Photograph: Colby Katz, from the project ‘Beauty Pageants’.
For the last 4 years, Colby Katz (1975) has been working on her project about child beauty pageants. Colby herself was in pageants as a young child. Colby recieved a degree in photography from the New York University. In 2004 she participated in the World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass. Colby Katz lives in Florida, USA.
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Picture: Stefan Rohner, from the essay ‘The King is coming today’
Before Stefan Rohner (1962) started with photography he worked on oil paintings. This experience with painting gave him a feel for structure, grain and strong composition. Combined with a good feel for light Rohner produced high quality portraits before concentrating on street and documentary photography. More important is the way he approaches people: honest, direct and open. His passion surfaces when he talks about photography. Rohner is represented by Anarchy Images, his work has been exhibited and he has been published worldwide. Stefan Rohner lives in Ibiza, Spain.
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