Famous photographers of the world and their work are women. Analysis of great flights - the work of famous photographers of the world. Alfred Eisenstadt and his "Victory Day in Times Square"

The profession of photographer today is one of the most widespread. Perhaps it would be easier here to become the best of the best at the beginning or middle of the 20th century. Today, when every second or third photographer, well, at least considers himself one, the criteria for good photography, at first glance, are blurred. But this is only at first, superficial glance. Quality standards and focus on talent have not gone away. You always need to keep before your eyes a kind of standard, an example that you can follow. We have prepared for you a list of the 20 best photographers in the world, which will become an excellent tuning fork...

Alexander Rodchenko

Revolutionary photographer. Rodchenko means as much to photography as Eisenstein does to cinema. He worked at the intersection of avant-garde, propaganda, design and advertising.

All these hypostases formed an inextricable unity in his work.

By rethinking all the genres that existed before him, he made a kind of great turning point in the art of photography and set the course for everything new and progressive. The famous photographs of Lily Brik and Mayakovsky belong to his lens.

• He is also the author of the famous phrase “Work for life, not for palaces, temples, cemeteries and museums.”

Henri-Cartier Bresson

A classic of street photography. Native of Chanteloupe, Seine-et-Marne department in France. He started out as an artist painting in the “surrealism” genre, but his achievements did not end there. In the early 30s, when the famous Leica fell into his hands, he fell in love with photography forever.

Already in 1933, an exhibition of his works was held at Julien Levy, a gallery in New York. He worked with director Jean Renoir. Bresson's street reports are especially appreciated.

Contemporaries especially noted his talent for remaining invisible to the person being photographed.

Therefore, the unstaged, authentic nature of his photographs is striking. Like a true genius, he left a galaxy of talented followers.

Anton Corbijn

Perhaps, for fans of Western rock music, this name is not an empty phrase. In general, one of the most famous photographers in the world.

The most original and extraordinary photographs of such groups as: Depeche Mode, U2, Nirvana, Joy Division and others were taken by Anton. He is also the designer of U2 albums. Plus he shot videos for a number of teams and performers, including: Coldplay, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, country legend Johnny Cash, thrash metal mastodons Metallica, and singers Roxette.

Critics note the originality of Corbijn's style, which, however, has countless imitators.

Mick Rock

There are paparazzi photographers who intrude into the personal lives of stars without permission and are mercilessly thrown out of there. And then there are people like Mick Rock.

What does it mean? Well, how can I tell you? Remember David Bowie? Here is Mick - the only person with a lens at the ready who was able to enter the personal space of the discoverer of new musical horizons, the trickster and the Martian from rock music. Mick Rock's photographs are a kind of cardiogram of Bowie's creative period from 1972 to 1973, when Ziggy Stardust had not yet returned back to his planet.

During that period and earlier, David and his associates worked hard on the image of a real star, which as a result became a reality. In terms of budget, Mick's work is inexpensive, but impressive. “Everything was created on a very small scale with smoke and mirrors,” Mick recalled.

Georgy Pinkhasov

An original photographer of his generation, a member of the Magnum agency, a graduate of VGIKA. It was Georgy who was invited by Andrei Tarkovsky to the set of the film “Stalker” as a reporter.

During the years of Perestroika, when the nude genre was a priority among advanced photographers, Georgy was one of the first to draw attention to the importance of a reportage photograph. They say that he did this at the suggestion of Tarkovsky and Tonino Guerra.

As a result, today his photographs of that everyday life are not only masterpieces containing authenticity, but also the most important evidence of that era. One of the famous cycles of Georgy Pinkhasov is “Tbilisi Baths”. Georgy notes the important role of chance in art.

Annie Leibovitz

An essential name for our list of the best photographers. Annie made immersion into the life of a model her main creative principle.

One of the most famous portraits of John Lennon was made by her, and quite spontaneously.

“At that time I didn’t yet know how to control models, ask them to do what I needed. I was just metering the exposure and asked John to look into the lens for a second. And clicked...”

The result immediately made it onto the cover of Rolling Stone. The last photo shoot in Lennon's life was also carried out by her. The same photo of a naked John curled up around Yoko Ono, dressed all in black. Who hasn't been captured by Annie Leibovitz's camera: pregnant Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg bathing in milk, Jack Nicholson playing golf in a dressing gown, Michelle Obama, Natalia Vodianova, Meryl Streep. It’s impossible to list them all.

Sarah Moon

Real name is Mariel Hadang. Born in Paris 1941, during the Vichy regime her family moved to England. Mariel started out as a model, posing for various publications, then she tried herself on the other side of the lens and got a taste for it.

One can note her sensitive work with models, since Sarah knew firsthand about their profession. Her works are distinguished by their particular sensuality; Sarah is noted for her talent for especially sensitively conveying the femininity of her models.

