Alex Timmermans

Tears for Tulips- 33 x 33 in black and white photography features man in nature

2015

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...

"Abramson comes much closer to recording the sound of these clubs than we would have any right to expect from a photographer." - Nick Hornby (London, 2009), Light On the South Side, ...

A limited Edition Print by National Geographic Photographer Keith Ladzinski from his series “The Cost of Consumption” - To hold industrial value through the eyes of humans is more of...

The Gallery of Katarzyna Napiorkowska is one of the first commercial art galleries in Poland. For over 30 years, the gallery has been presenting contemporary paintings, graphics, dra...

Edition 5 in format 40x80 cm Photograph on Hahnemuhle Paper ; Digigraphie technology , Limited edition, 40x80 cm + 5 cm white margin The photo is signed on the front and will be sent...

Edition 5 in format 60x60 cm Photograph on Hahnemuhle Paper ; Digigraphie technology , Limited edition, 60x60 cm + 5 cm white margin The photo is signed on the front and will be sent...