Huynh Cong Ut was born in Long An, Vietnam (then part of French Indochina) on March 29, 1951. Soon after his beloved brother Huynh Thanh My was killed covering the Vietnam War for Associated Press (AP) in 1965, Ut jointed the prestigious news gathering agency. Known professionally as Nick Ut, he covered the war in […]
Photographer Michael Muller has packed several lifetimes worth of adventure into a mere four decades of life. Raised in Northern California, he spent much of his childhood in Saudi Arabia, where his father, an amateur photographer, oversaw the building of the port city of Jubail. In his mid-teens and 50 countries later, he began taking […]
“The Digital dialectic suggests that anything digital is compressed … and this applies equally to color. Saturation, hue and timbre serve to create an imagery unique and not very similar to analog film. For this reason, I welcome the idea of a new visual language; another system of control. Digital speaks in subtle ways, often […]
Shortly after completing college, Charlie decided to change directions and pursue a career in photography. Other than a deep appreciation for the photographic image, he had no experience in the field. He wandered the streets trying to see if he was capable of creating quality photographs, to see if he could teach himself how to […]
Renowned cinematographer Mandy Walker first stepped into the world of image making when her father built her a dark room in the old shed behind her childhood home in Australia. Since then, Walker’s illustrious career has seen her shoot such films as Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Australia,’ and Oscar-nominated ‘Hidden Figures’. She is currently shooting Niki Caro’s […]
“Becoming a member of the American Society of Cinematographers, has been both a total joy and rebalancing of a life – along with getting married. When this show at the Leica Gallery Los Angeles was first discussed, I submitted my Leica 35mm film portfolios from India, Eastern Turkey, and eight years of repeat trips to […]
Multimedia artist and Celebrated Rock & Roll Photographer Norman Seeff uses documentary filmmaking and conversations with artists in the context of the session as vehicles to explore the creative process from the inside out. Seeff‘s approach is to focus on the relationship with the artist to create spontaneous experiences in the moment and capture images […]
Melanie Pullen’s love of photography stems from an image’s ability to tell a story in a single frame. Her photography is influenced by early forensic photography, war journalism, cinema and fashion. Unseen Stories, is a series of carefully selected photographs from Melanie Pullen’s fashion stories and other rarely seen pieces. Pullen notes, that she often […]
For photographer Manfred Baumann, the fascination of photography lies in departing from the familiar and capturing an impression of the moment. He loves to explore the world through the eyes of a photographer. For more than 20 years, he has sought he most distant places in the world, where his breathtaking landscape photographs are created. […]
Too often women in history have been silenced. We have lost the stories of courage and important moments in our transformation of ideas that have changed the destiny of the world. Mynxii White has created portraits based on strong women in history who have implemented and inspired change that shook and activated a revolution through […]