MetaFilter posts tagged with photographs and photographers

Apartheid: then and now

madamjujujive — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:24:14 -0800

Then and Now presents works from 8 South African documentary photographers - each contributes 10 photos taken during apartheid and 10 made since the democratic elections of 1994. (On display at Duke University through July 27.) More about the project Prior mefi thread: South African Photography during the Era of Apartheid More works by the eight featured photographers: David Goldblatt Guy Tillim Paul Weinberg Eric Miller Graeme Williams Gisele Wulfsohn Cedric Nunn George Hallet

formal and contemporary

nickyskye — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:39:27 -0800

The Young Gallery has an exceptional collection of photographs by both renowned and recently discovered photographers. The feast of visuals includes elegantly haunting images of African wildlife by Nick Brandt, Night Views of cities by Floriane de Lassée, salad vegetables by Viktor Polson, nudes and portraits by Patrick Demarchelier and images of Tibet, Mongolians and Tibetans by Richard Gere.

from analog to digital

nickyskye — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:42:03 -0800

Sex in prehispanic times. Cuba Chronicles. The arrow of time. Brazilian homosexual culture. The sword and the cross. Very similar. Bestiarium. Mini-descriptions of the many varied exhibits. Essays in English and Spanish by the artists with their images from ZoneZero.

David Douglas Duncan

OmieWise — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 06:02:18 -0800

The Douglas David Duncan Archives at the University of Texas. Duncan took pictures all over the world, in several different genres. The main gallery is here. Some selections include: portraits of Picasso; War photographs from WWII, Korea and Vietnam; and the World of Islam.

Grapes of Wrath and Hollywood style

essexjan — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 03:33:19 -0800

A flashy website ... but the photos are beautiful, especially the portraits. Some look as if they could have come straight from the pages of 'Life' magazine c.1935. Note: A couple of pics are NSFW

Helmut Newton, 1923-2004

matteo — Fri, 23 Jan 2004 16:36:28 -0800

Helmut Newton Killed in Crash Photographer Helmut Newton lost control of his Cadillac while leaving the Chateau Marmont hotel in Hollywood and crashed into a wall across the street. (more inside)

Daniel Blaufuks, Photographer

MiguelCardoso — Thu, 24 Apr 2003 22:24:34 -0800

The ~~Short Stories~~ Long, Long Photographs Of Daniel Blaufuks: The collected ~~long~~ short ~~photographs~~ stories, some from New York, of an amazingly talented Portuguese photographer.

junkbox — Fri, 10 May 2002 08:39:29 -0800

An interview with Joel Meyerowitz, the photographer granted permission to document the recovery, reclamation, demolition, and excavation work underway at the World Trade Center site. "I try to take pictures that make sense photographically, that make sense visually as art. I don't shoot evidence exclusively. I don't copy. But visual evidence is important to record. The stuff in the background is historically important and it feeds you some of the feel of the place."