Peter Hujar is in many ways the prototypical lost photographer of the AIDS generation. Revered by critics, intellectuals, and photographers as diverse as Richard Avedon and Lynn Davis, his work…
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Jimmy was a quiet, elusive character who never signed his name the same way twice and claimed to have been born in 1949, 1950, and 1951. James, Jimmy, Jim De…
The inestimable Tina Chow - five lines to sum up a living sculpture of porcelain perfection: delicacy and strength, courage and character, soigné, taste, humor, wisdom endurance, lissome grace and…
Antonio discovered me in Paris and taught me a great deal about posing and modeling. He introduced me to a lot of people. He was a very talented artist, and…
Robert Hayes was in the vanguard of the new glamour photography of the 1970s. In the social sphere of that time, there was a new meritocracy at work in which…
One very hot summer's day a long Time ago, I was walking up Third Avenue and coming towards me was a wonderful figure dressed in black and white. I remember…
The rediscovery in the early 1970s of French "primitive photography" as highly desirable art led many museum curators and private collectors to a small glass-walled treasure trove buried in the…
At first glance, the photography of Bernard Pierre Wolff seems to be in the tradition of postwar photojournalism. Like the Magnum photographers, and Henri Cartier-Bresson in particular, Wolff always felt…
Why is Bill King memorable to me? If you'd known Bill, you'd know why.He was one of the best photographers I ever worked with; he brought to his work professionalism…
Even among the brightest art-world luminaries. Jack Boulton's mixture of up-to-date information, boundless energy, and diplomatic charm was impressive. In the l970s he began curating shows at the Contemporary Arts…