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Vintage: Historic B&W Photos of Victorian-era Yorkshire, England

Vintage: Historic B&W Photos of Victorian-era Yorkshire, England

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The Victorian era saw a growing interest in leisure and travel, particularly for those who could afford to escape the smog-filled cities. Seaside resorts like Saltburn-by-the-Sea and Redcar flourished as railways expanded, making it easier for city dwellers to enjoy the fresh sea air. Saltburn, designed as a purpose-built resort in the mid-19th century, attracted visitors with its elegant pier…
Vintage: Historic B&W Photos of Victorian-Era Bristol, England

Vintage: Historic B&W Photos of Victorian-Era Bristol, England

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During the Victorian era (1837–1901), Bristol underwent profound changes, transforming from a historic port city into a thriving hub of industry, commerce, and culture. The city’s population grew rapidly, and with it came both opportunities and challenges characteristic of the Industrial Revolution. Bristol’s economy in the 19th century was driven by its bustling docks, which facilitated trade with the British…
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…
Vintage: Historic B&W photos of Norderney, Germany (1890s)

Vintage: Historic B&W photos of Norderney, Germany (1890s)

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It is believed that the first durable settlements were established during the 13th and 14th centuries. A town developed in the western part of the island, protected by high dunes. The first documented mention of the island was in 1398. By 1650 the island was about 8.3 kilometres long and the town had about 18 houses and 101 inhabitants. A…
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…
Vintage: Historic B&W photos of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany (1890s)

Vintage: Historic B&W photos of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany (1890s)

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At the 1815 Congress of Vienna, Frederick Francis joined the newly established German Confederation, and like his Strelitz cousin Charles II, was elevated to the title of a “Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin”. In 1819 serfdom was finally abolished in his dominions. The Mecklenburg governance was still determined by the 1755 inheritance agreement (Landesgrundgesetzlicher Erbvergleich), which upheld the medieval hierarchy of…
Interview with Ricardo Yamamoto

Interview with Ricardo Yamamoto

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Ricardo Yamamoto is a photographer based in Melbourne. Born in the South of Brazil to Japanese immigrants, he left the country in 1991 in the aftermath of the Brazilian military dictatorship and crippling economic crisis, a period locally known as The Lost Decade. Arriving in Japan as a factory worker, he experienced first-hand the commodification of labour driven by a…
Interview with John Martinotti

Interview with John Martinotti

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John Martinotti is a distinguished contemporary fine art photographer and creative producer whose career spans over four decades. Renowned for his ability to seamlessly blend artistry with technical mastery, Martinotti has cultivated a body of work that resonates deeply with audiences, provoking thought, emotion, and connection. His commitment to pushing creative boundaries and his relentless pursuit of perfection have cemented…
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.…
Madame d’Ora (Dora Kalmus): Elegance and eccentricity

Madame d’Ora (Dora Kalmus): Elegance and eccentricity

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Dora Kallmus (1881–1963), also known as Madame d’Ora, is one of the most important photographers of the early 20th century. From 1907 onwards, she ran a studio in Vienna under the brand name d’Ora, which was frequented by illustrious personalities from the aristocracy, art and society, and quickly became the first address for artistic portrait photography. Inspired by art photography…
Vintage: Historic B&W photos of the Rhine, Germany (1890s)

Vintage: Historic B&W photos of the Rhine, Germany (1890s)

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The variants of the name of the Rhine in modern languages are all derived from the Gaulish name Rēnos, which was adapted in Roman-era geography (1st century BC) as Greek Ῥῆνος (Rhēnos), Latin Rhenus. The spelling with Rh- in English Rhine as well as in German Rhein and French Rhin is due to the influence of Greek orthography, while the…
Interview with Bernard Drouillet

Interview with Bernard Drouillet

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Born in Paris in 1954, Bernard Drouillet divided his life between music and photography from the 80s after a school marked by the Latin Quarter, at the Henri Quatre high school and at the Sorbonne. In parallel to a career as a jazz drummer, which led him to play and record with various French and American musicians, he studied photography…
Albert Watson: No Idle View

Albert Watson: No Idle View

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The Fahey/Klein Gallery is pleased to present No Idle View, Albert Watson’s first solo exhibition with the gallery in thirty years. To celebrate the storied legacy of acclaimed photographer Albert Watson, a career that began in Los Angeles in the 1970’s, this retrospective exhibition explores Watson’s rich body of work. The photographs on view showcase his distinctive style that is…
Flor Garduño: Paths of Life

Flor Garduño: Paths of Life

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Throckmorton Fine Art is honored to offer an exhibit of forty-five, black-and-white photographs by one of the world’s most renowned photographers, Flor Garduño. The exhibit takes its name from the title of Garduño’s latest book, which won a prize for best art book in 2024 in Garduño’s native Mexico, the Premio (Prize) A. García Cubas, INAH (National Institute for Anthropology…
Nick Brandt THE DAY MAY BREAK

Nick Brandt THE DAY MAY BREAK

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The Fahey/Klein Gallery is pleased to present SINK / RISE: The Day May Break, Chapter Three and THE ECHO OF OUR VOICES: The Day May Break, Chapter Four, an exhibition of new works, made as part of an ongoing global series of images portraying people and animals that have been impacted by environmental degradation and destruction. SINK / RISE: The…
Interview with Dominique Philippe Bonnet

Interview with Dominique Philippe Bonnet

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Born in the 1960s, Dominique Philippe Bonnet is a photographer who was introduced to the darkroom and film photography techniques at an early age. He moved to London in the mid-1980s, where he exhibited his work in various shows and photography magazines, including the prestigious British Journal of Photography, which dedicated several pages to him in 1983. The following year,…
Vintage: Historic B&W photos of Leipzig, Saxony, Germany (1890s)

Vintage: Historic B&W photos of Leipzig, Saxony, Germany (1890s)

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The Leipzig region was the arena of the 1813 Battle of Leipzig between Napoleonic France and an allied coalition of Prussia, Russia, Austria and Sweden. It was the largest battle in Europe before the First World War and the coalition victory ended Napoleon’s presence in Germany and would ultimately lead to his first exile on Elba. The Monument to the…
Masterpieces of Socialist Realist Photography

Masterpieces of Socialist Realist Photography

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Masterpieces of Socialist Realist Photography, 1930s, on view online from September 10 to November 16, 2024, presents a rare selection of vintage gelatin-silver prints by pioneers of Soviet photography, including such luminaries as Boris Ignatovich (1899-1976), Arkady Shaikhet (1898-1959), Georgy Petrusov (1903-1971), Sergey Shimansky (1898-1972), Naum Granovsky (1910-1984), Emmanuil Evzerikhin (1911-1984), and Yakov Khalip (1908-1980). These photographers left an indelible…