to transparent (as you see in the first picture below). Then this big white dot needed some perspective, so here I hit Command + T to Distort (second image below).

The dot was blurred using Gaussian Blur at around 40 pixel Radius. Then I duplicated this blurred dot, stretched it a little bit (Command + T) and made two more copies to enhance the ground effect. If necessary, the opacities of these ground layers can be lowered just a touch. It means that this surface shouldn’t be too bright, as this will kinda destroy the concept of having the whole background black.

Step 5:

Now, as you can see in the first image below, I started adding shadows under the shoes. It’s not suppose to be great and totally pimped shadow. I just needed to make an accent that this man is standing on something. This always works pretty well, as you start to see how your illustration is shaping up, even thought the shade will change, it’s good to have it sketched.

To do the shadow I used a black brush with Flow set to 2% and Hardness to 0%, then I slowly started creating it click by click (don’t hold the left mouse button while doing this, as you may make a very ugly kind of shadow that way). Individual brush clicks did the job just fine.

Now let’s focus on the second image below. Something didn’t work for me in this piece, so I decided to add the first dynamic touch to this illustration, so I selected all the layers and used Command + T to rotate them at a small angle (for now it looked kinda like a slip).

Step 6:

I zoomed out and positioned this man and ground to the right. I kinda wanted to avoid the center focus of illustration. Sometimes it’s good to move the main object/person to the side, looks more dynamic and original to me.

OK, then I decided that this position works perfectly for this piece and started touching up shadows. Looking at this man it’s visible that few sources of light hit him (for example his left hand shows that light reaches it from left and right). So in this case I decided to give this man a soft shadow, only underneath him by using the same technique as previously.

I only want you to pay attention to his shoes which are the closest objects to the ground. Shoes stick to the surface, this means they need more shadow around them. The farther the objects are from the ground, the more they start to disappear (and the shadow starts to soften, then slowly vanish).

Step 7:

As I was watching my illustration now, I felt like there are some spots that are too bright, so I used the Burn Tool to enhance the shade effect of the shoes. I also did some blending with the hand, as It seemed too bright on the left side.

Step 8:

Finally this man is ready. Now this illustration needs to look more like one piece. So I did some overall color adjusting. I added a Curves adjustment layer and then a Gradient Map with a Violet to Orange gradient (picked from standard presets). Then I lowered the Opacity of the Gradient Map to around 25-30% and changed its Blending Mode to Soft Light. Both adjustment layers were set up to give this illustration a yellowish touch (as I experimented and liked it).

Step 9:

Now it looks like this man really belongs to this place, and that’s the thing we want. Next, I started all the light tricks.

Here is something abstract that I prepared for this piece. So I opened these lights and dragged them into the project while changing its Blending Mode to Linear Dodge. It was put above all layers just not to get colorized by two previous adjustment layers.

Now look at the process. As I already had these abstract lights, I took the Burn Tool (Midtones) and burned parts of this piece that I wanted to get rid of (2nd image below). Then many less of these lines lasted, so I used a hard Eraser Tool to erase the rest of the disturbing lines, which I didn’t want to see here (3rd image below). Finally I added Image > Adjustments > Color Balance and adjusted this color exactly for these three main lines (blue, green and yellow). I worked to achieve cool, bright coloring for these lines.

This can be done for each line separately, but before that they need to be cut out into new layers.

Step 10:

As I said, if you don’t have some color experience, this tutorial will be difficult for you to follow. Now is the further part when I repeated the same process as in the previous step. I created, erased, separated new lines and added various colors.

Step 11:

I was still into adding color light lines, and I want to show you another example of flexible work. During this process I had many ideas of how to connect and set these lines.

First I thought maybe a good idea would be to cross them and make them in different positions (1st image below). This didn’t work out and I decided to make all the lines almost parallel (2nd image below). So I made it, and for some variation I added one green line that kinda crossed the space, but it gave some depth to the illustration so I left it be.

Step 12:

Now I added some more brightness in places indicated below using soft white brush. The new layer was created below the lines layers, as these lines are half transparent (cause of the linear dodge mode), so everything put below these lines is visible.