In the 70s, Sarah left the modeling field and turned to black and white art photography. In 1979 he made experimental films. Subsequently, she worked as a cameraman on the set of the film “Lulu,” which would receive an award at the Venice Film Festival in 1987.

Sally Man

Another female photographer. Native of Lexington, Virginia. She almost never left her native place. Since the 70s, it has essentially worked only in the South of the United States.

He shoots only in the summer; all other seasons he develops photographs. Favorite genres: portrait, landscape, still life, architectural photography. Favorite color scheme: black and white. Sally became famous for her photographs depicting members of her family - her husband and children.

The main thing that distinguishes her work is the simplicity of the subjects and interest in everyday life. Sally and her husband belong to the hippie generation, which has become their signature style of life: living away from the city, gardening, independence from social conventions.

Sebastian Salgado

Magic realist from photography. He draws all his wonderful images from reality. They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

So, Sebastian is able to discern it in anomalies, misfortunes and environmental disasters.

Wim Wenders, an outstanding director of the German New Wave, spent a quarter of a century researching Salgado's work, resulting in the film Salt of the Earth, which received a special prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

Weegee (Arthur Fellig)

Considered a classic of the crime genre in photography. During the period of his active work, not a single urban incident - from a fight to a murder - went unnoticed by Weegee.

He was ahead of his competitors, and sometimes got to the crime scene even earlier than the police. In addition to crime topics, he specialized in reporting on the everyday life of the slums of the metropolis.

His photographs formed the basis of Jules Dassin's noir Naked City, and Weegee is also mentioned in Zack Snyder's Watchmen. And the famous director Stanley Kubrick studied the art of photography from him in his youth. Check out the genius's early films, they're definitely influenced by Weegee's aesthetic.

Irving Penn

Master in the portrait genre. One can note a number of his favorite techniques: from shooting models in the corner of a room to using a plain white or gray background.

Irwin also liked to photograph representatives of various working professions in their uniforms and with tools at the ready. Brother of New Hollywood director Arthur Penn, famous for his Bonnie and Clyde.

Diane Arbus

Her name at birth was Diana Nemerova. Her family emigrated from Soviet Russia in 1923 and settled in a New York neighborhood.

Diana was distinguished by a desire to violate generally accepted norms and to commit extravagant acts. At the age of 13, against the wishes of her parents, she married Alan Arbus, an aspiring actor, and took his last name. After some time, Alan left the stage and took up photography, involving his wife in the business. They opened a photography studio and shared responsibilities. Creative differences led to a break in the 60s. Having defended her creative principles, Diana became a cult photographer.

As an artist, she was distinguished by her interest in freaks, dwarfs, transvestites, and the weak-minded. And also to nudity. You can learn more about Diana’s personality by watching the film “Fur,” where she was played perfectly by Nicole Kidman.

Evgeny Khaldey

A very important photographer for our list. Thanks to him, key events of the first half of the 20th century were captured. While still a teenager, he chose the path of a photojournalist.

Already at the age of 22, he was an employee of TASS Photo Chronicles. He made reports about Stakhanov, photographed the construction of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Station. He worked as a war correspondent throughout the Great Patriotic War. Walking from Murmansk to Berlin with his trusty Leica camera, he took a series of photographs, thanks to which today we can at least imagine everyday life in war.

His lens captured the Potsdam Conference, the hoisting of the red flag over the Reichstag, the act of surrender of Nazi Germany and other important events. In 1995, two years before his death, Evgeniy Khaldei received the title of Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters.

Mark Riboud

Master of the reporting genre. His first famous photograph, published in Life, is “Painter on the Eiffel Tower.” Recognized as a photographic genius, Riboud had a modest personality.

He tried to remain invisible both to those photographed and to his admirers.

The most famous photograph is of a hippie girl holding out a flower to soldiers standing with machine guns at the ready. He also has a series of photographs from the everyday life of the USSR in the 60s and a lot of other interesting things.

Richard Kern

And a little more rock and roll, especially since this is the main theme of this photographer, along with violence and sex. Considered one of the most important photographers for the New York underground.

Captured many famous, one might say extremely famous, musicians. Among them is the absolute monster and transgressor punk musician GG Allin. Kern also collaborates with men's magazines, where he submits his erotic works.

But his approach is far from the generally glossy one. In his spare time from photography, he shoots music videos. Among the groups with which Kern collaborated are Sonic Youth and Marilyn Manson.

Thomas Morkes

Do you want peace, silence, or maybe even solitude? Then this is one of the most suitable candidates. Thomas Morkes from the Czech Republic is a landscape photographer who chose the charm of autumn nature as his theme. These photographs have it all: romance, sadness, the triumph of fading.

