Garry Winogrand: One of the Most Important Photographers of the Twentieth Century
Widely regarded as one of the most important photographers of the 20th century, Garry Winogrand (1928-1984) did much of his best-known work in Manhattan…
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A Video Introduction to the Groundbreaking ‘War / Photography’ Exhibition
War/Photography surveys both iconic and newly discovered photographs of war and conflict, from daguerreotypes documenting the Crimean and American Civil Wars to digital images…
Extract from ‘Shoe Obsession’ by Valerie Steele and Colleen Hill
This February, Yale University Press is publishing the lavishly illustrated Shoe Obsession by Valerie Steele and Colleen Hill. The book introduces more than 150 pairs…
‘The Progress of Love’. Extract from ‘Love and Africa’ essay by Kristina Van Dyke
The Progress of Love exhibition opened on December 2nd 2012 and runs until March 17th 2013 at the Menil Collection. To celebrate both the works…
Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop
The widely acknowledged use of Photoshop in modern photography does not mark the emergence of manipulated photography; rather, it is a progression, or perhaps…
‘A New Look at Ray K. Metzker’: A Guest Blog from the Getty Center
Ray K. Metzker is one of the most innovative photographers of the last half century, though he is perhaps not as well known as…
HEARTLAND: The Photographs of Terry Evans
The photographs of Terry Evans capture the enduring beauty of the American prairie landscape. Yale University Press is delighted to announce the publication of…
Capturing Harlem: New book on the street photography of Dawoud Bey
Recently published from Yale, Dawoud Bey: Harlem U.S.A. is the first book of the photographer’s vintage Harlem photographs from 1975–1978, a body of work that launched Bey’s career….
A History of Israeli Visual Art: Extract from ‘Israel: An Introduction’ by Barry Rubin
Last month Yale published Israel: An Introduction, a uniquely wide-ranging portrait of the country, covering important topics such as its history, politics, society, economics and…
Capturing Berenice Abbott: New exhibition and book showcases the varied career of a great photographer
Last week saw the opening of a comprehensive new Berenice Abbott exhibition at Jeu de Paume, Paris. ‘Berenice Abbott (1898-1991), Photographs’ reveals the astonishing range of…
Author Article: Joshua Chuang on Robert Adams’ Bibliography of Photography
Joshua Chuang, Assistant Curator of Photographs at the Yale University Art Gallery and co-organizer of the The Place We Live, the travelling retrospective exhibition of the work…
Beauty and Struggle: New exhibition and book celebrates ten years of photographer Zoe Strauss
Last Saturday saw the opening of the exhibition Zoe Strauss: Ten Years at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, a mid-career retrospective of the acclaimed photographer’s work. Today…
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