When Martin Parr was a boy, his budding interest in the medium of photography was encouraged by his grandfather, himself a keen amateur photographer. Parr studied photography at Manchester Polytechnic from 1970–1973 and then began his career by exploring the medium of black-and-white photography. However, inspired by American photographers such...
Larry Towell: The Russian Front, East Ukraine
After the February 2014 Euromaidan uprising, which brought an end to the Viktor Yanukovych government, Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed the Crimea with the support of locals who felt isolated from the new government in Kiev. The Ukraine army and related militias entered Eastern Ukraine where separatist movements, supported by...
Josef Koudelka – Invasion 68 Prague
In 1968, Josef Koudelka was a 30-year-old acclaimed theatre photographer who had never made pictures of a news event. That all changed on the night of August 21, when Warsaw Pact tanks invaded the city of Prague, ending the short-lived political liberalization in Czechoslovakia that came to be known as...
Herb Ritts: WORK
Herb Ritts (1952–2002) was a leading American fashion photographer of the 1980s and 1990s, known for his beautifully printed, formally bold, and sensual black-and-white images of supermodels such as Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell. This new exhibition of the photographer’s work revisits the artist, whose groundbreaking 1996 retrospective, “Herb Ritts:...
PhotoBiography: David LaChapelle
David LaChapelle is known internationally for his exceptional talent in combining a unique hyper-realistic aesthetic with profound social messages. LaChapelle’s photography career began in the 1980’s when he began showing his artwork in New York City galleries. His work caught the eye of Andy Warhol, who offered him his first...
Riots in Detroit (1967)
The 1967 Detroit riot, also known as the 12th Street riot, was a violent public disorder that turned into a civil disturbance in Detroit, Michigan. It began on a Saturday night in the early morning hours of July 23, 1967. The precipitating event was a police raid of an unlicensed,...
Victoria Sambunaris: Taxonomy of a Landscape
For more than a decade, Victoria Sambunaris (born 1964) has crossed the United States with her five-by-seven wooden field camera and sheets of color negative film. Traveling seemingly every road nationwide, Sambunaris has described herself as having "an unrelenting curiosity to understand the American landscape and our place in it."...
The FBI’s fingerprint files called ‘Notorious Dead Criminals’
Filing doesn't have to be dull. Here is the evidence — in more ways than one. These photos picture the FBI's overflow filing system, housed during World War 2 in the Washington, D.C. Armory. By the early 1940s, the FBI's archive housed more than 23 million card and 10 million...
Nick Bowers: Scared Scientists portraits
In his black-and-white photography series "Scared Scientists," Nick Bowers captures a raw element not often associated with scientific knowledge. For the series, Bowers interviewed a selection of scientists in varying fields, capturing the frightened looks on their faces while they contemplated their findings. The photos are minimalist but intense, each...
Harry Gruyaert at Maison Européenne de la Photographie
Harry Gruyaert's photographic work will be exhibited at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, in Paris, from April, 15th to June, 14th. Maison Européenne de la Photographie 5/7 Rue de Fourcy 75004, Paris, France www.mep-fr.org