Louis Mendes | |
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![]() Mendes in 2009. | |
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Known for | Street portraits |
Louis Mendes (born June 15, 1940) is a photographer from New York City who is known for his signature dapper style, press camera, and street portraits. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Mendes was born in a working-class family in Jamaica, Queens, New York, in 1940. He was a young child when his elder sister handed him a camera to begin documenting family events. He bought his first Graflex Speed Graphic camera in the nineteen-fifties, while working as a stock clerk in Macy's and studying electronics. [5]
Mendes uses a Speed Graphic; with modified backs that allow for use of various film types including instant Polaroid film. [3] He has photographed Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Lena Horne, Gordon Parks, Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Swizz Beats, Alicia Keys and Colin Kaepernick. [5] [7]
Louis Mendes | |
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![]() Mendes in 2009. | |
Born | |
Known for | Street portraits |
Louis Mendes (born June 15, 1940) is a photographer from New York City who is known for his signature dapper style, press camera, and street portraits. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Mendes was born in a working-class family in Jamaica, Queens, New York, in 1940. He was a young child when his elder sister handed him a camera to begin documenting family events. He bought his first Graflex Speed Graphic camera in the nineteen-fifties, while working as a stock clerk in Macy's and studying electronics. [5]
Mendes uses a Speed Graphic; with modified backs that allow for use of various film types including instant Polaroid film. [3] He has photographed Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Lena Horne, Gordon Parks, Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Swizz Beats, Alicia Keys and Colin Kaepernick. [5] [7]