Tag Archives: Vintage Galleries
Allan Grant: “American Campers” (1940’s)
Brassai: “Paris by Night”
Arriving in Paris in 1924, Brassaï rapidly became a shrewd observer of nocturnal Parisian life.
MARGUERITE BAKER JOHNSON: “AMERICAN LIFE” (1952-1964)
Marguerite Baker Johnson, a native of Brussels Belgium was a noted female photographer noted as the first woman to take photographs inside the arena at “Cheyenne Frontier Days”, a task formerly conducted by men due to the dangerous setting. Her photos appeared in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Automotive Periodicals, London Times, Daily Mirror, […]
Lewis Hine: “Wanted Small Boys – Apply 1st Floor”
Agustin Victor Casasola: “Mexico City”
Agustín Víctor Casasola (1874–1928) was a Mexican photographer and partial founder of the Mexican Association of Press Photographers. Born in Mexico City, Casasola apprenticed as a typesetter and later became a reporter for El Imparicial, which was one of the official newspapers of the Díaz government. With innovations and improvements in photography and printing […]
PAUL KWILECKI: “GEORGIA”
Paul Kwilecki’s Photograph Collection at Duke University contains 583 black and white prints made in and around the town of Bainbridge, Georgia from 1960-2008. A self-taught photographer, Kwilecki honed his craft by photographing the broad spectrum of daily life manifested in Bainbridge and the rural areas of Decatur County. From the Shade Tobacco workers in […]
ARNOLD KRAMER: “INTERIORS”
Roswell Angier: “Combat Zone”
In the 1950s, when Boston was a major Navy port, the area around Washington Street became known as the Combat Zone; the name derived from the Shore Patrolmen, who prowled the rock-and-roll bars, busting the heads of sailors. By the 1970s, when Angier spent two and half years (1973-1975) photographing the area, the sailors […]
The Punk Rock Photography of Jim Jocoy – SF/LA 1977-1980
These photos are ground zero of punk rock style—delirious innovation and a snarling takeover of youth culture still resonating more than 20 years hence.
JOHN BANASIAK: “GEORGE BROWN’S BAR” (1970-71)
From 1971-1981, John Banasiak photographed Chicago and surrounding areas at night. During that time, Banasiak would wander around the city at night, looking for quiet scenes he describes as “stage sets just waiting for the players to arrive.” http://www.josephbellows.com/ (All rights reserved. Images @ Joseph Bellows Gallery.)
“WISCONSIN DEATH TRIP EXCERPTS”
A selection of photographs produced by Charles Van Schaick between 1890 and 1910 that were used in the book Wisconsin Death Trip by Michael Lesy (1973). There are approximately 5,600 glass plates in the Charles Van Schaick collection preserved at the Wisconsin Historical Society and the Jackson County Historical Society.