Henry Holmes Smith, “Mother and Son.” 1970. Dye transfer print; 10 x 8 inches. Funds from the Photography Acquisitions Alliance, 2020.216. © Smith Family Trust, courtesy Glitterman Gallery Spring has finally arrived and with it comes an array of excellent photographic exhibitions opening across the country, including the first museum survey of Deanna Lawson’s work,… Continue reading A century of abstract photography, plus four other photo shows worth checking out
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Women Street Photographers’ annual exhibition highlights the power of the female gaze
A woman’s dress blows in the wind, by Carin Van Derdonk, one of the 79 artists featured in the show. Carin Van Derdonk This week, Women Street Photographers, a collective founded by renowned photographer Gulnara Samoilova, opens its annual exhibition at El Barrio’s Artspace PS109 in East Harlem, New York. The show The Women Street… Continue reading Women Street Photographers’ annual exhibition highlights the power of the female gaze
The ‘Art of Illusion,’ Michael Kenna’s lost & found landscapes, and four other photo shows worth viewing right now
“I Control the Sun #18, 2016,” by Lilly McElroy. Inkjet print. 17 1/16 x 17 1/16 inches. From the show, “Art of Illusion: Photography and Perceptual Play”. © Lilly McElroy Humans have created artistic renderings of their natural surroundings for thousands of years. And as a photographic genre, “the landscape” goes back to the earliest… Continue reading The ‘Art of Illusion,’ Michael Kenna’s lost & found landscapes, and four other photo shows worth viewing right now
A Portrait of Harlem, Eggleston’s B&W work, and four other photo exhibits worth seeing right now
Martin Luther King JR. Day, outside the Lorraine Hotel – Memphis TN 2017. From “Outside the Lorraine,” by David Katzenstein. © David Katzenstein When studying a great photograph, I tend to forget most were captured only in a fraction of a second. I was reminded of this after reading the introduction to “Tete a Tete,”… Continue reading A Portrait of Harlem, Eggleston’s B&W work, and four other photo exhibits worth seeing right now
Cindy Sherman’s self-portraits and 5 other photo exhibits worth seeing right now
“Untitled #87,” by Cindy Sherman (American, born 1954), 1981, chromogenic print. Image: 59.2 x 122.5cm (23 5/16 x 48 1/4in.); Frame: 78.7 x 139.7 cm (31 x 55 in.). This photograph is part of the “Alter Egos | Projected Selves” group show currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. ©… Continue reading Cindy Sherman’s self-portraits and 5 other photo exhibits worth seeing right now