Freelance photojournalist Alfred Wertheimer was hired by RCA Victor in 1956 to shoot promotional images of a recently signed 21-year-old recording artist, Elvis Presley. Wertheimer’s instincts to “tag along” with…
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The Great Crossing of Africa is the first of a series devoted to colonial history. The book features pictures from Captain Albert Baratier (1864-1917) taken during the Congo-Nil mission,…
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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is displaying nine photographs of President John F. Kennedy and his family taken by Richard Avedon for Harpers Bazaar. The photos will be…
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In 1995, after nearly 20 years as a photographer whose installations grew more and more refined, Bernard Faucon announced that he was abandoning photography, presenting a collection of small format…
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The baudoin lebon gallery is presenting a thematical exhibition of circumstance. All of the photographers present have taken one or several pictures of snowy landscapes.…
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Rock history, whether in pictures or in words, starts with Elvis Presley. Here, in this magnificent photographic album, the King quite naturally launches the festivities with invited guests and…
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In the 1980s, Larry Sultan and Tina Barney reinvigorated portraiture by turning their lenses on their own families to document their personal histories. These images record intimate moments these artists…
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Smithsonian American Art Museum8th and F Streets, N.W.20004 Washington, D.C.…
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La Galerie des Bibliothèques de Paris 22, rue Malher 75004 Paris…
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Born in 1957 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Photographer Ari Marcopoulos lives and works in Sonoma, California. Since emigrating from his native Holland in 1979, Marcopoulos has documented the diverse subcultures…
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