Monthly Archives: October 2013

Sherrie Levine: Re-photographed Photographs of Reproductions of Photographs

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Renske van Leeuwen

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, a group of conceptual artists—including Richard Prince, Cindy Sherman, and Sherrie Levine—known as the Pictures generation, began using photography and appropriation techniques to examine the strategies and codes of visual representation. In 1981, … Continue reading →

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The Photographer’s Eye or the Eye of the Camera?

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Renske van Leeuwen

John Loengard, Cartier-Bresson takes pictures in his Paris apartment, 1987 (239.1987) When we see a photograph of a photographer at work, questions can be raised about the relationship between the photographer, his camera, and the referent. Especially when the eyes … Continue reading →

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Marco Breuer

Posted on October 23, 2013 by fansinaflashbulb

Marco Breuer, Approx. (C-932), 2009 (2010.104.1) Marco Breuer‘s Approx. (C-932) is a 20×24-inch piece of chromogenic paper he turned white in the color darkroom and then scratched, leaving hundreds of intersecting lines. It is important to think about his work … Continue reading →

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Happy 100th birthday, Robert Capa!

Posted on October 22, 2013 by cynyoung

For the centenary of the birth of Robert Capa, we are pleased to release a newly discovered 1947 radio interview with Robert Capa. “Bob Capa Tells of Photographic Experiences Abroad” was broadcast on October 20, 1947 on the 8.30 a.mm … Continue reading →

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JFK November 22, 1963: A Bystander’s View of History

Posted on October 17, 2013 by fansinaflashbulb

Unidentified Photographer, [John Connally, Nellie Connally, John F. Kennedy, and Jacqueline Kennedy in presidential limousine, Dallas], November 22, 1963 (2013.23.1) When President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963, the event and its aftermath were … Continue reading →

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Part Photograph, Part Painting, Part Etching, Part Sculpture

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Renske van Leeuwen

From its beginnings in 1839, photography was seen as an alternative to traditional painted portraiture. Clients who were photographed knew that their image would be considered true to life. But photography had a major disadvantage with respect to painting: it … Continue reading →

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The Future of America: Lewis Hine’s New Deal Photographs

Posted on October 10, 2013 by fansinaflashbulb

Lewis Wickes Hine, [Worker pressing rubber bodies, Paragon Rubber Company and American Character Doll, Easthampton, Massachusetts], December 1936 (778.1975) Among the least known but most prescient photographs taken by social documentary photographer Lewis Hine (1874–1940) were those he made as … Continue reading →

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Coeburn, Virginia

Posted on October 8, 2013 by fansinaflashbulb

Joel Sternfeld, Coeburn, Viginia, April 1981 (86.1984) Joel Sternfeld is known for his large-format photographs of America in the early 1980s. Sternfeld traveled throughout the country extensively, capturing the beauty of the American landscape but also producing subtle and ironic … Continue reading →

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Bill Eppridge (1938-2013)

Posted on October 4, 2013 by bwallis

Bill Eppridge, [Juan Romero, busboy at Ambassador Hotel, kneeling to help fallen Robert F. Kennedy after he was shot by Sirhan B. Sirhan, Los Angeles], June 6, 1968 (1197.2005) Sadly, we mark the passing of Bill Eppridge (1938-2013), one of … Continue reading →

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Monocular Vision and Absurd Perspectives

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Renske van Leeuwen

John Pfahl, Australian Pines, Fort DeSoto, Florida, 1977 (416.1984) From 1974 to 1978, American photographer John Pfahl (b. 1939) worked on a series of unmanipulated color photographs on the theme of The  Altered Landscape. The series consists of landscape photographs … Continue reading →

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