One of the effects of Thomas’s photographs is the desire to get away from the city noise into some such jungle and reflect on the Eternal.

Yuri Artyukhin

Considered the best wildlife photographer. He is a researcher at the laboratory of ornithology at the Pacific Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Yuri passionately loves birds.

It was for his photographs of birds that he received (more than once) a variety of awards not only in Russia, but throughout the world.

Helmut Newton

What about the nude genre? An excellent, very subtle and delicate genre that has its own masters.

Helmut became famous throughout the world for his works. His unspoken motto was the expression “Sex sells,” which means “sex helps sell.”

Winner of the most prestigious competitions, including the French “Order of Arts and Letters”.

Ron Galella

Having covered various areas of photography, one cannot fail to mention the pioneer of such a dubious and at the same time important genre for understanding the modern world as paparazzi.

You probably know that this phrase comes from Federico Fellini’s film “La Dolce Vita.” Ron Garella is one of those photographers who will not ask permission to shoot, but on the contrary, will catch stars when they are not ready for this in general.

Julia Roberts, Woody Allen, Al Pacino, Sophia Loren - this is not a complete list of those whom Ron willfully caught. One day, Marlon Brando got so angry with Ron that he knocked out several of his teeth on the spot.

Guy Bourdin

One of the most important photographers needed for a correct understanding of the world of fashion, its origins and aesthetics. He combines eroticism and surrealism in his works. One of the most copied and imitated photographers in the world. Erotic, surreal. Now - a quarter of a century after his death - it is increasingly relevant and modern.

He published his first photographs in the mid-50s. The photo was, to put it mildly, provocative. A girl in an elegant hat against the backdrop of calf heads looking out of the window of a butcher shop. Over the next 32 years, Bourdain regularly contributed entertaining photographs to Vogue magazine. What set him apart from many of his colleagues was that Bourdain was given complete creative freedom.

A collection of iconic photographs from the last 100 years that demonstrate
the grief of loss and the triumph of the human spirit...

An Australian man kisses his Canadian girlfriend. Canadians rioted after the Vancouver Canucks lost the Stanley Cup.

Three sisters, three “segments” of time, three photos.

Two legendary captains Pele and Bobby Moore exchange jerseys as a sign of mutual respect. FIFA World Cup, 1970.

1945: Petty Officer Graham Jackson plays "Goin' Home" at President Roosevelt's funeral on April 12, 1945.

1952. 63-year-old Charlie Chaplin.

Eight-year-old Christian accepts the flag during a memorial service for his father. Who was killed in Iraq just weeks before he was due to return home.

A veteran near the T34-85 tank, in which he fought during the Great Patriotic War.

A Romanian child hands a balloon to a police officer during protests in Bucharest.

Police Captain Ray Lewis was arrested for his involvement in the 2011 Wall Street protests.

A monk stands next to an elderly man who died suddenly while waiting for a train in Shanxi Taiyuan, China.

A dog named "Leao" sits for two days at the grave of his owner, who died in terrible landslides.
Rio de Janeiro, January 15, 2011.

African American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos raise their black-gloved fists in a gesture of solidarity. Olympic Games, 1968.

Jewish prisoners at the moment of their release from the camp. 1945

The funeral of President John F. Kennedy took place on November 25, 1963, John F. Kennedy Jr.'s birthday.
Footage of John Kennedy Jr. saluting his father's coffin was broadcast around the world.

Christians protect Muslims during prayer. Egypt, 2011.

A North Korean man, right, waves from a bus to a tearful South Korean after a family reunion near Mount Kumgang, October 31, 2010. They were separated by the 1950-53 war.

A dog met its owner after the tsunami in Japan. 2011.

"Wait for Me, Dad" is a photograph of the British Columbia Regiment marching. Five-year-old Warren "Whitey" Bernard ran from his mother to his father, Private Jack Bernard, shouting "Wait for me, Daddy." The photograph became widely known, was published in Life, hung in every school in British Columbia during the war, and was used in war bond issues.

Priest Luis Padillo and a soldier wounded by a sniper during the uprising in Venezuela.

A mother and son in Concord, Alabama, near their home, which was completely destroyed by a tornado. April, 2011.

A guy looks at a family album he found in the rubble of his old house after the Sichuan earthquake.

4-month-old girl after the Japanese tsunami.

French citizens as the Nazis enter Paris during World War II.

Soldier Horace Greasley confronts Heinrich Himmler while inspecting the camp in which he was imprisoned. Surprisingly, Greasley left the camp many times to meet a German girl with whom he was in love.

A fireman gives water to a koala during forest fires. Australia 2009.

Father of his dead son, at the 9/11 memorial. During the tenth annual ceremonies, on the site of the World Trade Center.

