American Photography

Weegee (Ukranian/American 1899-1968) Title: 'Cafe Romance', New York 1953 Gelatin silver print Signed, titled, dated in ink au verso 'Corkin Gallery' label au verso stamped "weegee the famous" au verso Image size: 11" x 13.5" Mat size: 21" x 24" Biography: Probably few policemen have seen as much violent sin as Arthur Fellig, better known as Weegee, did. Specializing in crime and catastrophe, Weegee’s work is regarded as some of the most powerful images of the 20th century. His profound influence on other photographers derives not only from his sensational subject matter and his use of the blinding, close-up flash, but also from his eagerness to photograph the city at all hours, at all levels: coffee shops at three in the morning, hot summer evenings in the tenements, debutante balls, parties in the street, lovers on park benches, the destitute and the lonely. No other photographer has better revealed the non-stop spectacle of life in New York City. During the 1930s and 1940s Weegee worked as a freelance news photographer in New York City, and was the first private citizen to gain access to police radio transmits. He lived across the street from Manhattan police headquarters waiting for the inevitable call that would announce another gangland execution, botched hold-up, or crime of passion. Weegee’s first book, Naked City, was a runaway success, making him an instant celebrity who suddenly had assignments from Life and Vogue. He was among the first to fully realize the camera’s unique power to capture split-second drama and exaggerated emotion. By the mid-40s, Weegee photographed...

A vintage gelatin silver photographic print by American photographer Ralph Gibson (1939-) Untitled, the photograph depicts an antique stone female statue from the back showing the to...

Original pair of black and white photographic production stills for Quentin Tarantino Classic, 1994 cult thriller starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman and Harvey Ke...

Edward S Curtis (1868-1952) Title: As It Was In The Old Days Plate: 652 Portfolio: Volume 19 Printer: Suffolk Eng. Co. Cambridge Mass Medium: Photogravure Date: 1927 Dimensions: S...

The Forties: As Reported By The New York Times By Keylin, Arleen; Cohen, Jonathan. Title The Forties: As Reported by the New York Times Author Keyli...

Enos A. Mills Photograph, "End of the Trail," c1921, Sepia Toned Silver Print. The print is blind stamped on the lower right "©, Enos A Mills, 1921." The horse was named 'Cricket,' h...

It is very rare to find a desirable iconic two piece set of original Bruce of Los Angeles vintage photographs. Especially with the iconic beach ball pr...

Artist: Philippe Halsman (1906-1979) Medium: Gelatin Silver Print Title: Dali Clockface Date: 1953; Printed in 1981 as part of the ten-piece Dali Portfolio...

Luigi Ghirri: It's Beautiful Here, Isn't It... by Luigi Ghirri. Published by Aperture, NY, 2008. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Ghirri was an extraordinary photographer, as well as a writer and curator whose career was so rich and varied that it seems like a lesson in the contemporary history of the medium. Although well known in his native Italy, Ghirri does not yet have the international audience his work merits--perhaps because he died so young. This is the first book published on Ghirri in the U.S. It will establish him as the seminal artist he was. Uncannily prescient, Ghirri shared the sensibility of what became known in the U.S. as the New Color and the New Topographics...

Edward S Curtis (1868-1952) Title: An Isleta Man Plate: 549 Portfolio: Volume 16 Printer: Suffolk Eng. Co. Cambridge Mass Medium: Photogravure Date: 1925 Dimensions: Sheet: W 17 ¾...

Stunning lifetime signed dye transfer print by Arthur Siegel. Although color photography was available to the public in the late 1930s, most respected "p...

An editioned gelatin silver print by American photographer Duane Michals (1932-). "I could read it clearly in his palm. There would be a terrible tragedy. My love could not protect him" from Homage to Cavafy Series, published in 1978. Gelatin silver print, hand-written titled on the lower margin. Signed and numbered 8/25 in ink on the bottom of the sheet (as shown). 3 1/2 x 5" for the image size. Displayed in a brand-new black wood archive frame with museum glass. Michals created ten photographs in honor of Greek gay...

A framed black and white street photograph by Vivian Maier (American, 1926-2009), untitled and undated (circa 1950s), This is a gelatin silver print print...

Jean-Paul Goude and Grace Jones in the “Lionel Hamptons", Long Island, New York, 10 August 1992 "J.P. and I were working on a story he called the 'Lionel Hamptons’. Grace helped." ...

