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Period: 1970s
The Italian Singer Enzo Jannacci - Vintage b/w Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Singer Enzo Jannacci.
Category
Modern 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Kihti, Finland (Dark tide)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Finnish photographer Pentti Sammallahti depicts nature, eroded and broken down by civilization, but does not put man and the environment in opposite camps. He sees an equal relations...
Category
Contemporary 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Italian Actress Milena Vukotic - B/w Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Milena Vukotic on the set of a movie.
Category
Modern 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Lou Reed Transformer - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Lou Reed Transformer - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
The iconic Transformer album cover portrait of Lou Reed, 1972 (photo Mick Rock).
All p...
Category
Modern 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Kokar, Finland (Rock Formation)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Pentti Sammallahti was born in 1950 in Helsinki, Finland. Sammallahti was surrounded by works from his grandmother, Hildur Larsson, who was a photographer in the early 1900s. Sammallahti has been photographing the world around him with a poetic eye since the age of eleven. At the age of nine, he visited "The Family of Man...
Category
Minimalist 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Paul McCartney, Partner, Black and White Photography 17, 7 x 20, 3 cm
By John Young
Located in Cologne, DE
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are regarded as the mo...
Category
Modern 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Self Portrait in White Pants on the Piers
By Peter Berlin
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print
Signed in silver ink, l.l.
14 x 11 inches, sheet size
10.5 x 10.5 inches, image size
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Born in Poland in 1942 as Armin Hagen Freiherr von Hoyningen-Huene, Peter Berlin...
Category
Other Art Style 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Night view Rio De Janeiro - Vintage b/w Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Night view Rio De Janeiro - Vintage b/w Photo realized in the 1970s. Copyright by press Agency Credit Photo, N. Drei.
With some handwriting on the rear.
Stamped on the rear.
Good ...
Category
Modern 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Kokar, Finland (Abstract pattern on Rock Formation)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Pentti Sammallahti was born in 1950 in Helsinki, Finland. Sammallahti was surrounded by works from his grandmother, Hildur Larsson, who was a photographer in the early 1900s. Sammallahti has been photographing the world around him with a poetic eye since the age of eleven. At the age of nine, he visited "The Family of Man...
Category
Minimalist 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The English Actor Simon Ward - B/w Photo - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Actor Simon Ward in "Young Winston" a 1972 Film by Richard Attenborough.
Category
Modern 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Jagger And Warhol - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Jagger And Warhol - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Mick Jagger and Andy Warhol being photographed at a restaurant. (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are numbered by the Estate...
Category
Modern 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pilotis House - Beach in Brazil - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Pilotis House - Beach in Brazil - Vintage b/w Photo realized in the 1970s.
With some handwriting on the rear.
Stamped on the rear.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Inch, Co. Kerry, Ireland (Landscape ocean and cliffs)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Pentti Sammallahti is a benchmark figure in contemporary Finnish photography. His works depict nature eroded and broken down by civilization, but h...
Category
Contemporary 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Tiger Lady' Limited Edition Photograph by Getty Images 24 x 24
Located in San Rafael, CA
March 16, 1971: Air Stewardess Cynthia Robertson models the new uniform for National Airlines. A synthetic tiger skin number, the new uniform will be worn by over 1000 stewardesses. In her arms is an eight week old Bengal tiger called 'Indira'. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)
As an authorized Getty Images Gallery...
Category
Contemporary 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Freddie Mercury - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Freddie Mercury - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Freddie Mercury, London, 1974 (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are numbered by the Estate.
Edition size varies according to p...
Category
Modern 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Kokar, Finland (Abstract pattern on Rock Formation)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Pentti Sammallahti was born in 1950 in Helsinki, Finland. Sammallahti was surrounded by works from his grandmother, Hildur Larsson, who was a photographer in the early 1900s. Sammallahti has been photographing the world around him with a poetic eye since the age of eleven. At the age of nine, he visited "The Family of Man...
Category
Minimalist 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Classic Nude, Studio Nude
By Brett Weston
Located in Carmel, CA
A exquisite classic nude figure study by one of the masters of photography. Mint Condition. Hand printed by Brett Weston.
Category
1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tina Turner On Stage - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Tina Turner On Stage - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Tina Turner on stage in London, 1974 (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are numbered by the Estate.
Edition size varies...
Category
Modern 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Stevie Nicks #7
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Title: Stevie Nicks #7
Artist: Richard E. Aaron
Estate Edition: Hand numbered with estate chop mark in the margin, signature stamp on verso, archival pig...
