Tony Argento

"Monk" Rangoon, Burma Black and White Figurative Photograph

1999

Angkor Thom was the last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer Empire. It was established in the late 12th century by King Jayavarman VIII. The photo...

A young girl takes a moment from her work in the rice fields to look up with a warm and welcoming smile in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The photograph is professionally dry-mounted to archiv...

On a hot sweltering day, a man reigns supreme over his kingdom in the back streets of Ha Noi, Vietnam. The photograph is professionally dry-mounted to archival backing with archival ...

The Holy Man or High Priest is called Ida Pedanda and belongs to the Brahmana High Caste in Balinese society. They preach, teach, and perform ceremonies. The Pedanda dresses all in w...

Birds Nest, used to make a soup of the same name and an expensive delicacy in South East Asia, is harvested at this small island located in Phrang Nga Bay, Thailand. There are a resi...

Early black and white photograph of a large cat lounging in a zoo enclosure. The photograph is matted to a board to prevent bending. The photograph is not framed, but options are ava...

'Shoulder’ 32x43 cm limited edition of 20. 2022 Printed on heavyweight Photo rag Baryta Hahnehnmule fine art paper. Signed front and back, comes with a certificate of authenticity.

Listing includes free shipping in the US and a 14-day return policy. All prints are made to order and will arrive in mint condition directly from Tod Papageorge...

Listing includes free shipping in the US and a 14-day return policy. All prints are made to order and will arrive in mint condition directly from Tod Papageorge...

Rare one of a kind silver gelatin lith print on foma paper of a Cuban man grinding coffee in a tree stump. Contemporary documentary photograph, taken in Santiago De Cuba. Shot on medium format film and printed by hand in a traditional photo darkroom. Cuban coffee...

A camera is a window through which a photographer interacts with the world, and it's up to the operator to decide whether his camera will be a barrier or a mirror between he and his subjects. In the 1970s, Michael Abramson chose the latter path when he brought his camera to Pepper's Hideout on Chicago's South Side. Following in the footsteps of his acknowledged influence Gyula Halász, a Hungarian photographer better known as Brassaï who became the pre-eminent chronicler of the Paris nightlife he loved so much, Abramson initiated himself into the nightlife of Chicago's predominantly black neighbourhoods. He was very much a part of the scene he documented on film, drinking, laughing, and dancing with his subjects into small hours and becoming as much a part of the atmosphere as the locals who frequented the same nightspots he did. - Joe Tangari (Numero Group, 2009) This series won Abramson a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1978 and launched his career as a photojournalist. Eventually the project resulted in a hardbound book, Light: On the South Side, including the Grammy and Mojo nominated album, featuring Chicago blues...

"Abramson comes much closer to recording the sound of these clubs than we would have any right to expect from a photographer." - Nick Hornby (London, 2009), Light On the South Side, ...