Splendor without Diminishment: On Vancouver Photography
“In Vancouver, there is no image of nature that is not at the same time an image of private property.”
Tag Archives: George Eastman House
“Standing on the Corner – Reflections Upon Garry Winogrand’s Photographic Gaze – Mirror of Self or World? Pt. I” (1991)
New Mexico, 1957 (Figure 13) Part I By Carl Chiarenza Originally Published in IMAGE Magazine: Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures of the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Volume 34, Number 3–4, Fall–Winter, 1991 Sometimes an idea gets the better of us as individuals, as professionals, as artists, as essayers of a […]
Monkeys Make the Problem More Difficult – A Collective Interview with Garry Winogrand (1970)
“Basically, I mean, ah—well, let’s say that for me anyway when a photograph is interesting, it’s interesting because of the kind of photographic problem it states—which has to do with the . . . contest between content and form.” Originally Published in Image Magazine by George Eastman House – Vol. 15, No. 2, […]
An Interview with Walker Evans: ‘The Thing Itself is Such a Secret and so Unapproachable’ (1974)
Roadside stand near Birmingham, Alabama, 1936 “I didn’t like the label that I unconsciously earned of being a social protest artist.” “The Thing Itself is Such a Secret and so Unapproachable” George Eastman House, Image Magazine, Vol. 17., No.4, December, 1974, Originally Published in Yale Alumni Magazine, February, 1974. Walker Evans, the eminent American […]
Todd Hido – “Wish You Were Here” (2011)
Todd Hido’s “Wish You Were Here” Lecture, George Eastman House Todd Hido is a San Francisco Bay Area-based artist. In his latest book, A Road Divided, Hido again focuses his attention on the American landscape. Driving lonely roads on the outskirts of cities, he creates poignant images filled with inexplicable gravity. He often frames the […]
Minor White Review of William Klein’s ‘New York’ (1957)
Baseball Cards, New York, 1955 Review of William Klein’s New York, Originally published in Image Magazine, Journal of Photography of the George Eastman House, September, 1957 By Minor White NEW YORK by William Klein. London, Photography Magazine, 1957. 195 pages, 189 illustrations. Captions separate. Raucous is the word for William Klein’s New York. Sensational in the […]
Lewis Baltz – Notes on Recent Industrial Developments in Southern California (1974)
“Construction Detail, East Wall, Xerox, 1821 Dyer Road, Santa Ana,” 1974 from “The new Industrial Parks near Irvine, California.” Gelatin silver print. (Lewis Baltz/Courtesy Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne) When Baltz’s series “The Tract Houses” was exhibited at the International Museum of Photography in 1972, photographs by Bernd and Hilla Becher purposely appeared in an […]
F. Jack Hurley on Russell Lee (1973)
By F. Jack Hurley Originally published in IMAGE: Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures of the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, September, 1973 To try to capsulize the work of Russell Lee into a short article is an essentially impossible task. The man has been active in the field of photography […]
Standing on the Corner – Reflections Upon Garry Winogrand’s Photographic Gaze – Mirror of Self or World? Part II (1991)
Whenever I see it, I immediately hear a voice singing, “Standing on the corner watching all the girls go by.” Yes, it is a sexist work. But that is a fact about Winogrand we must face and accept, if we are to honestly assess his picture-making. Part II (This is the second of a two-part […]
INTERVIEW: “An Interview with Therese Mulligan, Curator of Photography, The George Eastman House, Rochester, NY” (1998)
An Interview with Therese Mulligan (1998), Curator of Photography, The George Eastman House, Rochester, NY By Richard Leslie Interviewer’s Statement Therese Mulligan, Curator of Photography, George Eastman House , is unable to participate in ASCI’s upcoming panel “Collectibility & the Digital Print.” However, she graciously answered a number of questions developed from informal consultations with […]