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Great Photographers In the Spotlight:
Sebastião Salgado
In a 2013 TED Talk Sebastião Salgado said: "I've ben called a photojournalist, an anthropologist photographer, an activist photographer — but I did much more than that… I put photography as my life. I lived totally inside photography,”
Sebastião Salgado was born in 1944 on a farm in Brazil that was 50% rainforest. With seven sisters, he was one of only a few men in his family.
He met the love of his life, Lélia Wanick (Salgado), as a teenager. They were married in 1967, and then exiled to Paris a couple years later due to their political involvement.
Salgado studied economics, earning two degrees in Brazil before finishing his PhD in Paris in 1971. He said photography “invaded” his life in the 70s. He’d never taken a picture before borrowing his wife Lélia’s camera.
The Art of Photography's Ted Forbes says: "He's a “maximalist” especially when looking at photographs he made in the first few decades of his career – images like those found in his long-term Workers project. I use this word in a positive light. And what I mean is that there is great detail and complexity in his work.
"Salgado is a master at organising the composition through patterns, symmetry, line, and perspective. In some images, he pulls us way back with the point of view. Hundreds of detailed human figures unify to become larger shapes and forms within the overall composition. And by doing this, Salgado gives the image an almost minimal quality".
He had been a UN Goodwill Ambassador since 2001 and Alex Hare mentioned the Genesis project - photographing the planet's remaining untouched spaces - in his talk to us in just days before Salgado died in May 2025.
Resources To Develop Your Photography Skills:
The Exposure Triange for Beginners
For many starting out in photography, the relationship between aperture, shutter speed, and ISO can be confusing. To further muddy the water, the terms ‘stop’ and ‘f-stop’ are often used interchangeably but refer to different things. This beginners guide to the exposure triangle will set you straight in no time.
The Art of Photography
The Art of Photography is Ted Forbes excellent YouTube channel covering all things photographic, It's well worth checking out his videos, especially the earlier ones that cover composition and intent. Ted's now the author of an excellent photography book: Visually Speaking which is all well worth a look and a spot on your bookshelf.
Jamie Windsor
Jamie Windsor is a filmmaker, photographer, and YouTuber ho worked for over 20 years as a graphic designer and filmmaker in London for clients such as The BBC, London 2012, and Arts Council England. He started a photography business in 2011, primarily shooting portraits, weddings and interiors. In 2015, he started a photography YouTube channel, which took more of a full-time role in 2018. His channel features a mix of photography-related tips, techniques, and philosophical and ethical questions about the practice of photography. He aims to examine the why as well as the how of photography.
Harry Borden on YouTube
"Harry Borden is a professional portrait photographer from the UK who has worked globally with a myriad of celebrities. He is also my Dad. This channel is dedicated to his career and consists of videos of him talking about different shoots which interest me, with valuable insights into portrait photography".
Adobe Tutorials For Lightroom
Too many Lightroom users fail to explore or use the HUGE amount of really great learning materials provided by Adobe themselves. Don't be one of those people...
The Lightroom Queen
And if you are using Lightroom and can't find a specific answer to your question, then you probably need The Lightroom Queen. She produces an FAQ and Missing Manual to Lightroom, both of which are excellent and kept bang up to date. But the real benefit of this site are the excellent user/member forums. Check them out!
V&A Photography Collection
The V&A began acquiring photographs in 1852, and its collection is now one of the largest and most important in the world. Its first director, Henry Cole, was an amateur photographer himself and a great supporter of the art of photography. He began a photography collection in 1856, the year that the V&A, was established. Since then, the collection has grown to be international in scope and comprises over 800,000 photographs dating from 1839 to the present.
The Tate on Photography
The Tate has an A-Z of art and - obviously - photography is in in under P. Well worth checking out all the various links on this link rich page.
The Royal Photographic Society
As an educational charity, the RPS offers free resources to all those with an interest in photography. These include our model release form, inspiring teaching materials linked to our exhibitions, access to the archive of our RPS Journal going back to 1853 and information on copyright and best practice for photographing wildlife.
The Photographers Gallery
From interviews and discussions with photographers on their influences and practices, to a multitude of reflections on the role of photography and its relationship to other art forms, through to radical new thinking and research into the changing shape of the medium in a digital age. You can explore content through format, category or through a range of specially curated themes which propose edited perspectives on photography's relationship to art and culture.
Zone Focusing for Street Photography
James Mahers' excellent guide to zone focusing will free you as a street photographer and help you bag mpre of those elusi.ve great shots.