Fascinating Identical Twins Portraits ~ By Martin Schoeller for National Geographic

They have the same piercing eyes. The same color hair. One may be shy, while the other loves meeting new people. Discovering why identical twins differ—despite having the same DNA—could reveal a great deal about all of us. [via NationalGeographic]

Photographs by Martin Schoeller


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Martin Schoeller

Behind the scenes with National Geographic Photographer Michael 'Nick' Nichols

Photographer Michael "Nick" Nichols photographs a silverback mountain gorilla while on assignment for National Geographic

Conversation with National Geographic Photographer Sam Abell

Photographer Sam Abell is committed to his craft. He has taken an entire year to make a single image. This dedication to the image is very inspiring. Especially today in the instant gratification world we live in. Do you want to have your work stand out from the rest of your peers? Go the extra mile... or ten.

French artist Claude Monet liked to paint the same subject over and over again, at different times of day and in different types of weather. He painted Rouen cathedral in France some thirty times. He was committed to depicting the changing light at different times of the day and seasons.

Follow Magnum Photographer Steve McCurry as He Shoots In India

Photographer Profile ~ Steve McCurry

Steve McCurry was born in Philadelphia, and graduated from Pennsylvania State University. After working at a newspaper for two years, he left to freelance in India.

His career was launched when, wearing native clothing, he crossed the Pakistan border into rebel-controlled Afghanistan just before the Russian invasion. When he emerged, he had rolls of film sewn into his clothes that contained some of the world's first images of the conflict. His coverage won the Robert Capa Gold Medal for Best Photographic Reporting from Abroad Showing Courage and Enterprise. He has won numerous awards including the National Press Photographers' Association award for Magazine Photographer of the Year and an unprecedented four first prizes in the World Press Photo contest.

McCurry has covered many areas of international and civil conflict, including the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia, Beirut, Cambodia, the Philippines, the Gulf War and continuing coverage of Afghanistan. His work has been featured in magazines around the globe. His reportage for National Geographic has included Tibet, Afghanistan, Burma, India, Iraq, Yemen, Buddhism, and the temples of Angkor Wat.

A high point in his career was finding Sharbat Gula, the previously unidentified Afghan refugee girl, whose picture has been described as one of the most recognizable photographs in the world.

via Magnum Photos

Most of my photos are grounded in people, I look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a person’s face. ~Steve McCurry

My life is shaped by the urgent need to wander and observe, and my camera is my passport. ~ Steve McCurry 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 "What is important to my work is the individual picture. I photograph stories on assignment, and of course they have to be put together coherently. But what matters most is that each picture stands on its own, with its own place and feeling."  ~ Steve McCurry

 

 

 

Most of my images are grounded in people. I look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a person’s face. ~ Steve McCurry