An anomaly, a one-off. A contradiction to be sure. He is a cross between a genius and a hermit, leading a quiet non-conformist, reclusive sybaritic life in a home that…
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Michael G. Wilson and his wife Jane began assembling their magnificent, A to Z collection of photographs – now about double the size of the renowned Sam Wagstaff collection owned…
On June 8, 1984 in a brilliant stroke the J. Paul Getty Museum announced that it was forming a new curatorial department devoted to photography and had appointed Weston Naef,…
Near the Fort de Saint Cyr, the Charenton site will soon welcome the Médiathèque de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine. This ongoing project is being overseen by Manuel Bamberger. The opening…
Founded in 1966 in the basement of Flatbush resident Charlene Victor, Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) has grown in stature and scope so as to become a hub for the local…
When asked about what I do when I make a photograph, my first thought is that I don’t work conceptually. In other words, I don’t have an idea or concept…
A great gallery has an understanding of art that fuses the sacred and profane. It is like the partnership of marriage, that holds two complementary forces together. It is in…
For the past five years, VII Photo Agency has operated a gallery in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn. Located one block from the waterfront, VII Gallery stands on the corner…
The American photographer Henry Clarke (1918-1996) discovered that fashion photography was his calling after meeting Horst, Cecil Beaton and Irving Penn. Arriving in paris at 31, he began working for…