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Vintage: Greta Garbo Portraits (1920s-1930s)

Vintage: Greta Garbo Portraits (1920s-1930s)

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Greta Garbo was a Swedish-born American film actress and an international star and icon during the 1920s and 1930s. Born in Stockholm, Sweden, she was the youngest of three children of a working class family. In 1920, she took a job as a salesperson at the leading Swedish department store, PUB, a job which led to her appearance in two…
Historic B&W photos of Vienna, Austro-Hungary (19th Century)

Historic B&W photos of Vienna, Austro-Hungary (19th Century)

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In 1804, during the Napoleonic Wars, Vienna became the capital of the Austrian Empire and continued to play a major role in European and world politics, including hosting the Congress of Vienna in 1814/15. After the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, Vienna remained the capital of what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The city was a centre of classical music, for…
Interview with photographer Lewis Bush

Interview with photographer Lewis Bush

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– How and when did you become interested in photography? When I was about 14 or 15 my father gave me his old film camera, the technician at school showed me how to develop and print the films and I was basically hooked from there. Like many others I discovered that photography made it possible to access places I might…
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…
Vintage: The Golden Twenties in Berlin (1920s)

Vintage: The Golden Twenties in Berlin (1920s)

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1920s Berlin was a city of many social contrasts. While a large part of the population continued to struggle with high unemployment and deprivations in the aftermath of World War I, the upper class of society, and a growing middle class, gradually rediscovered prosperity and turned Berlin into a cosmopolitan city.
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…
Vintage: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Vintage: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

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The Adventures of Robin Hood is a 1938 American swashbuckler film directed by Michael Curtiz. The film is about a Saxon knight who, in King Richard’s absence in the Holy Land during the Crusades, fights back as the outlaw leader of a rebel guerrilla army against Prince John and the Norman lords oppressing the Saxon commoners.
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…
The Marubi Dynasty: A hundred years of Albanian studio photography

The Marubi Dynasty: A hundred years of Albanian studio photography

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In the exhibition The Marubi Dynasty – A hundred years of Albanian studio photography, Foam is showing a selection of photos from the archive of the Albanian photographic studio Marubi (1856-1959). Three generations of photographers made studio portraits of a wide variety of people, ranging from the urban bourgeoisie, shepherds, the Ottoman emperor and King Zog, to criminals and famous…
Jacqueline Roberts: Nebula

Jacqueline Roberts: Nebula

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Reviving 19th-century photographic processes, Spanish photographer Jacqueline Roberts traces the moment of limbo that marks the transition from childhood to adolescence. Nebula is a collection of portraits that capture the mist of psychological and emotional change in youth; a glimpse into their nascent sense of self. Jacqueline Roberts was born in Paris (France) in 1969. She graduated in Political Sciences and worked…
Robert Kalman: Dogs Among Us

Robert Kalman: Dogs Among Us

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These photographs aren’t really about dogs. They’re really about relationships. Deep ones. So deep that a man inked his deceased dog’s likeness onto his chest. So deep, another man admitted his dog feels closer to him at times than his wife and kids. So deep that one woman responded to my question, ‘What would your life be like without her?’…
The Intimate World of Josef Sudek

The Intimate World of Josef Sudek

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Entitled “The Intimate World of Josef Sudek”, this exhibition is the first of this scale to revisit the life and work of Josef Sudek (Kolin, 1896 – Prague, 1976) within its sociogeographical and historical context: Prague during the first half of the twentieth century, at a time when the Czech capital was a veritable hub of artistic activity. The exhibition…
Historic B&W photos of Tunis, Tunisia, late 19th Century

Historic B&W photos of Tunis, Tunisia, late 19th Century

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During the later 19th century, Tunis became increasingly populated by Europeans, particularly the French, and immigration dramatically increased the size of the city. This resulted in the first demolition of the old city walls, from 1860, to accommodate growth in the suburbs. The city spilled outside the area of the earlier town and the banks of the lake, and the…
Hamidou Maiga: Maestros de la Fotografía

Hamidou Maiga: Maestros de la Fotografía

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Maiga’s career as a photographer was launched in the early 1950s. In 1958 he opened his first studio in N’Gouma. For two years he traced the route of the River Niger developing a clientele for his distinctive outdoor studio portraits. All sorts of people frequented Maiga’s studio, from villagers in their finery, to dignitaries, artists, musicians, sportsmen and religious leaders.…