Tag: anders petersen

  • Learn From the Masters: Lesson #7 Don’t Be a Slave to Your Camera

    Learn From the Masters: Lesson #7 Don’t Be a Slave to Your Camera

    “You are not supposed to be a slave of mechanical tools, they are supposed to help you and be as small and unimportant as possible not to disturb the communication.” – Anders Petersen There is a disease and a sickness out there. It afflicts thousands (if not millions) of photographers globally, and it costs people…

  • Learn From the Masters: Lesson #2 Shoot From the Gut

    Learn From the Masters: Lesson #2 Shoot From the Gut

    “My photography is not ‘brain photography’. I put my brain under the pillow when I shoot. I shoot with my heart and with my stomach.” – Anders Petersen Anders Petersen is one of the most influential contemporary master photographers. He shoots with a simple point-and-shoot film camera (Contax T3) and shoots soulful black and white…

  • 10 Things Anders Petersen Can Teach You About Street Photography

    10 Things Anders Petersen Can Teach You About Street Photography

    (All photographs in this article copyrighted by Anders Petersen. Photographs used with permission from Petersen) Anders Petersen, b. 1944, is a Swedish photographer, who is best known for his intimate and documentary-based photography projects. He is best known for his project, “Café Lehmitz” in which he photographed prostitutes, transvestites, lovers, drunkards, and drug addicts from 1967-1970.…