Dawoud Bey

Harlem Redux: Young Man, West 127th Street

2015

Supermodel III C Print On Fuji Paper Collection: Dutch Masters One size: 44.5 x 34.5 Edition of 7 + 3 Artist Proofs, 8 left DUTCH MASTERPIECE These Self-portraits remind us of hist...

Raquel Welch is an American actress and singer. She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966), after which she won a contract with 20th Century Fox. They lent her contract to a British studio, for whom she made One Million Years B.C. (1966). Voted by Playboy magazine as the "Most Desired Woman" of the '70s, Raquel Welch is photographed for a publicity still for the film 'One Million Years BC', circa 1966. The iconic photo was deemed too controversial for promotional use at the time and wasn’t published until 30 years later, on the cover of The Sunday Times Magazine. In 1966, Terry O’Neill went to the filming of One Million Years B.C. At the time Hollywood had just reached the point when the censorship laws that had choked film making for about forty years had finally become a thing of this past. According to Terry O’Neill “the filmmakers knew that a scantily clad Raquel Welch was going to draw all sort of attention,” and “Raquel, as beautiful as she is, was still a bit shy about being filmed in her now infamous fur bikini...

This photograph belongs to the series, "Absolute Powers / ex nihilo." These photographs dive deeper into the taboo and controversial topic of money by showcasing an array of intrigui...

This photograph belongs to the series, "Absolute Powers / ex nihilo." These photographs dive deeper into the taboo and controversial topic of money by showcasing an array of intrigui...

This photograph belongs to the series, "Absolute Powers / ex nihilo." These photographs dive deeper into the taboo and controversial topic of money by showcasing an array of intrigui...

This photograph belongs to the series, "Absolute Powers / ex nihilo." These photographs dive deeper into the taboo and controversial topic of money by showcasing an array of intriguing real-world historic and contemporary objects (some worthless, others immensely valuable), while examining how societies perceive, express, and destroy value. The most popular form of pure silver investment is the American Eagle coin. The most sought-after order size is what’s called a monster box, a case of 500 1-ounce coins separated into 25 tubes of 20 coins each, sealed by the US Mint...