WHERE STREET KNOWLEDGE MEETS PHOTOGRAPHY
The Street Is Watching
Paolo Di Paolo
Between the mid-forties and the early fifties he frequented the artistic circles of Rome, coming into contact with the Forma 1 Group with leading figures such as Mario Mafai, Giovanni Omiccioli, Giulio Turcato, Antonio Corpora, Pietro Consagra, Carla Accardi and Mimmo Rotella, deciding to develop his interest in the figurative arts through the photographic medium.
Joe Conzo
Joe Conzo, born and raised in the Bronx, Joe Conzo Jr. acquired a passion for photography as a young boy attending the Agnes Russell School on the campus of Columbia University. He continued his formal artistic education at the School of Visual Arts (NYC).
Sandro Becchetti
Sandro Becchetti (Rome, 25 December 1935 - Lugnano in Teverina (Terni), 5 June 2013) began his activity as a photographer in the second half of the 1960s, documenting the social, political and cultural reality of our country with an intense collaboration with "Il Messaggero”
Larry Clark
Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 19 January 1943, Larry Clark, is an American writer, photographer, film director and producer. He is popularly known for Kids, his movie and his book Tulsa. His regular subject is the youth belonging to a particular subculture and youngsters who employ illicit drug usage, violence and sex.
Anders Petersen
Anders Petersen was born 1944 in Stockholm, Sweden. 14 years old his family moved to Karlstad in Värmland, where he met the artists
Karin Bodland and Lars Sjögren. In 1961 he stayed for some time in Hamburg in order to learn German and trying to write and paint. He didn’t take any pictures.
William Klein
New York native William Klein's innovative view of camera processes has challenged prevailing notions of "good photography." He graduated from high school at age fourteen and was enrolled at the City College of New York when he joined the Army in 1945. After his demobilization in Paris, he stayed to study art with Fernand Léger, and while there he met several other artists...
Bruce Davidson
Bruce Davidson began taking photographs at the age of ten in Oak Park, Illinois. While attending Rochester Institute of Technology and Yale University, he continued to further his knowledge and develop his passion. He was later drafted into the army and stationed near Paris. There he met Henri Cartier-Bresson, one of the founders of the Magnum Photos.
Rino Barillari
Saverio Barillari (known as Rino) was born on February 8, 1945 in Limbadi, Calabria. At the age of 14, he left his country and his family to seek his fortune in Rome. With the first earnings he buys a used camera: a Comet Bencini. He began the profession of "paparazzo" by selling the photos of the protagonists of the Dolce Vita to news agencies such as Ansa, Associated Press and UPI.
Thomas Hoepker
Thomas Hoepker started taking pictures when he was 16 when he received an old 9x12 glass camera from his grandfather. He developed his prints in his family's kitchen and bathroom and started earning some money by selling photos to friends and classmates. From 1960 to 1963 he worked as a photographer for Münchner Illustrierte and Kristall.
Martha Cooper
Martha Cooper is a documentary photographer who has specialized in shooting graffiti and street art for over thirty-five years. Her books include Subway Art, a collaboration with Henry Chalfant, R.I.P.: Memorial Wall Art, Hip Hop Files 1980-1984, We B*Girlz, Street Play, New York State of Mind, Tag Town, Going Postal, and Tokyo Tattoo 1970. She lives in Manhattan but can frequently be found at street art festivals worldwide. You can follow her travels on Instagram @marthacoopergram.
Richard Avedon
Richard Avedon (1923–2004) was born and lived in New York City. His interest in photography began at an early age, and he joined the Young Men’s Hebrew Association (YMHA) camera club when he was twelve years old. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, where he co-edited the school’s literary magazine, The Magpie, with James Baldwin. He was named Poet Laureate of New York City High Schools in 1941.
Kenneth Cappello
As a restless teenager in Houston in the 80s, Kenneth Cappello thrived on unbridled adventure and risktaking. Before long, he made friends with the local misfits and skateboarding and punk. “It was what we lived for,” describes Cappello. “It was life; it was ‘skate or die!” It was also around that time that his dad bought him a cheap point and shoot camera to keep him busy. For the hell of it, Cappello starting taking pictures wherever he went with his friends.
