Estudio El Mono Liso

Masters
of the Lens

Biographies and photographs of the great artists who defined the visual language.

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Fotografía de guerra10 Sep 2026

Robert Capa: proximity as principle, until the mine that killed him

Exiled Hungarian who turned physical proximity to combat into a photographic method and sustained it until dying from a mine in Indochina, 1954.

Austro-Hungarian · 1913–1954

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RetratoFotografía de moda y publicidadFotografía callejeraFotografía documental 05 Feb 2025

Diane Arbus: Portraits from the Margins

With an unprecedented gaze toward the margins of society, Arbus built a body of work that challenged the conventions of photographic beauty and redefined the portrait as an artistic form.

American · 1923–1971

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RetratoFotografía callejeraFotografía documentalFotoperiodismo 24 Jan 2025

Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Decisive Moment

Father of modern photojournalism and co-founder of Magnum Photos, Cartier-Bresson elevated street photography to the rank of a major art form with his concept of the "decisive moment."

French · 1908–2004

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