Antique Hand Colored Photograph of Nantucket Street Scene by Marshall Gardiner (1884-1942), circa 1910, a period hand tinted photograph entitled "Nantucket Shearing Cart and Quakers" showing classic grey shingled houses on a cobblestone paved street, with a couple in horse drawn cart riding away from the viewer, and four women on doorstep and sidewalk, all dressed in period Quaker attire. It is interesting to note that the couple in cart are seated on antique Nantucket Bow Back Windsor chairs. The photograph was titled and hand signed in pencil across the bottom of the old acid foxed mat; the photograph is now mounted in new archival acid free matting, and a photocopy of the original pencil inscription has been preserved on the reverse. The photograph itself remains in excellent condition. H. Marshall Gardiner (1884-1942) was born on September 18, 1884 in Windsor, Ontario, and immigrated to the United States circa 1890, where his father W.H. Gardiner opened two photographic studios, one in Detroit during the winter months and a second at Mackinac Island during the more tourist-oriented summer months. Recognizing the potential of Florida's rapidly growing tourist trade, around 1894-95 he moved with his family from Detroit to Daytona, Florida which proved much more accommodating to the family's photographic business during the colder winter months. Marshall learned many of his photographic techniques from his father prior to going out on his own at a relatively early age. Whereas his father generally used wet collodian negatives, technology had advanced to where he was able to use gelatin dry plates in his earlier years, and later the less expensive and much more convenient roll film. Another very important lesson learned from his father was strategy of setting up shop in a tourist resort. Early in his career he traveled to Bermuda where he shot a series of beautiful Bermuda scenes that he hand-colored and successfully sold over a number of years to the local tourist trade. Around 1910, at the age of around 24, he first traveled to the island of Nantucket. The year-round population of Nantucket was then just over 2500, not nearly enough to sustain a photographic business for the entire year, so he opened a joint Photography and Art Supplies Store. Working as Nantucket's exclusive agent for Eastman Kodak, his business expanded to include the island's only photo-finishing service. However, with such a small year-round population, even the addition of a Gift Shop to compliment the hand-painted photographs, general portrait...

Patrick Parrish is excited to offer an incredible group of original photographs printed by Meisel Photochrome Corporation of Dallas around 1970, shortly after the Apollo 11 Mission. ...

Original deluxe double weight studio photography Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) for My Fair Lady 1964. This film starred Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison and was directed by George Cukor. T...

Presented is a fine photogravure portrait of an Ogalala woman by Edward Curtis. The image is Plate 94 from Supplementary Portfolio 3 of Edward Curtis' epic project The North American Indian. The caption provided by Curtis for this image is “A face so strong that it is almost masculine, showing strikingly how slight may be the difference between the male and female physiognomy in some Primitive people.” The photograph was taken in 1907 and the photogravure was published in 1908 by John Andrew & Son, in Boston. Edward S. Curtis created one of the most enduring and iconic visual records in the history of the photographic medium. He was an award-winning artist, a consummate craftsman, a visionary, an intrepid entrepreneur, and was highly regarded as a respected ethnographer and publisher. Curtis began photographing Native Americans in the mid-1890s and selling these images in his successful Downtown Seattle studio. One of his earliest models was Princess Angeline, the aged daughter of chief Sealth, the Suquamish Indian after whom Seattle is named. At the National Photographic Convention of 1899 Curtis was awarded the grand prize for three of his soft-focused, sepia-toned images of Puget Sound Native Americans: Evening on the Sound, The Clam Digger, and The Mussel Gatherer. Curtis spent the summer of 1900 with George Bird Grinnell observing the Sun Dance at an encampment of Blood, Blackfeet, and Algonquin in Montana. This was a pivotal experience for Curtis, confirming his desire to study and photograph the Native tribes of North America. A trip to visit the Hopi reservation in Arizona a few months later further fueled his enthusiasm. Curtis envisioned a plan to create a massive scholarly and artistic work that would document the tribes west of the Mississippi, their ceremonies, beliefs, daily life, and landscapes. In 1906, Curtis approached railroad tycoon J.P. Morgan to request financial assistance for his project. Morgan agreed to pay him a total of $75,000, or $15,000 a year for five years. Morgan and Curtis decided that Curtis' masterwork, The North American Indian, would be a set of 20 volumes of ethnographic text illustrated with high quality photoengravings taken from his glass plate negatives. Each of these volumes would be accompanied by a portfolio of large Size images, all sumptuously bound in Moroccan leather. The papers used for printing would also be of the best quality: a Dutch etching stock by Van Gelder, a Japanese vellum, and for the most discerning subscribers, a translucent Japanese tissue paper. To fund publication, Curtis would sell subscriptions at approximately $3,000 per set, with a total of 500 sets to be published. An ambitious and extensive project, Curtis spent much of his life documenting as many Native tribes as possible. The importance and the urgency of the task was clear to him, as he wrote in the introduction to his first volume of The North American Indians in 1907, "The information that is to be gathered . respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of mankind, must be collected at once or the opportunity will be lost." In 1930, some 24 years after his initial request for funding, the last two volumes, Vol. 19 and Vol. 20, were published and The North American Indian project was finally completed. Curtis took over 40,000 photographs and made over 10,000 wax cylinder...

