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Fred Mortagne: Attraper au vol: Catch in the Air

Fred Mortagne: Attraper au vol: Catch in the Air

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Fred Mortagne is a self-taught French director and photographer who is internationally acclaimed for his images of skateboarding and street photography. Attraper au vol (Catch in the Air) is the culmination of Mortagne’s photographic career, from 2000 to 2015. A feast of lines and angles, his black-and-white compositions blend his subjects into their environments, offering an abstract perspective on architecture,…
Gregory Rusmana: After N

Gregory Rusmana: After N

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he house was on rain, and there was dead inside. The last child of the deceased before. Canine distemper virus has ripped him off. Like a homeless drifter suicide, leave with no message. Two weeks earlier they were entrusted to a veterinarian together with other strange dogs. Out of the city, attended the funeral of a shepherd. Thousands of tears…
Vincent Peters: Personal

Vincent Peters: Personal

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For more than 20 years, Vincent Peters has been among the best photographers internationally. The artist, a native of Bremen, Germany, lives in Paris and Ibiza and sees the world as his playground. His unmistakable signature style—sensitive, classic photos—is in equally high demand for celebrity, fashion, and advertising photography. With minimal resources, he is able to create dramatic images that…
Juan Manuel Castro Prieto – The inner voice

Juan Manuel Castro Prieto – The inner voice

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Blanca Berlín opens its season introducing Luz de cuarto oscuro (Dark room light) by Juan Manuel Castro Prieto in the context of Apertura Madrid Gallery Weekend. As the 2016 National Award of Photography, Castro Prieto displays a selection of silver gelatin prints personally developed in his own dark room from the original negatives of his first years as a photographer.…
A Vision Shared: A Portrait of America 1935–1943

A Vision Shared: A Portrait of America 1935–1943

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Featuring the work of the 11 photographers who worked for the Farm Security Administration–perhaps the finest photographic team assembled in the 20th century–A Vision Shared: A Classic Portrait of America and Its People 1935–1943 was first published in 1976 to great acclaim, and was named one of the 100 most important books of the decade by the Association of American…
Joni Sternbach: Her Wave

Joni Sternbach: Her Wave

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Von Lintel Gallery is pleased to announce a solo show of unique tintype photographs by Joni Sternbach culled from the artist’s ongoing series: Surfland. The exhibition, the artist’s first with the gallery, focuses on portraits of female wave-riders on the coasts of the United States, France, Australia and the UK. Sternbach is a self-described “water woman” and meets her subjects…
Drew Doggett – Band of Rebels: White Horses of Camargue

Drew Doggett – Band of Rebels: White Horses of Camargue

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The horses in Camargue, France have a prehistoric lineage dating back to the 1500s, and their pronounced musculature and signature white coats gives them an otherworldly appearance. They are a fitting subject for Drew; his practice focuses on documenting unfrequented locations while still utilizing the tools, sympathies and the attention to detail learned in fashion photography. “For the Camargue Horses…
Shoot! Shoot! Shoot!

Shoot! Shoot! Shoot!

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“Shoot! Shoot! Shoot!” is a collection of spectacular snapshots of a turbulent and legendary age in the history of art, music, fashion and film – the 1960s and ’70s. These decades were known for upheaval, provocation and creative energy. The Nicola Erni Collection, based in Zug, Switzerland, of which some 200 photographs are displayed here, takes visitors right into the…
Erwin Blumenfeld: From Dada to Vogue

Erwin Blumenfeld: From Dada to Vogue

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Osborne Samuel Gallery is delighted to announce Erwin Blumenfeld: From Dada to Vogue, highlighting rare works from one of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century, Erwin Blumenfeld. This exhibition, curated by Lou Proud, brings together a collection of Blumenfeld’s early photographs, some of which have never been exhibited in the UK before. Shedding light on his seldom explored…
Andrew Savulich: The City

Andrew Savulich: The City

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Social and cultural transition is often hard to gauge. New York in the 1980s and the first half of the 90s was clearly a different place than it is now: the city was more violent, the streets stranger, and Times Square still wonderfully sleazy. Andrew Savulich’s (born 1959) subject is this perpetually changing metropolis, and his images are a unique…
Lewis Hine: The National Research Project 1936–1937

