Peter Henry Emerson was a child of privilege. He was born in Cuba in 1856; his mother was a member of British society, his father a wealthy American. His cousin was the poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. His youth was divided between Cuba and New England. … Keep readingPeter Henry Emerson
Composition, down at the bone, is about geometry. Lines, shapes, angles, forms. Nowhere is that more obvious than in the landscape work of Italian photographer Franco Fontana. Fontana was born in 1933 in Modena, a town best known for manufacturing Italian sports cars and balsamic … Keep readingFranco Fontana
If you’ve ever taken a nature photograph–budding trees in spring, fallen leaves in the autumn, bare-limbed trees covered in snow, a lichen-covered stone–you owe a debt to Eliot Porter. Virtually all modern nature photography mimics the style created and developed by Porter. The photographs you … Keep readingEliot Porter
Edward Burtynsky has been called the Ansel Adams of the ruined landscape. He creates large, stunningly beautiful images of nature, but not the organic nature celebrated by Adams. Burtynsky describes the essential theme of his photography as “nature transformed through industry.” Burtynsky was born in … Keep readingEdward Burtynsky