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Art Subject: City
New York and the East River, 1975 Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare silver gelatin black and white photograph by Poly-Press, Bonn, Germany. A view of Manhattan and the East River, circa 1975.
Features:
Original silver gelatin photography unfra...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hobo on Bowery Street by Rollercoaster - Black and White Photographic Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Hobo on Bowery Street by Rollercoaster by Michael Ormerod is a 24" x 34" black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper from a limited edition of 10 prints.
Featured in the...
Category
20th Century American Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Mezzogiono al Pantheon, 1958 - Roma - Contemporary Black
White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork #1 / 5 sold in perfect condition printed on baryta heavyweight paper & framed (black metal border)
From the collection called "Art 2014", format 30x42 cm. SERIES OF 5 PRINTS...
Category
1950s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dubrovnik, Old Cobblestone City Croatia
By Roman Loranc
Located in Carmel, CA
Stunning photograph of Dubrovnik which was captured by the well known contemporary photographer.
Hand printed photograph
Gifted by the artist
Category
Early 2000s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$2,250 Sale Price
25% Off
Disappeared Rome - Foro Traiano - Vintage Photo - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
Disappeared Rome - Foro Traiano is a vintagel photographic print on single-coated paper.
On the back "Fotovedo" ink agency stamp and handwritten note...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Snow covered Central Park New York City limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Snow covered Central Park 1, New York City, USA - no. 11869
Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity includ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Twin Towers, Study 2, New York, New York, USA
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition 2 of 45
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains high...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
New York Apartments Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New York Apartments
1953
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
1953: A block of apartments on Park Lane in New York. The building is stepped so that the design include...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Views of "Spina di Borgo" - Vintage Photos - 1936
Located in Roma, IT
Views of Spina di Borgo is a lot of two vintage single-coated photographic prints. On the back a violet stamp "Fotovedo Roma..." and some hand-written notes in lapis reporting the da...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Man Entering Movie Theatre by Colored Entrance. Belzoni, Mississippi
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed on the front of the image. Image made in 1939 and printed mid to late 1970s.
Category
20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Transition - Contemporary Minimalist And Symbolic Photography, Black And White
Located in Salzburg, AT
Edition of 5 in format 75x52 cm Photograph on Hahnemuhle Paper ; Digigraphie technology , Limited edition, 75x52 cm + 5 cm white margin
The photo will be after purchese signed and s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Benares, India
By Linda Connor
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Printed onto direct positive Printing Out Paper and then gold-toned.
Linda Connor's imagery of ancient and sacred places explores the relationship between nature, civilization and s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Gold
Empty Town with Post in Foreground - Black and White Large Photographic Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Empty Town with post in Foreground by Michael Ormerod is a 24" x 34" black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper from a limited edition of 10 prints.
Featured in the 202...
Category
20th Century American Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Rolling Stones Tin Pan Alley b/w photographic silver gelatin LIFETIME print
Located in Norwich, GB
Terry O’Neill CBE is one of the world’s most collected photographers, with work hanging in national art galleries and private collections worldwide. From presidents to pop stars, he ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Chile House office building Hamburg with tram, Germany 1938, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirties, Karl Heinrich Lämmel produced several photographic reports of cities, including Munich and Cologne. Photographs that have yet to be seen and appreciated. Lämmel's pictures show a different view of Germany. His documentation is an unparalleled and intriguing insight into the working and everyday life of the time. Impressive images of cities and their architecture before the destruction of WWII .
The print is new, a Premium-FineArt-Print ( Hahnemühle 308g ), it comes in a secure role without passpartout and frame to reduce shipping cost. This sizes are limited to 25 copies per size.
Description: Das Chilehaus von der Straße Messberg im Kontorhausviertel in Hamburg mit Straßenbahn Richtung Altona, Deutschland 1930er Jahre. The Chile House, an old office building...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Hobo on Bowery Street by Rollercoaster - Black and White Photographic Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Hobo on Bowery Street by Rollercoaster by Michael Ormerod is an 8" x 10" black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper from a limited edition of 10 prints.
Featured in the...
Category
20th Century American Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a Historical Photo in black and white. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulously captured, an...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
New York City, Wall Street, Black and White Documentary Photography 1950s
Located in New york, NY
Wall Street, 1956 by Leonard Freed is a modern print signed verso (on back) by the estate/widow of the photographer, Brigitte Freed. This is a 24" x 20" gelatin silver print. Leonard...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Inga Lindgren and Poodles - Fashion Photograph New York Spring Street Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Inga Lindgren and Poodles - Fashion Photograph New York Spring Street Photograph by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Ed...
