1950s Black and White Photography
Period: 1950s
Color: Black
Observing art, Montmatre, Paris, France 1950s, 13 x 17, 9 cm
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy: Living in the Sunshine
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning black and white image of John Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy smiling in the sunshine, their hair blowing in the wind.
John F. Kennedy and his wife Jackie met in 1952 at a dinne...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
L'Attesa, 1962 (The wait) - Roma - Large size Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
She was there, leaning against a wall, she seemed to be waiting," says the photographer. I did not understand what she could expect, since few vehicles could have passed through this narrow passage. So I leaned against the wall almost in front of her, I also waited and this ray of sunshine came to play in the hanging linen...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe and Eileen Beckert in "Bus Stop", 1956, 29, 8 x 19, 8 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Norma Jeane Mortenson or better known as Marilyn Monroe – iconic, beautiful and maybe the most known Hollywood Stars of the 20th century. Born and raised in Los Angeles, USA, she spe...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Posing at Studio "Legs Up", ca. 1950, 15, 8 21, 5 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Norma Jeane Mortenson or better known as Marilyn Monroe – iconic, beautiful and maybe the most known Hollywood Stars of the 20th century. Born and raised in Los Angeles, USA, she spe...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Helen Frankenthaler, Painter New York City, Photograph of Woman Artist in 1950s
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
A documentary portrait of Helen Frankenthaler (1925-2011) in her studio in New York in the 1950s. Frankenthaler has remained a major American woman artist and female force of nature ...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Tamazunchale
Located in New York, NY
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil, recto; Also studio stamped, verso
Vintage gelatin silver print
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
In the Station - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
In the Station- Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized by the Agency of "Dufoto, Roma"
With the copyright, the stamp of Agency"and the hand-note, and ...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Chet Atkins at the Grand Ole Opry
Located in Memphis, TN
Jack Robinson photographed Chet Atkins on stage at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville in 1958. He was in town to shoot the cover photographs for the Everly Brothers...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Steve McQueen in His Study
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning capture by Larry Barbier Jr. of actor Steve McQueen at home, chatting on the phone in his study.
This listing is for a limited edition archival print.
What's included:
- L...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
'Soho Waiters' Race' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Soho Waiters' Race' 1955 Slim Aarons
Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Estate Stamped and Numbered
Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual wait...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Tornando con le spese, New York (1955) - Large size Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
This photo was made in 1955, the negative was digitized during the artist's lifetime and the technical parameters (fram...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'James Dean Liz Taylor Round Up' Limited Edition silver gelatin print
Located in London, GB
''James Dean Liz Taylor Round Up' 1956 GALERIE Limited Edition silver gelatin print
A gorgeous candid shot of the movie and style icons James Dean with Elizabeth Taylor on the set of their movie Giant...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Picasso in his Atelier
Located in Austin, TX
Beautiful black and white image of painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso hard at work in his studio.
Pablo Ruiz Picasso born on the 25th of October 1881 and passed on the 8th of April ...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Pablo Picasso: Master Sculptor
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning black and white capture of painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso hard at work in his studio.
Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and theatre ...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Masquerade at Dixie's
Located in Memphis, TN
These Mardi Gras partiers in matching costumes are entering the front doors of Dixie's Bar of Music. Dixie's was a safe space for the gay community of the French Quarter at a time wh...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Le photographe a Londres
By Sabine Weiss
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Sabine Weiss was born in Switzerland in 1924. In 1942, she wonders what she will do with her life, and decides that she should become a photographer because it is what she loves to do. She is the daughter of a mother who showed her art galleries and Roman churches at a very young age, and of a researcher chemist father who loved to see her print her little photos with the resources available at the time.
From 1942 until 1945 she was an apprentice at Boissonnas in Geneva, house of a dynasty of photographers that celebrated its 80th birthday.
