21/4/2013
Paul McDonough - Woman sunbathing, Portland, Oregon, 1973
22/1/2013
Jens Rötzsch, Berlin, 1989 – Pfingsttreffen der FDJ – Stadion der Weltjugend (Free Democratic Youth)
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Ursula Arnold, Edisonstraße, Berlin 1965
31/12/2012
Dennis Hopper, Double Standard, 1961, gelatin-silver print, 16 x 24 in., © The Dennis Hopper Trust, courtesy of The Dennis Hopper Trust and Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York (via Flavorwire » Daily Dose Pick: Dennis Hopper)
20/11/2012
© William Claxton, ca. 1960s, The Ramsey Lewis Trio at Chicago’s Loop
Eldee Young (bass), Ramsey Lewis (piano) and Isaac “Redd” Holt (drums).
From the book “Jazz Life” by William Claxton.
“Early in October of 1959 I received a telephone call from Germany. The person introduced himself as Joachim-Ernst Berendt, a musicologist living in Baden-Baden. In very good English, he explained that he was coming to America to do a study of “America’s great art - jazz.”
He went on say that he needed a photographer to work with him - a photographer who liked and understood jazz. He had seen a great deal of my work published in European magazines and on record covers and thought that I would be the perfect choice to work with him - “because your pictures have soul.”
He went on to explain that the book would be mainly a collection of my images to augment his writings about jazz. There would be interviews with musicians, descriptions of the various places where one hears jazz, and a look at the origins of jazz as well as the art itself.
He made it all sound a bit erudite, but it seemed like a very important project, and I was thrilled by his offer. The chance to photograph many of my jazz heroes in addition to the many unknown and yet-to-be-discovered jazz musicians all around America, was too tempting to resist.” (William Claxton; read more)
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19/11/2012
Happy birthday, LIFE. This week marks our 76th anniversary.
To celebrate, LIFE.com reprints the very first cover story from the very first issue of LIFE magazine, in its entirety, along with a number of Margaret Bourke-White photos that did not appear in the November 23, 1936, issue. Enjoy.
(Source: life)
25/9/2012
“I don’t think much of technique, or making technique a part of things. If you find a new way to catch life, nature, this could change details, but not the whole. I don’t think so much of what I do when I work, but I try to feel something, to see without explaining, to catch it as near as I can—that’s all. And that’s why I don’t move so much. It’s like approaching a wild animal. If you are too brusque about it, it will run away.
I think you must think a lot in the intervals of working and writing, but when you work, you mustn’t think anymore. Thinking is a terrible enemy. You should try to work not with your intelligence, but with your senses and your heart. With your intuition.”
(Source: strangewood, via film-dot-com)
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21/9/2012
© Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Aug. 1927, Bibi, l’ombre et le reflet, Hendaye
Like Peter Pan, at just seven years of age Jacques-Henri Lartigue decided to dedicate his life to the pursuit of happiness and never growing up. His father gave him the ultimate present with which to document a lifetime’s enjoyment: a camera, and luckily for us, Lartigue was determined to photograph everything. He did indeed lead a charmed life, and all the excitement and allure of the last days of the belle époque are epitomised in some of the most seductively stylish photographs ever taken.
Lartigue is considered by many to be one of the greatest photographers of the 20th Century, and for someone who never intended his photographs to be exhibited, they have quite rightly become the absolute last word in French style, glamour and luxury. For Lartigue himself, his photographs were merely “snaps” for his personal albums, and remained so until they were seen in 1962 by John Sarkovsky, then director of Museum of Modern Art in New York. He immediately arranged an exhibition of a selection of some of Lartigue’s now best-known images, though the treasure-trove of beauty and elegance extended far beyond these. (+)
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18/9/2012
NYC 1950 by Elliott Erwitt.
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04/9/2012
© Harold Edgerton, The Anatomy of Movement
#1: Cat Jumping Over a Piano Bench, 1938
#2: Gus Solomons, 1960
#3: Indian Club Demonstration, 1965
#4: Back Dive, 1954
#5: Tennis Player, 1938
#6: Baton, 1953
#7: The Golfer, 1960
(Source: likeafieldmouse, via burnedshoes)
27/8/2012
Estelle Lefebure, Unknown, Rachel Williams, Linda Evangelista, Tatjana Patitz & Christy Turlington. Photos by Peter Lindbergh, 1988
(via 80s-90s-supermodels)
15/8/2012
Bruce Davidson, London 1960, Girl Holding Kitten
“I isolated this girl to photograph, holding that kitten, which was probably a stray she had found on the street, and carrying that bedroll wrapped around her body. There was a great deal of mystery to her. I didn’t know where she had come from, and I didn’t get her name, but there was something about that face - the hopefulness, positivity and openness to life - it was the new face of Britain”
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NYC, 1980’s by Bruce Davidson, I guess
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02/5/2012
C/O Berlin presents the works of late Arnold Newman in an exhibition titled “Masterclass”. Arnold Newman (1918 - 2006) is undoubtedly one of the greatest masters of portrait photography. His research and preparation work, his curiosity and empathy for his models, combined with his diligence, choice of location, choice of light, as well as his final selection and cropping process enabled him to create perfectly balanced portraits that reveal each individual’s personality and character.
Curated by William A. Ewing the exhibition will be on display through May 20, 2012 at C/O Berlin After that the 200 vintage photographs along with contact sheets and work prints will move to The Hague, The Netherlands (Fotomuseum Den Haag, October 13, 2012-January 13, 2013), Austin, TX, USA (Harry Ransom Center / University of Texas, February 1-May 30, 2013) and San Diego, CA, USA (The San Diego Museum of Art, June 29-September 8, 2013).
Go see this! It’s outstanding!
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