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Shows We’ve Seen: Garry Winogrand: A Career Revisited And Perhaps Revised
Chuck DeLaney  |  Jul 15, 2014  |  First Published: Jun 01, 2014  | 

A comprehensive retrospective of photographs by Garry Winogrand (1928 - 1984) made its debut last year at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and will be on view at Washington’s National Gallery of Art (March 2 - June 8) and New York’s Metropolitan Museum (June 27 - September 21). The show then travels to Paris and Madrid. It includes pictures that became well known during Winogrand’s lifetime and others that he himself never even viewed. See it if you can because it raises provocative questions for every photographer and, as the show wends its way, gives critics an opportunity to rethink his career.

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The AIPAD Show: A Smorgasbord of Great Photography in New York City
Jim Graham  |  Apr 21, 2015  | 

Much like the swallows return to Capistrano each year so do the throngs of those that love fine photography. Like salmon swimming up Park Avenue to the Armory in New York City, they head to the yearly AIPAD (Association of International Photography as Art Dealers) show. This show gathers together more than 80 galleries from throughout the world.

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The Early Photos of Ansel Adams: Looking Back at the Work of a Black-and-White Master
Suzanne Driscoll  |  Oct 14, 2016  | 

There is no better time to look back at the work of Ansel Adams than this year’s 100th anniversary of the U.S. National Park Service. Adams was deeply committed to preserving the wilderness, and his black-and-white photographs of the West became one of the most important records of what many of the national parks were like before tourism greatly expanded.

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The Tragic Life and Luminous Legacy of Landscape Photography Pioneer Carleton Watkins
Steve Meltzer  |  Dec 26, 2014  | 

Carleton Watkins was perhaps America’s greatest 19th century landscape photographer yet today he’s largely unknown. His breathtaking landscapes of the Yosemite Valley were instrumental in preserving the valley for future generations and paving the way for both the National Parks system and the environmental movement.

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Two New Shows Spotlight the Gracefully Geometric Images of Marc Riboud
Steve Meltzer  |  Nov 04, 2014  | 

Through his camera viewfinder Marc Riboud sees a world of gestures and graceful movements framed by elegant geometrical spaces. For over sixty years, he has photographed people and places with eyes full of wonder. Now in both New York City and his hometown of Lyon, France his delightful images from nearly sixty years of photography are on exhibit.

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Unforgettable Marilyn: How 8 Photographers Captured Screen Legend Marilyn Monroe
Steve Meltzer  |  Dec 10, 2014  | 

Good photographers are said to have a good “eye” that distinguishes them from other photographers. There’s no better way to understand this than to see how several very good photographers photograph the same subject. A case in point is a new exhibition of photographs of Marilyn Monroe titled “Inoubliable Marilyn” (“Unforgettable Marilyn”) at Paris’s La Galerie de l’Instant (December 12, 2014-February 25, 2015).

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Walker Evans in His Own Words: The Wisdom of One of America’s Great Photographers (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Jun 20, 2016  | 

Documentary photographer Walker Evans (1903-1975) was not only one of America’s most influential artists of the 20th century; he was a superb visual storyteller. His approach to photography was simple: “Stare. It is a way to educate your eye, and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.”

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