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Item Ships From: Illinois
KISS (BLACK
WHITE)
By Susan Aurinko
Located in Chicago, IL
Archival inkjet print on Hahnemühle fine art matte paper
Edition size: 11
Paper size: 16 x 20 inches
Sold Matted with 3" white mat
Also, available in 11" x 14&q...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Bullets and Nails by Zack Whitford
By Zack Whitford
Located in Chicago, IL
Limited edition Archival Pigment Print on Archival Canson Platine Fibre Rag paper.
Signed and numbered by the artist.
Edition size: 25
16" x 20" Print
Please inquire about framing options
BIO:
A gifted young street photographer, who just happens to be the son of Aerosmith’s rhythm guitarist, Brad Whitford, is set loose with the band. The result is a take on rock photography that blows through all the commercial conventions of hype-driven money shots. ~Michael Weinstein...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Over, Vienna 2014
By Susan Aurinko
Located in Chicago, IL
Archival inkjet print on Hahnemühle fine art matte paper, matted and framed
Edition size: 11
Paper size: 8 x 11 inches
Frame size: 15 x 18 inches
Also, available in 11"...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, Las Vegas 1961, The Rat Pack, Black
White Photo
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Two of the famed Rat Pack are shown here is this playful photograph by Art Shay. Dean Martin carries Frank Sinatra across the stage while the other members enjoy the antics in this ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Martin Luther King Speaking at Soldier Field, Chicago 1966
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
“Art Shay’s photography shakes you up, sets you down gently, pats you on the head and then kicks you in the ass.”
Roger Ebert
“[Shay’s work] ranks with some of the greats of the 20th century.”
Ellen & Richard Sandor, Renowned photo collectors
“I’ve admired Art Shay’s work for almost forty years, and he keeps getting better. He can do anything with a camera, but what he mostly does is capture real moments and transform them into visual poetry. His work continues to be an inspiration to me.”
William Friedkin, Director of French Connection
“Art Shay is one of our finest photographers. His work over the past fifty years has artfully captured the beauty, humor, and pathos of America.”
Studs Terkel
“Art Shay is one of the best photojournalists I know. I’ve been a fan of his work since the early 1950s - before the launch of playboy magazine.”
Hugh Hefner
“Algren, Terkel, Royko, they gave us a voice. Art Shay gave us a face.”
Tony Fitzpatrick, Chicago Artist
“Art Shay is America’s Cartier-Bresson.”
Thomas Dyja, author of The Third Coast
“Chicago’s Art Shay in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a cold eye, a clear head, and a warm heart. What is it about Chicago that keeps giving us men like this?”
Russell Banks, Novelist
“The best images of Simone de Beauvoir and her times have been passed down to us by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gisele Freund, Robert Doisneau, Georges Brassai, and in America, the Chicago-based Art Shay, all world-class photographers.”
Christophe Loviny, Art Editor, Paris
“Art Shay is the best photo-journalist Chicago ever produced.”
Arthur Siegel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hedda Hopper - Hat Lady, Hollywood circa 1956, Photo Signed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Gossip columnist, Hedda Hopper sits with a lion in hollywood. Framing options available.
Art Shay
Hedda Hopper - Hat Lady, Hollywood, 1956
silver gelatin print, printed circa 2016
2...
Category
1960s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Wrestling Action, 1975, Black
White Photo, Multiple Frames, Framed
Signed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Wrestling action is captured in this multi-framed photography by Art Shay. Five frames show the take down and the referee's decision. The photo is matted with a heavy white mat, si...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wrassle Mania, 1975, Multi-Exposure Black and White Photograph, Framed, Signed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
This multi-exposure photograph in what Art called "wrassling" shows all angles of the sport of wrestling. The photograph is signed on the back and matted with a heavy white mat and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Apples and Oranges - Limited Edition, Fruit, Kitchen, Red, Woman, Interior
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Apples and Oranges by Patty Carroll depicts a woman sitting in her kitchen, decorated in red and orange hues. Fruit fills the room as she holds a scale, appearing to compare her appl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marcel Marceau Shopping on Maxwell circa 1956, Photo Signed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcel Marceau tries on hats along Maxwell Street circa 1955. Framing options available.
Art Shay
Marcel Marceau Shopping on Maxwell, 1955
silver gelatin print, printed circa 2016
1...
