Irving Penn is the photographer who impressed me the most. He was the biggest perfectionist, the most intransigent photographer I ever met. I met him several times. The first was in…
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Pierre Apraxine and Matthieu Humery are the two curators of the exhibition Irving Penn: Resonance. Apraxine is the legendary curator of the Gilman collection, one of the finest photography collections in the world, which…
Irving Penn was one of the most significant and prolific photographers of the 20th century whose signature blend of classical elegance, cool minimalism and monumentality still command our attention. He…
It was 1980 - I was 27 and I wrote to Irving Penn, asking if I might come and see him. I had just returned to New York from four…
Today, Thursday, April 17, Swann Galleries will hold their first ever auction of vernacular photography, titled The Vernacular Eye: Photographic Albums, Snapshots & Objects. Daile Kaplan, Swann Vice President and Director of Photographs & Photobooks, gave the…
After a long and harsh winter this was the first sunny weekend in New York. Still, leaving Central Park for later, photography enthusiasts packed the alleys of the Park Avenue…
Our fourth and final film features Johannes Farber, David Winter and Jefferson Hayman.…
The AIPAD (Association of International Photography Art Dealers) Photography Show New York had wednesday night it’s 34th edition opening night gala with more than 80 of the world’s leading fine art photography galleries.…
Through the event, the Eye asks the dealers to present some of the works they presented at the fair. In our second film you will experience AIPAD from the likes of:…
Yesterday, Elizabeth Avedon shared her experience as a reviewer at the second New York Times Portfolio Review along with her snapshots of the event sponsored by the New York Times…