Category: Famous Photographers

Do Not Go to See Alias Man Ray The Art of Reinvention Show at the Jewish Museum in NYC

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Man Ray - Black and White - Noire et Blanche - 1926
Man Ray - Black and White - Noire et Blanche - 1926 - Private collection of Thomas and Janine Koerfer-Weill © 2009 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society

Do not go to see the Man Ray exhibition at the Jewish Museum in New York City! 
Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention is a dangerous show and may be permanently damaging to your creative photographic health.

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Famous Photographers, Museums and Galleries

Yet Another High Dollar Sale of Ansel Adams Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico

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Ansel Adams - Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico 1941 - Swann Auction Galleries
Ansel Adams - Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico 1941 - Swann Auction Galleries

I have to wonder if this Ansel Adams image has become the Mona Lisa of the ‘Photography World’?

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Art, Black & White Photography, Famous Photographers, Museums and Galleries

Ellis Island Ghosts of Freedom Photography Exhibit by Stephen Wilkes at The Steuben Gallery

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Ellis Island - Ghosts of Freedom - Stephen Wilkes
Ellis Island - Ghosts of Freedom - Stephen Wilkes

Photographer Stephen Wilkes worked on images in the hospital complex at Ellis Island for five years. The infectious disease and psychiatric wings were his primary subjects.

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Documentary Photography, Famous Photographers, Museums and Galleries

Rock & Roll Photographers Well Hung in Tribute at Brooklyn Museum

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Henry Diltz (American, b. 1938). Tina Turner, Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles (detail), October 1985. Chromogenic print © Henry Diltz
Henry Diltz, Tina Turner, Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles (detail), October 1985. Chromogenic print © Henry Diltz

Last Updated: 3 November, 2009

The Brooklyn Museum is exhibiting works by photographers of Rock & Roll with an emphasis on the photographers

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Art, Black & White Photography, Famous Photographers, Film Photography

Edward Burtynsky Oil – Large Format Photographs at the Corcoran Gallery of Art

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Edward Burtynsky - Oil - "Silver Lake Operations #3 Lake Lefroy Australia"

Last Updated 08 October, 2009
Edward Burtynsky’s stunning large format photographs, having social and political ramifications, are

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Famous Photographers, Film Photography