The Iconic Life and Smile of Marilyn Monroe, 60 Years Later

Lawrence Schiller, Marilyn Monroe, 1962, Silver Gelatin Photograph

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Sebastião Salgado, Workers: An Archeology of the Industrial Age (book and photograph)

Sebastião Salgado’s Workers: An Archeology of the Industrial Age (book and photograph)

A turbaned coal worker with a pickax on one shoulder stares directly into the camera on the cover of Sebastião Salgado’s 400 page, extraordinary book titled, Workers: An Archeology of the Industrial Age.

Arthur Rothstein’s Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma

Arthur Rothstein, born in 1915 in New York City, is recognized as one of America’s premier photojournalists of the 20th century. Throughout a career that spans five decades, he has produced notable photographs focusing on the farming communities in the Midwestern Dust Bowl during the Great Depression, which are considered to be some of the best known photographs of the Depression Era.

Simple Pleasures: The Color Yellow – Wishing You a Perpetual Sunshine

Simple Pleasures: The Color Yellow – Wishing You a Perpetual Sunshine “There is a sun,…

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Michael Eastman, Abstract Wall 2, Havana

Andrea Greenspan on Michael Eastman

“I am particularly drawn to Michael Eastman’s Abstract Wall #2, Havana 2000. Michael Eastman’s Abstract Wall #2, Havana 2000, illustrates Castro’s Communist strangulation of bourgeois, European architecture, and local voices in Cuba’s cultural history.

Wendy Goodman on Michael James O’Brien

“I can’t remember exactly what the occasion was when I first met Michael James O’Brien over thirty years ago, but I was struck by our instant chemistry,

Martin Barnes on Jim Lee

“I first came across Jim Lee’s work when we were doing the OSSIE CLARK exhibition here. The students at the RCA (Royal College of Art)

Harry Benson, Robert F. Kennedy, St. Patrick's Day Parade, NYC

Kerry Kennedy on Harry Benson

“My father had just made the extraordinarily difficult decision to run for president on a platform of peace and social justice. He announced

Sebastião Salgado’s Workers: An Archeology of the Industrial Age (book and photograph)

Arthur Rothstein’s Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma

Ruth Bernhard’s Draped Torso With Hands

Ruth Bernhard, the German-American photographer whose career has spanned almost 7 decades is considered a true icon of modernist photography. She has influenced and inspired many with her mastery in use of light, and combining graphic elegance with sensual subject matters.

Alfred Wertheimer, Elvis Presley with Hound Dog

Alfred Wertheimer’s Elvis Presley with Hound Dog

Elvis Presley, known as the King of Rock n’ Roll, was responsible for shaping the direction of popular music. His raucous sound, rebellious dance moves, high-energy delivery, and iconic persona turned him into an international sensation.

The Iconic Life and Smile of Marilyn Monroe, 60 Years Later

One unforgettable name that has remained iconic for decades is that of Marilyn Monroe. Monroe became a household name and one of the most recognizable faces worldwide, representing the ultimate platinum bombshell, oozing sensuality, a mysterious aura, strength, and vulnerability at a time in history when cinema was at its peak of influence.

William Witt, Sunday Funnies, 1948, Silver Gelatin Photograph

William Witt – An Eye for New York City

William “Bill” Witt, a photographer born in New Jersey, captured powerful pictures that showed a unique time in American history, creating an insightful chronicle of New York City.

Barbara Cole, Passing Time, Shadow Dancing Series

Barbara Cole – Shadow Dancing Series, Self And The Other

“How do you paint a picture of timelessness?” reads Barbara Cole’s artist statement. “How do you capture the feeling of being weightless in an image?”

Michael Eastman, Fremont Theater, San Luis Obispo, CA, 2006

Michael Eastman: Vanishing America

Photographer Michael Eastman, renowned for his striking architectural photography, as he calls it, “portraits of the inhabitants of the space even though they are not actually present,” has taken the cause to capture these incredible edifices teeming with American identity.

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Simple Pleasures

Simple Pleasures: The Color Yellow – Wishing You a Perpetual Sunshine

Simple Pleasures: The Color Yellow – Wishing You a Perpetual Sunshine “There is a sun, a light that for want of another word I can only call yellow, pale sulfur yellow, pale…

Roberto Edwards, Maria Gracia Donoso (Chile) #124-5, Painted Bodies, 1996, Archival Lambda Color Photograph

Simple Pleasures: Seeing Red

Simple Pleasures: Seeing Red “How could I have been so stupid to ignore everything I’d had in my life? The color red alone was worth kingdoms.” – Alice Hoffman Simple Pleasures is…

Eliot Porter, Sculptured rock. Marble Canyon, Arizona, 1967

Simple Pleasures: Terra Firma — The Earth as We Know It

Simple Pleasures: Terra Firma – The Earth as We Know It “For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at every moment; but the surrounding…

Willy Rizzo, Brigitte Bardot, Saint-Tropex, 1958, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Simple Pleasures: Summertime, And The Livin’ Is Easy…

Simple Pleasures: Summertime and the Livin’ Is Easy… “Live in the sunshine. Swim in the sea. Drink in the wild air.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Simple Pleasures is an ongoing series curated…