生於1930年，童年時光在羅馬度過，Gianni二戰後跟隨家人到威尼斯，並成為一名業餘攝影師。1952年，攝影師布列松在其攝影集裡《Images à la Sauvette》提出The Decisive Moment理論，年輕的Gianni震撼得決定踏上攝影之路，最終成為雜誌社的攝影記者，至今拍攝了逾六十年。
作為新聞攝影師，Gianni的作品寫實得來又非常唯美，1969年出版的攝影集《Morire di Classe》，拍攝意大利精神病患者的狀況，寫實而又帶有批判性，書籍出版後很快在社會引起討論，最終更影響意大利醫療體制的改革。當初的新聞報道照片，後來都成為20世紀的經典作品。不過他並不喜歡別人將他捧上神枱，謙虛地說只是攝影師一名，純粹有一雙好奇的眼睛，記錄圍繞身邊的事物。
Paris, under the lens of the late German female photographer Ilse Bing (1899-1998), was particularly charming and fascinating. She spent the most fabulous ten years in Paris and captured its exuberance in the 1930s. F11 Foto Museum exhibited 103 photographs by Ilse Bing, and it also revealed her complicated life.
Bing was attractive to Paris’s vitality, and successfully seize its liveliness through the camera. The dynamic dancer’s picture she photographed with ambient light at the Moulin Rouge was much appreciated. Emmanuel Sougez, an art critic and founder of the French Periodical L’Illustration, was amazed by her images, praised her ability to capture the enchantment, and describer her as “Queen of the Leica.”
In a male-dominated society in the 1930s, Ilse Bing, as a photography enthusiast, gained her reputation as “Queen of the Leica.” She believes that photography is an art and focused on this new medium. The compact camera allows her to take pictures everywhere. In one of the most iconic selfies, she half-covered her face with a Leica camera, and the mirror behind reflected her side face, The two of her in the picture symbolize her photographic manifesto, which demonstrates the unlimited possibilities of photography.
This talented and intelligent woman combined art and commercial photography skillfully, and her talent was immediately recognized. At that time, she worked for Vu and Vogue Magazines and also photographed for the American version of Harper’s Bazaar. In 1936, she exhibited in the first modern photography exhibition in the Louvre, and also displayed in the “Photography, 1839-1937” exhibition held by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The decade in the 1930s was the peak of her photography career.
徠卡名人堂獎（Leica Hall of Fame Award）又添一名新成員，繼Steve McCurry、Thomas Hoepker、Joel Meyerowitz、Gianni Berengo Gardin等著名攝影師之後，今年85歲的美國攝影師Bruce Davidson最近也獲得此殊榮。從事攝影工作大半世紀，拍攝過黑幫、民權運動及地下鐵等題材，他的每一輯作品就如一段美國往事，值得世人回味。
USA. New Jersey. 1958. Beatty-Cole-Hamid Circus at Palisades Amusement Park. Jimmy ARMSTRONG.
USA. Palisades, New Jersey. 1958. The Dwarf.
《The Dwarf》
Bruce Davidson自小已展現出對攝影的觸覺，在羅徹斯特理工學院（Rochester Institute of Technology）及耶魯大學讀書期間，不斷磨練攝影技巧，畢業後應徵入伍成為通訊兵，在法國服兵役時認識了對他影響頗深的布列松。1958年，他以25歲之齡成為Magnum Photos最年輕的預備會員，翌年成為正式會員。Bruce Davidson向來以充滿人文關懷的寫實攝影見稱，1958年至1961年期間，他拍攝的《The Dwarf》、《Brooklyn Gang》等系列作品奠定了其風格，開始在攝影界嶄露頭角。
USA. New York City. 1959. Brooklyn Gang.
USA. New York City. 1959. Brooklyn Gang.
《Brooklyn Gang》
《The Dwarf》紀錄了馬戲團侏儒小丑Jimmy Armstrong的故事，《Brooklyn Gang》顧名思義拍攝的是紐約黑幫的生活，都是非常出色的報導攝影。他長時間與這些人相處，慢慢與拍攝對象建立關係，捕捉下許多自然而私密的瞬間。1961年至1965年，他用四年時間拍攝如火如荼的美國民權運動《Civil Rights Movement》，見證馬丁路德金的非暴力抗爭，期間也在紐約現代藝術博物館（MoMA）舉辦首個個展。
