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Pages in category "Photographers from New York City" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 326 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of notable street photographers. Street photography is photography conducted for art or enquiry that presents unmediated chance encounters and random incidents [ 1 ] within public places .
Mark Feldstein (May 3, 1937 – October 2001), was an American artist and photographer best known for his large format photography of the streetlife and architecture of New York City. Feldstein, whose parents were German Jews , often remarked that he just happened to be born in Milan , where his family were located during their emigration from ...
Galella was born in New York City on January 10, 1931, in a family of Italian heritage. [2] His father, Vincenzo, was an immigrant from Muro Lucano, Basilicata, [5] who manufactured pianos and coffins; [2] his mother, Michelina (Marinaccio), was born in New Jersey to immigrants from Benevento, Campania, [6] and worked as a crochet beader. [2]
Robert Michael Mapplethorpe (/ ˈ m eɪ p əl ˌ θ ɔːr p / MAY-pəl-thorp; November 4, 1946 – March 9, 1989) was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs.
He became a teacher in New York City at the Ethical Culture School, where he encouraged his students to use photography as an educational medium. [2] Brooklyn Museum – Climbing into the Promised Land Ellis Island – Lewis Wickes Hine. Hine led his sociology classes to Ellis Island in New York Harbor, photographing the thousands of immigrants ...
James Augustus Van Der Zee (June 29, 1886 – May 15, 1983) was an American photographer best known for his portraits of black New Yorkers. He was a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance . Aside from the artistic merits of his work, Van Der Zee produced the most comprehensive documentation of the period.
A Great Day in Harlem or Harlem 1958 is a black-and-white photograph of 57 jazz musicians in Harlem, New York, taken by freelance photographer Art Kane for Esquire magazine on August 12, 1958. [1] The idea for the photo came from Esquire ' s art director, Robert Benton, rather than Kane. [2]