Category
1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sottunga, Finland (Winter Landscape)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Pentti Sammallahti was born in 1950 in Helsinki, Finland. Sammallahti was surrounded by works from his grandmother, Hildur Larsson, who was a photographer in the early 1900s. Sammallahti has been photographing the world around him with a poetic eye since the age of eleven. At the age of nine, he visited "The Family of Man...
Category
Minimalist 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Helsinki, Finland (Ducks On Floating Ice)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Finnish photographer Pentti Sammallahti depicts nature, eroded and broken down by civilization, but does not put man and the environment in opposite camps. He sees an equal relations...
Category
Minimalist 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Framed Composer Leonard Bernstein Vintage Signed Photo
Located in Senoia, GA
Composer/Conductor Leonard Bernstein, photographed in 1977. Vintage silver gelatin photograph signed (printed in his own hand) by Jack Mitchell. Phot...
Category
Pop Art 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Tiger Lady' Limited Edition Photograph by Getty Images 16 X 16
Located in San Rafael, CA
March 16, 1971: Air Stewardess Cynthia Robertson models the new uniform for National Airlines. A synthetic tiger skin number, the new uniform will be worn by over 1000 stewardesses....
Category
Contemporary 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
The Protest - Historical Photograph About the Feminist Movement - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
The protest - Historical photograph about the feminist movement is an original black and white photograph realized in Rome in 1978 by the Agency of "Ansa"
...
Category
Modern 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Led Zeppelin #7 Photo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Title: Led Zeppelin John Bonham #7
Artist: Jeffrey Mayer
Limited Edition: Signed and hand numbered in the margin, archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Pearl, 100% cotton...
Category
1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones, Rock Photography Print by Jeffrey Mayer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist: Jeffrey Mayer
Limited Edition: Signed and hand numbered in the margin, archival pigment print on 100% cotton paper with a Baryta finish. Authorized worldwide release of 100 ...
Category
Performance 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Stevie Wonder V1, Los Angeles, California
Located in Dallas, TX
Artist Proof
Signed and numbered by Al Satterwhite
AVAILABLE SIZES:
11 x 14 in., AP $4,000
16 x 20 in., AP $8,000
24 x 36 in., AP $14,000
36 x 54 in., AP $17,000
48 x 72 in., AP $20...
Category
Contemporary 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dolly Parton
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print
Signed and numbered, verso
10 x 8 inches, sheet
(Open Edition, Unsigned)
$1400.00
20 x 16 inches, sheet
(Edition of 25)
$3500.00
30 x 30 inches, sheet
(Edition of 5)
$12,000.00
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Please note that prices increase as editions sell.
Forty years after he began documenting the country-music scene in and around Nashville, Henry Horenstein’s deep love for the music and its people continues. Having spent a lifetime around performers and fans, he has been granted access to the high-glamour backstage at the Grand Ole Opry in its heyday, as well as the rough-and-tumble dive bars...
Category
Other Art Style 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones #2, Rock Photography Print by Jeffrey Mayer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist: Jeffrey Mayer
Limited Edition: Signed and hand numbered in the margin, archival pigment print on 100% cotton paper with a Baryta finish. Authorized worldwide release of 100 ...
Category
Performance 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marc Bolan T Rex Timeless - Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Marc Bolan of T Rex at Le Chateux recording studio France 1972
Large Oversize limited edition (ed size 20 only this size) and signed
silver gelatin print....
Category
Modern 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Bob Marley" by Michael Ochs Archives
Located in London, GB
"Bob Marley" by Michael Ochs Archives
Bob Marley Los Angeles 1979.
Unframed
Paper Size: 20x16" (inches)
Printed 2022
Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
ships securely from London England.
reggae icon music...
Category
Modern 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Lou Reed And Andy Warhol - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Lou Reed And Andy Warhol - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Lou Reed and Andy Warhol, New York, 1976 (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are numbered by the Estate
Edition size v...
Category
Modern 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Reeds, Oregon
By Brett Weston
Located in Carmel, CA
A high contract image by Brett Weston who was an amazing printer of photography. During his printing his fingernails were commonly black due to the chemicals.
This is one of his mos...
Category
1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
John Cage, 1977, Vintage Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Photographic
Subject: Music
Medium: Photograph, Gelatin Silver Print
Surface: Photographic Paper
Country: United States
Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Dimensions w/Frame: 14.75" x 11.75"
Fred W. McDarrah, 1926-2007
Veteran Village Voice photographer Fred W. McDarrah
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors, troubadours, politicians, agitators and social protests.
