beyond the lens
MARCO PESARESI, the poet of the encounter
Marco Pesaresi was one of the great talents of Italian photography in the 1990s.
Robert Capa and the D-Day
On June 6, 1944, the Allies, led by General Dwight Eisenhower, launched the historic D-Day invasion of Normandy, marking the start of Operation Overlord and a turning point in World War II. Among the soldiers storming Omaha Beach was renowned Hungarian war photographer Robert Capa. Tasked with documenting the assault, Capa captured one of the most intense war reportages ever created. Despite taking about 100 photographs, only a handful survived due to a darkroom mishap. These powerful images, raw and chaotic, remain iconic symbols of the courage and sacrifice that defined D-Day.
Robert Frank’s Elevator Girl
One of Robert Frank’s most well-known photographs, Elevator Girl, caught the attention of his friend, the writer Jack Kerouac.
In his preface to the photo book The Americans, Kerouac wrote:
"That little elevator girl who raises her eyes to the ceiling, sighing in an elevator full of blurry demons—what’s her name? Where does she live?"
World Press Photo 2020
A few days ago the selection of the winners of the 63rd World Press Photo, surely one of the most important and well-known Photojournalism awards in the world, was announced.
More than 4000 participating photographers and over 73 thousand images submitted.
The first prize for the World Press Photo of the Year 2020 photo was awarded to the Japanese photographer of the France Press Agency, Yasuyoshi Chiba.
Garry Winogrand: Life Through the Lens
Garry Winogrand was born in 1928 in the Bronx, New York, where he lived and worked for most of his life, establishing himself as a prominent photographer.