Category
1960s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hands Together - Intertwined Hands, Silver Gelatin Print, Matted and Framed
By Doug Birkenheuer
Located in Chicago, IL
The simplicity of hands intertwined are captured in this beautiful silver gelatin print by Doug Birkenheuer. This photograph captures light, shadow, shape and texture to great effec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tracks to War, New Jersey, 1943, Black and White Photograph, Signed, Framed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
“Art Shay’s photography shakes you up, sets you down gently, pats you on the head and then kicks you in the ass.” Roger Ebert “[Shay’s work] ranks with some of the greats of the 20...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Staired Down - Limited Edition Color Photograph, Woman Artist, Interior, Pastel
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Staired Down is a limited edition color photograph, depicting a staged interior scene of a mannequin falling down a set of stairs, in a light green and pink decorated room.
Edition ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Stripes
Kisses, Chicago, Geometric Patterns, 2 Children Kissing, B&W Photo
By Kirill Polevoy
Located in Chicago, IL
Patterns abound in this black and white photograph by Kirill Polevoy. The stairs, the woman's patterned tunic, the shadows all take us to the two children in the background, sneakin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Three to Four Ages of Women - Black and White Street Photography by Art Shay
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Art Shay's true love was street photography. It is evidently clear in this shot entitled "The Three, Maybe Four, Ages of Women" with the young mannequin bride, the middle aged women...
Category
1950s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Floating Sasha - Black
White Photograph, Birds Eye View of A Woman Floating
By Kirill Polevoy
Located in Chicago, IL
A woman floats in a pool with her dark hair trailing behind her. Her dark cat shaped sunglasses and checked bathing suit are reminiscent of a bygone era. This photograph is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
Kirill Polevoy
Floating Sasha, Montana
archival pigment print
30h x 40w in
76.20h x 101.60w cm
1/25
KIP037
“Through a black and white lens, hidden stories of everyday objects become apparent. The juxtaposition of strong light and dark shadows transform and illuminate detail that would otherwise be dismissed. Diminutive elements become rich in meaning allowing compositions to effortlessly evolve. As I attempt to uncover the hidden truth of the world around me, I am inevitably mesmerized by it and I hope you will be too.”
A self-taught photographer, Kirill Polevoy, first started making photographs with an old Russian film camera...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Man of Steel" Tony Zale Coaches CYO Youth, 1950, Signed, Black
White Photo
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Two-Time World Middleweight champion Tony Zale was know as the Man of Steel. He left the ring in 1948 and is shown here coaching youth in Chicago. The p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gun, Brooklyn - Black and White Photograph, Graffiti and Young Man in Brooklyn
By Kirill Polevoy
Located in Chicago, IL
The photographer walks cities with his Leica camera capturing unexpected moments. His brand of street photography is sometimes poignant and sometimes hum...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
All That Glitters, Bahamas by Cristina Mittermeier - Flamingos
By Cristina Mittermeier
Located in Chicago, IL
"All That Glitters"
Bahamas , 2021
Available sizes:
20 x 45 in / Edition of 6
32 x 73 in / Edition of 6
39 x 90 in / Edition of 6
"As the setting sun doused the islands in fiery g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Twinkle Toes, North Pole by Cristina Mittermeier
By Cristina Mittermeier
Located in Chicago, IL
"Twinkle Toes"
North Pole (Russia), 2017
20 x 30 in / Edition of 6 - $4,500
Also available:
32 x 48 in / Edition of 6 - $7,500
40 x 60 in / Edition of 6 - $10,500
50 x 75 in / Ed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gale Sayers #40, 1966 - Color Photograph by Art Shay for Sports Illustrated
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Art Shay
Gale Sayers #40, 1966
archival pigment print
20.25 x 24.25 framed
3/3
ASY028
“Art Shay’s photography shakes you up, sets you down gently, pats you on the head and then kicks you in the ass.”
Roger Ebert
“[Shay’s work] ranks with some of the greats of the 20th century.”
Ellen & Richard Sandor, Renowned photo collectors
“I’ve admired Art Shay’s work for almost forty years, and he keeps getting better. He can do anything with a camera, but what he mostly does is capture real moments and transform them into visual poetry. His work continues to be an inspiration to me.”
William Friedkin, Director of French Connection
“Art Shay is one of our finest photographers. His work over the past fifty years has artfully captured the beauty, humor, and pathos of America.”
Studs Terkel
“Art Shay is one of the best photojournalists I know. I’ve been a fan of his work since the early 1950s - before the launch of playboy magazine.”
Hugh Hefner
“Algren, Terkel, Royko, they gave us a voice. Art Shay gave us a face.”
