Photogenic New York, Fox 5 News Interview
James Maher News Interview from James Maher on Vimeo.
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Street Photography
Photographing the ‘Boring,’ the History and Photography of William Eggleston
All photographs copyright Eggleston Artistic Trust William Eggleston may be one of the most celebrated and misunderstood photographers in history. Born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1939 and raised in Mississippi, Eggleston was an introverted man born into a wealthy aristocratic family of former plantation owners. Eggleston was influenced by Robert Frank’s The Americans, Henri Cartier-Bresson’s
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The History and Photography of Bruce Davidson, Subway Photographer Extraordinaire
New York City. 1980. Subway. All photographs copyright Bruce Davidson/Magnum While not strictly a New York photographer, Bruce Davidson has created some of the most iconic New York photographs of the 20th century. Born in 1933 near Chicago, Davidson’s subjects have including the Civil Rights Movement in the early ’60s, a Brooklyn gang, Spanish Harlem, circus performers, and
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Pounding the Pavement – The History and Photography of Garry Winogrand
While Henri-Cartier Bresson’s name gets thrown around as the godfather of street photography, I would argue that when many people think of the genre, what first pops into their heads is the style of Garry Winogrand, and he would probably be turning in his grave right now given that he famously hated the term. The
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Out of Chicago Conference, 2016
I returned last night from teaching at the Out of Chicago Summer Photography Conference, including a new class, An Exploration Through the Work of Famous Street Photographers. Legs are feeling a little jelly and my introvert being-social meter is running on low, but it was a wonderfully inspirational weekend, particularly from meeting so many great students and
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