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Treasures of the New York Public Library Photography Collection

I don’t get up to New York very often. Maybe if I did, I would have realized that the New York Public Library has a massive photography collection. This short video which features the curator of the collection describes some of the 400,000 documentary photographs in the library. Some of these photographs in the New York Public Library are by Dorothea Lange, Berenice Abbott, Danny Lyon, and Stephen Dupont. This sounds like a good excuse for a trip to New York.

Interview with Andreas Feininger

Here is an excellent 4 part interview with Andreas Feininger. He discusses his experimental photography, his use of telephoto lenses, a comparison of art and painting, his minimal photography of people, and nature photography.

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Henri Cartier-Bresson – Point D’Interrogation

OK, so I guess I’m in a Cartier-Bresson mood today.

He is probably one of the most revered in the photographic world, so no wonder.

Here is another video of the great French photographer. Again, this is in French.
It is here to honor the great master and my readers from France.

It is worth watching even if you don’t speak French. This shows many of his photographs and also shows several of his drawings.

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