Jacqueline Kennedy taking the oath of Lyndon Johnson as President of the United States. Immediately after the death of her husband.

Tanisha Blevin, 5, holds the hand of Hurricane Katrina survivor Nita Lagarde, 105.

A girl, in temporary isolation to detect and clean up radiation, looks at her dog through the glass. Japan, 2011.

Journalists Yuna Lee and Laura Ling, who were arrested in North Korea and sentenced to 12 years of hard labor, have been reunited with their families in California. After successful diplomatic intervention by the US.

A mother meeting with her daughter after serving in Iraq.

Young pacifist Jane Rose Kasmir, with a flower on the bayonets of guards at the Pentagon.
During a protest against the Vietnam War. 1967

"The Man Who Stopped the Tanks"...
An iconic photograph of an unknown rebel who stood in front of a column of Chinese tanks. Tiananmen 1989

Harold Vittles hears for the first time in his life - the doctor has just installed a hearing aid for him.

Helen Fisher kisses the hearse carrying the body of her 20-year-old cousin, Private Douglas Halliday.

US Army troops land ashore during D-Day. Normandy, June 6, 1944.

A World War II prisoner freed by the Soviet Union met his daughter.
The girl sees her father for the first time.

A Sudan People's Liberation Army soldier at a rehearsal for the Independence Day parade.

Greg Cook hugs his lost dog after he was found. Alabama, after the March 2012 tornado.

Photo taken by astronaut William Anders during the Apollo 8 mission. 1968

Take a closer look at this photo. This is one of the most remarkable photographs ever taken. The baby's tiny hand reached out from the mother's womb to squeeze the surgeon's finger. By the way, the child is 21 weeks from conception, the age when he can still be legally aborted. The tiny hand in the photo belongs to a baby who was due on December 28 last year. The photo was taken during an operation in America.

The first reaction is to recoil in horror. It looks like a close-up of some terrible incident. And then you notice, in the very center of the photo, a tiny hand grasping the surgeon's finger.
The child is literally grasping for life. It is therefore one of the most remarkable photographs in medicine and a record of one of the most extraordinary operations in the world. It shows a 21-week-old fetus in the womb, just before the spinal surgery required to save the baby from severe brain damage. The operation was performed through a tiny incision in the mother's wall and this is the youngest patient. At this stage the mother may choose to have an abortion.

The most famous photograph that no one has seen is what Associated Press photographer Richard Drew calls his photograph of one of the World Trade Center victims who jumped from a window to his death on September 11
“On that day, which, more than any other day in history, was captured on camera and film,” Tom Junod later wrote in Esquire, “the only taboo, by common consent, was the pictures of people jumping from windows.” Five years later, Richard Drew's Falling Man remains a terrible artifact of the day that should have changed everything, but didn't.

Photographer Nick Yut took a photo of a Vietnamese girl running away from a napalm explosion. It was this photo that made the whole world think about the Vietnam War.
The photo of 9-year-old girl Kim Phuc on June 8, 1972 has gone down in history forever. Kim first saw this photo 14 months later in a hospital in Saigon, where she was being treated for terrible burns. Kim still remembers running from her siblings on the day of the bombing and cannot forget the sound of the bombs falling. A soldier tried to help and poured water on her, not realizing that this would make the burns even worse. Photographer Nick Ut helped the girl and took her to the hospital. At first, the photographer doubted whether to publish a photo of a naked girl, but then decided that the world should see this photo.

Later the photo was called the best photo of the 20th century. Nick Yut tried to protect Kim from becoming too popular, but in 1982, when the girl was studying at medical university, the Vietnamese government found her, and since then Kim’s image has been used for propaganda purposes. “I was under constant control. I wanted to die, this photo haunted me,” says Kim. She later managed to escape to Cuba to continue her education. There she met her future husband. Together they moved to Canada. Many years later, she finally realized that she could not escape from this photograph, and decided to use it and her fame to fight for peace.

Malcolm Brown, a 30-year-old Associated Press photographer from New York, received a telephone call asking him to be at a certain intersection in Saigon the next morning because... something very important is about to happen. He came there with a reporter from the New York Times. Soon a car pulled up and several Buddhist monks got out. Among them is Thich Quang Duc, who sat in the lotus position with a box of matches in his hands, while others began to pour gasoline on him. Thich Quang Duc struck a match and turned into a living torch. Unlike the crying crowd that saw him burn, he did not make a sound or move. Thich Quang Duc wrote a letter to the then head of the Vietnamese government asking him to stop the repression of Buddhists, stop the detention of monks and give them the right to practice and spread their religion, but received no response

On December 3, 1984, the Indian city of Bhopal suffered from the largest man-made disaster in human history. A giant toxic cloud released into the atmosphere by an American pesticide plant covered the city, killing three thousand people that same night, and another 15 thousand in the next month. In total, more than 150,000 people were affected by the release of toxic waste, and this does not include children born after 1984

Surgeon Jay Vacanti of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston is working with microengineer Jeffrey Borenstein to develop a technique for growing an artificial liver. In 1997, he managed to grow a human ear on the back of a mouse using cartilage cells.

