He photographed Martin Luther King Jr. and produced classic images of the protest movements of the 1960s. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “photography”
Hidden for a Century, a Susan B. Anthony Portrait Is Found
By Gotham Rex on February 12, 2021
Last year, David Whitcomb bought a building for $100,000 in Geneva, N.Y. He discovered a trove of photographs tucked away in the attic. Source: New York Times
A Photo That Captures a Busier Bygone Era in New York
By Gotham Rex on February 5, 2021
The photographer Andre D. Wagner is based in Brooklyn — but always finds himself coming back to Times Square. Source: New York Times
How a ’70s Photo Foreshadowed a World-Class Figure Skater’s Future
By Gotham Rex on February 5, 2021
Elaine Asanaki found a first career on the ice after outings to Rockefeller Center that honed her early talent. Source: New York Times
Ricky Powell, 59, Dies; Chronicled Early Hip-Hop and Downtown New York
By Gotham Rex on February 2, 2021
Prolific with his point-and-shoot camera, he captured essential images of the Beastie Boys, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Run-DMC, Andy Warhol and more. Source: New York Times
Corky Lee, Who Photographed Asian-American Life, Dies at 73
By Gotham Rex on January 29, 2021
Mr. Lee was determined to correct history that left out Asian-Americans, and to document their present-day lives and struggles. He died of Covid-19. Source: New York Times
Alice Rose George, a ‘Photographer’s Dream Editor,’ Dies at 76
By Gotham Rex on January 12, 2021
Her unerring eye for visuals made her a fixture in New York’s magazine world, where she promoted scores of famous and unsung photographers. Source: New York Times
Adál Maldonado, Provocative ‘Nuyorican’ Photographer, Dies at 72
By Gotham Rex on January 2, 2021
Adál, who moved from Puerto Rico to New York as a teenager, created art that was often bitingly satirical and politically subversive. Source: New York Times
A Painstaking Portrait of Some of New York’s Darkest Days
By Gotham Rex on December 3, 2020
Few places have been hit by the coronavirus the way a stretch of Queens was last spring. A group of Times journalists built something to help us remember that. Source: New York Times
The Word at MoMA Is ‘Rotation, Rotation, Rotation’
By Gotham Rex on November 12, 2020
On Saturday, the museum opens with changes to 20 of its 60 permanent collection galleries. A critic’s guide to the standouts on each floor. Source: New York Times
Sky Hopinka: Songs of the Earth and the Road
By Gotham Rex on November 12, 2020
The Indigenous American artist and filmmaker is the subject of two concurrent shows. His work “rivals in visual and linguistic beauty any new art I’ve seen in some time,” our critic says. Source: New York Times
At the Queens Museum, Home and the World
By Gotham Rex on October 30, 2020
In three post-lockdown exhibitions, the museum stakes out its role in the life of its neighborhood’s multiethnic citizens. Source: New York Times
Photoville Adds New Venues, Vistas and Vision
By Gotham Rex on September 22, 2020
A joyous jumble of 60-plus shows in five boroughs, it is a reminder of photography’s power not just to document crisis, but to help imagine better lives. Source: New York Times
Whitney Cancels Show That Included Works Bought at Fund-Raisers
By Gotham Rex on August 26, 2020
Black artists objected after they discovered their work had been acquired by the museum through discounted sales meant to benefit charities. Source: New York Times
Witnessing Pandemic New York, With an Ear to the Past
By Gotham Rex on August 21, 2020
The Times photographer Todd Heisler has crisscrossed New York City during the pandemic. A new project combines the images he captured with audio from before the virus quieted the city. Source: New York Times