Fred captured Jack Kerouac frolicking with women at a New Year’s bash in 1958, Andy Warhol adjusting a movie-camera lens in his silver-covered factory, and Bob Dylan offering a salute of recognition outside Sheridan Square near the Voice’s old office.
Not just a social chronicler, McDarrah was a great photo-journalist.
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hamilton, Sylvia Plachy, Robin Holland and Marc Asnin. His mailbox was simply marked "McPhoto."
An exhibit of McDarrah’s photos of artists presented by the Steven Kasher Gallery in Chelsea was hailed by The New York Times as “a visual encyclopedia of the era’s cultural scene.”
artists in their studios, (Alice Neel, Philip Guston, Stuart Davis, Robert Smithson...
Category
American Realist 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hunter S. Thompson in Cozumel by Al Satterwhite, 1974, Archival Pigment Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Hunter S. Thompson in Cozumel by Al Satterwhite features a portrait of Hunter S. Thompson sitting at a table while pouring a beer into a glass.
This photograph is listed as a 17.75 ...
Category
Contemporary 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Bob Marley" by Michael Ochs Archives
Located in London, GB
"Bob Marley" by Michael Ochs Archives
Bob Marley Los Angeles 1979.
Unframed
Paper Size: 16"x 12'' (inches)
Printed 2022
Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Category
Modern 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Dancer Kirk Peterson, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...
Category
Pop Art 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gardenia
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Robert Mapplethorpe earned his place in the canon from his incredible output of images that ranged from beautiful to brutal. Mapplethorpe was one of the key artists who helped elevate photography from image-making to fine art.
Mapplethorpe (1946-1989) fearlessly depicted the body (his own, friends' and lovers') in a way that positioned his work in line with masters such as Reubens, Courbet and Eadweard Muybridge to mention a few.
Despite the sometimes shocking content of his work, Mapplethorpe's photographs possess a formalist quality with their undeniable beauty and strict compositions.
From 1978-1981, Mapplethorpe created thirty-nine black and white photographs that make up his acclaimed XYZ Portfolios. While each portfolio is a distinct exploration of Mapplethorpe's signature subject matter, when combined, XYZ Portfolios serves as a definitive and in-depth representation of his mature and most sought-after, period.
(Of the portfolios, X explores homosexuality and sadomasochism; Y features floral still life; while Z showcases portraits of Black men) Click here to see a portrait from the Z portfolio.
In 2012, the XYZ Portfolios were shown in an exhibition at LACMA and presented in three rows (X on top, followed by Y in the middle, and Z below) as Mapplethorpe had envisioned them in 1989.
"Gardenia" is one of thirteen images from the Y Portfolio, featuring a fragrant and graphic flower. Shot overhead, this tranquil image captures a delicate flower subtly floating in a dark, contrasting bowl. Aside from the flower's shadow below, the still water is nearly inconspicuous, contributing to the air of grace and elegance that this piece evokes. While the depiction is straightforward, Mapplethorpe's contrasts lead to a more ambiguous image; is this actually a flower or some alien specimen being examined?
This powerful black and white image is a prime example of Mapplethorpe's work, highlighting his studio-centric practice as well as his refined and meticulous printing.
This is a rare opportunity to acquire an iconic work by one of the most influential photographers of the 20th Century. Caviar20 is proud to be offering this monumental and important piece.
"Gardenia"
USA, 1978
Gelatin silver print
Signed in ink by Michael Ward Stout and credited and dated on photographer's estate stamp, mount verso.
13.25"H 12.75"W (image)
16.75"H 16"W (framed)
Very good condition
Provenance: Xavier Hufkens...
Category
American Modern 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bowie And Cyrinda Foxe - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Bowie And Cyrinda Foxe - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
David Bowie with Cyrinda Foxe, San Francisco, 1972 (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are numbered by the Estate.
Editio...
Category
Modern 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bob Mick and Pete - Limited Estate Print Framed
Located in London, GB
Marley Jagger Tosh
Framed Estate Print.
Bob Marley, Mick Jagger and Peter Tosh pose backstage at a Rolling Stones concert
at the Palladium in New York, U...
Category
Modern 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
"Milano Bar" Framed and Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
"Milano Bar" by Archiv Fur Kunst Und Geschichte
Interior view of the central train station and bar, Milan, Italy, with a sign for Campari, 1971.
Framed Black
Framed Size: 29" x 23"...