The development of technology that allows culturing the liver is extremely important. In the UK alone, there are 100 people on the transplant waiting list, and according to the British Liver Trust, the majority of patients die before receiving a transplant.

A photo taken by reporter Alberto Korda at a rally in 1960, in which Che Guevara is also visible between a palm tree and someone's nose, claims to be the most circulated photo in the history of photography.

The most famous photograph of Stephen McCurry, taken by him in a refugee camp on the Afghan-Pakistan border. Soviet helicopters destroyed the village of a young refugee, her entire family was killed, and the girl traveled for two weeks in the mountains before getting to the camp. After its publication in June 1985, this photograph became a National Geographic icon. Since then, this image has been used everywhere - from tattoos to rugs, which turned the photograph into one of the most replicated photos in the world

At the end of April 2004, the CBS program 60 Minutes II aired a story about the torture and abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison by a group of American soldiers. The story featured photographs that were published in The New Yorker magazine a few days later. This became the biggest scandal surrounding the American presence in Iraq.
In early May 2004, the leadership of the US Armed Forces admitted that some of its torture methods did not comply with the Geneva Convention and announced its readiness to publicly apologize.

According to the testimony of a number of prisoners, American soldiers raped them, rode them on horseback, and forced them to fish food out of prison toilets. In particular, the prisoners said: “They forced us to walk on all fours, like dogs, and yelp. We had to bark like dogs, and if you didn’t bark, you were hit in the face without any mercy. After that, they threw us in cells, took away our mattresses, spilled water on the floor and forced us to sleep in this slurry without removing the hoods from our heads. And they were constantly photographing it all,” “One American said he would rape me. He drew a woman on my back and forced me to stand in a shameful position, holding my own scrotum in my hands.”

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 (often referred to simply as 9/11) were a series of coordinated suicide terrorist attacks that occurred in the United States of America. According to the official version, responsibility for these attacks lies with the Islamist terrorist organization Al-Qaeda.
On the morning of that day, nineteen terrorists allegedly associated with al-Qaeda, divided into four groups, hijacked four scheduled passenger airliners. Each group had at least one member who had completed basic flight training. The hijackers flew two of these airliners into the World Trade Center towers, American Airlines Flight 11 into WTC 1, and United Airlines Flight 175 into WTC 2, causing both towers to collapse, causing severe damage to adjacent structures.

White and colored
Photograph by Elliott Erwitt 1950

The photograph of an officer shooting a handcuffed prisoner in the head not only won a Pulitzer Prize in 1969, but also changed the way Americans think about what happened in Vietnam. Despite the obviousness of the image, in fact the photograph is not as clear as it seemed to ordinary Americans, filled with sympathy for the executed man. The fact is that the man in handcuffs is the captain of the Viet Cong "revenge warriors", and on this day he and his henchmen shot and killed many unarmed civilians. General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, pictured on the left, was haunted his whole life by his past: he was refused treatment at an Australian military hospital, after moving to the US he faced a massive campaign calling for his immediate deportation, the restaurant he opened in Virginia every day was attacked by vandals. "We know who you are!" - this inscription haunted the army general all his life

Republican soldier Federico Borel García is depicted facing death. The photo caused a huge shock in society. The situation is absolutely unique. During the entire attack, the photographer took only one photo, and he took it at random, without looking through the viewfinder, he did not look towards the “model” at all. And this is one of the best, one of his most famous photographs. It was thanks to this photograph that already in 1938 newspapers called 25-year-old Robert Capa “The Greatest War Photographer in the World.”

The photograph showing the hoisting of the Victory Banner over the Reichstag spread throughout the world. Evgeny Khaldey, 1945

By the early summer of 1994, Kevin Carter (1960-1994) was at the height of his fame. He had just won the Pulitzer Prize, and job offers from famous magazines were pouring in one after another. “Everyone congratulates me,” he wrote to his parents, “I can’t wait to meet you and show you my trophy. This is the highest recognition of my work, which I did not dare even dream of.”