Tony Fitzpatrick, Chicago Artist
“Art Shay is America’s Cartier-Bresson.”
Thomas Dyja, author of The Third Coast
“Chicago’s Art Shay in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a cold eye, a clear head, and a warm heart. What is it about Chicago that keeps giving us men like this?”
Russell Banks, Novelist
“The best images of Simone de Beauvoir and her times have been passed down to us by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gisele Freund, Robert Doisneau, Georges Brassai, and in America, the Chicago-based Art Shay, all world-class photographers.”
Christophe Loviny, Art Editor, Paris
“Art Shay is the best photo-journalist Chicago ever produced.”
Arthur Siegel...
Category
1960s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
A Farm Grandma Waiting for Kids, 1951
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
“Art Shay’s photography shakes you up, sets you down gently, pats you on the head and then kicks you in the ass.”
Roger Ebert
“[Shay’s work] ranks with some of the greats of the 20...
Category
1950s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Azul, Cuba by Cristina Mittermeier
By Cristina Mittermeier
Located in Chicago, IL
"Azul"
Jardines de la Reina, Cuba, 2017
Available sizes:
20 x 30 in / Edition of 6
32 x 48 in / Edition of 6
40 x 60 in / Edition of 6
50 x 75 in / Edition of 6
"Suspended alone i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Panther - Limited Edition Color Photograph, Woman Artist, Interior, Decor
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Panther is a color photograph of a staged panther themed room, created by photographer Patty Carroll. This scene consists of a mannequin, representing a woman, laying on a couch surr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Red Red Wine
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 15
Signed by Patty Carroll
Paper size: 30 x 30 in., Image size: 22 x 22 in.
From the series, Anonymous Women
Patty Carroll is an American photographer who has taught and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Glowing by Osama Esber - Contemporary Figurative Photography
Located in Chicago, IL
Glowing
Available Sizes:
16” x 20” Edition of 25 with 3 Artist Proofs
20” x 24” Edition of 10 with 3 Artist Proofs
30” x 40” Edition of 7 with 3 Artist Proofs
Artist Poem on "Glow...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Climbing by Osama Esber - Contemporary Figurative Photography - Surfer
Located in Chicago, IL
Climbing
Archival Pigment Print
Available Sizes:
16” x 20” Edition of 25 with 3 Artist Proofs
20” x 24” Edition of 10 with 3 Artist Proofs
30” x 40” Edition of 7 with 3 Artist Pr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pie Eyed - Color Photograph, Kitchen, Food, Woman Artist, Dessert
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Pie-eyed by Patty Carroll is a color photograph depicting a woman in a red and white colored kitchen, surrounded by various baked desserts.
Archival Pigment Print
Edition of 15
Sign...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jello Mello
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 15
Signed by Patty Carroll
Paper size: 30 x 30 in., Image size: 22 x 22 in.
From the series, Anonymous Women
Frame not included.
Patty Carroll is an American photographer who has taught and practiced photography since the 1970’s. Her photography is characterized as vivid and boldly colored. Where her earlier works include typologies and portraiture, her new work symbolically expresses the domestic roles of women, via the series, Invisible Women.
She earned a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Illinois and in 1972, she graduated with a Master of Science in Photography from the Institute of Design at IIT, Chicago. Since receiving her MS in Photography, Carroll has been teaching photography at universities worldwide. She has been a professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Columbia College and the Royal College of Art in London, among other schools. Carroll’s photography has been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, The Art Institute in Chicago, White Box Museum in Beijing, and The Photographers Association in Ningbo, China.
Her work has received many merits, publications, and grants. In 2014, she was listed in Photolucida’s “Top 50...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Panther - Limited Edition Color Photograph, Woman Artist, Interior, Decor
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Panther is a color photograph of a staged panther themed room, created by photographer Patty Carroll. This scene consists of a mannequin, representing a woman, laying on a couch surr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Panther - Limited Edition Color Photograph, Woman Artist, Interior, Decor
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Panther is a color photograph of a staged panther themed room, created by photographer Patty Carroll. This scene consists of a mannequin, representing a woman, laying on a couch surr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cooking the Goose - Limited Edition Color Photograph, Woman Artist, Kitchen
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Cooking the Goose by Patty Carroll presents a chaotic scene. A woman is stuck in an oven, her arms reaching out from the burners and legs kicking out...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cutting the Cord by Patty Carroll, 2023, Archival Pigment Print, Photography
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Cutting the Cord by Patty Carroll is a 22 x 22 inch archival pigment print, available in an edition of 15 This sheet size of this photograph is 30 x 30 inches, and the image size is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Atomic Kitchen by Patty Carroll, 2023, Archival Pigment Print, Photography
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Atomic Kitchen by Patty Carroll presents a chaotic scene, a teal and aqua decorated kitchen with green plants and produce spilling out of the fridge. A ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rock God by Zack Whitford - Steven Tyler in concert - Aerosmith
By Zack Whitford
Located in Chicago, IL
Steven Tyler in Concert
Archival pigment print
Edition size: 25
16" x 20" print
Please inquire about framing options
BIO
"A gifted young street photographer, who just happens to be the son of Aerosmith’s rhythm guitarist, Brad Whitford, is set loose with the band. The result is a take on rock photography that blows through all the commercial conventions of hype-driven money shots." ~Michael Weinstein...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Provocateur
By Susan Aurinko
Located in Chicago, IL
Archival inkjet print on Hahnemühle fine art matte paper, matted and framed.
