Michael Abramson

#05, 1970s Nightclubs of Chicago South Side - Rare Vintage Silver Gelatin Print

1974-1977

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, ...

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Hand-coloured tableau of a weeping spirit and her guardians, immobilised in marble. A disjointed narrative looking at recovery and protection, the angels shield the spirit with tender embraces and cry for her when alone. Taken from The Sialia Marbles, a series of portraits containing ephemeral human sculptures taken between 2016-19. Together these works act as tales contained in a fictional sculpture hall, in direct reaction to Andre Malraux’s 1947 Le Musee Imaginaire (Museum Without Walls). During the beginning of the 'Museum Age' in the 18th century , writer Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe discussed mythical...

On the set of the film ‘Three Days of the Condor’ in New York, 1974. Signed and Numbered Lifetime Edition Gelatin Silver Print Sizes: 16" x 12" - Edition of 50 + 10 AP 20" x 16" ...

At director George Cukor’s home in Los Angeles, 1975 Signed and Numbered Lifetime Edition Gelatin Silver Print from the Terry O’Neill Estate Available in: 20" x 16" Edition of 50 ...

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore in a pool in costume, Beverly Hills, 1975 Signed and Numbered Lifetime Edition Gelatin Silver Print from the Terry O’Neill Estate 16" x 20" - Edition of...

In concert during his Isolar tour, The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA, February 1976 Signed and Numbered Lifetime Edition Gelatin Silver Print from the Terry O’Neill Estate 16" x 20" - ...