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Photography

Alvin Langdon Coburn, Station Roofs

Alvin Langdon Coburn: A Man of Mark and Mystery

Alvin Langdon Coburn, a master of Pictorialist and modernist photography, has been less widely known than he deserves, but a comprehensive traveling retrospective aims to change that.

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George Bellows, Outside the Big Tent, 1912

Night Scenes: After Dark

The allure and challenges of rendering the night in paintings, prints, and photographs are spotlighted in an innovative survey of the American nocturne.

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Sebastião Salgado photographing.

Sebastiao Salgado: The Eye of the Heart

Sebastião Salgado’s visually stunning photographs accord equal respect to suffering humanity and primal nature.

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The Eye in the Wild State

A new exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art searches for the surrealistic touches in photography of the 1920s through ’40s.

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Rudolph Eickemeyer, The Lily Pond, 1916, gelatin sliver print, toned.

Moving Pictures

With a historic acquisition The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston stages its first Pictorialist photography show in decades.

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Eugène Atget: Capturing the Essence of Paris

Pigeonholed as a mere urban preservationist or a naïve proto-Surrealist, Eugène Atget imbued his photographic “documents” with a distinct style and a melancholy vision. By Dan Hofstadter This article originally appeared in the Summer issue of Art & Antiques Magazine as “The Poet of Paris.” Featured Images: (Click to Enlarge) About 20 years ago, in…

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Herb Ritts, Versace Dress, Back View, El Mirage, 1990

Fashion Photography: New Exhibition of Photographer Herb Ritts

A new exhibition of Herb Ritts’ iconic commercial work proves that fashion photography isn’t just posing as fine art.

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Snapshot Poetics

Vernacular photography, a growing, collector-driven field, finds mystery and masterpieces in the lenswork of unknown amateurs.

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Night Photography: The Power and Ingenuity of Nighttime Photographs

It’s often said that the freaks come out at night, but two recent shows prove that it’s really the photographers.

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