

The Art of Seeing #07: Man Ray's Surrealistic Photography
(για ελληνικά πατήστε εδώ) Surrealism in Art is a movement that began in the early 20s and was followed by many artists who were looking for new ways of expression. As in most cultural movements it did not emerge in an instant but at that time it found its definition and it was soon embraced by painters, photographers, poets, writers and other artists. In fact, in 1924, writer André Breton released an analytic text entitled as ‘First Manifesto of Surrealism’ where he defined


Legends of Photography #06: Elliott Erwitt
(για ελληνικά πατήστε εδώ) Elliott Erwitt was born on 26 of July in 1928 in Paris. At the age of ten he and his family immigrated to America, where he carried out his studies on the art of photography. During his carrier, he met and got influenced by important photographers such as Erwitt Steichen and Robert Capa, while in one of his interviews he admitted to being an eager fan of Bresson. Nevertheless, this time I am not going to discuss similarities among various photograp


Recommended Readings: “Critisizing Photographs. An introduction to understanding images”
'Criticizing Photographs' by Terry Barrett is a good book to start, if you want to develop or understand the photographic language commonly used to comment or critique photographs. As the publisher states, 'Criticizing Photographs' is a book that provides a basic framework and vocabulary concerning Description, Interpretation and Evaluation of a photograph – meaning that it provides a theoretical background and a methodology in order to approach and reflect upon a photograph