Today – Bruce Davidson out-takes from Everybody Street.
Category Archives: Art
Bittersweet Tapestry
Just returned from Antwerp where I checked out the Craigie Horsfield show at MuHKA, Antwerp’s museum of contemporary art. The English Horsfield has revived the age-old Flemish tapestry-making with a series of hangings made in collaboration with some of the finest tapestry weavers in Belgium. Some are portraits, one is an amped up crowd, but my favorite are the images of the Moscow Circus from a performance in a former Barcelona bullring. Amazing.
The show runs through January 16, 2011.
Poster Boy
Amazing posters by Bernard Villemot, the amazing French graphic artist who worked in advertising from about 1945 to 1970.
His most famous prints are probably the ads he created for then-new soft drink brand Orangina starting in 1953. My favorites though, are his campaigns for Air France, several cigarette brands including Gitanes and Royale, and French sun cream brand Bergasol. My bests below.
Villemot also did great work for Perrier, Bally and Vespa and, earlier in his career, the International Red Cross.
His signed originals go for a few thousand a pop and you can sometimes find them at antique shops or on those obscure French art auction sites. Unsigned originals run between $200 and $1000. These you can usually nab on ebay. I’d die for an original signed Royale ad.
Flickr also has a few good sets HERE and HERE.
Everybody Street in Interview Magazine
Check out Interview’s piece on Everybody Street.
Everybody Street Film for Alfred Stieglitz New York at SeaNY
For the first time in nearly 80 years, legendary early twentieth century photographer Alfred Stieglitz’s iconic New York City photographs will be displayed together as part of a new exhibition Alfred Stieglitz New York at Seaport Museum New York in Manhattan. The exhibition opens September 15, 2010 and runs through January 10, 2011.
Stieglitz – a central figure in the history of photography and modern art and husband of artist Georgia O’Keeffe – lived in New York City for most of his life and chronicled its dramatic transformation into this metropolis of skyscrapers, subways and electric lights. He was, in effect, the first New York City street photographer – shooting from the sidewalks from 1893-1930!
To coincide with Alfred Stieglitz New York, I produced EVERYBODY STREET, a film with with noted filmmaker, photographer and good friend Cheryl Dunn. EVERYBODY STREET is a groundbreaking film that delivers an intimate portrait of some of the most important New York photographers to emerge since the 1930’s. The compilation includes interviews, photographs, and candid footage of the artists, discussing their lifelong dedication to New York as their photographic subject. Subjects include the legendary Bruce Davidson, Rebecca Lepkoff, Mary Ellen Mark, Martha Cooper, Jamel Shabazz, Ricky Powell, Clayton Patterson, Bruce Gilden, Luc Sante, Tim Barber, and Bonnie Yochelson. EVERYBODY STREET documents a range of shooters who share the same passion for New York.
Stieglitz essentially gave birth to the concept of street photography over 100 years ago. While each shooter has a distinct point of view, examining the red thread that links hip hop and graffiti photographers, legends like Davidson and Lepkoff, and Alfred Stieglitz has been completely fascinating. Brilliant work by Cheryl Dunn. The film was critically acclaimed by the New Yorker and received a one-week online screening on the New Yorker website. Check out the show site HERE.
