photography Archives - Eirini Lachana

Henry Fox Talbot

eirini — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 20:33:51 +0000

“I do not claim to have perfected an art but to have commenced one, the limits of which it is not possible at present exactly to ascertain.” William Henry Fox Talbot, by John Moffat of Edinburgh, May 1864. William Henry Fox Talbot (11 February 1800 – 17 September 1877) was an English scientist, inventor […]

The post Henry Fox Talbot appeared first on Eirini Lachana.

Charles Nègre

eirini — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 21:09:24 +0000

Charles Nègre (9 May 1820 – 16 January 1880) was a pioneering photographer, born in Grasse, France. He studied under the painters Paul Delaroche, Ingres and Drolling before establishing his own studio at 21 Quai Bourbon on the Île Saint-Louis, Paris. Delaroche encouraged the use of photography as research for painting; Nègre started with the daguerreotype process before moving on to calotypes. His “Chimney-Sweeps Walking”, […]

The post Charles Nègre appeared first on Eirini Lachana.

Dorothea Lange ,the story behind her photograph “Migrant Mother”

eirini — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 17:52:59 +0000

Working for the Resettlement Administration and Farm Security Administration, Lange’s images brought the plight of the poor and forgotten—particularly sharecroppers, displaced farm families, and migrant workers—to public attention. Distributed free to newspapers across the country, Lange’s poignant images became icons of the era. One of Lange’s most recognized works is Migrant Mother . The woman in the […]

The post Dorothea Lange ,the story behind her photograph “Migrant Mother” appeared first on Eirini Lachana.

Willy Ronis, the story behind his photograph, Nu provençal (Provençal nude)

eirini — Sun, 31 Mar 2019 17:43:24 +0000

Ronis’ wife, the Communist militant painter Marie-Anne Lansiaux (1910–91), was the subject of his well-known 1949 photograph, Nu provençal (Provençal nude). The photograph, taken in a house that Marie-Anne and he had just bought in Gordes , showed Marie-Anne washing at a basin with a water pitcher on the floor and an open window through which the viewer can see […]

The post Willy Ronis, the story behind his photograph, Nu provençal (Provençal nude) appeared first on Eirini Lachana.

Craigie Horsfield

eirini — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 21:19:33 +0000

The post Craigie Horsfield appeared first on Eirini Lachana.