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Photography´s New Vision: Experiments in Seeing

Photography´s New Vision: Experiments in Seeing

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The New Vision movement of the 1920s and 1930s offered a revolutionary approach to seeing the world. It represented a rebellion against traditional photographic methods and an embrace of avant-garde experimentation and innovative techniques. László Moholy-Nagy, an artist and influential teacher at the Bauhaus in Germany, named this period of expansion the “New Vision.” Today, the term encompasses photographic developments…
Star Power: Photographs from Hollywood’s Golden Age by George Hurrell

Star Power: Photographs from Hollywood’s Golden Age by George Hurrell

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During the 1930s and early 1940s, George Hurrell (1904–1992) reigned as Hollywood’s preeminent portrait photographer. Hired by the Publicity Department at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) when he was only twenty-five, Hurrell advanced rapidly to become the studio’s principal portraitist. With a keen eye for artful posing, innovative lighting effects, and skillful retouching, he produced timeless portraits that burnished the luster of many…
Nouvelle Vague French Photography from the 1950s and 1960s

Nouvelle Vague French Photography from the 1950s and 1960s

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Peter Fetterman Gallery presents Nouvelle Vague, an evocative survey celebrating the essence of French photography through the eyes of some of the twentieth century’s most admired artists. Bringing together works by Edouard Boubat, Raymond Cauchetier, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Jean-Philippe Charbonnier, Robert Doisneau, Willy Ronis, Sabine Weiss, and others, the exhibition pays tribute to a generation that forever transformed the language of…
The Poetry of Everyday Life Master Photographers of the French Humanist Movement

The Poetry of Everyday Life Master Photographers of the French Humanist Movement

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Keith de Lellis Gallery is proud to present “The Poetry of Everyday Life – Master Photographers of the French Humanist Movement,” a landmark exhibition celebrating the timeless work of mid-20th century photographers who captured the heart and soul of post-war France. Featuring both iconic and little known works by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, Willy Ronis, Édouard Boubat, Sabine Weiss, this…
Stephen Shore: Early Works

Stephen Shore: Early Works

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303 Gallery is pleased to present Stephen Shore: Early Work, a selection of works from the artist’s teenage years between 1960 – 1965, coinciding with his newly released book, “Early Work”, published by MACK. The largely unpublished works predate his series The Velvet Years, taken at Warhol’s Factory, and offer a distinct account of early 1960’s New York. These visceral…
Melissa Shook: Freedom to Create

Melissa Shook: Freedom to Create

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Stevenson Library at Bard College is pleased to present Melissa Shook: Freedom to Create, curated by Fiona Laugharn, an independent curator and Bard College alumnus. “I have begun to realize how important freedom is for the person who desires to create in any way.”- Melissa Shook (age 17), Bard College Application, 1956 Melissa Shook: Freedom to Create traces the celebrated…
ringl + pit

ringl + pit

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At the height of the Weimar Republic, an artist duo experimented with gender roles and consumer culture, subverting a commercial world dominated by cheerful faces and brightly illustrated pages. They photographed wigs, mannequins, and merchandise in unorthodox still lives, tapping into Berlin’s vibrant, avant-garde spirit. Their work transcended traditional advertising, highlighting touch, texture, and enigma. Their name: ringl+pit. Robert Mann…
Surrealism Exhibit

Surrealism Exhibit

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When the French poet and theorist André Breton published his Surrealist Manifesto in 1924, he established a new artistic vision that tapped into the most electrifying dimensions of the human imagination. Celebrating the Manifesto’s centennial, Throckmorton Fine Art presents an exhibition showcasing the wide-reaching impact of Surrealism on photography. The show features photographs taken in Europe, the US, and Mexico,…
Stanko Abadzic: Portals

Stanko Abadzic: Portals

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Catherine Couturier Gallery is delighted to present solo exhibition Portals, with gallery artist Stanko Abadzic. Portals takes us on a journey of perception through the intimate motif of the female nude. Photographed at thresholds, windows, and in mirrors, the subject lingers in the in-between spaces of life, in transitory moments between realms of possibility. Abadzic has photographed the same model…
Diane Arbus: Konstellationen

Diane Arbus: Konstellationen

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Widely regarded as one of the most original and influential artists of the 20th century, Diane Arbus’ bold black-and-white photographs demolish aesthetic conventions and upend all certainties. With Diane Arbus: Konstellationen, Gropius Bau presents the most comprehensive exhibition of her work to date. Following a highly acclaimed debut at LUMA Arles and a stop in Arbus’ hometown of New York…
Dialogues

