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Black and White Photography For Sale
Period: 1930s
Period: 1940s
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Casa Alpina - B/W Photograph - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Casa Alpina memorial photo is an original Black and white photograph realized by an Anonymous Italian photographer.
With the original stamp on the rear"photo Reportage Torino"
Very ...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bing Crosby and Friends - b/w Photograph - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Bing Crosby and Friends is an original b/w photograph about Hollywod '40 realized by De Wan Studios.
On the back "From left: Edward J. Crowley, Mrs. Crowl...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Jane Russell and Gloria Green - Original b/w Photograph - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Jane Russell and Gloria Green is an original b/w photograph about Hollywod '40 realized by De Wan Studios.
Good condition, mounted on a white cardboard p...
Category
1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Arleen Dahl - Original b/w Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Arleen Dahl is an original b/w photograph about Hollywood '40 realized by De Wan Studios.
On the back "Beautiful Arleen Dahl is assisted with her w...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rome Disappeared - Palazzo Desideri - Vintage Photo - 1931
Located in Roma, IT
Disappeared Rome - Palazzo Desideri is a vintage photographic print on single-coated paper.
On the back "Fotovedo" ink agency stamp and handwritten notes in pencil.
Excellent cond...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Metaphysical Composition - Photographic Print by Erberto Carboni - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Metaphysical Composition by Erberto Carboni is a photographic print on high quality single coated paper (baryta layer).
On front there are four faint pencil lines that divide the ph...
Category
1940s Surrealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Portrait of Maria Montessori by Studio Vasari - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Maria Montessori by Studio Vasari is a vintage photographic print on Agfa Brovira paper.
Photograph realized by the famous Roman photogr...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Maria Montessori by Studio Vasari - Vintage b/w Photo - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Maria Montessori by Studio Vasari is a vintage photographic print on Agfa Brovira paper.
Photograph realized by the famous Roman photogr...
Category
1940s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
At the Petrol Station - Vintage Silver Salt Photograph by A. Rodcenko
Located in Roma, IT
At the petrol station is an original vintage silver salts photograph, made by the great Russian Constructivist artist Aleksandr Michajlovic Rodčenko (Saint Petersburg, 1891 - Moscow, 1956) in 1935 ca.
Printed later, presumably between the 1940s and the 1950s.
In very good conditions, it is rare and precious. A scene of ordinary life is portrayed in an unusual point of view. The oblique cuts, the use of diagonal as the dynamics of this image, the close position of the machine are constants of Rodčenko'style and something of absolutely revolutionary and innovative at that time in the field of photography!
Provenance:
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, Great Britain; Forum Auction, London; Private Collection.
Bibliography:
Alexander Rodchenko. Catalog of the retrospective exhibition published from the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, 1979.
Aleksandr Michajlovič Rodčenko (St. Petersburg, 1891 - Moscow, 1956)
Aleksandr Michajlovič Rodčenko was a Russian painter, photographer and graphic designer, a leading figure of the Russian avant-gardes who collaborated in the establishment of the Constructivist movement.
In 1924 Rodcenko definitively abandoned painting as the main artistic medium to embrace photography...
Category
1930s Constructivist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mussolini with Stojadinović and Bastianini - Vintage Photo - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini with Stojadinović and Bastianini is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper. Stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back, realized on 7 December 1937 in...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Male Sports During Fascism - Original Vintage Photo - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo from the Fascist period. Photo by Gherlone, Torino.
Photo dimensions 17 x 23 cm. Includes passepartout.
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Fascism - Outdoor Physical education - Vintage Photo 1934 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo from the Fascist period. Photo by Gherlone, Torino.
Two joined photos.
This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any artwork in Italy created ov...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Picture of a set with Ben Turpin, 1930 circa
Located in Roma, IT
Picture of a set with Ben Turpin, 1930 circa.
Gel-bromide print (Velox). Stamp of former collection on the back. In the picture, Ben Turpin.
Good conditions.
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Jorena Pettway sorting peas inside her smokehouse. Gee's Bend Alabama
Located in Carmel, CA
Historical important photograph by one of the greatest woman photographers.
In great condition. Matted to 16x20.
Marion Post Wolcott
Jorena Pettway sorting peas inside her smokehouse...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Lucky For Some' 1949- Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lucky For Some' 1949
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
1949: Sicilian-born gangster Charles ‘Lucky’ Luciano (1897 – 1962) walking down a street in his native Sicily, followed by local children mimicking his posture.