In 1945 Sabine Weiss moved to a studio in Geneva, but in 1946 she decided to leave the city of her childhood to live in Paris. She knew there was no turning back. She asked Willy Maywald...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
World Series Win, New York City, Black and White Baseball Photography 1950s
Located in New york, NY
World Series Win, New York City, 1954 by Leonard Freed, is a 14" x 11" gelatin silver later ("lifetime") print, signed on verso (back of print) by the ...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
100th Anniversary Celebration Coffret # 7 - Vaticano - Vintage Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition
Fabrizio La Torre’s 100th Anniversary Celebration (1921-2021) Set # 7 - Vaticano
Limited edition of 100 Coffrets for each themes, all artworks print...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Soho Waiters' Race (1955) - Slim Aarons- Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Soho Waiters' Race (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Anna Magnani and Renato Castellani - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Anna Magnani and Renato Castellani - is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1950s
Good conditions.
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Make Up Mirror (1953) - Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Make Up Mirror (1953) - Silver Gelatin Print
(Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Picture Post/Getty Images Archive)
8th August 1953: Judy Dunlop, a participant in the Holiday Girl...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Tornando con le spese, New York, 1955 Contemporary Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Tornando con le spese, November 1955
Coming home with the groceries. once again, Fabrizio La Torre captures a little moment in life that says a lot a...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Girl Before a Mardi Gras
Located in Memphis, TN
These Mardi Gras partiers are wearing impressive homemade masks inspired by Picasso's Girl Before a Mirror.
Silver gelatin print on Ilford Galer...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Past Her Prime
Located in Memphis, TN
This party girl appears to have over-imbibed and now takes a rest (or a snooze) on the steps at Dixie's Bar of Music during Mardi Gras, 1954.
Silver gelatin print on Ilford Galerie...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons 'Soho Waiters Race'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Soho Waiters Race, 1955, Printed Later
Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual waiters' race from Soho Square to Greek Street, i...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Monza Grand Prix (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Monza Grand Prix (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by David Lees/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
British racing champion Stirling Moss at the Monza Grand Prix i...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Dior at Versailles
Located in Memphis, TN
Jack Robinson photographed a model wearing Christian Dior haute couture in this once-in-a-lifetime shot in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles in 1959. Christian Dior himself had passe...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Williamsburg, New York City, USA, Jewish Diaspora Street Photography 1950s
Located in New york, NY
Capturing the Jewish diaspora and the Hasidic community in Brooklyn, New York in the 1950s, this is subject matter which American photographer Leonard Freed from Brooklyn widely cov...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigme...
Soho Waiters' Race (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Soho Waiters' Race (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Fried Eggs and Chili
Located in Memphis, TN
Jack took this photograph through a store window on Canal Street in New Orleans in the early 1950s. We like to imagine the man is counting out his 30 cents for two fried eggs...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Portrait of Anna Magnani - Vintage b/w Photo by Agenzia ANSA - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Anna Magnani (ANSA) is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper realized by Agenzia ANSA.
Good condition.
Dimension: 18x13.
Anna Magnani was born in R...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
On Broadway, New York, 1955 Framed Edition Contemporary Black & White Photograph
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork #1 / 5 sold in perfect condition printed on baryta heavyweight paper & framed (black metal border)
From the collection called "Art 2014", format 30x42 cm. SERIES OF 5 PRINTS + 2 AP
Artwork printed later on fine art papers later (2014) from black & white negatives processed in 1962
During the 15 year period in which Fabrizio La Torre...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Suzy Parker
Located in Memphis, TN
The red-headed Suzy Parker (1932–2003), the highest paid and most famous American model in the fifties, was the fourth of four daughters from San Antonio, ...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
World Series Parade, New York City, Black and White Baseball Photography 1950s
Located in New york, NY
World Series Parade, New York City, 1954 by Leonard Freed, is an 11" x 14" gelatin silver later ("lifetime") print, signed on verso (back of print) by the photographer and stamped (magnum). The photograph was handprinted by Leonard Freed.