Edition size: 11
Framed size: 23 x 18 inches
Susan Aurinko, photographer and curator, has shown her wo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Juicy - Pink Lips - Pop Art
By Susan Aurinko
Located in Chicago, IL
Archival inkjet print on Hahnemühle fine art matte paper
Edition size: 11
16 x 20 inches
20 x 24 inches
Susan Aurinko, photographer and curator, has shown her work in solo exhibit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Quechuan Woman by Zack Whitford - Contemporary Portrait Photography
By Zack Whitford
Located in Chicago, IL
Limited edition Archival Pigment Print on Archival Canson Platine Fibre Rag paper.
Signed and numbered by the artist.
Edition size: 25
16" x 20" Print
Please inquire about fra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sour Grapes by Patty Carroll, 2023, Archival Pigment Print, Photography
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Sour Grapes by Patty Carroll presents a chaotic scene, a room filled by grapes, vines and wine bottles. A woman lies back in her chair, covered in the grapes and vines overtaking the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Plant Lady
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 15
Signed by Patty Carroll
Paper size: 30 x 30 in., Image size: 22 x 22 in.
From the series, Anonymous Women
Frame not included.
Patty Carroll is an American photographer...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Eden
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 15
Signed by Patty Carroll
Paper size: 30 x 30 in., Image size: 22 x 22 in.
From the series, Anonymous Women
Frame not included.
Patty Carroll is an American photographer...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$2,200
Newsie
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 15
Signed by Patty Carroll
Paper size: 30 x 30 in., Image size: 22 x 22 in.
From the series, Anonymous Women
Patty Carroll is an American photographer who has taught and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blues
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 15
Signed, titled, dated and numbered by Patty Carroll
Paper size: 30 x 30 in., Image size: 22 x 22 in.
From the series, Anonymous Women
Patty Carroll is an American phot...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$2,200
Bed of Roses
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 15
Signed by Patty Carroll
Paper size: 30 x 30 in., Image size: 22 x 22 in.
From the series, Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise
Patty Carroll is an American photographer wh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Framing Her Life (and Plants)
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 15
Signed by Patty Carroll
Paper size: 30 x 30 in., Image size: 22 x 22 in.
From the series, Anonymous Women
Patty Carroll is an American photographer who has taught and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Accessories
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 15
Signed by Patty Carroll
Paper size: 30 x 30 in., Image size: 22 x 22 in.
From the series, Anonymous Women
Patty Carroll is an American photographer who has taught and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rosey
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 15
Archival pigment print
Paper size: 30 x 30 in., Image size: 22 x 22 in.
Signed by Patty Carroll
From the series, Anonymous Women
Patty Carroll is an American photograp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$2,200
Staired Down - Limited Edition Color Photograph, Woman Artist, Interior, Pastel
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Staired Down is a limited edition color photograph, depicting a staged interior scene of a mannequin falling down a set of stairs, in a light green and pink decorated room.
Edition ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Panther - Limited Edition Color Photograph, Woman Artist, Interior, Decor
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Panther is a color photograph of a staged panther themed room, created by photographer Patty Carroll. This scene consists of a mannequin, representing a woman, laying on a couch surr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Fan Club by Patty Carroll, 2021, Archival Pigment Print, Photography
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Fan Club by Patty Carroll is an archival pigment print, available in an edition of 15. This photograph features a mannequin reclining in a green chair, fanning herself while being su...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lovejoy AKA Brooklyn, Illinois, Sisters for Ebony Magazine, 1952, by Art Shay
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Art Shay
Brooklyn: Sisters, 1952
silver gelatin print
24.25 x 20.25 framed
ASY103
Art Shay photographed the community of Brooklyn, IL for Ebony Magazine, 1952. These photographs are the result of that experience.
