Looking for inspiration? These 15 famous photographers didn’t take the traditional route in their careers.
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With photography facing a threat from the surge of artificial intelligence and snapshot-like images from Instagram, it has become ever so essential for us to return to our roots. Before, plenty of people or algorithms told us what trendy images would get you more followers, and photographers would create images that would leave indelible marks on consciousness.
We have often debated the course of photography, its direction, and where we are headed. That's vital not just for camera makers but also for those who understand its cultural impact on the audience and gauge whether the medium is moving forward or backward.
William Eggleston is one the pioneers of using color photography as art, especially at a time when it was not a norm. In fact, when his work was exhibited for the first in 1960 by curator John Szarkowski at The Museum of Modern Art, Ansel Adams condemned it.
William Eggleston was a color pioneer who found beauty in the everyday. However, despite beginning his journey in the 1950s, the world did not see his work until the 1970s, when John Szarkowski, a curator, decided to showcase it at the Museum of Modern Art.