Category
Modern 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
New Mexico Old Boys - oversized signed limited edition print
Located in London, GB
New Mexico Old Boys
by Homer Sykes
Aztec, New Mexico, June 1971. Men playing dominoes in a bar with a pool table. 1970s USA
oversize 30 x 20 inches ...
Category
Modern 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Black and White
Albania - Skanderbeg Square - Vintage Photograph - Late 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Albania - Skanderbeg Square - Photograph is a vintage photograph in color.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Johnny Rotten - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Johnny Rotten - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Johnny Rotten, 1976 (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are numbered by the Estate.
Edition size vari...
Category
Modern 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Adult film star Cal Culver (AKA Casey Donovan) 'After Dark' Nude, Signed LGBTQ+
Located in Senoia, GA
Adult film star Cal Culver (AKA Casey Donovan) 'After Dark' magazine iconic nude study, photographed in 1972. LGBTQ+ Pride This is a vintage gelatin silver print, selenium toned, mad...
Category
Pop Art 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
CBGB Photograph New York, 1982 (East Village 1980s)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
CBGB, The Birthplace of Punk - captured by heralded New York underground photographer Fernando Natalici: Manhattan, c.1982
Archival Inkjet Print.
Dimensions: 11 x 14 inches (full fr...
Category
Street Art 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Inkjet
American 4th July, Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
By Elaine Mayes
Located in Surfside, FL
Vintage black and white silver gelatin print, 1978, American 4th July.
Elaine Mayes, born 1936, is an American photographer and a retired professor at New ...
Category
Realist 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The English Actress Claire Bloom - Photography - Early 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The English Actress Claire Bloom in an elegant pose.
Category
Contemporary 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bowie And Ronson On Stage - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Bowie And Ronson On Stage - Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
David Bowie and Mick Ronson Guitar Fellatio, 1972 (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are numbered by the Estate.
Edition size...
Category
Modern 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Naughty But Nice" by Christopher Simon Sykes
Located in London, GB
"Naughty But Nice" by Christopher Simon Sykes
Guitarist Keith Richards looks elegantly wasted during the Rolling Stones Tour of the Americas, 1975.
...
Category
Modern 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Michael Jackson Home Photo Shoot" by Michael Ochs Archives
Located in London, GB
"Michael Jackson Home Photo Shoot" by Michael Ochs Archives
LOS ANGELES - APRIL 20: Michael Jackson poses for a photo shoot at his Hollywood Hills home on April 20, 1972 in Los Ange...
Category
Modern 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Actor Robert La Tourneaux, 'Cowboy' from 'Boys in the Band' nude for After Dark
Located in Senoia, GA
Actor Robert La Tourneaux, "Cowboy" from "Boys in the Band" on Broadway, and in the motion picture, photographed nude in 1970 for After Dark magazi...
Category
Pop Art 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bob Marley #7
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Title: Bob Marley #7
Artist: Richard E. Aaron
Estate Edition: Hand numbered with estate chop mark in the margin, signature stamp on verso, archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo ...
Category
1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mudhills, Arizona, 1947
By Ansel Adams
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Ansel Adams
Mudhills, Arizona, 1947,
Portfolio V
Gelatin silver print, plate 2 from the portfolio "Portfolio V"
Signed and marked 22/100
1970
Black and white photograph.
Photograph size 15 x 19.5 inches.
Dry mounted to board and matted 23 x 29 inches
Titled on Back of photograph
Ansel Adams was born on February 20, 1902, in San Francisco, California. Adams rose to prominence as a photographer of the American West, particularly Yosemite National Park, using his work to promote conservation of wilderness areas. ... He died in Monterey, California, on April
1945 Ansel Adams founds the first fine art photography department at the San Francisco Art Institute. Faculty include Dorothea Lange, Imogen Cunningham, Minor White...
Category
Photorealist 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mercury And May - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Mercury And May - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Freddie Mercury and Brian May in a recording studio, 1974 (photo Mick Rock).
All prints are numbe...
Category
Modern 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Nude male model multiple exposure with plant leaves
Located in Senoia, GA
Unidentified male model, multiple exposure with plant leaves, 1971. This is a vintage silver gelatin photograph made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from...
Category
Pop Art 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson in India - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Lyndon B. Johnson is a black and white photo realized in 1961.
The photo depicts the Vice-President Johnson in India in 1961. On the left the wife ...
Category
Modern 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
#19, 1970s Nightclubs of Chicago South Side - Rare Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
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...
Category
Contemporary 1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
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