Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA)
Founded in 1962, the Art Dealers Association of America is a vetted community of more than 180 top-tier galleries across the United States. Working with these member galleries, ADAA appraisers offer assessment services for artworks spanning from the Renaissance to the present day. The ADAA also arranges public forums on important art-related topics and hosts The Art Show, presented each year at New York’s Park Avenue Armory, which stands out among art fairs for its acclaimed selection of curated booths — many of which are one-artist exhibitions.to
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Period: 1950s
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 Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Nursery" Jacqueline & Caroline Kennedy, Georgetown, Washington D.C.
By Jacques Lowe
Located in Santa Monica, CA
What do you do when, as a photographer, you are told your image archive is so precious that it's uninsurable? The answer for Jacques Lowe, whose images helped create the legend of Jo...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Robert Oppenheimer
By Yousuf Karsh
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Karsh is a master 20th Century photographer. Karsh is known for his portraits of authors, scientists, artists, statesmen, musicians, and other dis...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Brigitte Bardot Prepares to Meet the Press, London
By Larry Burrows
Located in New York, NY
Image size is 15 x 19.5 inches. Printed in 1999. Larry Burrows Collection and copyright stamps on verso.
Larry Burrows career as a LIFE Magazine photographer culminated in his renow...
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1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Why Do I Love You? Louis Armstrong at 14, 000 feet over Africa, May 1956
By Larry Burrows
Located in New York, NY
A 16 x 20 inch gelatin silver print, with image size of 12 x 17.75 inches. Printed in 2004. "Larry Burrows Collection" and copyright stamps on verso.
Larry Burrows career as a LIFE ...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Eye of Love #507
By René Groebli
Located in Santa Monica, CA
René Groebli (b. 1927) was born in Zurich, Switzerland. In the 1940s he studied under the noted photographer, Hans Finsler. In 1949 he secured his place among European post-war arti...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Audrey Hepburn, Rockefeller Tower, New York
By George Douglas
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is all about the work of George Douglas, a brilliant photographer of the mid 20th Century. In the 1940s, 50s and 60s he worked for leading magazines of the day, both in Britain...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cape Cod Summer, Jackie in Hyannis Port
By Jacques Lowe
Located in Santa Monica, CA
What do you do when, as a photographer, you are told your image archive is so precious that it's uninsurable? The answer for Jacques Lowe, whose images helped create the legend of Jo...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Times Square, New York
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 d...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Angle boulevard Murat, Paris
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 d...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
London #1204
By René Groebli
Located in Santa Monica, CA
René Groebli (b. 1927) was born in Zurich, Switzerland. In the 1940s he studied under the noted photographer, Hans Finsler. In 1949 he secured his place among European post-war arti...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
La 2CV, Paris
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 d...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pearls, The First Family Portrait, Hyannis Port
By Jacques Lowe
Located in Santa Monica, CA
What do you do when, as a photographer, you are told your image archive is so precious that it's uninsurable? The answer for Jacques Lowe, whose images helped create the legend of Jo...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Omaha Profile" John F. Kennedy, Omaha, Nebraska
By Jacques Lowe
Located in Santa Monica, CA
What do you do when, as a photographer, you are told your image archive is so precious that it's uninsurable? The answer for Jacques Lowe, whose images helped create the legend of Jo...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Airport" Jacqueline and John F. Kennedy, Portland, Oregon
By Jacques Lowe
Located in Santa Monica, CA
What do you do when, as a photographer, you are told your image archive is so precious that it's uninsurable? The answer for Jacques Lowe, whose images helped create the legend of Jo...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Rocking Chair" Senator John F. Kennedy in his Senate Office, Room 362
By Jacques Lowe
Located in Santa Monica, CA
What do you do when, as a photographer, you are told your image archive is so precious that it's uninsurable? The answer for Jacques Lowe, whose images helped create the legend of Jo...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
JFK and Caroline, Hyannis Port
By Jacques Lowe
Located in Santa Monica, CA
What do you do when, as a photographer, you are told your image archive is so precious that it's uninsurable? The answer for Jacques Lowe, whose images helped create the legend of Jo...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris
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 d...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Paris
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 Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Huddle, Democratic Convention, Los Angeles
By Jacques Lowe
Located in Santa Monica, CA
What do you do when, as a photographer, you are told your image archive is so precious that it's uninsurable? The answer for Jacques Lowe, whose images helped create the legend of Jo...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bathing Suit with Fins, Hyannis Port
By Jacques Lowe
Located in Santa Monica, CA
What do you do when, as a photographer, you are told your image archive is so precious that it's uninsurable? The answer for Jacques Lowe, whose images helped create the legend of Jo...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Emille Griffiths
By Ormond Gigli
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ORMOND GIGLI was born in New York City in 1925. He became famous early on during the 1950s for his photographs of theatre, celebrities, dance, exotic persons & places. His work appea...
