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Diane Arbus (1923-1971)

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Diane Arbus was an American photographer best known for her controversial, black and white portraits of marginalized people. Born Diane Nemerov on March 24, 1923, Arbus lived and worked in New York City until the time of her suicide in July of 1971. Today, Arbus’s works are held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and many others.

Work by Chuck Samuels on exhibit in Madrid

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Work by Chuck Samuels on exhibit in MadridImage: Chuck Samuels, “After Avedon,” 1991, Archival inkjet print, 21.5 x 30 inches.

Work by Chuck Samuels is on display through January 5, 2016, at the Fundación Canal in Madrid as part of the exhibition “Perceptions: Men and Women in the History of Photography”:

This exhibition of photography explores the concepts of masculinity and femininity and their role in society and aesthetics since the mid-nineteenth century to the present.

A total of 130 photographs by more than 50 important artists covers the expanse of the history of the medium. The exhibition begins with examples from the nineteenth century by Julia Margaret Cameron, Nadar, and André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, and then advances to the twentieth century with pieces by such artists as August Sander, Edward Weston, Brassai, Edward Steichen, Lewis W. Hine, David Seymour, Robert Frank, and Ansel Adams.

The exhibition also includes self-portraits and portraits of actors including Sarah Bernhardt, Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Marilyn Monroe, and Paul Newman.

The show was curated and produced by the Fundación Canal with works from the George Eastman House collection.

“Perceptions: Men and Women in the History of Photography”
October 8, 2015 – January 5, 2016

Fundación Canal
Mateo Inurria, 2
28036 Madrid
SPAIN
+34 91 545 15 01
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Browse all of Chuck Samuels’ work at ClampArt

Blog post by:
Brian Paul Clamp, Director

Endings (No Past, No Present, No Future)

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Artist Michael Massaia writes:

“Over the past sixteen years I’ve spent the majority of my late nights and early mornings in hotel lobbies throughout Manhattan. Throughout those sleepless nights I was always taken by how that environment seemed to exist in a constant—no past, no present, no future—state. When the guests retired, I was left alone to experience the intimate nature of these places. This portfolio documents those long nights.

“The majority of these images were taken in the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, which has subsequently been sold, and closed to make way for condominiums. It will never be the way it was…”.

Lori Nix speaks at Soho Photo

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Lori Nix speaks at Soho Photo
Image: Lori Nix speaking at Soho Photo. Copyright Paul Stetzer.

On December 10, 2015, artist Lori Nix spoke at Soho Photo as part of their Speaker Series. Titled “A Model Life,” Nix’s talk covered aspects of her inspiration and process.

Lori Nix writes:

I consider myself a faux landscape photographer. I build meticulously detailed model environments, and then photograph the results. Through the photographic process the fictional scene is transformed into a surreal space where scale, perspective, and the document of the photograph create a tension between the material reality of the scene and the impossibility of the depicted narrative. In this space, between evidence and plot, the imagination ofthe viewer is unlocked, engaged, and provoked. I want my scenes to convey rich, complex, detailed, and,ultimately, open-ended narratives.

Soho Photo is a unique New York City venue for contemporary photography. Located in Manhattan’s TriBeCa district, three blocks south of Canal Street, Soho Photo is a cooperative gallery founded in 1971 offering not only an exhibition venue for its members, but also workshops, lectures, and support.

Soho Photo
15 White Street
New York, NY 10013
http://sohophoto.com/

Browse all of Lori Nix’s work at ClampArt


Blog post by:
Brian Paul Clamp, Director

Primetime Arcade

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2019

Signed and numbered, recto

Split toned and hand-tinted gelatin silver print, printed by artist, with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 8-ply museum board

32 x 26 inches, overall mat size
28 x 22 inches, paper size
(Edition of 20)

$4500.00

Please note that prices increase as editions sell.

Deep in a Dream: Respite

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Michael Massaia writes: “The Arches & Tunnels that are scattered across Central Park have acted as a shelter for me over the past 10 years while working on my ‘Deep In A Dream: Central Park’ series.   I would take apart my cameras, wait for the light to cooperate, and seek shelter from inclement weather in them.  These arches and tunnels have become like homes, and have always given me the second wind to head back out into those late lonely nights and early mornings.”

Panoramic, Dawn

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2020

Signed and numbered, recto

Split toned and hand-tinted gelatin silver print, printed by artist, with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 8-ply museum board

26 x 32 inches, overall mat size
22 x 28 inches, paper size
(Edition of 20)

$4500.00

Please note that prices increase as editions sell.

Broken Pier & Sunset

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2019

Signed and numbered, recto

Split toned and hand-tinted gelatin silver print, printed by artist, with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 8-ply museum board

26 x 32 inches, overall mat size
22 x 28 inches, paper size
(Edition of 20)

$4500.00

Please note that prices increase as editions sell.