Whilst in prison between 1936 and 1946, he founded the Crime Syndicate of Mafia families and reorganised crime in America.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Silver Gelatin Print
Produced from the original transparency
Certificate of authenticity supplied
Archive stamped and numbered in ink on the front
Paper size 16 x 16 / 40 x 40 cm
Printed 2020
OTHER SIZES AVAILABLE :
12 x 12 / 30 x 30 cm
16 x 16 / 40 x 40 cm
20 x 20 / 50 x 50 cm
30 x 30 / 76 x 76 cm
40 x 40 / 102 x 102 cm
50 x 50 / 127 x 127 cm
FRAMING:
Please note that this piece is unframed –
however, we offer a full framing service.
If you would like this piece framed, please contact us for a quote.
b/w black and white 1940 40s fashion...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Benito Mussolini - Vintage Photograph 1934
Located in Roma, IT
'Portrait of Mussolini ' is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper, the stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back, shows a portrait of Mussolini with the top ha...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mussolini During The Anniversary of the city of Rome - Vintage Photo - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini During The Anniversary of Rome' is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper. Stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back, realized in Rome on 29 October...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mussolini in Palermo - Pair of Vintage Photos - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini In Palermo' is a b/w photographic printing on enamelled paper by telegraphic sending (still experimental technology), the stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mussolini Awards the Farmers in Pontinia - Vintage Photo 1935
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini Awards the Farmers in Pontinia ' is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper, the stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back, realized around1935.
Ver...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mussolini With Officers - Pair of Vintage Photos 1935
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini With Officers' is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper, the stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back, here is Mussolini's speech to the soldiers d...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mussolini Greets The Crowd - Vintage Photo - 1935
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini Greets The Crowd' is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper. Stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back. The "French Patriotic Youth" attends a speech...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mussolini Awarding Veterans in Littoria - Vintage Photo 1933
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini Awarding Veterans in Littoria ' is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper, the stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back, here is first anniversary...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Assembly of The Fascist Party - Vintage Photo - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
'Assembly of The Fascist' is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper. Stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back.
The second five-year assembly of the Fascist re...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Evacuees in Hankou - Vintage Photo 1938
Located in Roma, IT
Evacuees in Hankou is a b/w photographic print on polished paper, realized by Keystone (Paris) on September 15, 1938.
Stamp of agency and stereotype in French printed on the back.
...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Japanese Troops - Vintage Photo 1938
Located in Roma, IT
Japanese troops is a b/w photograph on polished paper, dating back to the Second Sino-Japanese conflict, in particular to December 30, 1938.
Stamp of Keystone Press Agency and stereotype in German on the back.
The photograph pictures German troops while shooting from a ship.
The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) was a military conflict involving Chinese Republic and Japanese Empire. China received economic support from Germany, United States and the Soviet Union.
The conflict began with the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in 1937, during which a dispute between Japanese and Chinese soldiers...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Prince Chichibu on a Japanese Battleship - Vintage Photo 1939
Located in Roma, IT
Prince Chichibu is a b/w photographic print on polihed paper realized by Wide World Photos (England) on November 11, 1938.
Stamp of agency and stereotype in German on the back.
Excellent conditions.
In this photo, the prince Chichibu with two officials on the deck of a battleship during the landing at the Chinese bay of Bias.
Yasuhito, better known as Prince Chichibu (1902-1953), was a younger brother of Emperor Shōwa, and a famous general in the Imperial Japanese Army.
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Aerial Bombing on Tokyo (Japan) - 1938
Located in Roma, IT
Aerial bombing on Tokyo is a b/w photograph by Wide World Photos, England, on 15th September, 1938.
In this touching photograph, some women are captured while trying to extinguish a...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Autograph and Photo by C. Orff - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
A B/W Photo-Postcard in a smoking pipe pose with Autograph by Carl Orff, the inventor of Orff-Schulwerk musical teaching method and the famous Bavarian composer of “Carmina Burana” a...
Category
1940s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Laszlo Willinger, "Vivien Leigh", original photograph from original negative
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Laszlo Willinger
Vivien Leigh, 1940
Original vintage photograph from the original negative
Hand signed, framed
Sheet dimensions: 12 x 9 inches
Framed dime...
Category
1940s Other Art Style Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Anniversary of the Fascist Party Foundation - Original Vintage Photo - 1935
Located in Roma, IT
The Anniversary of the Fascist Foundation is an original b/w photograph realized in 1935 by Agence Trampus (Paris). The original hallmark of the Agence Trampus (Photoreportage Trampu...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mussolini and Badoglio - Original Vintage Photo - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
The Duce and Badoglio is an original b/w photo realized in 1934 by Agence Trampus. The original hallmark of the agency and a piece of paper with the caption on the back are present. ...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
New Year at Romanoff's
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year's party held at R...
