Famous photographers and their famous pictures.

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Project Tim Mantoani /Tim Mntoani"Behind Photographs: Archiving Photographic Legends" is simple - Portraits famous photographers and their work.
On this project he worked for the past 5 years.

 Featuring the face of professional photographers, Tim gives them a tribute of respect that they deserve . " Without these people and their professionalism, we would not have pictures, we understand the value of which only the passage of time ", - he adds.

Show some , but the link for many more , look interesting.

1. Mary Ellen Mark : " I have a picture in the hands of Ram Prakash Singh and his beloved elephant Shyam , made in 1990. Ram Prakash Singh was ringmaster of the "Great Golden Circus ." The picture was taken in Ahmedabad, India. It's part of my Indian circus project. I love India and love the circus , so shooting in 18 circuses throughout India have become a unique event for me . Unfortunately, Shyam died a few months after the shooting. Rather, he was poisoned. It broke the heart of Ram Prakash Singh. And I ".

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1. Karen Quyen : " This photograph was made ​​specially for National Geographic in 1993. I was asked to remove the whole story, dedicated to cats and had to be something original ! I had to think carefully. Russian blue cat , I decided to take a picture together with a dancer, because I remembered that George Balanchine, the dancers are constantly cited his example of how cats always land in the fall on the toes ".

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Bill Eppridzh with a photograph of Robert F. Kennedy, made after his murder, June 5, 1968.

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A. Karen Kuan: "This photograph was specially made for National Geographic in 1993. I was asked to remove the whole story, dedicated to cats and had to be something original! I had to think about it. Russian blue cat, I decided to take a picture together with the dancer, because I remembered that George Balanchine, the dancers are constantly cited his example of how cats always land in the fall on the toes ".

Two. Harry Benson: "Beatles manager Brian Epstein told the group that they were number one in the U.S., and I'll go with them to New York. It was in 1964 ".

Three. Douglas Kirkland: "This is my evening with Marilyn".

4. Brian Smith: "The magic of photography is shown in full when you do not know what will happen the next moment".

Five. Brent Stirton: "It's Virunga - the first national park in Africa. It is located in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The male and 6 females were killed by a mountain gorilla group of people to intimidate activists who opposed the illegal production of charcoal in the park. In total there are about 40 species of gorillas, and the staff of the reserve was struck by the cruelty killers ".

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A . Bill Eppridzh with a photograph of Robert F. Kennedy, made ​​after his murder, June 5, 1968 .

Two . Neil Lifer : photograph taken by him May 25, 1965 in Lewiston , Maine : Muhammad Ali vs. Liston .

Three . Jeff Wiedner with his "unknown rebel in Tiananmen Square " in 1989 .

4. Elliott Erwitt : " This is a photo I took in 1974 around the corner from his home in Central Park in New York. Unfortunately now, 38 years later, I do not know where my model, and can not contact them ".

Five . Steve McCurry with a portrait of a girl from Peshawar , Pakistan made ​​in 1984 .
"I am 17 years looking for this girl , and finally in 2002 he found it. Her name is Sharbati Buzz ".

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Thanks for the link, there is something to see.

And notice how the faces of the photos themselves, it is also a story.