Category
20th Century American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, Black and White
Docomo Tower, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential amon...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
San Francisco, California (from the series "East Meets West")
By Tseng Kwong Chi
Located in New York, NY
Mounted gelatin silver print (Edition of 25)
Estate stamped in black ink, verso
Also titled, dated, and numbered in black ink, verso
20 x 16 inches, sheet size
15 x 15 inches, image size
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Photographer and conceptual artist Tseng Kwong Chi was born in Hong Kong, educated in Canada and Paris, and settled in New York where he befriended artists in the vibrant downtown arts scene of the late 1970s and 1980s. In his best-known work, “East Meets West,” Tseng wears a costume modeled after Chairman Mao, and creates a series of self-portraits in front of iconic landmarks around the world. These include Walter de Maria...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Homage to Giacomelli, Scanno, Abruzzo, Italy
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Abruzzo, located in southern Italy, is known as the ‘green region of Europe’ because of the system of parks and nature reserves covering more than one-third of its territory. It has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Greg
s Auto Shop, Nashville, Tennessee - America Nightlife Automobile Monochrome
By Morgan Silk
Located in Brighton, GB
'Greg's Auto Shop, Nashville, Tennessee' is a black and white archival inkjet print by Morgan Silk.
It is available in this size of 18" x 18" in a limited edition of 10.
A nightti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper
E-Z Street, Nashville, Tennessee - Street Photography America United States
By Morgan Silk
Located in Brighton, GB
'E-Z Street, Nashville, Tennessee' is a black and white archival inkjet print by Morgan Silk.
It is available in this size of 14.5" x 14.5" in a limited edition of 20.
The sunbur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Venice-City, Street Photography, Black and White, Italy 1950s, 13 x 17, 7 cm
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Rockefeller Center" by George Enell
Located in London, GB
"Rockefeller Center" by George Enell
circa 1945: The Rockefeller Center in midtown Manhattan, New York City. Designed by Raymond Hood, it was completed in May 1933.
Unframed
Paper ...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Canals near St. Nicolas church Hamburg Speicherstadt Germany 1938 Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
The Sex Pistols, Carnaby Street 1976 by Ray Stevenson
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition fine art photograph of The Sex Pistols by Ray Stevenson.
Shot on London's famous Carnaby Street, this pre-Sid Vicious, early shot of the Pistols features orig...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Bielsko Biala, Poland Street Scene
By Roman Loranc
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed photograph by artist.
Numbered 1/40, signed and dated on verso.
Signed in pencil on recto.
Mint Condition.
Framed in brushed warm walnut brown metal frame with plexiglass.
Category
2010s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Flying Bird over San Marco, Venice, Italy
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition of 40
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly inf...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
New York Harbor and Skyline, 1960s
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph offers a captivating view of New York Harbor, with the towering skyline of Lower Manhattan in the background. The United States Coast Guard building i...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Per vederci chiaro, 1962 - Limited Edition Black
White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition
Print called "Art 2014", format 42 x 60 cm. SERIES OF 5 PRINTS + 2 AP
The buildings in the center of Rome, built from the Renaissance until the unit...
Category
1960s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$1,585 Sale Price
20% Off
Il peso degli anni, Roma - 1962 - Contemporary Black
White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 2 on 5 sold in perfect condition
Print called "Art 2014", format 42 x 60 cm. SERIES OF 5 PRINTS + 2 AP
A tiny old lady, crushed by age, who comes home through the narrow st...
Category
1960s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$1,585 Sale Price
20% Off
View from belfry of Stuttgart city hall, Stuttgart Germany 1935, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
New York Skyline
SIGNED LIMITED EDITION
Located in London, GB
'New York Skyline' by Stuart Möller
The skyline of New York City, 2014.
The magnificent skyline of the iconic city of New York.
Beautiful mint condition SIGNED LIMITED Edition Ar...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Snow covered Central Park New York City monocome cityscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by Gerald Berghammer. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed with 4cm white border.
