Maryann Adair
Follow Blog via Email
-
Recent Posts
- Arthur Merric | The Father of the Boyd Dynasty
- Jean-Pascal Fournier and the Legends of Blood and Light
- Choq a Bloc | Dunnies and All
- Time to Escape to the Country
- Maurice Utrillo | The Master of Art in Montmartre
- All the World’s a Stage in a Mid-Century Trans-Continental Age
- An Idle Afternoon with the ‘Parisian of Philadelphia’
- Five Stills By Vhils
- Abel’s Able Artwork
- Two Martyred Deaths and a Crossing
Archive
Tag Archives: #Photography
Diane Arbus – To Go Where I Have Never Been
Above: Aldous Huxley – author of Brave New World (1936) by Diane Arbus American photographer/writer Diane Arbus was born Diane Nemerov on 14 March, 1923, to David Nemerov and Gertrude Russek Nemerov, a Jewish couple who lived in New York City … Continue reading
Posted in Art
Tagged #Photography, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, Diane Arbus, Diane Nemerov, photographers
Leave a comment
Not Sure About You, But, “I Leica His Art”
French humanist photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson was born on August 22, 1908, in Chanteloup-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne, France. He is considered a master of candid photography and an early adopter of 35 mm film. Young Henri took holiday snapshots with his Box Brownie camera; … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Gallery Art
Tagged #Photography, Cartier-Bresson, Henri Cartier-Bresson, leica camera, Leica cameras, leicas, photographic art
Leave a comment
The “Sage of the Wilderness” was born in the Kitchen
Above: William Mack, “The Sage of the Wilderness“. (Photo by Diane Arbus). At the time Diane Arbus took this photograph of William Mack (aka “The Sage of the Wilderness“) he was a 72 year-old, German, ex-merchant seaman living on his … Continue reading
Posted in Art, DarkArt, Rogue's gallery
Tagged #Photography, Diane Arbus, New York, The Sage of the Wilderness, William Mack
Leave a comment
There is none more strikin’ than a vintage fashion Steichen
American photographer, painter, art gallery and museum curator, Edward Jean Steichen (March 27, 1879 – March 25, 1973) was the most frequently featured photographer in Alfred Stieglitz’s ground-breaking magazine Camera Work (1903-1917). Together they opened the Little Galleries of the … Continue reading
Modern photography must do more than entertain…
… so said Max Dupain… and he continued: “It must incite thought and by its clear statements of actuality, cultivate a sympathetic understanding of men and women and the life they live and create.” Australian modernist photographer, Max or Maxwell … Continue reading