Steve McCurry
When we gaze upon an iconic (or even just a really good) photograph, it’s difficult to think about the work or the passion behind it – we are seeing a documented scene or a crafted image and–unless you are a photographer–most people don’t wonder about the individual who was behind the camera. Sure, the majority of the populace will automatically recognize the photo of the Afghan Girl that was on the cover of National Geographic, but if you said the name “Steve McCurry” would the everyday person have any idea who you were talking about?
Photographer Tim Mantoani is setting out to change this with an ambitious project: He is photographing well known photographers with their most iconic, famous, or favorite photographs. He has collected 150 of these riveting portraits in a recent book – Behind Photographs: Archiving Photographic Legends.
Not only is he contacting and documenting these famous photographers, but he is also challenging his own photographical prowess by shooting on the legendary 20×24 Polaroid camera. These cameras are practically extinct (2 in existence), and the film goes for about $200 dollars a pop – per FRAME.
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This is really incredble post! Thank you! 🙂 I’d like to share with you one more related article about 25 famous photographers that share their photos and stories behind them: http://photodoto.com/25-famous-photographers-share-favorite-shots-stories-behind-them/ Feel free to check it out 😉
Chase: Thanks for the post and helping to share this project!
Love your work.. its the little details that make the biggest difference.
Your work speaks to an intimate hidden part of me. Following you on Twitter,
keep shooting the beauty
Regards,
Don’t care much for the Gov. false flag one.
What a great project I love the concept and believe you are right only other photographers know who the talent is behind these famous photographs but then can we take it one step further because the likes of that iconic Mother Teresa shot would not be iconic without the talented Larry Bartlet RIP working in the daily telegraph photo lab at the time. Maybe that could be the next project 😉