More Sizes:
4...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Summer Cat, Upstate New York, Black-and-White Documentary Landscape Photography
By Hank Gans
Located in New york, NY
Summer Cat, 2007 by Hank Gans, is a 19” x 13” black-and-white photograph of a white cat on a dusty road in upstate New York. On a lazy summer day the cat fol...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digital, Pigment, Archiva...
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Long Wall, Berwick, Northumberland, England. 1991
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential among ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Art Deco ott.c, Miami Beach Skirt Architectural Landscape Photography
By Luca Artioli
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The 'Miami Skin Series' it’s not a traditional collection of photos about the architecture of Miami and Miami Beach. It’s rather a quick journey between its own skin from the Art Deco District to the modern skyline of our days. Stripes, circles, squares, and reflections show only some details of important buildings but they all have the power to raise emotions and unexpected shapes and volumes inside us. A final touch is reserved for nature skin from the ocean to the tropical vegetation. You need now to make an effort of imagination to discover and compose all pictures and eventually frame it in your own mind.
Artioli captures beauty through his camera, creating artistic, painterly images by intentionally moving the camera during long exposures. These images represent 'the impression' of a world in constant movement.
From Miami Skin Series
Miami Beach Art Deco...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Gorbals Boys (1948) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Gorbals Boys (1948) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images Archive London)
Possibly Bert Hardy's most famous image.
Two boys in the Gorbals area of Glasgow.
The Gorbals tenements were built quickly and cheaply in the 1840s, providing housing for Glasgow's burgeoning population of industrial workers.
Conditions were appalling; overcrowding was standard and sewage and water facilities inadequate.
The tenements housed about 40,000 people with up to eight family members sharing a single room,
30 residents sharing a toilet and 40 sharing a tap.
By the time this photograph was taken 850 tenements had been demolished since 1920.
Redevelopment of the area began in the late 1950s and the tenements were replaced with a modern tower block complex in the sixties. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4499 - The Forgotten Gorbals - pub. 1948
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 20 x 16'' inches / 51 x 41 cm
Printed 2024
Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Limited edition issued and stamped on front by the Getty Archive London
Edition size 300 only
NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE
10 x 8''
10 x 12''
12 x 16''
16 x 20''
20 x 24''
FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
Bert Hardy Albert William Thomas Hardy (19 May 1913 – 3 July 1995)
was an English documentary and press photographer
known for his work published in the Picture Post magazine between 1941 and 1957.
Life and work Born in Blackfriars, Bert Hardy rose from humble working class origins in Southwark, London.
The eldest of seven children, he left school at age 14 to work for a chemist who also processed photos.
His first big sale came in 1936 when he photographed King George V and Queen Mary in a passing carriage during the Silver Jubilee celebrations, and sold 200 small prints of his best view of the King.
His first assignment, at age 23, was to photograph Hungarian actor Sakall at the Mayfair Hotel.
Hardy freelanced for The Bicycle magazine, and bought his first small-format 35 mm Leica.
He signed on with the General Photographic Agency as a Leica photographer,
later founding his own freelance firm, Criterion.
General Photographic Agency General Photographic Agency a Fleet Street, London agency, sold photos at least between 1880-1950.
Picture Post and World War II In 1941,
Hardy was recruited by the then editor Tom Hopkinson of the leading picture publication of the 1930s to the 1950s, Picture Post.
Founded in 1938 and funded by publisher Edward Hulton, the magazine's first editor was Hungarian émigré Stefan Lorant (1901–97) assisted by Hopkinson, who took over as editor from 1940. The picture-centric, left-leaning and reasonably-priced publication was highly successful and circulation soon rose to over a million.
Hardy's photographer colleagues included Felix H. Man (aka Hans Baumann...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Dawn Light, Loreto Aprutino, Abruzzo, Italy
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Abruzzo, located in southern Italy, is known as the ‘green region of Europe’ because of the system of parks and nature reserves covering more than one-third of its territory. It has one of the highest biodiversity indexes in Europe, and one of the richest areas of flora in the world.