Step 13:

I played around with these lines and achieved some cool results (first image below). All done the same way as I showed previously.

Next I felt like this piece needs some more details going all around it and filling in some blanks. You can find some similar brushes to the ones I used for this. Experiment with various brushes in this step.

I picked one my grungy splatter brushes. Then found a nice dark color (coming from the color that I used in light lines – in my case it happened to be blue) and made a brush mark (second image below). Then I brought up the selection of this brush mark and contracted it by 2 pixels by going to Select > Modify > Contract (third image below). Next I hit Delete to get rid of the center brush part (forth image below). Then I positioned it near a light blue line.

Step 14:

Now as I had this brush mark placed correctly, I used a soft eraser and erased disturbing parts. Then switching between the Burn Tool (Midtones) and Dodge Tool (Highlights) I pimped out selected dark spots of this brush mark.

When using the Burn Tool you actually darken the spot. When using the Dodge Tool, you brighten it up. So I was very careful in this step, a small overdo can destroy the idea.

So this process is just to show you how it works, the brush mark in the first three images below are just an example. In the forth image below you can see the brushes that I used originally.

Step 15:

By the way we’re still with these brushes, pay attention to the little pieces above the man’s head (first image below) and the ones near his leg (second image below). Yes, they were made the same way as previously. To do this you can even use some splatter brushes and follow the same process.

Also pay attention to the second image below. I indicated a spot that points to shadow. This shadow made an illusion that these little pieces are in the air. So if you get more small pieces around the ground, you can cast some shadows underneath them (but on the ground) and this will give your effects more depth.

Step 16:

Next to add some sparkle to this illustration I decided to use a picture of sky and cut the sun out of it. Then I desideratum this piece (second image below) and set its Blending Mode to Linear Dodge and I erased all the unnecessary parts around this sun (with the Eraser Tool). I also brought up the Levels (Command + L) and enhanced the contrast. Then I used Burn Tool (Midtones) to enhance the light effect and darken the rays (fourth image below). Finally, I colored this sun using Hue/Saturation and Color Balance; I made it green and then gave it a touch of yellow.

Step 17:

The suns were resided down to a very small size, and at this size it completely stops being recognizable as a shining sun. Now it’s just a shining spot. I duplicated it many times and placed it in various spots. By the way, I changed the color when it was necessary to make these lights fit. To change colors I followed similar steps as before (basically Hue/Saturation and when the tone was not fully satisfying I pimped it with Color Balance).

Step 18:

Moving forward I thought I’d use these nice clouds of this sky to make some dust. So I opened the image and desiderated it. Then (as previously) I used Levels (Command + L) to make the clouds stand out. Next, I used a soft Eraser and got rid of unwanted parts (fifth image below). Finally, I grabbed Burn Tool (Midtones) and made some touch-ups to these clouds. I kinda separated them and brought them up more.

Step 19:

I named these clouds “Dust” and changed the layer’s Blending Mode to Linear Dodge. Then rotated them and placed them towards the lines direction (as you can see in the image below).

I made a small comparison below, the whole illustration got a little bit smoother when I added this dust.

Step 20:

So the illustration was almost finished, but the light lines were still not blended enough with the model. I hit Command + A to select the whole canvas, and then Command + Shift + C (copy merged) and Command + V (paste). This way I made a duplicate of the whole image and put it on top of all the layers.

Then while having this image selected, I went to Filter > Liquify and as you can see in the first image below, I did some stretching using the Forward Warp Tool (in Liquify filter). In the second image below you can see how smooth and nice these lines were blended.

Step 21:

As the final touch I wanted to give this piece a little more realism, so I casted light reflections on this man’s clothes and skin. Each arrow below has the color of the nearest line. For example, the first orange arrow point of the shirt spot which should be affected by the orange light line. So I gave an orange color to this spot, and so on with the others.

To do that I made a new layer with the Blending Mode set to Color (Soft Light in some cases works fine also), then I used a very soft brush with proper color, and Viola!

Conclusion:

In the end you can give it a nice overall sharpen using high pass filter, this will bring even more quality to your work. So I hope you liked this piece, thanks for reading. The main purpose of this tutorial was to show you a good direction in how to use these effects. So be creative and try to discover your way of using them.

