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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…
Al Satterwhite: A Retrospective

Al Satterwhite: A Retrospective

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For the first exhibition of the fall art gallery season, PDNB Gallery presents a solo show of photographs by Al Satterwhite (b. 1944, Biloxi, Mississippi), who has worked professionally in photography since he was a high school intern taking photographs for the St. Petersburg Times. The passion of capturing the decisive moment has never left him. His talent for photography…
In the Footsteps of Ara Güler: Exploring the Photographer’s Legacy

In the Footsteps of Ara Güler: Exploring the Photographer’s Legacy

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A special collaboration between the Ara Güler Museum in Istanbul and Qatar Museums, In the Footsteps of Ara Güler offers a glimpse into the life of the globally acclaimed photographer. Structured as an expansive journey into his career spanning over 70 years, the exhibition introduces Ara Güler’s life, segueing into ‘Eternal Tapestry,’ followed by ‘Echoes from the Past,’ spotlighting his…
Bevan Davies: New York Typologies

Bevan Davies: New York Typologies

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Joseph Bellows Gallery is pleased to open the fall season with the work of Bevan Davies. Bevan Davies: New York Typologies will feature vintage black and white photographs of lower Manhattan made in the mid-1970s. Davies utilized a large-format view camera to generate images of great depth and clarity, pursuing an approach to documenting the urban landscape of the Empire…
Martin Parr: Early Works

Martin Parr: Early Works

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With the exhibition “MARTIN PARR. EARLY WORKS” on view from September 13, 2024 to January 5, 2025 the Fotografie Forum Frankfurt (FFF) shows another highlight in its 40th anniversary year. As an observer of life, the ironic and socially critical eye of MAGNUM photographer Martin Parr has become an integral part of the history of photography. This exhibition of rarely…
Vintage: Historic B&W photos of Towns in Switzerland (1890s)

Vintage: Historic B&W photos of Towns in Switzerland (1890s)

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In 1798, the revolutionary French government invaded Switzerland and imposed a new unified constitution. This centralised the government of the country, effectively abolishing the cantons: moreover, Mülhausen joined France and the Valtellina valley became part of the Cisalpine Republic, separating from Switzerland. The new regime, known as the Helvetic Republic, was highly unpopular. An invading foreign army had imposed and…
Interview with Josep Reverendo

Interview with Josep Reverendo

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Josep has always been attracted to the plastic arts. He likes painting, cinema, comics, photography… When he was a teenager, he used to paint in oils, but he gave it up due to lack of time. Then he became interested in photography, first analog, then digital. Consciously or not, when we take pictures we are influenced by our visual culture.…
Karla Guerrero: Blanco Universo

Karla Guerrero: Blanco Universo

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Fine art photogapher Karla Guerrero presents her latest project, “Blanco Universo,” a visual diary that explores the complex psychological condition of “mental emptiness” and the therapeutic method of “grounding.” Through her intimate and poetic vision, Guerrero uses photography to reflect on the alterations in visual perception and mental health. Through a series of black and white polaroids, Blanco Universo invites…
Street Walker by Meryl Meisler

Street Walker by Meryl Meisler

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Street Walker is a captivating limited edition book taking us on a journey through the vibrant streets of America in the 1970s and 1980s with the evocative, candid, and eclectic photographs of renowned photographer Meryl Meisler. Known for her ability to blend street photography with documentary, Meisler’s work in Street Walker provides an intimate glimpse into the dynamic cultural landscape…
Vintage: Historic B&W photos of Hesse-Nassau, Germany (1890s)

Vintage: Historic B&W photos of Hesse-Nassau, Germany (1890s)

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Hesse-Nassau was created as a consequence of the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 by combining the previously independent Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), the Duchy of Nassau, the Free City of Frankfurt, areas gained from the Kingdom of Bavaria, and areas gained from the Grand Duchy of Hesse (including part of the former Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg from Hesse-Darmstadt). These regions were combined to…
Larry Fink: Social Graces

Larry Fink: Social Graces

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Larry Fink’s Social Graces series contrasts two social worlds that seem a world apart: those of Manhattan high society and Pennsylvania farm country. In the city, coiffed and bejeweled patrons of the arts dance and drink at gallery openings, benefits, and the famed Studio 54 nightclub; in Martin’s Creek, Pennsylvania, a farming family and their circle celebrate birthdays and graduations,…