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1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Paris
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 d...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lyon
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 d...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gare de Lyon, Paris
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 Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jackie Campaigning, Television Commercial
By Jacques Lowe
Located in Santa Monica, CA
What do you do when, as a photographer, you are told your image archive is so precious that it's uninsurable? The answer for Jacques Lowe, whose images helped create the legend of Jo...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Paris
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 d...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Paris
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 d...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Paris, 14 Juillet
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 d...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Place Blanche, Paris
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 d...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bois de Boulogne, Paris
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 Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tropical Leaves, Fittonia Agyroneura, California
By Don Worth
Located in Santa Monica, CA
signed by artist
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Billie Holiday, NYC, 1955
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in ink on recto
Gelatin Silver Print
Paper - 11"x14", Matted - 16"x20
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Baguettes, Paris 1953
By Marc Riboud
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Baguettes, Paris, 1953
Signed in pencil on verso
Gelatin silver print
20 x 16 inches
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Suzy Parker Shop Lanvin Magazine Elle 1952
By Georges Dambier
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Suzy Parker, Vitrine, Paris (LANVIN) Elle Magazine, 1952
Signed and numbered in ink on verso
Gelatin silver print
Paper 24" x 20", Matted 30" x 24"
Editi...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Telegraph Hill, Top of Union Street
By Fred Lyon
Located in Santa Monica, CA
signed, titled, dated by artist in pencil, verso
(c) The Estate of Fred Lyon Courtesy. Peter Fetterman Gallery
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jones and O'Farrell Street Line
By Fred Lyon
Located in Santa Monica, CA
signed, titled, dated by artist in pencil, verso
(c) The Estate of Fred Lyon Courtesy. Peter Fetterman Gallery
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sophie Litvak Avenue Messine Magazine Elle 1953
By Georges Dambier
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed and numbered in ink with artist stamp on verso
Gelatin silver print
Image 17 1/2"x13 1/2", Paper 20"x16", Matted 24"x20"
Edition 8 of 25
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Capucine Café de la Paix
By Georges Dambier
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed and numbered in ink with artist stamp on verso.
Gelatin Silver Print
Image 17 1/2"x13 1/2", Paper 20"x16", Matted 24"x20"
Edition 21 of 25
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Washington Square Arch
By William Helburn
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Washington Square Arch
Simone D'Aillencourt
c. 1959
Gelatin Silver print
Edition of 50
Signed and numbered in ink on verso.
16 x 20 inches. Mat...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Simone & Whippet, Penn Station, NYC
By William Helburn
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Simone & Whippet
Simone D'Aillencourt and Walter Purdy at Penn Station, NYC
1959 / Printed Later
Gelatin Silver print
Edition of 50
Signed and numbered in...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sophie Litvak bus stop Magazine Elle
By Georges Dambier
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Georges Dambier (France, b. 1925-2011)
Sophie Litvak arret de Bus, Paris, 1952
Gelatin Silver Print
Edition of 25
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Suzy Parker Hydrangea
By Georges Dambier
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Georges Dambier (France, b. 1925-2011)
Suzy Parker, Hydrangea, 1953
Archival pigment print
Edition of 25
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Barbara Mullen Riva Ski Nautique
By Georges Dambier
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Georges Dambier (France, b. 1925-2011)
Barbara et MHA sur le Riva Eden Roc Antibes (Riva Ski Nautique), 1957
Archival Pigment Print
Edition of 5
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jean Patchette in Jean Dresses
By Norman Parkinson
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Limited Edition Estate Print; titled, dated and numbered in ink on verso
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Traffic, Ivy Nicholson in New York
By Norman Parkinson
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Limited Edition Estate Print; titled, dated and numbered in ink on verso.
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Anne Gunning II, Outside the City Palace, Jaipur
By Norman Parkinson
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Limited Edition Estate Print; titled, dated and numbered in ink on verso.
