Tag Archives: legendary pictures

Men on the Moon

Posted on 25/07/2009 by alex_galmeanu

In orice istorie fotografica a planetei, fotografiile realizate in urma cu 40 de ani de astronautii misiunii spatiale Apollo11 ocupa un loc de onoare. Aselenizarea poate fi considerata una dintre cele mai mari realizari ale omenirii. Este magica intr-un asemena … Continue reading →

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Licitatie Sotheby’s la New York

Posted on 05/04/2009 by alex_galmeanu

In plina criza financiara, o licitatie de fotografii organizata la New York in data de 30 martie 2009 de celebra casa  Sotheby’s a strans nu mai putin de 2.384.690 USD. S-au licitat nume ca Ansel Adams, Edward Weston,  Berenice Abbott, … Continue reading →

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Sir John Herschel by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1867

Posted on 17/08/2008 by alex_galmeanu

Abordarea Juliei Cameron (Marea Britanie 1815–1879) a fost una neobisnuita. Ea evita intentionat claritatea si reproducerea detaliilor ce se obtineau usor cu ajutorul negativelor de sticla. Folosea in schimb un sharf moale si o expunere lunga, (expunere masurata uneori in … Continue reading →

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Gustave Le Gray – Brig on the Water, 1856

Posted on 16/08/2008 by alex_galmeanu

Pentru cine credea ca tehnologia HDR este o inventie relativ recenta, o performanta a generatiei photoshop, uite ca nu e asa . Gustave Le Gray (Francez, 1820–1884) a fost primul ce a rezolvat problema expunerii corecte atat a cerului cat … Continue reading →

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Train Wreck at Montparnasse 1895

Posted on 26/07/2008 by alex_galmeanu

The Gare Montparnasse became famous for a derailment on 22 October 1895 of the Granville-Paris Express that overran the buffer stop. The engine careened across almost 30 metres (98 ft) of the station concourse, crashed through a 60-centimetre (24 in) … Continue reading →

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Cum ajunge o fotografie celebra?

Posted on 18/05/2008 by alex_galmeanu

Unii fotografi incearca sa gaseasca o reteta pentru a realiza imagini celebre, o metoda ar fi ca fotografia sa fie aleasa pentru desktop-ul standard al celui mai raspandit sistem de operare… simplu, nu?

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Nicolae Ionescu – Fotograful Cronicar

Posted on 13/01/2008 by alex_galmeanu

Unul dintre cei mai cunoscuti fotografi din perioada interbelica este Nicolae Ionescu (1903 – 1975). Pe cat de cunoscut atunci, pe atat de necunoscut azi. Marele merit al lui Ionescu este fotografia- document pe care a realizat-o in decursul vietii. … Continue reading →

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Primul om fotografiat din istorie.

Posted on 23/12/2007 by alex_galmeanu

Evident cineva a trebuit sa fie primul asa ca nu e chiar “big deal” dar felul in care s-a intamplat este unul foarte interesant, mai ales pentru cei ce au cat de cat habar de tehnica fotografica.

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American Girl in Italy

Posted on 06/05/2007 by alex_galmeanu

“American Girl in Italy” este una din clasicile lucrari ale lui Ruth Orkin. In 1951 ea a calatorit in Israel avand un angajament din partea Filarmonicii Israeliene. Dupa ce a trait cateva luni in acolo, ea si-a continuat calatoriile in … Continue reading →

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The burning monk

Posted on 04/05/2007 by alex_galmeanu

In dimineata zilei de 10 iunie 1963, Malcom Browne, un fotograf de 30 de ani din New York ce a fost trimis in Vietnam de Associated Press, a primit un telefon cu informatia de a fi a doua zi intr-o anume … Continue reading →

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The Saigon Execution

Posted on 28/03/2007 by alex_galmeanu

On the second day of the Tet Offensive, Edward Thomas Adams and an NBC news crew heard gunfire. They followed the noise to a street corner where South Vietnamese soldiers were leading a handcuffed Viet Cong captive to Lt. Col. … Continue reading →

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Daca tot am adus vorba de Dali…

Posted on 28/03/2007 by alex_galmeanu

Se pare ca Halsman si Dali au avut o relatie fotografica de lunga durata. Mai toate fotografiile celebre ale lui Dali sunt realizate de Halsman si nu sunt char putine.

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Dali Atomicus

Posted on 25/03/2007 by alex_galmeanu

It took 26 tries and over five hours to have this image done. Philippe Halsman made this picture in 1948 and the subject was Salvador Dali himself. Of course, all that you see in the image was an real act in front … Continue reading →

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The new most expensive picture

Posted on 22/03/2007 by alex_galmeanu

“99Cent” by Andreas Gursky, chromogenic color print, 81 1/2 by 132 inches, numbered 6/6, 1999 was sold with the amount of 3,3 millions $. The old record was only 2,9 millions $.

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Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

Posted on 26/02/2007 by alex_galmeanu

If you’ll make a top of the world’s most important war pictures, this Pulizer wining image will be on the first place for sure. For Americans, if they have to describe “patriotism” in a single picture, this will be more than enough.

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