JAMES VAN DER ZEE – STUDIO

Posted on 2019-04-15

James Van Der Zee, the celebrated African American photographer whose studio was at the crossroads of the Harlem Renaissance, depicted the lives of black New Yorkers for decades. Spanning the 1920s through the 1950s, James Van Der Zee: Studio marks the photographer’s first exhibition in New York in over 15 years, providing a window into his legendary studio and the vast archive he created of Harlem’s cultural history. Van Der Zee’s inclusion in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Harlem on My Mind exhibition in 1969 brought his work to a new audience, securing his reputation as one of the great photographers of the 20th century.

Opposite – Elks, 1931

Exhibition runs through to April 27th, 2019

Howard Greenberg Gallery
41 East 57th Street
New York
10022 NY

www.howardgreenberg.com

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ALFRED STIEGLITZ – CAMERA WORK (1903 – 1917)

Posted on 2019-04-15

Stieglitz, regarded as the father of modern photography, a proponent for promoting the avant-garde movement in art and an influential gallerist, was also the editor and publisher of Camera Work, one of the most important photographic publications of the 20th century. Spanning over 15 years, Stieglitz published exquisite photogravures of his seminal images alongside images by fellow photographers including Edward Steichen and Paul Strand, all of whom were embracing the modern photographic movement.

Opposite – Old and New New York (1910), 1911

Exhibition runs through to April 27th, 2019

Robert Mann Gallery
525 West 26th Street, Floor 2
New York
10001 NY

www.robertmann.com

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ALFRED EISENSTAEDT – PORTRAITS OF THE PAST

Posted on 2019-04-15

The German-born American photographer, best known for his candid black-and-white photographs of celebrities, politicians, and captivating street scenes, captured life, movement and emotion in a strong yet natural manner.

Alfred Eisenstaedt was born 1898 in Dirschau, West Prussia. In 1906 his family moved to Berlin where he studied music, received his first camera, an Eastman Kodak Number Three, and used his parents bathroom for a makeshift dark room. Eisenstaedt was drafted into the German army after the outbreak of WW1 and served at the front lines in Flanders until April 1918, enemy fire crippled both his legs, yet thankfully his life was spared. After the war, he worked as a salesman, but continually found success with assignments as a freelance photographer. His first major mission was covering Thomas Mann accepting the Nobel Prize in literature in 1929. Eisenstaedt came under the influence of photographer Erich Salomon and his work regularly found its way into Die Dame, Berliner Illustrierte, The Graphic, The London Illustrated News and many other magazines.

Opposite – Future Ballerinas of the American Ballet Theater, 1937

Exhibition runs through to April 27th, 2019

Robert Mann Gallery
525 West 26th Street, Floor 2
New York
10001 NY

www.robertmann.com

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WILLIAM EGGLESTON – 2¼

Posted on 2019-04-08

The works in the 2 ¼ series are notable within Eggleston’s oeuvre for their distinct format. He shot the photographs using a two-and-one-quarter-inch medium-format camera, resulting in images that exist between the registers of portraiture and landscape, dissolving the boundaries between the two. The individuals, cars, parking lots, and local stores and businesses that the artist depicts in the series speak to the uniformity of postwar material culture while revealing the distinct character and idiosyncrasies of the people and places that populate the American landscape. Through Eggleston’s lens, a rusted-over Cadillac dealer’s sign becomes both a potent emblem of industrial decline and a lushly toned formalist colourscape of rich blues and bronzes. Vermeer-like, Eggleston exhibits a sensitivity to the powerful yet diffuse light that permeates these spaces. Several images from the series capture cars parked in litter-strewn lots, immersed within this special saturated glow.

Opposite – William Eggleston, Untitled, c. 1977, Courtesy Eggleston Artistic Trust and David Zwirner, © Eggleston Artistic Trust

Exhibition runs April 12th through to June 1st, 2018

David Zwirner
24 Grafton Street
London
W1S 4EZ

www.davidzwirner.com

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NIV ROZENBERG

Posted on 2019-04-08

Niv Rozenberg is a Brooklyn based photographer originally from Israel. In his series “Boswijck”, Rozenberg focuses on the unique cityscape and architecture of the Bushwick neighborhood in Brooklyn NY. Intrigued by the neighborhood’s colorful and mixed architecture and history Rozenberg eliminates the context of the city block. In focusing on an isolated façade he is able to deconstruct the architecture to form and color. The image becomes an abstract two-dimensional relic.

Opposite – 3 Park Avenue(Summit)

Exhibition runs through to April 15th, 2019

Gilman Contemporary
661 Sun Valley Road
Ketchum
83340 ID

www.gilmancontemporary.com

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STEVE HIETT – BEYOND BLONDE

Posted on 2019-04-08

The first exhibition in New York of British fashion photographer Steve Hiett, featuring many of Hiett’s renowned images and videos, as well as his Polaroid collages and silkscreens.

Opposite – 3 Park Avenue(Summit)

Exhibition runs through to April 21st, 2019

10 Corso Como
1 Fulton Street
New York
10038 NY

www.10corsocomo.nyc

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