Lewis Hine: The National Research Project 1936–1937

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Hine revealed America’s working conditions in both old and new industries throughout the Northeast In 1936, science teacher turned photographer Lewis Hine was commissioned by the National Research Project, a division of the Works Project Administration, to produce a visual document of the industries that the US government hoped would provide the jobs that would lift the country out of…
Cheating Death: Portrait Photography’s First Half Century

Cheating Death: Portrait Photography’s First Half Century

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Cheating Death presents more than 50 portraits from the medium’s first 50 years, almost all drawn from the museum’s extraordinarily rich holdings of 19th-century photography. In our selfie-besotted age, it is hard to believe that until 1839 only the upper-class could own a likeness of themselves or of their families or friends. That year brought the announcement of the invention…
Antoine Le Grand: Portraits

Antoine Le Grand: Portraits

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French photographer Antoine Le Grand (born 1956) is widely known for his striking portraits of celebrities–filmmakers, actors, actresses, musicians and architects. He has photographed countless major stars of stage and screen, from Iggy Pop to David Lynch, from Charlotte Rampling to Al Pacino. Le Grand started out working for dailies such as Libération and Le Monde, and went on to…
Edward Steichen: Twentieth-Century Photographer

Edward Steichen: Twentieth-Century Photographer

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DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum is pleased to present the upcoming exhibition Edward Steichen: Twentieth-Century Photographer. Edward Steichen (1879-1973) is known for his role in expanding the breadth of twentieth-century photography through his memorable images and his work as a gallery director and museum curator. Steichen was a painter, horticulturalist, museum curator, graphic designer, publisher, and film director. He also…
Disco: The Bill Bernstein Photographs

Disco: The Bill Bernstein Photographs

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Containing many previously unpublished photographs, Disco takes the viewer on an access-all-areas tour of late-’70s New York nightlife. “Who were these people of the night … ? It was the Posers. The Watchers. The Posers watching other Posers watching the Watchers, watching the Dancers, watching themselves.” Bill Bernstein’s eye was drawn to the characters that lived for the night, rather…
Fred Lyon: San Francisco, Portrait of a City 1940-1960

Fred Lyon: San Francisco, Portrait of a City 1940-1960

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With a landmark around every corner and a picture perfect view atop every hill, San Francisco might be the world s most picturesque city. And yet, the Golden City is so much more than postcard vistas. It s a town alive with history, culture, and a palpable sense of grandeur best captured by a man known as’san Francisco s Brassai.…
Muhammad Ali: Fighter’s Heaven 1974

Muhammad Ali: Fighter’s Heaven 1974

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In October 1974, Muhammad Ali attempted to regain the world heavyweight boxing championship title that was stripped from him when he refused the Vietnam draft seven years earlier. He faced the brutal, undefeated George Foreman in Zaire, Africa, the fight he had dubbed “The Rumble in The Jungle.” Only weeks before, on August 11–12, photographer Peter Angelo Simon was invited…
Eugene Richards: Below the Line: Living Poor in America

Eugene Richards: Below the Line: Living Poor in America

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It’s been almost thirty years since the publication of Eugene Richards’ landmark book, Below the Line: Living Poor in America. The book, though acclaimed at the time, was also controversial. Critics applauded the revealing nature of the stories, but often added, as if in the same breath, that what was being shown was a negative view of the country, one…
Photogrvphy Grant 2016 – Best Black & White Winning Entries

Photogrvphy Grant 2016 – Best Black & White Winning Entries

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We bring you stunning collection of best black and white projects awarded in 2016 PhotogrVphy Grant. See full Winners’ Gallery here: grant.photogrvphy.com American photographer Drew Nikonowicz (born 1993) has been announced as the overall winner of this year’s Photogrvphy Grant and granted $1000 prize money to support his visual projects. His winning series, titled ‘This World and Others Like It” investigates…
Diane Arbus: In The Beginning

Diane Arbus: In The Beginning

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As part of the inaugural season at The Met Breuer, diane arbus: in the beginning will open on July 12, featuring more than 100 photographs that together will redefine one of the most influential and provocative artists of the 20th century. This landmark exhibition highlights never- before-seen early work of Diane Arbus (1923–71), focusing on the first seven years of…