Are photographs inherently dishonest? Photographer Martin Schoeller thinks so. "I do think all photographs lie," he said told CNN in an interview. "I don't think there is one picture that is really honest. You can't describe a person in a split second, but maybe in the grand scheme of photography, I think there are some pictures that are more honest than others, you know? … Read the full Story >>
Since 2005, photographer and photography lecturer Robert Burley has been documenting the demise of film photography through film photographs. He has traveled around the world with his 4×5 field camera, capturing the demolition of buildings, the equipment that once powered a giant industry, and the desolation of factories that were once teeming with workers. In his book, The Disappearance of Darkness: Photography at the … Read the full Story >>
"I see it ten times a day," said photographer Co Rentmeester in a recent interview. He was ruefully referring to the Jumpman logo that appears on Jordan brand products, which generated $6.59 billion in revenue for Nike in 2023. In 1984, Rentmeester photographed Michael Jordan for Life magazine, and his image, he has maintained for years, inspired the famous logo. He has unsuccessfully sued … Read the full Story >>
If you've never seen Christopher Makos' portraits of Andy Warhol entitled Altered Images, a selection from this 1981 artistic collaboration is now on view at Yancey Richardson Gallery Using highly theatrical makeup and a variety of wigs, Warhol transformed himself into a number of female personas, several of which embody attributes of his own celebrity subjects. Wearing a man's shirt and plaid necktie … Read the full Story >>
Imagine yourself stepping into Max's Kansas City when it ruled New York nightlife in the 1970s: Your waitress might well have been Debbie Harry, and sitting at a table near you might have been Robert Mapplethorpe, William Burroughs, and Lou Reed. Photographer Anton Perich was there, and he recorded the scene for posterity in images we feature today. But our trip in the photographic … Read the full Story >>
Laurie Rosenwald, the self-described Iron Chef of Encaustic, has hardly ever been more evidently in charge than she is this week. On receiving the invite to her closing reception at Area/One Fifth Avenue NYC this Wednesday, I looked further, to find that her new book: How to Make Mistakes, [Hachette] will be out in November. But first, don’t miss this show of recent … Read the full Story >>
Sebastiao Salgado, widely regarded as one of the world's greatest documentary photographers, died on Friday, May 23, in Paris. He was 81. His family cited leukemia as the cause, saying that Salgado had developed the illness after contracting a particular type of malaria in 2010 while working on a photography project in Indonesia. Over the course of his career, Salgado "garnered widespread acclaim...with his … Read the full Story >>
Just a few weeks after the Manson Family murders came Woodstock. Yes, 1969 was a year to remember. Fifty years on, the world is marking the anniversary of the music festival that unfolded amid rain and love and psychedelics on Max Yasgur's farm in Bethel, New York. Recently, Time magazine talked with photographers who were there about their experience and the images they shot … Read the full Story >>
"Pricked: Extreme Embroidery," which opened last Friday at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), proves that whatever medium an artist chooses is strictly a matter of choice. The exhibition presents work by 48 artists from 17 countries, using everything from stone, comic books, discarded work gloves, and human hair, as well as linen fabric and silk thread, to offer provocative, and often satirical … Read the full Story >>
Strange Paradise traverses an ambiguous territory between the peculiar and the familiar as Charlie Rubin creates unexpected combinations with idiosyncratic logic. Taking perception as his waypoint, the Brooklyn-based artist presents a multifaceted body of work that explores the convergence of the actual and the artificial. He examines perception and the process by which people take in information thorough highly manipulated photographs that question … Read the full Story >>
The fourth annual New York Photo Festival (NYPH), which lures photography professionals and creative people from across the globe to the waterfront neighborhood of DUMBO, opens this Wednesday, May 11th and runs through Sunday, May 15th. According to the organizers, it will display over 3,000 photographs, attract over 14,000 attendees, and present over 40 events across 11 venues. This year’s main exhibitions, PHOTOGRAPHY NOW: … Read the full Story >>
Chivas Clem left his hometown of Paris, Texas, and headed to New York City, where in the early 2000s he joined a circle of artists who defined the moment with street life-infused work. In 2011, however, he moved back home, where he began working on a remarkable project: portraits of a nomadic community of drifters, generally white and poor, who, he has noted, "live … Read the full Story >>
Countless photographers have taken their cue from Walker Evans, William Eggleston and Stephen Shore, and hit the road to capture something ineffable, something largely missing from urban life. Vernacular architecture; a country crossroads; painted advertising signs, faded and peeling. What is the attraction, for both photographer and viewer? Left: Coca Cola Sign, US 72, Burnsville, MS, 1978. Right: Dairy Queen, Iowa City, IA … Read the full Story >>
In celebration of AI-APs Illustration Week, headlined by The Party tomorrow night Info and studio visits Info, with artists and creative heads streaming into NYC from coast to coast, DART offers a view from Chicago today, and one from the West Coast on Friday. Here, from CHI: Since his death in 1987, at age 58, Andy Warhol’s work has probably been seen … Read the full Story >>
The topsy-turvy world of fantasy discovered by a bored little girl named Alice after she fell down a rabbit hole remains a draw for artists. Originally illustrated in 1865 by Sir John Tenniel, later by Salvador Dali, Dorothea Tanning, Max Ernst, and John Steadman, and more recently by Kiki Smith, Dan Graham, and Adrian Piper, the fantastical events that Lewis Carroll invented in Alice’s … Read the full Story >>
"We think we are alone," Danish photographer Michella Bredahl said in a recent interview, "but through art, we find out that we no longer are." That idea lies at the heart of her new book "Love Me Again," a collection of intimate portraits of Bredahl's friends and acquaintances in their homes made over the past decade. The work reflects on her own past--a tumultuous … Read the full Story >>
Matthew O'Brien says he is drawn to beauty, no matter the circumstance. "I like to create work that is affirming and has the potential to lift spirits," said the San Francisco-based photographer in a 2017 interview, when he debuted his book "No Dar Papaya," a collection of Polaroid images from Colombia that provide what he calls an "alternative to the stories and imagery in … Read the full Story >>
While there are still a lot of unknowns about AI, it's already clear that it will dramatically change the way commercial photographers create images. Writer Marianne Lee recently sat down with executive producer Craig Oppenheimer and photographer Teri Campbell to learn about how Campbell is incorporating AI into his creative process. In particular, Lee wanted to explore how AI is inspiring Campbell's creativity, how … Read the full Story >>
If you're heading to Long Island's South Fork this weekend, and want to add an international art event to your calendar, consider the second annual installment of The Big Show, at Silas Marder Gallery. For the season opener, Silas Marder distributed custom-made 8 x 10" blank canvases to more than 50 painters. Half are from the Hamptons, known for its high concentration of … Read the full Story >>
"The graduation headshot or the police mug shot or my photos - they're all the same thing. It's basically, this is what the person looks like. I will tell you nothing about them. You can make up your own story about this person, because that's all the information you really have." This is what Neil Winokur told Tony Bannon, Director of the George Eastman … Read the full Story >>