Brooklyn (popularly known as Lovejoy), is a village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. Located two miles north of East St. Louis, Illinois and three miles northeast of downtown St. Louis, Missouri, it is the oldest town incorporated by African Americans in the United States. It was founded by freed and fugitive slaves from St. Louis, led by "Mother" Priscilla Baltimore in the period of 1829 to 1839. Its motto is "Founded by Chance, Sustained by Courage".
“Art Shay’s photography shakes you up, sets you down gently, pats you on the head and then kicks you in the ass.” Roger Ebert
“[Shay’s work] ranks with some of the greats of the 20th century.” Ellen & Richard Sandor, Renowned photo collectors
“I’ve admired Art Shay’s work for almost forty years, and he keeps getting better. He can do anything with a camera, but what he mostly does is capture real moments and transform them into visual poetry. His work continues to be an inspiration to me.” William Friedkin, Director of French Connection
“Art Shay is one of our finest photographers. His work over the past fifty years has artfully captured the beauty, humor, and pathos of America.” Studs Terkel “Art Shay is one of the best photojournalists I know. I’ve been a fan of his work since the early 1950s - before the launch of playboy magazine.” Hugh Hefner
Algren, Terkel, Royko, they gave us a voice. Art Shay gave us a face.” Tony Fitzpatrick, Chicago Artist
“Art Shay is America’s Cartier-Bresson.” Thomas Dyja, author of The Third Coast
“Chicago’s Art Shay in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a cold eye, a clear head, and a warm heart. What is it about Chicago that keeps giving us men like this?” Russell Banks, Novelist
“The best images of Simone de Beauvoir and her times have been passed down to us by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gisele Freund, Robert Doisneau, Georges Brassai, and in America, the Chicago-based Art Shay, all world-class photographers.” Christophe Loviny, Art Editor, Paris
“Art Shay is the best photo-journalist Chicago ever produced.” Arthur Siegel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Young Pool Shark, Chicago 1949, Black
White Photograph, Framed, Signed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
“Art Shay’s photography shakes you up, sets you down gently, pats you on the head and then kicks you in the ass.”
Roger Ebert
“[Shay’s work] ranks with some of the greats of the 20...
Category
1940s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Split Personality - Color Photograph, Woman Artist, Interior, Blue, Green
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Split Personality by Patty Carroll is a color photograph depicting a duo-toned interior. Bright green and blue shades divide the room in half, with arms and legs emerging from the fu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Panther - Limited Edition Color Photograph, Woman Artist, Interior, Decor
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Panther is a color photograph of a staged panther themed room, created by photographer Patty Carroll. This scene consists of a mannequin, representing a woman, laying on a couch surr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bird in Hand by Patty Carroll, 2023, Archival Pigment Print
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Bird in Hand by Patty Carroll presents a chaotic scene. A woman sits in a neutral toned room, surrounded by colorful birds. Botanical patterned curtains...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Leafing Home by Patty Carroll, 2023, Archival Pigment Print
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Leafing Home by Patty Carroll presents a chaotic botanical scene. A woman sits on top of suitcases covered in tropical leaves. She wears leaf printed clothing, and is surrounded by palm, monstera, and banana leaves. This theme is reflected in her environment, with tropical printed curtains...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Puzzled by Patty Carroll, 2022, Archival Pigment Print, Photography
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Puzzled by Patty Carroll presents a vibrantly colored chaotic room. A woman stands hunched over a table overflowing with puzzle pieces. Stacks of puzzle boxes surround the room, wit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gone Postal by Patty Carroll, 2023, Archival Pigment Print, Photography
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Gone Postal by Patty Carroll presents a chaotic scene, a room filled with orange, yellow and green luggage and scattered with postcards seeming to fall from above. A woman lies amids...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
01.27.07
By Cornelia Hediger
Located in Morton Grove, IL
c-print
21 x 19"
2007
edition of 15
Provenance- The Nevica Project, Chicago IL
BIO-
Born in Switzerland, Cornelia Hediger currently lives and works in NYC. She earned both her BFA ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Red Balls
By Patty Carroll
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 15
Signed by Patty Carroll
Paper size: 30 x 30 in., Image size: 22 x 22 in.
From the series, Anonymous Women
Patty Carroll is an American photographer who has taught and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