Kevin Carter won the Pulitzer Prize for his photograph "Famine in Sudan," taken in the early spring of 1993. On this day, Carter specially flew to Sudan to film scenes of famine in a small village. Tired of photographing people who had died of hunger, he left the village into a field overgrown with small bushes and suddenly heard a quiet cry. Looking around, he saw a little girl lying on the ground, apparently dying of hunger. He wanted to take a photo of her, but suddenly a vulture landed a few steps away. Very carefully, trying not to spook the bird, Kevin chose the best position and took the photo. After that, he waited another twenty minutes, hoping that the bird would spread its wings and give him the opportunity to get a better shot. But the damned bird did not move and, in the end, he spat and drove it away. Meanwhile, the girl apparently gained strength and walked - or rather crawled - further. And Kevin sat down near the tree and cried. He suddenly had a terrible desire to hug his daughter...

November 13, 1985. Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia. The mountain snow melts, and a 50-meter-thick mass of mud, earth and water literally wipes out everything in its path. The death toll exceeded 23,000 people. The disaster received a huge response around the world, thanks in part to a photograph of a little girl named Omaira Sanchez. She found herself trapped, neck-deep in the slush, her legs caught in the concrete structure of the house. Rescuers tried to pump out the mud and free the child, but in vain. The girl survived for three days, after which she became infected with several viruses at once. As journalist Cristina Echandia, who was nearby all this time, recalls, Omaira sang and communicated with others. She was scared and constantly thirsty, but she behaved very courageously. On the third night she began to hallucinate.

Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898-1995), a photographer working for Life magazine, walked around the square photographing people kissing. He later recalled that he noticed a sailor who “rushed around the square and kissed indiscriminately all the women in a row: young and old, fat and thin. I watched, but there was no desire to take a photo. Suddenly he grabbed something white. I barely had time to raise the camera and take a photo of him kissing the nurse.”
For millions of Americans, this photograph, which Eisenstadt called “Unconditional Surrender,” became a symbol of the end of World War II...

Russian photographer Dmitry Ageev, winner of the 2014 Hasselblad Masters Awards, created a series of portraits of children suffering from epidermolysis bullosa as part of a joint project between Citibank, Mastercard and the Butterfly Children Foundation. The disease makes the child's skin so vulnerable that any touch causes him pain.

But you can help butterfly children without even touching them. For this purpose, posters were created with contactless payment technology - you can make a donation of 100 rubles by simply holding your payment card to the poster. The initiative was launched in December 2016 and has already managed to attract the attention of millions of people, including movie, pop, and sports stars.

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Photographer from San Francisco Kelsey McClellan(Kelsey McClellan) with stylist Michelle Maguire(Michelle Maguire) created the original photo series Wardrobe Snacks. Her clothes and various foods are harmoniously matched in texture and color.

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Dutch photographer Robert Harrison(Robert Harrison) with chef Robbie Postma(Robbie Postma) created an amazing photo series called Menu. Using various real culinary elements, makeup, or even various masks, were applied to the chef's face using seafood, spices, coffee beans, broken glasses, etc. Although the pictures look creepy, you can't help but admire them. Watch the video below to see how the photo series was created.

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German photographer Robert Göttsfried(Robert Götzfried) visited twenty Catholic churches in Germany and took photos of ancient musical organs. In the photographs, the author reflected the pipes of the organ, striking with their beauty and perfect symmetry.

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Turkish photographer and designer Aydin Buyuktas() continues to create paintings that turn the imagination around. While traveling around the USA, the author took many photographs, and upon arriving home, he created an impressive series of photo manipulations from them. In them he combined photographs of the same place, from above, and landscapes with a receding perspective. As a result, a feeling is created that the terrain is turning upward.

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Australian photographer John Platt(John Platt) created a photo series of vehicles from the blockbuster “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2015). Although most of the cars were destroyed as scrap metal, the photographer managed to photograph some of them. He cleaned the dust and dirt from these post-apocaptic cars and bikes and took impressive studio photos.

When the time comes to choose a wedding photographer, each couple is looking for someone who can best capture and preserve all the events and emotions of the most important day. Only a true professional who knows and loves his job can feel the mood of lovers and their loved ones and not miss funny and touching moments. There are many, no, even very many good wedding photographers in Moscow, but how to find the right one? Especially for those who are looking, we have made a selection of the 20 best wedding photographers working in Moscow. You no longer need to scour the Internet and call agencies. Just choose.

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1. Artem Kondratenkov

Artem is included in the Top 15 wedding photographers in Russia according to MyWed, does on-site photography in other cities and abroad, and actively participates in competitions and associations of wedding photographers of various levels. For example, in 2010 he became the winner of the professional wedding photography competition “Bi May Bride 2010” in the “Album” category (Moscow), and in 2011 - the winner of the BWPA wedding photography competition (professional competition of wedding photographers of Belarus) in the “Best Reportage” category photo". In wedding photo shoots, Artem manages to create a relaxed atmosphere in the frame, allowing the newlyweds and guests to show their character and charisma.

