Lee Miller: Photographs For some, Lee Miller may be recognized only as the woman bathing in Hitler’s bathtub in his Munich residence after the allies had liberated the city, her combat boots sitting on the floor and her military fatigues piled in a chair next to the tub. But, this famous shot by her […]
Mary Street Alinder's biography of Ansel Adams is loving, candid and the definitive portrait of the man who is almost certainly the most famous photographer ever. Alinder's biography not only inspires a renewed appreciation for Adams, but also fosters a fondness and better understanding of Adams as a person and of his tremendous contributions to […]
Many Americans are familiar with Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother" image from the Farm Security Administration, but fellow FSA and Office of War Information photographers Marion Post Wolcott and Esther Bubley are, unfortunately, much less known.
Carrie Mae Weems may be the most interesting photographer practicing today. Not the most interesting Black Photographer nor the most interesting Woman Photographer, but simply the most interesting photographer. Looking at the beautiful catalogue (Carrie Mae Weems: A Great Turn in the Possible) created for the European exhibition of Weems’ work, sponsored by Fundación MAPFRE, […]
Black is Beautiful, tells the story of Kwame Brathwaite. Few photographers can lay claim to helping change ideas surrounding human beauty. But, Kwame Brathwaite could legitimately be credited with playing a major role in not only redefining beauty, but in promoting Black empowerment.
For Black History month we are looking at four great African-American photographers. This installment features Dawoud Bey, an artist whose portraits draw on the the documentary tradition.
Foursome: Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Paul Strand, Rebecca Salsbury Carolyn Burke Carolyn Burke’s Foursome follows the arc of two marriages – that of Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O’Keeffe and of Paul Strand and Rebecca Salsbury. Stieglitz was the tastemaker and spiritual leader of photography as an art for much of the first half of the […]
