Pedro Luis Raota is one of the most important photographers of the 20th century. Since his first recognition in 1958, he has won over 150 international awards and honors for his outstanding work in the humanitarian genre. His photographs have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and are included in…
Remember the movie Green Book? The one that won four Oscars, two Golden Globes and starred Bulgarian Dimitar Marinov? Yes, the same one. The film’s title was inspired by a book used by blacks to safely travel across the states in the days before the civil rights movements. It includes the hotels and restaurants where…
… or part of the history of Lewis Wickes Hine. He was born on September 26, 1874 to Douglas Hull Hine, a Civil War veteran, and Sarah Hayes Hine, an educator. Hine’s unique outlook on life seems predestined. His father died in an accident in 1892 and this forced Lewis to start helping support his…
Who is Irving Penn? Irving Penn was born in 1917. in Plainfield, New Jersey in a family of Russian immigrants. In the period 1934-1938 attended the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, where he studied painting and graphic design. There he also met the well-known Alexey Brodovich, a professor at the university and art director…
