From Lily Cole posing with a supersized Pentax to Bill Brandt hiding behind his Kodak wide-angle, cameras are the stars of this collection of snaps and selfies.
Featured image at the top:
Bill Brandt With His Kodak Wide-Angle Camera (1945) by Laelia Goehr
Goehr learned photography from Brandt, and here she captured him posing with his new wide-angle Kodak. The camera was originally used by police to photograph crime scenes, but Brandt experimented with it to produce a series of distorted nude studies
- The Camera Exposed is at the V&A, London, 23 July 2016-5 March 2017
- https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/jul/22/flash-and-shutter-love-good-camera-the-camera-exposed-exhibition-in-pictures
Many photographers are posing on their selfies with a camera, this is only natural. I guess. As you can see also the top photographers have thought of the same idea for their work. I wish I could visit the exhibition to see some of my favorites. 🌞 Pelle
Imogen and Twinka at Yosemite (1974) by Judy Dater
Judy Dater met Imogen Cunningham, a prominent American photographer, in 1964. Cunningham was a mentor to Dater, and the two became close friends. This image is from Dater’s larger series addressing the theme of voyeurism
Photograph: Courtesy V&A
John French and Daphne Abrams in a tailored suit (TV Times, 1957) by John French
Fashion photographer John French often left the actual release of the shutter to his assistants. Here, he has inserted himself into the picture, kneeling behind a tripod-mounted Rolleiflex, contrasting playfully with the polished elegance of the model
Suzy Parker, Dress by Nina Ricci, Champs-Élysées, Paris (1962) by Richard Avedon
In this staged scene, US photographer Richard Avedon mocks the very industry in which he played such a major role with a model caught inside a car by a frenzied crowd of paparazzi
Photograph: Richard Avedon Foundation
On a photographers mind 