Category
1940s American Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Colette, Paris
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Printed later. Signed on the back of the print with date in pencil. Camera Obscura label on back of mat. Overmatted to 18 x 22". Provenance Camera Obscura Gallery (Denver) 1980s to p...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cathedral, Rooftops
By Jaromir Funke
Located in New York, NY
Vintage silver print
Signed in pencil, verso
Also inscribed by the artist's son in pencil, verso
9.5 x 7 inches, sheet
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Category
1940s Other Art Style Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Digging For Clams - Black and White Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Digging For Clams
Mrs. Leverett Saltonstall Shaw watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, Massachusetts Bay, 1959.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
silver gelatin print
paper size 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm
unframed
printed later
edition size 150 only
certificate of authenticity supplied
numbered in ink & blind embossed stamped Slim Aarons signature on front
Authorised and issued by the Slim Aarons Archive & Estate c/o The Getty Archive London England and produced utilizing the original transparency.
b/w black and white music musician dining restaurant 1940 40s...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Dinner Jazz 1949
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz
American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1898 – 1971) enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome.
Paper size 16 x 16" inches / 40 x 40 cm
Estate Stamped Collect...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Brassaï Original Black & White Photograph of a Street Fair
By Brassaï
Located in New York, NY
BRASSAI (Hungarian–French, 1899-1984)
Street Fair on the Place d'Italie, 1931
Medium: Sheet-fed Gravure
Printing Date: 1970's
Printed in the USA
Image: 10 1/2 x 8 inches
Framed: 14 1/2 x 12 inches
Although his real nameis Gyula Halasz, he took the name Brassai from his birthplace, and it means someone who comes from Brasov. He used the name all his adult life and is known throughout the world as Brassai.
He was of Hungarian ethnic origins. Brasov in Transylvania has been a part of Romania since the end of the First World War, and that region is still largely populated by ‘Romanain-Hungarians.’ Two of these became well known in the film industry: Bela Lugosi and Gabriel Pascal. When the Austro-Hungarian Empire was dismantled after the War, most of its territories were distributed amongst a number of nations. It was at this time that Transylvania returned to its earlier identity as part of Romania.
Brassai had served in the Austro-Hungarian cavalry for the last year of the War, 1917-1918. After he settled in Paris in 1924, Brassai never returned to his homeland, remaining in exile for the rest of his life. His parents continued to live in Brasov but joined him for long visits in Paris.
In 1949 Brassai became a French citizen, having been a stateless person since 1947. He fell in love with a French woman, Gilberte Boyer, and they married in 1948. Gilberte worked closely with her husband as he pursued his photographic career, helping him develop prints in his dark-room, and often writing descriptions of the subjects and personalities. It was also in 1949 that a book with 207 photographs of Picasso’s sculptures was published, with photographs by Brassai. He and Picasso became friends and the latter asked him to photograph his work for this volume. Brassai was a frequent visitor to Picasso’s studio and there he took several portraits of the artist.
Brassai has become one of the leading photographers of the twentieth century with collectors all over the world seeking his work. In an era which produced several brilliant and inspired photographers, not least Brassai’s friend Man Ray, he was able to capture a quality of magic in the atmosphere, bordering on the supernatural. Many of his pictures were taken at night or in fog, a frequent condition in Paris in the early part of the twentieth century. Even his day time photographs capture a moment of eerie transition between the mundane and the surreal. He is on the doorstep of another world where time stands still. Light becomes spectral as if it is the breath of an invisible power. Figures seem set in amber. Wet cobbles seem to slither and flow. A Master of capturing the ordinary, Brassai saw things as they were but transmuted the scene through his use of the lens into something outside the ordinary.
Brassai was a familiar figure prowling round Paris after dark with his camera and tripod and heavy bag of glass photographic plates. He was sometimes accompanied by Ernest Hemingway, Henry Miller, or Leon Paul...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Stareek.
Located in London, GB
PONTING, Herbert.
Stareek.
circa 1935.
Classic Ponting photograph from Captain Scott’s Terra Nova expedition (1910-1913). Showing one of the memb...
Category
1930s Naturalistic Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Simpson and the Magnetic hut.
Located in London, GB
PONTING, Herbert.
Simpson and the Magnetic hut.
circa 1935.
Classic Ponting photograph from Captain Scott’s Terra Nova expedition (1910-1913).
T...
Category
1930s Naturalistic Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Margaret Webster
By Trude Fleischmann
Located in New York, NY
Vintage ferrotyped silver print
Signed in ink, recto
Artist credit stamp, verso
10 x 8 inches, sheet
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Born in Vienna in 1895, Trude Fleischmann became a prominent society photographer in the 1920s. Her Vienna studio...
