At this point in her life, Lynn Goldsmith is clear about who she is as an artist. At least as much as someone like Lynn Goldsmith can be. "I'm known for photographing musicians, but that's because there's so much going on and people have to put other people in a box," she says. At one time or another, Goldsmith has been a recording artist, … Read the full Story >>
Marilyn Stafford documented much of the 20th century. She photographed celebrities, war zones, world leaders, fashion, urban slums and more in a career that took her to India, Bangladesh, Tunisia, London and Paris. She shot portraits of French singer Edith Piaf, Italian writer Italo Calvino, the actress Sharon Tate, the architect Le Corbusier and Albert Einstein. But Stafford never enjoyed the kind of renown … Read the full Story >>
Twenty-five years ago horror came to Rwanda. Between April and June 1994, an estimated 800,000 Rwandan Tutsi's were killed in the space of 100 days by Hutu militias called "Interahamwe." Besides the killing, thousands of Tutsi women were raped: An estimated 20,000 children were conceived during the atrocity, notes photojournalist Jonathan Torgovnik. Twelve years ago, he undertook a ground-breaking project in which he photographed … Read the full Story >>
"When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping and the mask falls so that the real person appears." So noted photographer Philippe Halsman, who from the 1940s through the 1970s shot sparkling portraits of celebrities, intellectuals, and politicians for Life magazine and other publications. He is perhaps best known for is "Jumpology" series of portraits, … Read the full Story >>
As we noted recently, the Sony World Photography Awards recently published the impressive winners and shortlists of its Open competition. But a discussion quickly erupted over the winning image in the Creative category. German photo-media artist Boris Eldagsen's image "PSEUDOMNESIA | The Electrician," is described as "a haunting black-and-white portrait of two women from different generations, reminiscent of the visual language of 1940s family … Read the full Story >>
On International Women’s Day, I received an email from photographer Sarah Hoskins about a recent series she made in Kentucky that is featured in the current Oxford American. She tells of discovering the ruins of the once elegant compound of the Old Taylor Distillery two years ago while driving with her daughter near Millville, Kentucky. In an email interview yesterday, Sarah wrote, “For … Read the full Story >>
It’s a well-known fact in real estate that when artists make art in low-rent neighborhoods, the area changes dramatically—for the good. Less well known are the real estate developers who exhibit art in their lobby spaces—for the good of their employees and the area. Time Equities, Inc. has been a leader in presenting major art installations by emerging and mid-career in their buildings for … Read the full Story >>
More than a decade ago, rapper and producer Tyler the Creator was standing on the sidewalk with his fellow Odd Future members following a show in East Los Angeles when Brick Stowell, a young photographer, walked by wearing a covetable Supreme jersey. The nascent star flexed his celebrity muscles and asked Stowell for the jersey point-blank. "He kept insisting," recalls Stowell, who seized the … Read the full Story >>
Very shortly, we will announce the finalists of the American Photography Open 2019 contest. But first we thought we'd look back once more at the finalists from the inaugural 2018 competition. Congratulations once again to Jose Maria Perez of Buenos Aires, Argentina; Susan Cannarella of Rocky Hill, Connecticut; Debdatta Chakraborty of West Bengal, India; Stephen Hikida of Columbus, Ohio; Chee Keong Lim of Pahang, … Read the full Story >>
Seventy years ago this month, World War II came to an end in Europe. For most people alive on the planet now, the war is a part of history; but for those who lived through it, the cataclysm is a real memory. This week, Sasha Maslov, a Ukraine-born photographer living in New York City, debuts his series "Veterans" online, a portrait project five years … Read the full Story >>
Photography as contemporary art is a subject that provokes heated discussion from every side of the subject. From one corner of the ring there are people who are so wrapped up in the issue of the distribution and use of images, in the post analog era, that the idea of a photograph as an object is difficult to parse. Last year, in an essay … Read the full Story >>
The official last weekend of summer 2021 in NYC looks promising, weather-wise—so if you are celebrating by staying, there are some great art escapes on hand. The Riverside Park Conservancy presents its largest art show in the park’s history, RE:GROWTH, A Celebration of Art, Riverside Park, and the New York Spirit, populated with works by 24 contemporary artists. Installed between 64th and 151st Streets. You could … Read the full Story >>
Alexander Liberman (1912-1999), longtime editorial director of Condé Nast Publications, was given a Kodak pocket camera by his father shortly before being sent to an England boarding school to avoid the perils the Russian Revolution. His parents, Marxist Jews, subsequently fled to Paris, where he joined them and began his education as a designer and architect. As the Nazi occupation of France made life … Read the full Story >>
The statistics are shocking: One in two Native American women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. One in three will be raped. U.S. Government policies, judicial loopholes and prejudice stereotypes are directly responsible for the epidemic in American Indian communities today, says photographer and filmmaker Marlon Krieger, who has spent five years putting faces to those numbers in his short documentary "Hearts In … Read the full Story >>
Steven Heller, School of Visual Arts’ MFA Design Co-Chair has had enough of a career that even summarizing it is exhausting. He has written, co-written and edited more than 200 books of design and illustration history and criticism. His new memoir—or as he might say, "prequel to the bio", was recently published by Princeton Architectural Press. SVA's Visual Arts Journal takes a look … Read the full Story >>
In a suburb just a stone's throw from Paris lies a town almost as sweet as its name: Joinville-le-Pont. It stretches across both sides of the beautiful Marne river, with its famous bridge (le Pont), which was historically the only way to go from Paris to the eastern provinces of France. Lining the river are proudly kept boats; along the street are beautiful homes, … Read the full Story >>
How artists use the news media as a springboard for exploration and execution is the premise of an exhibition that opened yesterday at the New Museum. Don't pay too much attention to the title, though: The Last Newspaper, as the show is called, is somewhat misleading in its implication that the decline of print media is the message here. That idea is … Read the full Story >>
Could Ranger Ballen's art get any more unsettling? The answer, happily, is yes. The South African photographer, whose work has examined real people and imagery places - foreboding, ominous places and people hidden from general view - is known for enigmatic imagery that plumbs the human subconscious. Now he has a new book called "The Theater of Apparitions" that delves more deeply than ever … Read the full Story >>
Above: Joni Sternbach, Hawaiian Ed #6 (08.08.04) Ditch Plains, Montauk, NY, 2008 From Surfland, Revisited, 2006-2011, extended through August 10. Rick Wester Fine Art, 511 West 25th Street, NY, NY. Closing Friday, July 6: Richard Avedon | Murals and Portraits. Gagosian Gallery, 522 West 21st Street, NY, NY. Continuing through October 1: Alighiero Boetti | Game Plan. Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, … Read the full Story >>
"Let's talk more and judge less." So says photographer and director Mark Leibowitz, describing the goals he set out for himself with his multiyear project "Stereotypes." The series, which features audio over still photos, examines "the stereotypes we place on each other, how they affect us, and their internal and external social ramifications," he says. Leibowitz began the project in 2016, when, he notes, … Read the full Story >>