Dialogues

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“With Dialogues. Collection FOTOGRAFIS x Helmut Newton”, the Helmut Newton Foundation presents a fresh perspective on the work of its founder. This exhibition takes the form of a playful visual experiment – one that fully unfolds through the viewer’s on-site experience. On two occasions in recent years, the Helmut Newton Foundation has presented private photography collections in addition to its…
Nan Brown: Trailers Collected

Nan Brown: Trailers Collected

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Joseph Bellows Gallery is pleased to announce its upcoming solo exhibition, Nan Brown: Trailers Collected. The show will run from June 7th through July 26th in the gallery’s Atrium space and will feature Brown’s stunning typology of mobile homes. Her skillfully made, thiocarbamide-toned gelatin silver prints, in both 6 x 6 and 10 x 10 inch image size, are exceptionally…
METAMORPHOSIS: Heinz Hajek-Halke’s Photomontages & New Image-Makers

METAMORPHOSIS: Heinz Hajek-Halke’s Photomontages & New Image-Makers

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To mark the 100th anniversary of Heinz Hajek-Halke’s first photomontages, the group exhibition “Metamorphosis” celebrates the Berlin artist’s early work (1925 – 1935), rediscovers it and brings it together with works from a range of contemporary photomontage and collage artists. Heinz Hajek-Halke (1898 – 1983) is an important photographic artist of the 20th century. While he explored the boundaries of…
Augusta Curiel: Yere Mi Sten

Augusta Curiel: Yere Mi Sten

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Foam presents the first retrospective exhibition in the Netherlands dedicated to the work of Augusta Curiel (Suriname, 1873-1937). With her sister Anna (Suriname, 1875–1958) as her assistant, Curiel ran a successful photography studio in Paramaribo, establishing herself as one of Suriname’s most prominent photographers. The exhibition offers a comprehensive overview of Curiel’s work, featuring over 100 images that offer a…
The Underground Camera

The Underground Camera

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In honor of Amsterdam’s 750th jubilee and the 80th remembrance of the Netherlands’ liberation, Foam presents The Underground Camera (De Ondergedoken Camera). The exhibition showcases images captured by the group of photographers who came to be known by the same name. They photographed the harsh realities of Amsterdam during the ‘Hunger Winter’ of 1944-1945, offering a rare glimpse into the…
Arthur Elgort: Reverie

Arthur Elgort: Reverie

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The Fahey/Klein Gallery is honored to present Reverie, photographs by Arthur Elgort. To celebrate his long career, this exhibition showcases Elgort’s spontaneous energy through expertly crafted photographs that have the unforced look of a personal snapshot. Born in New York City in 1940, Elgort discovered his passion for photography after initially studying painting at Hunter College. Finding the solitary nature…
Michael Kenna: Venice

Michael Kenna: Venice

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On the occasion of the release of his new book Venice. Memories and Traces, Galleria13 offers a comprehensive and varied exhibition of the shots of Venice that Michael Kenna has collected over the years. Kenna’s photographic technique is characterised by long exposure times, which can last up to several hours, revealing previously unseen details of the Venetian landscape. His lens…
Mark Laita: Soft White Underbelly

Mark Laita: Soft White Underbelly

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The Fahey/Klein Gallery is pleased to present Soft White Underbelly, an exhibition of photographic works by Mark Laita. This powerful series reveals raw and real glimpses of humanity’s most vulnerable communities, encouraging a conversation around the individuals and realities that often go unseen. Soft White Underbelly, a metaphor for vulnerability, was born from Laita’s 2009 photo series Created Equal. These…
Xu Yong: Hutong

Xu Yong: Hutong

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In the exhibition Galerie Julian Sander is showing a selection of motifs from the extensive series “101 Portraits of Hutong” by Chinese photographer Xu Yong. In his series, created in 1989/90, he focuses on the history of Beijing’s traditional residential areas with their centuries-old houses, backyards and narrow alleyways, the so-called hutongs. Xu Yong was one of the first photographers…
Frames of Mind: The Ramer Photography Collection

Frames of Mind: The Ramer Photography Collection

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Photographs can transport us to different times and places, offering a unique glimpse of the world through someone else’s eyes. In the mid-1970s, psychiatrist Dr. Barry Ramer and his wife Lois started building a collection of international photography. Diverse in subject matter, their collection is united by an engagement with the human condition and a concern for righting social inequities.…