Photo of the Day: Dikayl Rimmasch
Book of the Day- Avedon: Murals and Portraits
No photographer had a more serious and deeply felt response to the political and cultural impact of the 1960s and early 1970s than Richard Avedon, whose iconic portraits of key figures of the era influenced the course of photography in the decades that followed. In four monumental photographic murals and many related portraits, he portrayed Andy Warhol’s gender-bending Factory, with Viva and Candy Darling; Abbie Hoffman and the radical agitators of the Chicago Seven; Allen Ginsberg’s family, friends, and fellow artists; and the U.S. Mission Council in Saigon alongside searing portraits of victims of the Vietnam War.
The photographs are accompanied by images of archival material, including Avedon’s diaries, correspondence, and contact prints. Major essays explore Avedon’s penetrating incursions into the history and spirit of these tumultuous years
Book of the Day- Tracey Emin: My Photo Album
My Photo Album is a journey through the life of British artist Tracey Emin using photographs from her personal collection. Edited from the albums she has kept from an early age, this visual autobiography contains some amazing images: Tracey sharing a pram as a baby with her twin Paul, her bus-pass photo aged 14, a ‘glamour’ shoot as a semi-naked art student, her early successes as an artist, through to hanging out with superstars such as David Bowie and Ronnie Wood. Perhaps more than any other artist working today, Tracey Emin’s work is grounded in the personal experiences and events of her life. In these poignant photographs we can examine this crossover: the moments that have shaped her, and influenced her work: from her family life to the pivotal Young British Artist movement of the 1990s. The design of the book resembles a photo album, with Tracey’s handwritten captions and notes accompanying the photographs. Virtually all of the 283 images have never been published before. Taken on 35mm film, they have an intimate, visceral quality. By turns tender and extrovert, they simultaneously document both the blossoming of an artist and a unique period in art history, from Emin’s singular viewpoint.
Photo of the Day: Jeff Divine
Growing up in La Jolla, Calif, Jeff Divine began taking pictures of his fellow surfers in his hometown during the 1960s and got to know the original alternative sport before the mainstream media blew it into the commercial kingdom it has now come to be. His work took him to a staff position in 1971 with Surfer Magazine where he would begin the first of some 35 annual trips to the north shore of Oahu, Hi and numerous worldwide trips to the best surfing destinations. In 1981 Divine would become photo editor at Surfer, a position he held for the next 17 years. For the last 14 years he has been the photo editor at the Surfer’s journal in San Clemente, California. Divine has one of the largest archives of surf photography that exists. He has been shooting it’s characters, surfing, environment and places for 45 years.
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Book of the Day: William Klein ABC
Born in New York in 1929, William Klein is one of the leading photographers of the postwar era, as well as an influential filmmaker, painter, and graphic artist. This astonishing book, selected and designed by Klein himself, offers a visual survey of his long and varied career. It includes his poetic street photography of New York, Moscow, Rome, Tokyo, and Paris; his exciting fashion photography; stills and posters from his bitingly satirical films; and his graphically powerful painted contact sheets.
Book of the Day: Genesis by Sebastiao Salgado
Over 30 trips—travelled by foot, light aircraft, seagoing vessels, canoes, and even balloons, through extreme heat and cold and in sometimes dangerous conditions—Salgado created a collection of images showing us nature, animals, and indigenous peoples in breathtaking beauty. Mastering the monochrome with an extreme deftness to rival the virtuoso Ansel Adams, Salgado brings black-and-white photography to a new dimension; the tonal variations in his works, the contrasts of light and dark, recall the works of Old Masters such as Rembrandt and Georges de La Tour.
Photo of the Day: Vincent Fournier
Photo of the Day: Jeffrey Rothstein
Book of the Day: The Wild Horses of Sable Island by Roberto Dutesco
Printed and handcrafted in Bologna, Italy, and from an edition of 2,500, each book is hand-numbered and signed by the artist.
Roberto Dutesco’s first ever publication of the Wild Horses is a lavish 365-page personal account of his intimate exploration of Sable Island. Each exquisite boxed volume includes:
* A foreword by Jack Lenor Larsen
* An introduction by writer Anthony Haden Guest
* Correspondence with the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper
* Replicas of antique maps
* Journal entries and personal notes written by the artist
* An exclusive autographed limited-edition DVD
Book of the Day: Duffy | In His Own Words
Limited numbered edition containing a rare giclee color print of David Bowie.
200 Copies / Hardback, boxed
Giclee color print from the David Bowie Aladdin Sane contact sheet on K3 Fuji Baryte 310gms
Hand stamped on the back with the type and edition number with the Duffy Archive stamp, and is additionally estate embossed.
Brian Duffy was best known for being one of the greatest innovators of documentary fashion photography. Along with David Bailey and Terence Donovan, Duffy fearlessly pushed aside the stuffy conservatism of the fifties, rejecting old style portraiture, for innovative and dynamic fashion shots, perfectly capturing the changing times.
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