Ed Templeton

Untitled (Blowing Smoke)

2006

Mugging, black and white photograph of two men kissing by Dan Nelken Dan Nelken Mugging c. 1970s Signed, verso Gelatin silver print 16 x 20 inche...

From a portfolio of ten gelatin silver prints from original Meatyard negatives (1959-71) Printed April 1974 Edition of 130 Credit stamp, verso 7 x 7 inches, image 15 x 12 inches, mount This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. “Meatyard searched continually for a non-objective art that would be wordless poetry, spontaneous music without sound. The ‘Motion-Sound’ pictures of his later years brought Meatyard’s passion for music and, paradoxically, the silence of Zen Buddhism together in photography. In creating the series, he focused the camera on a natural scene (or one containing plain rural architecture) and then moved it slightly. The result of this action is an image that suggests sound while abstracting natural forms. The landscapes of the ‘Motion-Sound’ series are in stark contrast to the evocative, more traditional views of the Red River Gorge that Meatyard was executing during the same years.” —Judith Keller, Ralph Eugene Meatyard (London: Phaidon Press Limited, 2002), p. 122 An optician by trade, Ralph Eugene Meatyard was a self-described “dedicated amateur” photographer. He pursued his own vision to produce an exquisitely enigmatic, widely admired body of work. Meatyard began taking photographs in 1950, roaming the backwoods and towns in Kentucky, experimenting with framing, multiple exposures, and blurring to produce haunting, abstracted images of natural and manmade environments. In the late 1950s, he began incorporating monstrous, oversized latex masks...

Chromogenic print Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in black ink, verso This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.

Couple, vintage gelatin silver contact print by Mike Disfarmer Couple c. 1940 Vintage gelatin silver contact print 3.25 x 2.25 inches

Etching realized by Giacomo Porzano in 1974. Hand Signed. Edition of 50 pieces.

Girbent's realistic charcoal on paper drawing, "Smoke", based on a frame from the film "Breathless" by Jean Luc Godard is a portal in time. The image captures a moment in time but s...

Hand signed by artist with pencil. Artist's proof. Edition of 50 prints.

Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, and the USSR in the 1960s.In the invitation to an exhibition of her works in 2003, one reads: "Hanna Seidel, observing the world through her camera lens, could capture everyday situtations in a unique manner."A touring exhibition containing 100 selected photographs entitled "From Rio Grande to Cape Horn...