Original photographic production still for Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 Thriller Suspicion. This photo shows the stars Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine This piece is framed in a Sapele wood f...

This is an original test Polaroid image. In the pre-digital age, a Polaroid test image would verify that the model, product, and lighting would translate well on film. The studio needed to ensure that everything would translate correctly before the expense of shooting on film. Framed in a new matte black frame, this piece retains its original finish. Creator: Denise Tarantino for Dah Len Studios. Date of manufacture: circa 1990-1995 Materials and techniques: Photography paper, polaroid, wood, glass. Condition: Excellent. Dimensions: H 6.5 in., W 6.5 in., D 1 in. History: Dah Len, a Taiwanese fashion photographer, was in high demand, and the images created at the studio were used for high-end fashion editorials, fashion magazine ads, clothing catalogs, album covers, and pop culture publicity. The client list included publications and high end brands: Vanity Fair, W, New York Times, Interview, Details, Giorgio Armani, Kenneth Cole, Sean John...

Original photograph by Martin Benjamin shows John Belushi, Dan Akroyd This photo was taken at the Saratoga Arts center to promote the film photo credit on the back of the frame can ...

Edward S Curtis (1868-1952) Title: Tuvahe – Jemez Plate: 553 Portfolio:Volume 16 Printer: : Suffolk Eng. Co. Cambridge Mass Medium: Photogravure Dat...

A framed photograph by John Patrick Dugdale (American, born 1960-) titled "Shady Breakfast". Relatively large in print size, the gelatin chloride ...

This is an original vintage photograph from Robert Kent Sharpe's (1930-2016) personal collection. This is a series of Mr. Sharpe's human observation and the interplay of art and peop...

Robert Cameron's Above Yosemite Robert Cameron, Harold Gilliam Title: Robert Cameron's Above Yosemite Publisher: Cameron & Company Publication Date: 1983 Binding: Hardcover Boo...

The Spirit of New England Hardcover – June 9, 1991 by Paul Nolan. Harris, Bill., Portland House, 1991, 1st U.S. Edition 1st Printing, cloth with gilt spine titles, 160 pp, colo...

From a important 25 plus years collection of Male Physique and Beefcake Photography, Image # 8 of male model Barry Adkins. Printed in the 1960s and are all signed by the studio when Mr. Bruce Bellas aka Bruce of LA was alive. Beautifully, professionally framed. Double white mat and simple black frame. All orig photos are 8 x 10. Framed: 16.50" W x 19" H. Other images from this L.A gallery show on separate listings... please check often while we list more every week. These photographs are very hard to shoot under glass. They are sharp, clear photographs printed the old fashioned way, by hand in the late 50s and early 60s. BIO: Bruce Harry Bellas (July 7, 1909 – July 1974) was an American photographer. He was influential in his work with male physiques and nudes. Bellas was well known under the pseudonym Bruce of Los Angeles. History and influence: Bruce Harry Bellas was born in Alliance, Nebraska on July 7, 1909. He worked as a chemistry teacher there until 1947, when he began photographing bodybuilders in Los Angeles, California, beginning with taking pictures of bodybuilding competitions. In 1956, Bellas launched his own magazine, The Male Figure. Among physique photographers, Bellas' work was noted for having a distinctly campy, tongue-in-cheek sensibility. Bellas also produced a number of early homoerotic 8 mm films with titles such as Cowboy Washup and Big Gun for Hire. Bellas was known to travel around the country, finding new models to photograph and also personally delivering nude photographs to customers, since they were liable to be seized by postal inspectors if sent through the mail. An extensive archive of Bellas' nude male physique...