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Foggy Night, Land's End, San Francisco, CA
By Fred Lyon
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Lyon has been called "San Francisco's Brassaï," and has also been compared to Cartier-Bresson, Atget, and Andre Kertesz, but with a San Francisco twist. The lifelong San Francisco Native happily admits his debt to those icons.
Now at eighty-eight years old, his nonstop career reaches back to the early 1940s and embracing news, fashion, architecture, advertising, and food. In the golden years of magazines, his picture credits were everywhere from LIFE to VOGUE. He is now combining his extensive picture files for galleries, publishers, and print collectors.
c) The Estate of Fred Lyon Courtesy. Peter Fetterman Gallery
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Eye of Love #532
By René Groebli
Located in Santa Monica, CA
René Groebli (b. 1927) was born in Zurich, Switzerland. In the 1940s he studied under the noted photographer, Hans Finsler. In 1949 he secured his place among European post-war artists with his iconic portfolio Magic of the Rail. By the early 1950s, Groebli was working as a photographer for Life, Picture Post and other international magazines and participated in the first Subjektive Fototgraphie exhibition in Saarbrüken. In 1955, he was included in the Family of Man exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art.
"A number of years ago, a young Swiss photographer and his new bride made a honeymoon journey through France. In that romantic country they found that Eros attended even the humblest of hotel rooms. The photographer, René Groebli, chose to record this beginning event in their lives and in doing so, produced a series of sensitive photographs that are a tour de force in good taste."
-On Groebli's series Eye of...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Eye of Love #531
By René Groebli
Located in Santa Monica, CA
René Groebli (b. 1927) was born in Zurich, Switzerland. In the 1940s he studied under the noted photographer, Hans Finsler. In 1949 he secured his place among European post-war artists with his iconic portfolio Magic of the Rail. By the early 1950s, Groebli was working as a photographer for Life, Picture Post and other international magazines and participated in the first Subjektive Fototgraphie exhibition in Saarbrüken. In 1955, he was included in the Family of Man exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art.
"A number of years ago, a young Swiss photographer and his new bride made a honeymoon journey through France. In that romantic country they found that Eros attended even the humblest of hotel rooms. The photographer, René Groebli, chose to record this beginning event in their lives and in doing so, produced a series of sensitive photographs that are a tour de force in good taste."
-On Groebli's series Eye of...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Eye of Love #526
By René Groebli
Located in Santa Monica, CA
René Groebli (b. 1927) was born in Zurich, Switzerland. In the 1940s he studied under the noted photographer, Hans Finsler. In 1949 he secured his place among European post-war artists with his iconic portfolio Magic of the Rail. By the early 1950s, Groebli was working as a photographer for Life, Picture Post and other international magazines and participated in the first Subjektive Fototgraphie exhibition in Saarbrüken. In 1955, he was included in the Family of Man exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art.
"A number of years ago, a young Swiss photographer and his new bride made a honeymoon journey through France. In that romantic country they found that Eros attended even the humblest of hotel rooms. The photographer, René Groebli, chose to record this beginning event in their lives and in doing so, produced a series of sensitive photographs that are a tour de force in good taste."
-On Groebli's series Eye of...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Eye of Love #521
By René Groebli
Located in Santa Monica, CA
René Groebli (b. 1927) was born in Zurich, Switzerland. In the 1940s he studied under the noted photographer, Hans Finsler. In 1949 he secured his place among European post-war artists with his iconic portfolio Magic of the Rail. By the early 1950s, Groebli was working as a photographer for Life, Picture Post and other international magazines and participated in the first Subjektive Fototgraphie exhibition in Saarbrüken. In 1955, he was included in the Family of Man exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art.
"A number of years ago, a young Swiss photographer and his new bride made a honeymoon journey through France. In that romantic country they found that Eros attended even the humblest of hotel rooms. The photographer, René Groebli, chose to record this beginning event in their lives and in doing so, produced a series of sensitive photographs that are a tour de force in good taste."
-On Groebli's series Eye of...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Eye of Love #517
By René Groebli
Located in Santa Monica, CA
René Groebli (b. 1927) was born in Zurich, Switzerland. In the 1940s he studied under the noted photographer, Hans Finsler. In 1949 he secured his place among European post-war artis...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Eye of Love #513
By René Groebli
Located in Santa Monica, CA
René Groebli (b. 1927) was born in Zurich, Switzerland. In the 1940s he studied under the noted photographer, Hans Finsler. In 1949 he secured his place among European post-war artists with his iconic portfolio Magic of the Rail. By the early 1950s, Groebli was working as a photographer for Life, Picture Post and other international magazines and participated in the first Subjektive Fototgraphie exhibition in Saarbrüken. In 1955, he was included in the Family of Man exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art.