Parade by Freed captures the joy of two majorettes en route in the streets of the city for the celebration of the New York Giants...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Nuns
Located in Memphis, TN
Jack photographed these nuns, likely from the Ursaline convent, with their matching black umbrellas walking down a rainy New Orleans street in the early 1950s.
Silver gelatin print...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
'Beauty Queen' 1955- Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Beauty Queen' 1955
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
Cosmetics queen Helena Rubinstein (1870 – 1965), third from right, at her Park Avenue, New York apartment with her hus...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Un religioso ascolto, 1965 - Roma - Framed Contemporary Black & White Photograph
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork #1 / 5 sold in perfect condition printed on baryta heavyweight paper & framed (black metal border)
From the collection called "Art 2014", format 30x42 cm. SERIES OF 5 PRINTS...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Beverly Hills Cop' 1952 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Beverly Hills Cop' 1952
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
American policeman Lee R Hathaway with his car on Bedford Drive in Beverly Hills...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
'Ski Instructors Only' 1955- Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Ski Instructors Only' 1955
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
Skis leaning against the wall of a hut marked ‘Ski Instructors Only’ in New Hampshire, 1955.
(Photo by Slim...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Katharine Hepburn, Black and White Portrait Photography of Hollywood Star 1950s
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Burt Glinn photographed the 1950s Hollywood actress and celebrity Katharine Hepburn during the filming of Tennessee William's "Suddenly Last Summer." The iconic Hepburn is captured j...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film
The Italian Actor Amedeo Nazzari - Vintage Photographic Print - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
A scene from the movie "La donna di cuori" by Mario Casacci and Alberto Ciambricco.
Lightly damaged in the upper and lower left angles.
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sole d’inverno, 1962 - Roma - Contemporary Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 2 on 5 sold in perfect condition
Print called "Art 2014", format 42 x 60 cm. SERIES OF 5 PRINTS + 2 AP
Artwork printed later on fine art papers later (2014) from black & wh...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
New York City, USA, Limited Edition Signed Iconic Street Photography 1950s
Located in New york, NY
New York City, USA, 1954 is a 13" x 9" archival pigment print (baryta) in a limited edition of 5. Signed verso (back of photo) by Brigitte Freed (wife of the photographer), with Leon...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment, Photographic Film, Archival ...
'Cannon Drive' 1952 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Cannon Drive' 1952 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
1952: Cars driving along Cannon Drive, Beverly Hills, California.
Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Produced from the original negat...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Un religioso ascolto, 1965 - Roma - Contemporary Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 2 on 5 sold in perfect condition
Print called "Art 2014", format 42 x 60 cm. SERIES OF 5 PRINTS + 2 AP
Artwork printed later on fine art papers later (2014) from black & wh...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition - New York Lights 1953
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New York Lights 1953 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
A set of traffic lights on Park Avenue in New York City.
Produced from the original transparency
Certificate of authenticit...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Le Ultimissime della notte, Roma 1955 - Contemporary Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 3 on 5 sold in perfect condition
Print called "Art 2014", format 42 x 60 cm. SERIES OF 5 PRINTS + 2 AP
In a newspaper kiosk of barely 2 square meters, the Romans found thei...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Portrait of John McCone - Vintage B/W photo - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portait of John McCone (Head of the Atomic Energy Commission and then Director of CIA) is an original black and white photograph realized by an...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'New England Skiing' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'New England Skiing' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in New Hampshire, 1955.
Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Produced from the original ...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Seaplane At Palm Beach' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Seaplane At Palm Beach' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) leaning against a seaplane belonging to the Everglades Flying Service, at Palm B...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Funeral in Tizi-Ouzou of Prince Francesco - Vintage B/W photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Funeral in Tizi-Ouzou of Prince Francesco is a vintage photograph on photography paper, realized by an anonymous photographer
With the stamp of Associated press and type-note on th...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Dukes of Windsor - Vintage B/W photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Dukes of Windsor is an original photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer.
With the description typing script on the rear.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Tobacco Leaves by Miller Null - Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Tobacco Leaves by Harold Null is a vintage photographic print on baryta paper.
