Phillip Townsend Figurative Photography

Derby Spectator A spectator looking through binoculars at the Derby horse races, Epsom, Surrey, June 1923. (Photo by Hulton / Getty Archive) Darkro...

Dinner Jazz American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome. Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estat...

Gelatin silver print 10 x 8 in. Auriga - Verlag Stamp on paper attached to verso.

Mary Illen Ft. Worth, TX by John Stryker is a 10 x 8 inch silver gelatin print. This photograph is signed in ink on print recto and titled in pencil on print verso. This photograph features a cowgirl riding a light colored horse, resting at a river. The horse reaches down to the water for a drink, while the woman looks down lovingly at the horse. John Stryker was born in Rockford, Illinois, September 1, 1883. He is most remembered for his body of photographs he took of the "Olympic of Western sport"*- the Rodeo. During his lifetime he crossed America, working rodeos as an announcer, a producer, promoter and sometimes a rider. He invented the chute that the animals come out of and he developed new ways of photographing action during an event. Dramatic shots were taken from the ground, propping his camera on the toe of his right boot right next to a bucking bronco. Some historians believe that John Stryker was directly responsible for the growth and sophistication of the sport. His negatives are in the collection of the University of Texas at Permian Basin, Odessa. His photographs have been exhibited during his lifetime at the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody, Wyoming, and the Amon Carter Museum in Ft. Worth, Texas. His photographs have been published widely including Life, Look, The Cattleman, The Western Horseman, and The Quarter Horse Journal. In 1977, The Rodeo of John Addison Stryker...

© Michael Putland Tom Waits on Portobello Road Tom Waits walking on Portobello Road, London, 1976 Tom Waits is an iconic American singer-songwriter known for his gravelly voice, e...

© Michael Putland Elton John, Marc Bolan & Ringo Starr Elton John, Marc Bolan of T-Rex and Ringo Starr at a party after the premiere of 'Born to Boogie' Marc's film directed by Rin...

© Michael Putland Leonard Cohen London 1974 Leonard Cohen was a renowned Canadian singer-songwriter and poet, celebrated for his deep, haunting voice and profound lyrics that delv...

© Michael Putland Siouxsie Sioux Siouxsie Sioux, London 1980 Siouxsie Sioux is a pioneering English singer, songwriter, and frontwoman of Siouxsie and the Banshees, renowned for h...

Edition of 15 Signed, dated and numbered. Series: Suburbia Bill Owens was born and raised in California. After volunteering in the Peace Corps he picked up photography and began his...

Amodaj created the Hoop and Ball series of photographs in June 2010 with dancer and author Shawnrey Notto. The photographs were based on an earlie...

Kings Of Hollywood 1957 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Clark Gable (1901 – 1960), Van Heflin (1910 – 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 – 1961) and James Stewart (1908 – 1997) enjoying...

© Michael Putland New Barbarians – Keith Richards & Ronnie Wood Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood (of the Rolling Stones) being interviewed to promote their band the New Barbarians, N...