Willy Ronis / Photographer 1910 - 2009

I have over the years bought and collected many great books by photographers past and present that I have been inspired by . I have been after " La vie en passant" by Willy Ronis for a long time and I have managed to obtain a nearly new copy of the book from a source in Canada. For all you photographers out their, take some time and look up Willy Ronis, to me he was a genius.......

"Willy Ronis was born in Paris in 1910. He became a full-time photographer in 1945. He joined Doisneau, Brassaï and others at the Rapho Agency. He was the first French photographer to work for LIFE Magazine, and Edward Steichen exhibited him at the Museum of Modern Art in 1953 in a show called Four French Photographers. He was also part of the Family of Man exhibit. The Afterimage Gallery gave him what was perhaps his first American art gallery show in 1985."

Mrs Brotherstone ....... Royal Portrait

Mrs Brotherstone came to the studio on Tuesday for her Royal Portrait. Daughter Elaine and mum were on their way to the Garden Party at Hollyrood Palace as a guest of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. Hope they had a ball ...........