Category: Photographs

Erwin Olaf (Netherlands, 1959–2023) has died at the age of 64 after a long battle with lung disease, according to information published on Wednesday, September 20 by several media outlets in the Netherlands, citing the artist's family. "World-famous photographer Erwin Olaf has died. His family has announced the news," reported NOS, the Dutch public broadcasting ...

"The Decisive Moment", Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare (1932), photographed by Henri Cartier-Bresson (France, 1908-2004), considered the father of modern photojournalism, he coined the term “The Decisive Moment” to refer to a moment when the photographer captures a fleeting second, immortalising it in time. "There is nothing in this world that does not have a decisive ...

The Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995 The Hubble Space Telescope almost didn’t make it. Carried aloft in 1990 aboard the space shuttle ­Atlantis, it was over-budget, years behind schedule and, when it finally reached orbit, nearsighted, its 8-foot mirror distorted as a result of a manufacturing flaw. It would not be ...

Georgia O'Keeffe (America, 1887-1986) in 1956, photographed by Yousuf Karsh (America/Canada, 1908-2002).

Gertrude Stein sitting in her atelier in Paris with her portrait by Pablo Picasso hanging on the wall behind her, 1930. Gertrude Stein's atelier, 27 rue de Fleurus, Paris, France Gertrude Stein's atelier, 27 rue de Fleurus, Paris, France.

Pablo Picasso, Olga Picasso, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, 1930

The Steerage, 1907 by Alfred Stieglitz (America, 1864–1946). On May 14, 1907, Stieglitz and his family sailed to Europe aboard the fashionable Kaiser Wilhelm II. This picture was most likely taken several days later when the ship was moored in Plymouth, England. (Greenough, Key Set) As proprietor of the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession and ...

The Burning Monk, 1963, Malcolm W. Browne (America, 1931-2012) In June 1963, most Americans couldn’t find Vietnam on a map. But there was no forgetting that war-torn Southeast Asian nation after Associated Press photographer Malcolm Browne captured the image of Thich Quang Duc (Vietnam, 1897-1963) immolating himself on a Saigon street. Browne had been given ...

Lewis Wickes Hine (America, 1874-1940), Sadie Pfeifer, a Cotton Mill Spinner, Lancaster, South Carolina, 1908. Working as an investigative photographer for the National Child Labor Committee, Lewis Hine believed that images of child labor would force citizens to demand change. The muckraker conned his way into mills and factories from Massachusetts to South Carolina by ...

Jean-Baptiste Huynh (France, B. 1966) Vietnam - Main 1, 1996 silver print, mounted on aluminum a certificate of authenticity from the artist accompanies the work. image/sheet/mount: 234.5 x 120 cm. (92 3/8 x 47 ¼ in.) This print is an artist's proof. Literature Jean-Baptiste Huynh, Intime infini, Actes Sud, Paris, 1996, couverture. Further Details Gelatin ...