1. Ansel Adams – A Beautiful Life

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    August 20, 2022 by Rob Cook


    Styling Changes Imagination is the offspring of change. It’s been two years since my last post on Edward Curtis, and …
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    Category: 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, Albert Bender, Alfred Stieglitz, Ansel Adams, Aperture, Beaumont Newhall, Cedric Wright, Clearing Winter Storm, Dorthea Lange, Edward Weston, Edwin Land, El Capitan, Winter Sunrise, f/64, Imogen Cunningham, Manzanar, MoMA, Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Moon and Half Dome, Moonrise, Mount Williamson, Nancy Newhall, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, Patsy English, Paul Strand, Taos, The Center for Creative Photography, The Friends of Photography, The Photo League, The Zone System, Virginia Best, Willard Van Dyke, William Turnage, Yosemite | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

  2. Edward S. Curtis: Enduring Legacy

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    August 7, 2020 by Rob Cook


    Author’s Note: In doing this blog, I have always drawn heavily on the best sources I could find. In the …
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    Category: Alaska, Edward S. Curtis, Master Photographers, Mount Rainier, Native American, Seattle, The North American Indian | Tags: , , ,

  3. The Extraordinary Vision of Henri Cartier-Bresson.

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    March 25, 2017 by Rob Cook


    Author’s Note: In this post as with others I have drawn heavily on the best sources I could find. In …
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    Category: China, Far East, France, Henri Cartier-Bresson, India, Japan, Master Photographers, Mexico, New York, Paris

  4. Jacob A Riis: The Supreme Weapon of Fact

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    October 22, 2016 by Rob Cook


      Editors Note: I have wanted to do a post on Jacob Riis for several years now. I have been …
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    Category: Denmark, Master Photographers, New York

  5. John Thomson’s Amazing Journey

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    April 23, 2016 by Rob Cook


        Editors Note: For this posting I have drawn heavily from Stephen White’s book, John Thomson, A Window to …
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    Category: Cambodia, China, Far East, London, Master Photographers, Siam, Singapore, Thailand | Tags: , , , ,

  6. Eikoh Hosoe – Kamaitachi – From Memory to Dream

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    January 15, 2015 by Rob Cook


     Note: This article is not intended to be a detailed history of Hosoe’s life, but more of a homage to the …
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    Category: Japan, Master Photographers | Tags: , , ,

  7. W. Eugene Smith: A Complicated Life

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    May 7, 2010 by Rob Cook


    Note: This is a paper I wrote for a photo history class I took at Utah State University. It is …
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    Category: Life Magazine, Magnum Photos, Master Photographers, Minamata, Pittsburgh, Spanish Village, The Country Doctor, The Walk to Paradise Garden, Tomako in the Bath | Tags:

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