Some shots from Berman's Persona.

the look on her face in this one gives me the chills

Only copy of this photograph I could find online...





Won the Pulitzer Prize for this shot of a couple embracing after learning that their 19-month-old son had been swept away by the sea and drowned. I remember first seeing this photo in high school, and being intensely affected by it. Truly made me realize the power of photography, and pushed me even further into it...

PricelessHo said:

It sure does.








Hepburn looks nice too.

rushing07 said:

I'm not sure who Helen Levitt is lol...

Byron said:

A photographer.

Her core work was made in the 1940s.



I like her sense of humor.

herb ritts

PricelessHo said:

The one and only.

Edward Quinn 'Marlon Brando, Bandol 1954'



And other one - not sure who took it.

PricelessHo said:

Ooooh! I like this!

rushing07 said:

LOVE it

evenstar said:

Not my fav by him, but still worth a watch.

KidaDynamite said:

Can you hear Janet Jackson singing in the back of your head?

Byron said:

Do you have a any chance a bigger version?
I want it baaaad.

Big Momma and Boy (Bessie and Little Richard the Morning After She Scalded Her Husband)

Gordon Parks - 1967

i also love what this guy does in B&W









Michael Thompson

violator said:

Thanks for that. I love the subtle blur on the mothers hand and face.

PricelessHo said:

Ooh wa wa wee wa!

Selma Blair never looked better.

rushing07 said:

innit!

though look at the 1st photo to the right, Prince much?

Some GREAT photos by Sebastiao Salgado.

PricelessHo said:

rushing07 said:

I didn't b4!

rushing07 said:

Gorgeous
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I found this one on flickr.

Crazy but I love the fact that the woman wears her glasses.
Makes the photo seem so naturalistic.

rushing07 said:

i totally see where you coming from

And now a special post dedicated to one of my fav photographers:

Julia Margaret Cameron was one of the most original British photographers of the nineteenth century, and produced some of the most immediate and powerful portraits executed in any medium. The Pre-Raphaelite painters inspired her work, and her photographs are frequently allegorical, representing religious, antique, and literary themes.

Ambitious from the start, she considered herself an artist who made photographs rather than a mere photographer. Spontaneous and intuitive, Cameron was more interested in capturing the essence of her subject than in mastering a perfect camera technique. Her pictures were innovative for their expressive use of soft-focus and for their large scale and close-up perspective, which influenced the vision of generations of photographers who came after her.

The Parisian Flower at the Gate, 1875



My Grandchild, age two years three months, born at Barbados, May '63



Natividad, 1865



The Echo, 1868



The Angel at the Tomb, 1870



My Ewen's Bride, 1869



She said I am aweary, aweary, I would that I were dead, 1875

rushing07 said:

She captures melancholia amaaaaazingly