Face Values: George Beresford’s photographs of Virginia Woolf & Vanessa Bell
As social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram become ubiquitous in our daily lives, you could be forgiven for thinking that the act…
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Art Can Help: Spreading Hope in an Imperfect World
Escape Into Art, Look Through the Lens of History, Seek Certainty in Science … To help us all keep on reading over the coming…
Yale Art Books – Looking Forward to 2020
For 2020 we look forward to a new list of beautiful, insightful art books from Yale University Press and our gallery partners. As well…
Gluck: Art and Identity by Amy de la Haye and Martin Pel – An Extract
Gluck: Art and Identity An extract about Gluck’s life Hannah Gluckstein (who called herself Gluck; 1895–1976) is one of our Remarkable Women of Yale…
Lynda Nead explores post-war Britain, 1950s culture & The Tiger in the Smoke
To coincide with the launch of The Tiger in the Smoke by Lynda Nead – her third publication for Yale – we asked her to…
Real and Magical – ‘diane arbus: in the beginning’ with Jeff L. Rosenheim & Karan Rinaldo
Diane Arbus (1923–1971) is one of the most distinctive and provocative artists of the 20th century. Her photographs of children and eccentrics, couples and…
Germaine Krull: Catalogue to the Show
“Germaine, you and I are the greatest photographers of our time, I in the old sense you in the modern one.” –Man Ray Germaine…
Fashion Underground: Introducing Susanne Bartsch
Susanne Bartsch has been the queen of New York City nightlife since the 1980s when she first became famous for spectacular parties, where a…
Books on Ireland: A St Patrick’s Day Selection
On 17th March people from around the world will be celebrating St Patrick’s day, the death date of the patron saint of Ireland who lived…
The Photo finish…
It’s time for the photo finish. As 2014 draws to a close we thought we’d show off some of our favourite photography books of…
A Book Lover’s Gift Guide: books for your coffee table
This winter we have gathered together some of our favourite books – books for Biography Buffs, History Lovers and Globetrotters – books for every Dedicated…
Frank Browne: A Life Through the Lens
Father Francis Browne is a remarkable figure in the history of photography. Whilst he dedicated himself to life as an Irish Jesuit priest, he…
Two American Photographers, Britain and Ireland: A Meeting
Today, courtesy of our colleagues at the Huntington Gallery, the Yale Books Blog shares a guest post from Matt Stevens, editor of the Library’s…
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…
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