“If you wish to attempt any definition of me as a photographer, you might say that I am a photographer of the fantastic.” – Cecil Beaton flashbak.com/cecil-beaten...

“I photograph to see what the world looks like photographed.” – Garry Winograd www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

#BOTD Shōmei Tōmatsu (東松 照明, January 16, 1930 – December 14, 2012) #Photography #PhotoSky

#BOTD Nat Finkelstein (January 16, 1933 – October 2, 2009) #Photography #PhotoSky

#BOTD Ralph Gibson (January 16, 1939) #Photography #PhotoSky

#BOTD Sam Shaw (January 15, 1912- April 5, 1999) #Photography #PhotoSky

#BOTD Frances Benjamin Johnston (January 15, 1864 – May 16, 1952) #Photojournalism #Photography #Photosky

#BOTD Andreas Gursky (January 15, 1955) #Photography #PhotoSky

#BOTD Robert Caputo (Jan. 15, 1949 - December 17, 2025) #Photographer #NationalGeographic #PhotoSky

#BOTD Garry Winogrand (January 14 1928 – March 19, 1984) #Photography #PhotoSky

#BOTD Cecil Beaton CBE (January 14,1904 – January 18,1980) #Photography #PhotoSky

"Among the many master photographers of the pre-digital age, Oliver Gagliani possessed a particularly preternatural ability to produce complex, imaginary landscapes that to the modern eye appear as if they must be digitally enhanced." www.independent.com/2007/10/25/o...

#BOTD John Dillwyn Llewelyn FRS FRAS (January 12, 1810 – August 24, 1882) #Photography #PhotoSky

#BOTD Kendrick Brinson (January 12, 1983) #Photography #PhotoSky

RIP Peter Read Miller, long-time Sports Illustrated photographer, who passed away on January 11, 2026.

#BOTD Homer Sykes (January 11, 1949) #Photography #PhotoSky

#BOTD Oliver Gagliani (January 11, 1917 – 2002) #Photography #Photosky

#BOTD Gary S. Chapman (January 11, 1956) #Humanitarian #Photography #PhotoSky

#BOTD Bud Lee, Jr. (January 11, 1941 –June 11, 2015) #Photography #PhotoSky

#BOTD Dorothy Wilding (January 10, 1893 – February 9, 1976) #PortraitPhotography #Photography

#BOTD Raymond Cauchetier (January 10, 1920 – February 2, 2021) #Photography #PhotoSky

#BOTD Josef Koudelka (January 10, 1938) #Photojournalism #Photography

#BOTD Nathan Lyons (January 10, 1930 – August 31, 2016) #Photography #PhotoSky

#BOTD Ron Galella (January 10, 1931 - April 30,2022) #Photography #PhotoSky

Doug Mills, winner of three Pulitzers, sits, crawls and hoists cameras high in the air to bring viewers fresh perspectives www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/i...

Miss seeing these. Electronic checkouts don't do it for me.

#BOTD Warwick Saint (January 9, 1972) #Photography #PhotoSky

Yessss! *chef's kiss*

He wasn't a photographer ,but he was a helluva artist...Westfield, NJ's own, Charles Addams (January 7, 1912 - September 29, 1988), he of Addams Family fame. Here's a detail from the gate at the Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall at the University of Pennsylvania. #Photography #PhotoSky

#BOTD Arnold Genthe (January 8, 1869 - August 9, 1942) #Photography #PhotoSky

Pixels on paper! Who else is still making prints?

#Princeton, #NewJersey This evening: A peaceful protest against government actions against Venezuela took a more somber tone in light of today's actions by ICE. @stateofnewjersey.bsky.social #photography #PhotoSky

"She was a promoter, an activist and a first-hand witness." A good watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qToX...

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#BOTD Agnese De Donato (January 7, 1927 - March 5, 2017) #Photojournalism #Photography #PhotoSky

Some of Mr. Morris' work here... www.artic.edu/artists/3584...

Happy James Joyce's The Dead Day to all who celebrate. IYKYK.😏 #Books #BookSky

#BOTD Wright Marion Morris (January 6, 1910 – April 25, 1998) #Photography #PhotoSky

#BOTD Chris Stein (January 5, 1950) #Musician #Photography

#BOTD Luigi Ghirri (January 5 1943 – February 14 1992) #Photography

#BOTD Yevonde Cumbers Middleton (January 5, 1893 – December 22, 1975) #British #Portraits #Photography

He's not a photographer...well, yes he is. #BOTD John Michael Stipe (January 4, 1960) #Musician #Photography

#BOTD Walter Reuter (January 4, 1906 - March 20, 2005) #Photojournalism #Photography #German

#BOTD Rudolf Koppitz (January 4,1884 – July 8, 1936) #Austria #Photography #PhotoSky

#BOTD Ellsworth Kolb (January 4, 1876 - January 9, 1960) #GrandCanyon #Photography #PhotoSky

#BOTD Todd Heisler (January 4, 1972) #Photography #PhotoSky

#BOTD Bill Wadman (January 4, 1975) #Photography #PhotoSky

Günther "Jim" Rakete (January 1, 1951) #Photography #PhotoSky

Good interview here: streetartnews.net/2023/04/cove...

I posted this video in my (free!) weekly newsletter a couple of weeks ago. A good watch. Still stylin' www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVPe...