Believe it or not, there was a time when cameras didn't exist. The technology we take for granted today was once the greatest and most inspiring invention ever made. Before the camera, the only way people could have their photos taken personally was to hire a professional painter to paint them while they posed for hours. It was a tedious task but one that had to be done, and at the time it was the only way for a person to show something of what they looked like in the past. Of course, hired painters were reserved for the rich and famous. It was impossible for an ordinary man to document himself and his family through a portrait of themselves. Photography has changed and developed in many ways since its inception in the early 1800s and has become a widely known and respected art form of freezing an image or moment in time to create beautiful, timeless photographs. From pinhole camera to digital camera, photography has become easier for people to use, and taking photos has become a hobby. Nowadays, people take hundreds of photos at a time, since they now have the ability to view, delete and retake any photos they don't like. However, looking back, before the technological aspect of the camera was implemented, throughout the photographic timeline, many different photographers skillfully captured so many special moments and presented them in the most unique way. more creative. One of those famous photographers now classified as a master of this art form, Gyula Halász was also known in the photography world as Brassaї. Gyula Halász was born in September 1899 in Brasso, Hungary, now known as Romania, to a Hungarian father and an Armenian mother. Middle of paper... taken in the moment, all natural, no poses allowed. The only type of photography he was interested in was still images, not those taken over and over again of the same scene, but he thought the photos he took would be better if they seemed more accidental, they would be more original and his . His inspiration was the audience and how they presented themselves to the world. When he sat down to take a photo in a cafe, he waited for people to stop posing like they should for the camera, but instead waited for them to forget he was there and take the photo of the face they showed to the world.Brassaї had a way of seeing things as they are rather than as others want them to be seen. People were just people, nothing more or less was expected of them because they were beautiful in his eyes just the way they are...