2. Alexander Nozdrin

Alexander’s professional record includes more than 700 wedding photo sessions, in which he skillfully combines experience in reportage, staged and studio photography. In Alexander’s photographs, even the most staged scenes look natural and dynamic. In 2014, Alexander was awarded the title of master of wedding and family photography, and is the only Russian photographer to receive the Grand Prix at the international competition WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International).

3. Galina Nabatnikova

Galina, who usually works in tandem with Gennady Granin, describes her work as “elegant photojournalism in the style of cinema.” And this is a very accurate description - her photographs really often look like screenshots of movie scenes, they have real movement and life. It is impossible not to note the portraits of brides that Galina makes with a special approach to each girl. Gennady and Galina are winners of the First National Award “Best Photographer of the Year” in 2009, numerous winners of competitions of the World Association of Professional Wedding Photographers (ISPWP).

4. Rustam Khadzhibaev

Rustam has been a professional photographer for about 20 years, having worked in a variety of genres: advertising, fashion photography, reporting. For the last 9 years he has been working as a wedding photographer and in his photo sessions he combines artistry, energy, joy of moments and sincerity of emotions. According to Rustam, wedding photography is an excellent example of, first of all, portrait photography, because it is in a solemn and joyful atmosphere that each person shows himself at his best.

5. Katya Mukhina

Katya calls herself a wedding photographer without borders - since 2003 she has worked on more than 500 weddings in Russia and around the world. Katya loves to create unique and magical images, photographing couples with passion and a love of adventure. In 2011, she was recognized as the most creative wedding photographer at the MyWed photo conference (first place in the “Idea!” competition for the most creative love photo). In 2013, she was nominated by the editors of AMERICAN PHOTO magazine for the Top 10 Best Wedding Photographers in the World. Represents Canon in Europe and Russia as a wedding photographer.

6. Daria Bulavina

Daria is a Member of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia, a participant in international exhibitions and the author of books on photography. Today she is known as one of the best photographers in Moscow. Daria has an established photographic style, thanks to which she creates elegant photographs filled with the solemnity of the moment. She has her own photography school and several personal photo exhibitions.

7. Denis Kalinichenko

Denis Kalinichenko already got into the list in 2013, and again he rightfully found himself on the list of the best. His main focus is wedding and family photography, in which he has truly excelled. During wedding filming, Denis manages to pay attention to absolutely everything: the details of the festive atmosphere, the guests, the feast, the festive atmosphere and, of course, the newlyweds.

8. Yulia Buruleva

Yulia is a professional photographer, educated in the field of photography with a degree in photography. Perhaps this is what largely determines how strong Yulia is in her field: professional work with composition, light and color, with people in the frame - all this is in her photographs. Julia has been photographing weddings for more than eight years, and has more than once become a nominee and winner in specialized competitions at various levels. In 2010, Yulia won the Annual Competition of the Association of Wedding Photographers in the “Best Wedding Photographer” category.

9. Alexander Vasilev

Alexander Vasilev did not come to wedding photography right away; it was preceded by a long creative path. For a long time he lived in the USA, absorbing the best aspects of American culture. Alexander believes that this is what largely influenced the style of his photographs: his works became bright, emotional, with elements of stock photography and a touch of “journalism.” In wedding photography, Alexander focuses on staging, but at the same time, the staging itself is of a reportage nature, the so-called “staged reportage.” The photographer believes that every wedding is unique and inimitable; it itself dictates the mood and genre of future photographs.

10. Liliya Gorlanova

Lilia came to photography from the world of fashion, in which she has a higher art education. That is why Lilia considers the creative component to be the most important thing in her photographic works. Specializes in portrait photography. What Lilia loves most about wedding photography is to feel like she’s part of what’s happening - she conveys the emotions of happy people and the surrounding beauty through photography. Lilia is a full member and prize-winner of international associations of wedding photographers. In 2011, she won the MyWed Award and the title “Photographer of the Year”.

11. Alexey Kinyapin

Finalist of the MyWed Award 2012, organizer of his own master classes, Alexey Kinyapin is considered one of the most successful wedding photographers in Russia. Alexey loves to photograph happy people, preserving these moments for their family history. From April to November, Alexey photographs weddings, and in winter he travels and does travel photography.

12. Sergey Zaporozhets

As Sergei said in one interview, if he were not a photographer, he would be an inventor. The desire for invention is also visible in his works - atypical angles could be called Sergei’s calling card. As Sergey himself says, good photography is born where light, perspective and mood converge. His style is a combination of creative staging and wedding photojournalism. Noticing details, showing the ordinary in an unusual light - this is what Sergei does best.