In Abruzzo, Michael Kenna found a cultural identity that elsewhere, for the most part, has been lost to globalization and instant communication. Kenna photographed medieval ruins, ancient villages and a countryside rich in traditional cultivation. As curator Vincenzo de...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Rouge, Study 109, Dearborn, Michigan, USA
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition 3 of 45
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains high...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ratcliffe Power Station, Study 18, Nottinghamshire, England. 1984
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential among ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Allee, Tuxedo Park (Sepia Toned Pigment Print of Trees Along a Sunlit Path)
Located in Hudson, NY
Allee, Tuxedo Park, 2018
pigment print on watercolor paper, signed dated and numbered on face
16 1/4 X 13 edition of 4/25 $1,500
24 x 20, edition of 25, $2...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Covid 19 -2020-04-01-NY-Broadway Soho - Street Scene Black and White Photograph
Located in New York, NY
This is a 39.5 x 59 inches archival giclée black and white print on archival exhibition paper. It is part of a limited edition of 6 plus 2 AP. Signed and numbered in the back.
An ed...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée
New York City Skyline and Ferry, 1960s
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph captures the dramatic skyline of New York City, with towering skyscrapers rising above the water. In the foreground, a ferry glides across the river, ...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Krakow, Poland (Painting of Jesus Christ moving though city square))
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Finnish photographer Pentti Sammallahti depicts nature, eroded and broken down by civilization, but does not put man and the environment in opposite camps. He sees an equal relations...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Night view Rio De Janeiro - Vintage b/w Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Night view Rio De Janeiro - Vintage b/w Photo realized in the 1970s. Copyright by press Agency Credit Photo, N. Drei.
With some handwriting on the rear.
Stamped on the rear.
Good ...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$115 Sale Price
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"Marilyn On The Roof" by Ed Feingersh
By Ed Feingersh
Located in London, GB
"Marilyn On The Roof" by Ed Feingersh
American actress Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) leans over the balcony of the Ambassador Hotel in March 1955 i...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Snow Moon and Cloud, New York City, Night Photography, Black and White, Edition
Located in New york, NY
Commonly referred to as the Snow Moon because of snowfall typical in February, the bright orb illuminated the night sky in New York City. The Snow Moon was the second full moon of 20...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Bay Bridge (San Francisco) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Landscape
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bay Bridge (San Francisco) - 2023
20x20cm,
Edition of 7, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signed on back with Certificate.
Not mounted.
The City...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Polaroid
On Broadway, New York City (1955) - Large size Black
White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
This photo was made in 1955, the negative was digitized during the artist's lifetime and the technical parameters (framing, contrast, light, etc.) was approved by him. This is a very high quality fine art prints on 310 gr/m² Fine Art paper with museum quality pigment inks.
“ On Broadway, near Trinity Church”, New York December 1955. A rainy Sunday morning, a solitary pedestrian seems to be falling over on the slippery surface. As is always the case with Fabrizio La Torre’s photographs, quite apart from the artistic merit, this picture invites us to speculate what is the story behind it: why this deserted avenue at 11:10 on that particular morning, what was the man in the rain doing, why is that car defiantly parked right underneath a no parking sign...
Category
1950s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$2,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Paris, France, Black-and-White Photography, Rooftops, Architecture, Cities
Located in New york, NY
An iconic black-and-white image from the 1980s in France, a rooftop vista from an 11th "arrondissement" (district) apartment window Paris Rooftops, 1988 by Roberta Fineberg is an 11"...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
The two booksellers, Roma 1968 - Contemporary Black
White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in perfect condition
Limited Edition of 5 + 2 AP
The two booksellers, Rome (1968), both very elegant in jackets and ties, on their way to put their cart of b...
Category
1960s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$1,585 Sale Price
20% Off
Brassaï Original Black
White Photograph of a Street Fair
By Brassaï
Located in New York, NY
BRASSAI (Hungarian–French, 1899-1984)
Street Fair on the Place d'Italie, 1931
Medium: Sheet-fed Gravure
Printing Date: 1970's
Printed in the USA
Image: 10 1/2 x 8 inches
Framed: 14 1/2 x 12 inches
Although his real nameis Gyula Halasz, he took the name Brassai from his birthplace, and it means someone who comes from Brasov. He used the name all his adult life and is known throughout the world as Brassai.
He was of Hungarian ethnic origins. Brasov in Transylvania has been a part of Romania since the end of the First World War, and that region is still largely populated by ‘Romanain-Hungarians.’ Two of these became well known in the film industry: Bela Lugosi and Gabriel Pascal. When the Austro-Hungarian Empire was dismantled after the War, most of its territories were distributed amongst a number of nations. It was at this time that Transylvania returned to its earlier identity as part of Romania.