Print came from the work “ Riva di Pò” realized between 1956 and 1961 by famous american photographer Harold Miller...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Kings of Hollywood (Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, James Stewart, Van Heflin
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This iconic photograph is finally available again, for the first time in over a year.
In this classic black and white photograph, 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 Romanoff's in Beverly Hills.
Kings of Hollywood / New Year's at Romanoff's
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
16 x 20 inches
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certificate of Authenticity included. Purchaser will get the next number in the edition
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone.
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
* We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons *
Founded by Michael Romanoff (born Hershel Geguzin, 1890-1971), Romanoff's was a popular restaurant with Hollywood stars during the 1940s and 1950s, including director Alfred Hitchcock.
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Vintage Slim Aarons, Vintage Hollywood, Vintage Glamour, 1950s, Beverly Hills, Clark Gable, Van Heflin, Gary Cooper, James Stewart, Vintage Hollywood Glamour...
Category
Realist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Lambda
James Galanos at the MET, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
James Galanos at the MET, 1954 -- Photographed by Mark Shaw for the Nov. 22, 1954 issue of LIFE. The 29 year old fashion designer James Galanos is pictured in the Costume Institute o...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Jack Kerouac, Black and White Photograph of Beat Generation Author with Friend
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
The black and white photograph from the 1950s captures beatnik hipster writer Jack Kerouac in dark glasses, wearing a beret and friend Barbara Ferrara.
Beat Couple, 1959 by Burt Gl...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
First Looks over Canada, 1955 - 12 ex - Limited Ed - Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition
Coffret Collector # 1 from a limited editon of 5
Each coffret is including 12 Fine Art Limited Edition Prints up to 13 x 19 inches
These photos were made in 1955, printed later, the negative was digitized during the artist's lifetime and the technical parameters (framing, contrast, light, etc.) was approved by him. These are very high quality fine art prints on 310 gr/m² with museum quality pigment inks.
During the 15 years during which he gave himself to photography, Fabrizio La Torre traveled to Italy, Europe, North America and Asia. From everywhere he brought back photos that tell of the human, universal and soul-filled condition, to which he was so sensitive. Here is First Look at Canada, where Fabrizio La Torre stayed in November and December 1955, on a 6-month trip to North America which also took him to Canada and California. In Montreal, he could not resist the urge to travel aboard the "Canadian", the most modern and luxurious version of the Canadian Pacific train, inaugurated a few months earlier, on April 24, 1955. And even if the official story of this company claims that as from this inauguration the train was pulled by modern diesel locomotives, the heavy steam engines are still used, to the delight of the photographer who knows how to play with their big white plumes. In stations, on platforms, steam is everywhere; while the temperature is around - 30°C, steam is welcome to thaw the axles, often blocked by ice.
1 – « The Rex Hotel », Toronto, November 1955. A cold, gray day where the snow is not far away, silhouettes of men in hats walking past the Rex Hotel. It has not yet become the legendary venue for all jazz concerts in Toronto. But for its comfortable rooms and its reasonable prices, this is where Fabrizio La Torre chose to stay.
2 – « On Wellington Street », Toronto November 1955.
The Gooderham building which remains one of the city symbols today, now surrounded by imposing skyscrapers while back then it was it’s turret that stared at the passer-by and the circulation of all its majesty .
3 – « Pietra e ferro », Stone and iron, Toronto November 1955. In every North American city where he passes, Fabrizio La Torre is struck by the overwhelming mass of buildings and the ubiquity of large cars, which he compares to living rooms. For this former naval officer accustomed to scanning around him with binoculars, the horizon is seems short. And nature is missing too: no tree grow outside the parks where they are confined.
4 – « Billiards », Toronto November 1955. Billiards, shoe shiners, restaurants, there is nothing lacking in the happiness of these gentlemen whose silhouettes in long coats and small hats definitely evoke the atmosphere of American movies of those years.
5 – « La partita di Hockey », Canada November 1955. An improvised hockey game...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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