Photographers

It was important to step back and understand that cameras didn’t make these photos, photographers made these photos. Without these people and their understanding of photography, these moments would not be there for us to understand and appreciate over the course of time.

We have come to a point in history where we are losing both photographic recording mediums and iconic photographers.

When people realized that I wasn’t out to take advantage of them but instead wanted celebrate this group of photographers, they wrapped their arms around the project.

I wanted to create this archive so that some day when the photographers are all gone, my grandkids can not only appreciate their photos, but also know who they were and what they looked like.

Photos and words:
Tim Mantoani