13. Konstantin Gribov

Konstantin discovered photography as a child; he then took his first steps in photography under the guidance of his grandfather. He calls one of the most vivid childhood impressions the moment when an image began to appear on a white sheet of paper... Today, all of Konstantin’s photographs turn out so alive that you just want to reach out and touch the streams of water, jump up with the audience of the concert, or give another cookie to the charming little boy . Konstantin loves to shoot individual photo stories. In such a situation, the shot is not made for the sake of the shot, but is used as a means of expressing some thought. In essence, this is a story written in photographic language.

14. Sergei Khvatynets

A graduate of Sergei Novozhilov's School of Wedding Photography, Sergei Khvatynets is one of the most interesting and successful wedding photographers in Russia. As Sergei himself says about his work, he photographs dreams of love and romance, and through the camera lens catches the most beautiful state of a person - the state of falling in love, which reigns at weddings.

15. Anastasia Beloglazova

In each new shoot of the newlyweds, Anastasia sees an opportunity to take a fresh look at the process of creating photography, find new colors and place accents differently. In her photographs, she tries not only to convey the emotions of the newlyweds at the happiest moment of their lives, but also to introduce a piece of her own mood. This is what makes photographs unique.

16. Alexey Malyshev

Alexey Malyshev considers the most important thing in wedding photography to be the opportunity to relive a happy day. He never tires of looking for new angles and ideas for photographs, uses chance and hunts for real emotions. Alexey is a member and multiple winner of the famous world association of wedding photographers, FearlessPhotographers.

Photography is an incredibly multifaceted art. Magnificent landscapes, photographic portraits, and advertising photographs also attract the attention of the public. Therefore, choosing the best masters is not an easy task.

Our Top 10 included the best photographers of our time in a variety of genres. Their works are known all over the world and are practically recognized as classics of photography.

10. Anne Geddes - best children's photographer

Anne Geddes has been photographing children for 30 years. Books, postcards and calendars with photographs of babies in a variety of images are known all over the world. Many photographers who begin working with children draw inspiration from Geddes’s photographs. Anna's secret to success is simple; she is sure that children are the only real joy in life.

9. Paul Hansen is the best photojournalist

Hansen is one of the most famous photojournalists in the world. Seven times he became the best photographer in Sweden, twice - winner of the prestigious photo competition POYi (International Photography of the Year). And in 2013, Paul won the World Press Photo competition with a photograph taken at the funeral of two young children killed in Palestine.

8. Terry Richardson - Best Advertising Photographer

Richardson's photographs are sometimes very unusual, but they always attract the eye and are remembered for a long time. Terry's clients include such famous brands as Gucci, Sisley, Levi's, Eres, Miu Miu, Chloe, APC, Nike, Carolina Herrera, Kenneth Cole and many others. Richardson's photographs are regularly published by Vogue, I-D, GQ, Harper's Bazaar, Dazed and Confused, W and Purple.

7. Denis Reggie – the best wedding photographer

Reggie has become a revolutionary in the wedding photography industry. After all, it was he who came up with the idea of ​​taking photographs in a reportage style. Denis’s works adorn not only family photo albums, but also the pages of such publications as W, Elle, Vogue, Town and Country, Glamour, and Harper’s Bazaar

6. Patrick Demarchelier - the best fashion photographer

Over his long career, Demarchelier has worked with such publications as Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire and Harper's Bazaar. Dior, TAG Heuer, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Celine, Yves Saint Laurent, Calvin Klein, Lacoste and Ralph Lauren ordered their advertising campaigns from him.

5. Yuri Artyukhin - the best wildlife photographer

A researcher at the Laboratory of Ornithology at the Pacific Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, he is a passionate fan of birds. It is the photographs of birds that have repeatedly received prestigious prizes and awards at various competitions in Russia and abroad.

4. Helmut Newton is the best nude photographer

Newton's nude photographs are known throughout the world. For his contribution to the art of photography, Newton was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Order of Arts and Letters, and the Monegasque Order of Arts, Letters and Science.

3. David Dubilet - best underwater photographer

Beneath the surface of the water, Dubile has been working for five decades. His work is often published by National Geographic. David is the winner of many prestigious awards in the field of photography. He films the underwater world both in equatorial waters and under the ice at the north and south poles.

2. Steve McCurry - National Geographic's most famous photographer

Steve became famous for his photograph of an “Afghan girl,” which National Geographic put on the cover in 1985. The picture was soon recognized as the most famous photograph in the history of the magazine. In addition to the famous photograph, McCurry has many excellent works in the genre of photo reporting.

1. Ron Galella - the most famous paparazzi

Garella is a pioneer of the paparazzi industry. Among the stars who became Ron's “victims” are Julia Roberts, Madonna, Al Pacino, Woody Allen, Sophia Loren. Marlon Brando broke Garella's jaw and knocked out five teeth, and Jacqueline Kennedy sued the photographer, who forbade Ron to approach Jackie closer than 20 meters.