Category
1930s Other Art Style Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Elephant And Castle
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
8th January 1949: The Elephant and Castle in the London Borough of Southwark, South London.
(Photo Bert Hardy)
A beautiful Limited Edition (ed size 300) silver gelatin fibre dark...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
At The Embassy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
A group of people at the Embassy Club in London during World War II 1941.
(Photo Bert Hardy)
A beautiful Limited Edition (ed size 300) silver gelatin fibre darkroom print made ...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Messenger Boy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
A young boy employed to carry messages around the council house at New Delhi, seat of the Constituent Assembly, sitting in the sun. Original Publication: Picture Post – 4325 – India:...
Category
1940s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'North By North West'
Located in London, GB
NORTH BY NORTHWEST, Cary Grant, 1959/ Everett Collection.
A beautiful archival pigment print -
Large 20 x 16" inches / 51 x 41 cm's
(paper size)
(The Everett Collection )
...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Metal Workers
Located in New York, NY
Metal Workers
c. 1940
Stamped, verso
Vintage gelatin silver print
10.75 x 8.5 inches, image
Contact gallery for price
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Avro Lancaster Bombers original press photograph 1940 for 'Aeroplane' magazine
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage warbird aeroplane posters, photographs and paintings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller".
Lan...
Category
1940s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Avro Lancaster Bomber AU-Q loading bombs original press photograph 1940s
Located in London, GB
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Lan...
Category
1940s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Erich Andres, Vintage, Amrum, Germany, 1938, 17, 5 x 12, 4 cm
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, 1941.
This black-and-white photograph, taken in 1938, shows a scene from a lighthouse on the island of Amrum, Germany. A man and a young boy a...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques Lipchitz Sculpture Photo Signed
By Marc Vaux
Located in Surfside, FL
Marc Vaux, a figure of Montparnasse, produced a trove of photographs which are currently held in the collection of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France. Marc Vaux was committed equally to supporting artists, notably by creating the Foyer des Artistes (1946-70) and, in 1951, the first Musée du Montparnasse at 10, rue de l’Arrivée.
Marc Vaux was born on February 19, 1895 in Crulai, Normandy Thanks to the color merchant from whom he bought his plates and his photographic equipment, he met the sculptor Charles Desvergnes winner of Prix the Rome and author of various memorials who was looking for someone to photographs his works. Two of Marc Vaux’s first clients were his neighbors of 21 Avenue du Maine- Marie Vassilieff and Maria Blanchard...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Policemen in Paris, 1930, Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photography by Wide World Photos - New York Times, Paris. Policemen in Paris circa 1930.
Features:
Original Silver Gelatin Print Phot...
Category
1930s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
On the Road near Paris 1930 - Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photography. A family on the road near Paris, France, circa 1930. The car in the background is a Renault KZ.
Features:
Original Silv...
Category
1930s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Avro Lancaster HK543 original 1945 silver gelatin press photograph World War 2
Located in London, GB
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Category
1940s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Baroda City Street
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
A side street near the City Gate in Baroda City (later Vadodara), Gujarat, India, January 1947. Original Publication : Picture Post – 4325 – India – pub. 1947
(Photo Bert Hardy)
...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lucille Ball in the Studio
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of Lucille Ball performing on the mic for CBS' "My Favorite Husband", circa 1948.
My Favorite Husband is the name of an American radio program and network te...
Category
1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Fill Her Up
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Pit staff filling up Louis Chiron’s (1899 – 1979) Maserati. Original Publication: Picture Post – 4364 – Road Racing In Jersey – pub. 1947
(Photo Bert Hardy)
A beautiful Limited ...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons - Buckingham Palace - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Buckingham Palace
Crowds watching a military parade outside Buckingham Palace, London, circa 1949.
Gorgeous print measuring an large 40 x 40" inc...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
The Duchess of Windsor - Wallis Simpson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Photograph of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield, later Spencer and then Simpson; June 19, 1896 – April 24, 1986), was an American socialite and wife of ...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
JCC Jersey Road Race
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Louis Chiron of France sits aboard the #1 Maserati 4CL during the first JCC Jersey Road Race on 8 May 1947 at the St.Helier course in Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom. Origina...
Category
1940s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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John Dolan’s Photographs Capture the Art and Soul of a Wedding Day
In a new book compiling 30 years' worth of images, the photographer reveals that it's the in-between moments that make a wedding special.
Jonathan Becker Reflects on His Decades of Photographing A-Listers for ‘Vanity Fair’
After 30-plus years with the storied magazine, the photographer shares the tales behind some of his most famous (and often surreal) pictures.