The Christopher Draghi limited edition C-Print, shown here, was taken in 2007. Titled, "Ercole e il Centauro," Each print is signed and dated by the photographer. Measure...

An editioned gelatin silver print by American photographer Duane Michals (1932-). "Two friends are playing cards. One is cheating" from Homage to Cavafy Series, published in 1978. Gelatin silver print, hand-written titled on the lower margin. Signed and numbered 14/25 in ink on the bottom of the sheet. 3 1/2 x 5" for the image size. Displayed in an original silver leaf frame. Michals created ten photographs in honor of Greek gay...

One of a kind, never published, black and white photo of Industrial architectural construction site scaffolding, unsigned. Professionally matted and framed, American, early to mid-20...

Original American production still for Walt Disney's second animated feature film it was made after the success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Pinocchio, the world’s most...

Original artwork (ink and watercolour) from Mickey Mouse annual, Mickey and Friends 1949. The annual was printed in 1950. It is the final illustrati...

USA, ca. early 20th century. An intriguing pair of aerial survey photos by the New York office of Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Inc. Both photos depict a low altitude, oblique view of an...

From an important 25 plus year collection of Male Physique and Beefcake photography, image # 7 of handsome male model Bill Gregory. Printed in the 1960s and are all signed by the studio on verso when Mr. Bruce Bellas aka Bruce of LA was alive. Beautifully, professionally framed. Double white mat and simple black frame. All original photos are 8 x 10. Framed 16.50" W x 19" H. Please see other listings for more photographs from this collection available for sale for the 1st time. These listing photographs are very hard to shoot under glass. They are sharp, clear photographs printed the old fashioned way, by hand in the late 50s and early 60s. BIO: Bruce Harry Bellas (July 7, 1909 – July 1974) was an American photographer. He was influential in his work with male physiques and nudes. Bellas was well known under the pseudonym Bruce of Los Angeles. History and influence Bruce Harry Bellas was born in Alliance, Nebraska on July 7, 1909. He worked as a chemistry teacher there until 1947, when he began photographing bodybuilders in Los Angeles, California, beginning with taking pictures of bodybuilding competitions. In 1956, Bellas launched his own magazine, The Male Figure. Among physique photographers, Bellas' work was noted for having a distinctly campy, tongue-in-cheek sensibility. Bellas also produced a number of early homoerotic 8 mm films with titles such as Cowboy Washup and Big Gun for Hire. Bellas was known to travel around the country, finding new models to photograph and also personally delivering nude photographs to customers, since they were liable to be seized by postal inspectors if sent through the mail. An extensive archive of Bellas' nude male physique...

Original US set of 8 lobby card for Ridley Scott's 1980s sci-fi film has become a true cult classic. Thirty-five years on a sequel (Blade Runner 2049...

Artist: Greg Gorman (American, b. 1949) Title: Rex and Gregory, 1988 Gelatin silver print Image size: 18.75 x 14.75 inches Paper size: 19.75 x 15.875 inches Frame size: 24.8 x 1...

Original candid American production still for Martin Scorsese's classic 1976 film Taxi Driver starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster and Harvey Keitel. This images shows Robert De Ni...

Edward S Curtis (1868-1952) Title: Ambrosio Martinez – San Juan Plate: 596 Portfolio: The North American Indians Volume 17, The Tewa, The Zuni Printer: : Suffolk Eng. Co. Cambridge ...

Original black and white photographic production still for the legendary 1961 Audrey Hepburn comedy, romance. This film was directed by Blake Edwards, and stars Audrey Hepburn and Ge...

Wonderful photograph taken while shooting the Holywood movie " Can't help singing " 1944 Photographer unknown This image shows Deanna Durbin and possibly Akim Tamiroff? Good cond...

Photographer Suzanne Poli is internationaly renowned for her historic Gay Pride and LGBT images in New York city .The Gay Pride Rainbow Flag,created by Gi...

At the Eden Roc, Cap d’Antibes, France, 17 May 2008, Photographed by Jonathan Becker Contemporary Color Landscape Photography 44" x 44.5" Archival Pigment Print Edition Nº 1 of ...