Hope you can learn something new from this tutorial.

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In Today’s tutorial I would like to present how to create an amazing rain effect using photoshop. In this fantastic tutorial we use noise, motion blur, custom brushes, blending modes to create a great final result and the effect is surprisingly easy to achieve. So, let’s have a try…

Source Image:

• Wet

Brushes:

• Rain Splashes

• Rain

Step 1: Selecting the correct image

It is very important to select an adequate image for your work. If the image is convincing, the final result will be too.

Step 2: Splashes

The rain needs to react with the subject, especially in a close-up, like this one.

a)Download and install the splash brushes.

b) Use the new brush set, select white color and paint some splashes. Each splash should be placed in a different layer so you can easily control the size and the rotation.

c) The brush numbers used in this tutorial

• 127

• 293

• 130

Use brushes so the splashes appear logical to the subject.

Step 3: First rain shower

a) Create a New Layer

b) Select a rain brush and start painting some raindrops with a white color

c) Apply some Gaussian blur

d) Create a new layer

e) Paint another rain shower.

Step 4: Heavy rain shower

a) Create a new layer and paint it with black

b) Add Noise: Filter > Noise > Add Noise

c) Apply motion Blur: Filter > Blur > Motion Blur. Set the angle so it matches the first rain shower

d) Set the blending mode to color dodge

e) Duplicate the heavy rain layer and set the blending mode to color dodge at 37%

Step 5: Create a Vignette

a) Create a new layer

b) Paint it with white color

c) Create an oval, invert it and paint it with black

d) Apply Gaussian blur

e) Set the blending mode to multiply at 67%

Final Result:

Hope you can learn something new from this tutorial.

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In this tutorial I would like to present how to create a fantastic abstract design in photoshop. We use very simple and amazing method for beginners to create easily abstract design that looks so awesome. So, why not have a try…

Step 1:

Create a new document with black background; size doesn’t really matter in this tutorial. Press the “P” key to select the Pen Tool, draw a work path as shown below:

Once you’ve drawn the path, select the brush tool and apply the following settings: (5px, 95% hardness)

Press “P” to select the Pen Tool again, right-click on the path and choose “Stroke Path”:

Stroke the path with the brush we selected, tick the Simulate Pressure setting:

Here is the stroke effect: (I used the green color here)

Duplicate this layer once, hit Ctrl + T and rotate it slightly counter-clockwise, move it to left a little as shown below:

Repeat this process, duplicate a few more lines, rotate and move each line slightly to form the following effect:

When you’re happy with the shape, merge those layers together by selecting all of them in layer palette, right-click on one of the layers and choose “Merge Layers”. Duplicate the merged layer a few times, rotate, and resize them with Free Transform Tool to form the effect shown below:

Adjust the layer opacity of each duplicated layer to create some image depth:

Step 2:

Now we can paint some crystal dots around the stream symbolizing some sort of life form. We can use brush dynamics to achieve this effect. So grab the brush tool with the following settings:

Scattering

Other Dynamics

And make sure you tick Airbrush and Smoothing options.

Use this brush to paint some dots around the stream lines with green/blue color:

After you’ve done the painting, apply the Sharpen filter on this dots layer:

As you can see, now the dots look sharper and crystal-like:

And here is the overall effect so far:

Optional: You can also paint some dots on the background to add some depth for the image. You can use a softer brush as shown below and use it to paint around the canvas:

Step 3:

Now we can add some starry background to the image by creating a new layer just above the background layer, and use some space brushes to paint over it.

We can then flatten the image, then duplicate the background layer and apply some Motion blur to the duplicated layer:

Change the blending mode of this motion blur layer to “Screen” and drop its opacity to around 60%:

Final Result:

Hope you can learn something new from this tutorial.

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In today’s tutorial I am presenting how to create an amazing poster using photoshop. In this awesome tutorial you will learn how to combine a good set of techniques to create a crisp piece of art to create a fantastic portrait poster with a touch of the future. So, let’s get start…

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Final Result:

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