24 August 2015

Featured Photographer: 463 Historical Photographs From Chris Niendethal

Today’s featured photographer is award-winning Chris Niendethal. With a strong focus on people and portraits, Niendethal’s photos have graced the covers of esteemed publications such as Newsweek and TIME magazine.

A freelance photographer virtually all his life, Chris Niedenthal is born and raised in London. After graduating from the London College of Printing, he has decided to return and stay in his parents’ hometown of Poland.

He has been contracted by Newsweek and TIME throughout the 80s, at which he has witnessed vital events, including the birth of the Solidarity union at the Gdansk shipyard, the implementation of martial law in Poland, and the fall of communism in Eastern Europe.

Since then, he has won a World Press Photo prize, published four albums and an autobiography, and authored exhibitions featuring mentally handicapped children.

You can see all 463 and even purchase a copy of Niedenthal’s classy photographs in his website.

Featured Photographer: 463 Photographs by Chris Niedenthal

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