"Juan Concho" gold tone photograph signed by Carl Moon; 8" x 10". Published "In Search of the Wild Indian" by Tom Driebe on page 144. This piece is in the original frame; was displayed in Carl Moon's studio and passed to his son and daughter where purchased. A copy of the book "In Search of the Wild Indian" comes with; rare and exceptional. S OF CARL MOON 1903 to 1914 MS 285 Collection Guide Born in Wilmington, Ohio, Carl E. Moon learned his craft as an apprentice to a photography studio. He moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, opened his own studio, and made pictorial studies of Indians in the region. Between 1907 to 1914, he worked for Fred Harvey...

From an important 25 plus year collection of male physique and beefcake, printed in the 1960s, signed by the studio when Mr. Bruce Bellas aka Bruce of LA...

Sutures and Spirits: The Photographic Illustrations of Lejaren à Hiller by Doug Manchee. RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press 2018. 1st Ed paperback. Lejaren a Hiller (1880-1969) pioneered ad...

Original black and white photographic production still for the legendary 1961 Audrey Hepburn comedy, romance. This film was directed by Blake Edwards, and stars Audrey Hepburn and Ge...

From an important 25 plus years collection of male physique and beefcake photography, image #2 of male model. (name unknown) Printed in the 1960s and are all signed by the studio when Mr. Bruce Bellas aka Bruce of LA was alive. Beautifully, professionally framed. Double white mat and simple black frame. All orig photos are 8 x 10. Framed: 16.50" W x 19" H. Please see separate listings for many more original photographs from this collection. Note: these beautiful photos are VERY hard to photograph under glass. They are BEAUTIFUL crisp, sharp orinal photos printed BY HAND from the original negatives in the 50s and 60s that were printed before computer printed and generated images! BIO: Bruce Harry Bellas was born in Alliance, Nebraska on July 7, 1909. He worked as a chemistry teacher there until 1947, when he began photographing bodybuilders in Los Angeles, California, beginning with taking pictures of bodybuilding competitions. In 1956, Bellas launched his own magazine, The Male Figure. Among physique photographers, Bellas' work was noted for having a distinctly campy, tongue-in-cheek sensibility. Bellas also produced a number of early homoerotic 8 mm films with titles such as Cowboy Washup and Big Gun for Hire. Bellas was known to travel around the country, finding new models to photograph and also personally delivering nude photographs to customers, since they were liable to be seized by postal inspectors if sent through the mail. An extensive archive of Bellas' nude male physique...

Original vintage photograph taken by Jeannette Montgomery Barron of Rainer Fetting and his muse, Desmond, in NYC in 1984. Vintage Silver Print. Framed. ...

It is very rare to find a desirable iconic two piece set of original Bruce of Los Angeles vintage photographs. Especially with the iconic Roman column,...

Edward S Curtis (1868-1952) Title: Kutenai Girls Plate: 253 Portfolio: Volume 16 Printer: John Andrew & Son Medium: Photogravure Date: 1910 Dimension...

Original photographic production photo from 1948 film Noir The Lady from Shanghai starring Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles and directed by Orson Welles. The photo was taken by Robert Cob...

Original US film poster for the 1956 drama romanceBus Stop. This film was directed by Joshua Logan and Marilyn Monroe and Don Murray This poster is conservation linen backed and it...

An engaging sepia toned silver gelatin California Architecture photograph featuring a mid-century building framed by a cascading tree. A ver...

Original photographic production still for the 1969 Road Movie Easy Rider. This film was directed by Dennis Hopper, and starred Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson. This pi...

Lady gay peony by Michael Zeppetello A photograph of a Lady gay peony by Michael Zeppetello in a custom wood frame lacquered white with 5 ply rag mat. Photographed on Fujifilm Fuji...

1980s indulgence captured in this custom art work image by photographer Jim Shick. Surrounded by a black lacquer frame, the photographer's definition of 1980s indulgence includes a beautiful diamond necklace, a Gucci handbag...

Original American photographic production still from Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway's 1967 crime romance directed by Arthur Penn. The piece is conservation framed with UV Plexi-glas...

Sepia photogravure titled "Spotted Elk - Brule" depicting a portrait of Spotted Elk from the Brule tribe. The photogravure is titled lower left "Spotted Elk - Brule". Printed under t...