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Photographs are legacies passed onto future generations. FInd out who the 21 most iconic and famous photographers are that paved the way for others. #famous #photographers #photography #history Best Photographers In The World, Famous Photography Portraits, Portrait Of A Photographer, Portrait Of Photographer, Documentary Photography Portraits, Famous Portraits Photography, Classic Portrait Photography, 24mm Photography, Artistic Photography Inspiration

Photographs are legacies passed onto future generations. FInd out who the 21 most iconic and famous photographers are that paved the way for others. #famous #photographers #photography #history

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Vivian Maier is the Emily Dickinson of street photography. Maier worked as a nanny in New York and Chicago for more than a half-century, and took thousands of brilliant photographs, never sharing them with anyone except, occasionally, for the children in her charge. Some of her negatives were found by chance, when a local real estate agent purchased them at an auction house; now an exhibition of her photography is traveling the world (this summer it's in the U.K.).... Vivian Maier Street Photographer, Vivian Mayer, Ralph Gibson, Robert Frank, William Eggleston, Diane Arbus, Vivian Maier, Foto Art, Street Photographers

Vivian Maier is the Emily Dickinson of street photography. Maier worked as a nanny in New York and Chicago for more than a half-century, and took thousands of brilliant photographs, never sharing them with anyone except, occasionally, for the children in her charge. Some of her negatives were found by chance, when a local real estate agent purchased them at an auction house; now an exhibition of her photography is traveling the world (this summer it's in the U.K.)....

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Henri Cartier-Bresson Snoot Photography, Most Famous Photographers, Walker Evans, Henri Cartier Bresson, Robert Doisneau, Black And White Photograph, Edgar Degas, French Photographers, Famous Photographers

Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French photographer who was known for "candid" photography. He was also an early user of 35 mm film. He was born in 1908 and died in 2004. Part of his book, The Decisive Moment, 1952 I personally like this photo because it shows how composed a candid photo can be. This photo clearly was taken quickly, as he had to capture the birds flying away, but it looks as if a lot of time and planning went into it. He talks about this candid, quick photography in his book The…

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Famous Street Photographers, Ted Forbes, Fred Herzog, Art Portrait Photography, Poesia Visual, The Art Of Photography, Exposition Photo, Saul Leiter, Art Of Photography

Street photography captures the beauty of the everyday. We're all familiar with urban spaces, but street photographers observe their surrounding with a sharper eye. They can see the unusual in the everyday, the funny in the dull, and the extraordinary in the ordinary.

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