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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…
Magnum On Set exhibition

Magnum On Set exhibition

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In times where it is no longer fiction meddling into reality but digital truth invading the territories of fiction, the exhibition of the snapshots that some great photographers dedicated to the cinema makes us reflect on the relationship between reality and fiction, between truth and illusion and between real life and reverie. The work done by the Magnum photographers has…
PLATINUM – Master prints by master printers

PLATINUM – Master prints by master printers

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A new exhibition at Atlas Gallery will showcase the beauty of the platinum print through the work of diverse international photographers and artists from the early 20th century to the present day. Platinum-palladium is a traditional printing technique, dating from the 19th century, favoured by photographers and collectors due to the tonal range of the prints. Platinum prints are amongst…
Disfarmer: The Vintage Prints

Disfarmer: The Vintage Prints

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Disfarmer: The Vintage Prints is the first exhibition in Switzerland of the vintage prints of Mike Disfarmer (1884-1959), one of America’s greatest portraitists. Posthumous prints, created from a cache of glass-plate negatives salvaged from his studio after his death, have been the subject of several books and numerous museum and gallery exhibitions since 1976, but original prints have been unknown…
Valentin Khukhlaev: IN MOTION

Valentin Khukhlaev: IN MOTION

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The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography presents an exhibition of a famous Soviet photographer Valentin Khukhlaev IN MOTION. The exhibition is based on the family archive, collection of The Lumiere Center and marks the centenary of the photographer’s birth. Valentin Khukhlaev (1916-2010) was a photo correspondent of the major Soviet news agency TASS for over 50 years. He made around…
Robert Mapplethorpe – On the Edge

Robert Mapplethorpe – On the Edge

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Robert Mapplethorpe’s photographs have provoked debate. They have been the target of criticism and censorship. They have also been praised around the world with celebrated exhibitions in some of the most prestigious art institutions. ARoS Aarhus Art Museum now presents more than 180 photographs by one of the greatest masters of the art of photography. The exhibition ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE –…
Jon Savage – Uninhabited London

Jon Savage – Uninhabited London

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In the late 1970s, the streets that gave birth to Punk were a bleak and desolate playground for the imagination. These photos were taken on an old Pentax during January 1977. Their purpose was to serve as an image bank for the second issue of the fanzine London’s Outrage. The location was the square of North Kensington that lies between…
Roger Ballen and Asger Carlsen: NO JOKE

Roger Ballen and Asger Carlsen: NO JOKE

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Lars Dittrich and André Schlechtriem are pleased to present NO JOKE, the revolutionary collaborative series by Roger Ballen and Asger Carlsen. The self-contained series of 37 black-and-white photographs premieres in its entirety during Berlin Art Week, opening September 16 and running through October 22, 2016. A significant follow-up presentation has been selected to be featured at Paris Photo 2016 in…
Dan Winters: The Grey Ghost

Dan Winters: The Grey Ghost

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The Fahey/Klein Gallery is pleased to present The Grey Ghost, an exhibition of work by contemporary photographer Dan Winters. The exhibition coincides with the release of Winters’s latest publication, The Grey Ghost (Rocky Nook, 2016). This body of work is a highly personal collection of images that serves as a visual diary of the time Winters spent living and working…
Yousuf Karsh at Beetles+Huxley

Yousuf Karsh at Beetles+Huxley

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The first major London exhibition in 30 years of portraits by renowned photographer Yousuf Karsh (1908 – 2002) will go on display at Beetles+Huxley. The exhibition will include signed lifetime prints of twentieth century sitters from the realms of politics, film, royalty and art including Winston Churchill, George Bernard Shaw, Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso, Georgia O’Keefe, Joan Miró, Audrey Hepburn,…
Graciela Iturbide: A Lens to See

Graciela Iturbide: A Lens to See

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Graciela Iturbide‘s photographs combine the story of a culture in transition with issues of identity, diversity, and selfhood. Iturbide has studied the indigenous society of Mexico in different states offering photos of sublime magic realism. Graciela Iturbide A Lens to See Sep 8th – Oct 15th, 2016 Ruiz-Healy Art 201-A East Olmos Drive San Antonio, Texas 78212 www.ruizhealyart.com
Bowie by O’Neill

Bowie by O’Neill

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An exceptional photography exhibition that opens on Wednesday 21 September and combines an exclusive collection of classics together with a selection of unseen prints of David Bowie by Terry O’Neill. The launch and the signing of the new Limited edition book “Bowie by O’Neill” on Wednesday 5 October. This retrospective showcases a collection of the best photographs taken by Terry…
Photography and America’s National Parks

Photography and America’s National Parks

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To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the formation of the National Park Service, the George Eastman Museum presents Photography and America’s National Parks, an exhibition exploring the role of photography in the development of the agency and in shaping our perception and understanding of these landscapes. From Yosemite being set aside as publicly held land in 1864 to Pinnacles National…
Thomas Kern: Haiti. The Perpetual Liberation

Thomas Kern: Haiti. The Perpetual Liberation

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Since his first trip to Haiti in 1997 Thomas Kern(*1965) has repeatedly returned there to capture the turbulent history of the former Pearl of the Antilles. Reserved and at the same time close to the people, he documents everyday life in one of the world’s poorest countries in a classical black-and-white. His photographs testify to the great individual efforts made…
Jady Bates: Transgender Beautiful

Jady Bates: Transgender Beautiful

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TRANSGENDER BEAUTIFUL presents an overview perspective on the transgender life experience of self-actualization beyond the perceivable constraints of the global community. In fact, the distortion and conflict may arise from the historically trained and embedded constraints of the societal definition and identification of what normality is. This is timely subject matter. The series begins with the transgender person emerging with…
Bruce Wodder: Newark after Dark

Bruce Wodder: Newark after Dark

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Every city has two personalities: one in daylight, another after dark. In this series of photographs I explore the nocturnal stillness of Newark, NJ, when the subtle shadows of darkness play out against the streets and buildings. Once daylight has disappeared and ambient light creates the city’s aura, a simple street is transformed with shades of gray. These eight black…
Studies by Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison

Studies by Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison

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Now on display in SLETE is a collection of unique studies by Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison, created between 1992-2004. Each study is a black and white resin coated print, that illuminates the artistic process behind “The Architect’s Brother” series. Studies by Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison Sep 1st – Oct 1st, 2016 Slete Gallery 11270 Washington Blvd Culver City, CA 90230…