"A number of years ago, a young Swiss photographer and his new bride made a honeymoon journey through France. In that romantic country they found that Eros attended even the humblest of hotel rooms. The photographer, René Groebli, chose to record this beginning event in their lives and in doing so, produced a series of sensitive photographs that are a tour de force in good taste."
-On Groebli's series Eye of...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Eye of Love #510
By René Groebli
Located in Santa Monica, CA
René Groebli (b. 1927) was born in Zurich, Switzerland. In the 1940s he studied under the noted photographer, Hans Finsler. In 1949 he secured his place among European post-war artists with his iconic portfolio Magic of the Rail. By the early 1950s, Groebli was working as a photographer for Life, Picture Post and other international magazines and participated in the first Subjektive Fototgraphie exhibition in Saarbrüken. In 1955, he was included in the Family of Man exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art.
"A number of years ago, a young Swiss photographer and his new bride made a honeymoon journey through France. In that romantic country they found that Eros attended even the humblest of hotel rooms. The photographer, René Groebli, chose to record this beginning event in their lives and in doing so, produced a series of sensitive photographs that are a tour de force in good taste."
-On Groebli's series Eye of...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Smoke Filled Room, O'Hare Airport, Chicago
By Jacques Lowe
Located in Santa Monica, CA
What do you do when, as a photographer, you are told your image archive is so precious that it's uninsurable? The answer for Jacques Lowe, whose images helped create the legend of Jo...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Woman Behind Cobwebbed Window
By Wynn Bullock
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Wynn Bullock (1902 – 1975) was born in Chicago and raised in South Pasadena, California. His early career was as a singer, and following high school he moved to New York where he performed in the chorus of Irving Berlin’s Music Box Revue and later with the show’s Road Company. During the mid-1920s, while performing in Europe, he became fascinated with artworks by Cezanne, Man Ray, and Lazlo Moholy-Nagy. Bullock once wrote, “My first ambition was to become a concert singer….But interpreting others’ creative work did not satisfy my own creative impulses and so I turned to photography.” Bullock bought a simple box camera and launched into amateur picture making.
In 1938 Bullock enrolled at the Los Angeles Art Center School. Three years later, his work was showcased in one of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's early solo photography exhibitions. During the 1940s, he conducted pioneering research to control the effect of solarization (a darkroom process for altering an image) and was awarded patents in the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain for a “Photographic Process for Producing Line Image.”
Bullock was deeply inspired by fellow photographer Edward Weston, who he met in 1948, and Weston’s work motivated him to investigate straight photography. Throughout the 1950s, Bullock clarified his unique point of view, establishing a deep, direct connection with nature. A lifelong learner, he also read widely in the areas of physics, general semantics, philosophy, psychology, Eastern religion, and art.
Bullock came into the public spotlight when Museum of Modern Art curator Edward Steichen chose two of his photographs for the 1955 Family of Man exhibition. When the exhibition was shown at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C., his photograph Let There Be Light, was voted most popular. The second, Child in Forest, became one of the exhibition’s most memorable images. By the end of that decade, his work was widely exhibited and published worldwide and in 1957, he was honored with a medal from the Salon of International Photography.
During the early 1960s, Bullock departed from the black-and-white imagery for which he was known and produced a major body of work, Color Light Abstractions, which expressed his belief that light is a great force at the heart of all being. Further image-making innovation included alternative approaches including extended time exposures, photograms, and negative printing.
During the 1960s and 1970s Bullock expanded his influence through other roles. In 1968, he became a trustee and chairman of the exhibition committee during formative years at Friends of Photography in Carmel, California. He taught advanced photography courses at Chicago’s Institute of Design during Aaron Siskind’s sabbatical and at San Francisco State College at John Gutmann’s invitation. In the last decades of his life, he lectured widely, participated in many photographic seminars and symposia, and was a guest instructor for the Ansel Adams Yosemite...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Male Nude II (Backside) N.Y.
By Horst P. Horst
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Edition of 10
Horst began his photography career in 1931 working for Paris Vogue. Shortly after he succeeded his friend and mentor, George Hoyningen-Huene, as head photographer of V...
Category
1950s Adaa Art Dealers Association Of America Photography
Materials
Platinum
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