Brassai had served in the Austro-Hungarian cavalry for the last year of the War, 1917-1918. After he settled in Paris in 1924, Brassai never returned to his homeland, remaining in exile for the rest of his life. His parents continued to live in Brasov but joined him for long visits in Paris.
In 1949 Brassai became a French citizen, having been a stateless person since 1947. He fell in love with a French woman, Gilberte Boyer, and they married in 1948. Gilberte worked closely with her husband as he pursued his photographic career, helping him develop prints in his dark-room, and often writing descriptions of the subjects and personalities. It was also in 1949 that a book with 207 photographs of Picasso’s sculptures was published, with photographs by Brassai. He and Picasso became friends and the latter asked him to photograph his work for this volume. Brassai was a frequent visitor to Picasso’s studio and there he took several portraits of the artist.
Brassai has become one of the leading photographers of the twentieth century with collectors all over the world seeking his work. In an era which produced several brilliant and inspired photographers, not least Brassai’s friend Man Ray, he was able to capture a quality of magic in the atmosphere, bordering on the supernatural. Many of his pictures were taken at night or in fog, a frequent condition in Paris in the early part of the twentieth century. Even his day time photographs capture a moment of eerie transition between the mundane and the surreal. He is on the doorstep of another world where time stands still. Light becomes spectral as if it is the breath of an invisible power. Figures seem set in amber. Wet cobbles seem to slither and flow. A Master of capturing the ordinary, Brassai saw things as they were but transmuted the scene through his use of the lens into something outside the ordinary.
Brassai was a familiar figure prowling round Paris after dark with his camera and tripod and heavy bag of glass photographic plates. He was sometimes accompanied by Ernest Hemingway, Henry Miller, or Leon Paul...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Tallinn, Estonia
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Finnish photographer Pentti Sammallahti depicts nature, eroded and broken down by civilization, but does not put man and the environment in opposite camps. He sees an equal relations...
Category
Early 2000s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
New York City, Staten Island Ferry, Wave Goodbye, Cities, Black-and-White Photo
Located in New york, NY
A black-and-white image shot on film, Roberta Fineberg captures on a carefree summer day a child's hand waving goodbye, prophetically perhaps at the Worl...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
New York City Waterfront, Cities Photo, Downtown Manhattan Bridges, Edition
Located in New york, NY
A black-and-white cityscape photograph In the photographer's Cities series features a view of the East River in Lower Manhattan in summertime. Shot at dusk from a small boat on the E...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film
Miami Stripes 01. Black and White Architectural landscape Photograph
By Luca Artioli
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The 'Miami Skin Series' it’s not a traditional collection of photos about the architecture of Miami and Miami Beach. It’s rather a quick journey between its own skin from the Art Dec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Hello (Ghosts of Route 99) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Landscape
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Hello (Ghosts of Route 99) - 2021
Route 99 used to cut right through Bakersfield. The streets were filled with Motels for the weary traveler. In the 1970s the highway was moved, ki...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Polaroid, Silver Gelatin
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Welcome to the Surreal and Sensual World of Mona Kuhn
The photographer made her name shooting luminous nudes. Her latest works reframe what an image can hold.
Some of the Best Beatles Photos Were Taken by Paul McCartney
A trove of recently unearthed personal photos adds another dimension to the abundance of press images of the Fab Four.
This Photo of Big Sur Reveals the Awesomeness and Intimacy of Nature
When a beachcomber accidentally stepped in front of Jeffrey Conley’s camera, a perfect moment was captured.
Queen Elizabeth’s Life in Photos
She was one of the most photographed women in history, but the world’s longest-reigning queen remained something of a mystery throughout her decades on the throne.
Photographer to Know: William Klein
The noted lensman brought a bold sense of irony to fashion photography in the 1950s and '60s, transforming the industry. But his work in street photography, documentary filmmaking and abstract art is just as striking.
David Yarrow Tells Us the Tales behind His Wild, Wild Photography
To capture many of the cinematic images in his new show, the famed photographer traveled to the still-rugged parts of Alaska and the Rocky Mountains, shooting supermodels and carnivores alike.
Lori Grinker’s Artful Photographs of a Young Mike Tyson Are a Knockout!
The New York photographer tells us how an encounter with the then-13-year-old boxer led to a decade-long project that saw them both go pro.
John Dolan’s Photographs Capture the Art and Soul of a Wedding Day
In a new book compiling 30 years' worth of images, the photographer reveals that it's the in-between moments that make a wedding special.
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