Irving Penn 1917-2009

One of the greatest studio portrait photographers.

Joe Lewis

Simone de Bouvoir

Yves St. Laurent

Duchess of Windsor

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Rudolf Nureyev

Balloon Seller


New York Times obituary, published October 8, 2009

Irving Penn: Small Trades at the Getty

Hellen van Meene

Hellen van Meene is a Dutch portrait photographer who focuses her camera predominately on young women. Slightly haunting, honest, tender, beautiful.

-Interview between Hellen van Meene and Joerg Colberg
-Hellen van Meene's website

-Yancey Richardson Gallery

Les Animaux

Emmet Gowin


Christer Stromholm


George W. Gardner


Alen Mac Weeney


Garry Winogrand


Asako Narahashi


Jessica Lange

Peter Mitchell

I first heard about Peter Mitchell when I received these postcards from a friend who was lucky enough to attend the exhibition How We Are: Photographing Britain at the Tate in the UK.
I have since tried to find more images and information, but unfortunately to no avail.
I am happy to at least share what I have found. (click images below to enlarge)

In the 1970s, Peter Mitchell worked as a truck driver for Sunco, and photographed the sights of Leeds on his journeys around the city. He is now well known for his 1979 landmark color photography exhibition in York, UK. Held at Impressions Gallery and titled ‘A New Refutation of the Viking IV Space Mission’, the show depicted the factories and small shop owners of Leeds, all photographed in a very formal manner with the aid of a stepladder. The idea was that this is how Leeds might be seen by aliens departing from their spaceship when the Mission from Mars finally lands on the unsuspecting city.

Family

Walker Evans

Russell Lee

Russell Lee

Malick Sidibe

Diane Arbus

Mark Cohen

Andre Zelck

Robert Bechtle

Homage to Polaroid

Wendy Ewald


Ralph Gibson


Gail Bryan


Manuel Alvarez Bravo



Walker Evans


Links:
- Recent article in The Observer- View and share on Polanoid.net
- Nobuyoshi Araki Polart 6000

Selections from Northern Europe

Joakim Eskildsen

Joakim Eskildsen

Milja Laurila

Preben Holst

Susanna Majuri

Susanna Majuri

Anna Linderstam

Anni Leppala

also see the Helsinki School

Young Ones

Masahisa Fukase

Augustus F. Sherman

Dorothea Lange

William Eggleston

Mark Cohen

Joel Sternfeld

Pablo Ortiz Monasterio

Ingar Krauss