Category: Famous Photographers

Ansel Adams Murals Commissioned but not Shown Until Now

March 27, 2010March 28, 2010 P U 12 Comments

A group of Ansel Adams prints, commissioned by the Department of the Interior, but never shown, is now on display on the building’s first- and second-floor hallways. NPR has an article, Forgotten Ansel Adams Murals Brought Back To Light by Brian Naylor, and will post a podcast of a related broadcast on that page as…

Black & White Photography, Famous Photographers

Ansel Adams Family Sues to Block Sale of Donated Prints Yosemite Half Dome

March 5, 2010March 5, 2010 P U 2 Comments

Ansel Adams Half-Dome — Ansel Adams - Yosemite - Half Dome

Ansel Adams‘ son is suing the Fresno Metropolitan Museum to keep the museum from auctioning off six of his father’s prints, donated years ago.

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Irving Penn Portraits on Exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London

February 20, 2010February 20, 2010 P U 10 Comments

Rock Groups (Big Brother and the Holding Company and the Grateful Dead), San Francisco,1967 The Morgan Library & Museum. Gift of Irving Penn. 2007.66 © The Irving Penn Foundation

Irving Penn (1917-2009) was a master craftsman of the photographic portrait. The clarity and precision he marshaled in his still life studies carried through his commercial and fashion work to an arguable acme in his portrait work.

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Polaroid Print Collection by Famous Photographers on Forced Auction

February 11, 2010 P U 2 Comments

Polaroid films provided instant satisfaction for anyone, with no photo skills. Some of the work of photo artists in Polaroid’s vast collection, such as Ansel Adams, Andy Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe, Robert Rauschenberg, David Hockney, Robert Frank. Chuck Close, et al, will be forced into auction

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Henri Cartier-Bresson The Modern Century Retrospective at MOMA

January 27, 2010January 27, 2010 P U 6 Comments

Behind the Gare St. Lazare Paris — Behind the Gare St. Lazare, 1932 - Place de l'Europe, Paris Copyright Cartier Bresson, Magnum Photos

The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York announced plans to exhibit a major retrospective of Henri Cartier-Bresson, one of the great masters of photography.

Famous Photographers, Museums and Galleries

Robert Mapplethorpe Remembered in Patti Smith Interview on NPR Fresh Air by Terry Gross WHYY

January 20, 2010January 20, 2010 P U 3 Comments

patti-smith-horses-robert-mapplethorpe-cover — Robert Mapplethorpe Patti Smith Horses Album Cover Photo

Terry Gross has another fine interview; this time of singer/songwriter/poet Patti Smith. The incentive and drive for the interview is the memoir Patti Smith has published, Just Kids, recalling her life and times with famed and infamous photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.

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