Paul Strand, 1890-1976

Women of Santa Anna, Michoacan

1933

Single photogravure from the Mexican Portfolio, 1932-33. Published by Da Capo Press, New York, 1967 Edition of 1,000 Printed 1967

Single photogravure from the Mexican Portfolio, 1932-33. Published by Da Capo Press, New York, 1967 Edition of 1,000 Printed 1967

Norma Shoulders, Henrietta, OK by John Stryker is a 10 x 8 inch vintage silver gelatin print. This photograph is signed in ink on print recto, and titled in pencil on print verso. John Stryker was born in Rockford, Illinois, September 1, 1883. He is most remembered for his body of photographs he took of the "Olympic of Western sport"*- the Rodeo. During his lifetime he crossed America, working rodeos as an announcer, a producer, promoter and sometimes a rider. He invented the chute that the animals come out of and he developed new ways of photographing action during an event. Dramatic shots were taken from the ground, propping his camera on the toe of his right boot right next to a bucking bronco. Some historians believe that John Stryker was directly responsible for the growth and sophistication of the sport. His negatives are in the collection of the University of Texas at Permian Basin, Odessa. His photographs have been exhibited during his lifetime at the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody, Wyoming, and the Amon Carter Museum in Ft. Worth, Texas. His photographs have been published widely including Life, Look, The Cattleman, The Western Horseman, and The Quarter Horse Journal. In 1977, The Rodeo of John Addison Stryker...

Edition of 15 Signed, dated, numbered and artist stamp on print verso by Bill Owens Gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 in. Printed 2005 Series: Leisure Bill Owens was born and raised in ...

Signed by Elliott Erwitt. Gelatin silver print, 20 x 24 in. Born to Russian parents in Paris in 1928, Elliott Erwitt spent his childhood in Milan, Italy, b...

Titled, dated and artist stamp.

Edward Sheriff Curtis. Vintage Photogravure. North American Indian Project. Print area is in good condition, white border of paper has some wear.

Edward Sheriff Curtis. Vintage Photogravure. North American Indian Project. Print area is in good condition, edges of white border of paper has some handling creases.

Edward Sheriff Curtis. Vintage Photogravure. North American Indian Project.

Edward Sheriff Curtis. Vintage Photogravure. North American Indian Project.

Edward Sheriff Curtis. Vintage Photogravure. North American Indian Project.

Beauty is only skin deep. But ah! me; freckles go to the bone. ~Mark Twain April, a freckled woman in this series, told me a story from her childhood: One day after playing outsid...