Photos: Patti and Robert by Judy Linn
Before Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith were a famous photographer and punk-poet, they were residents at the Chelsea Hotel, making a living and a life however they could to support […]
Category Archives: The work of others
Great photos from photojournalists and artists from near and far.
Robert Mapplethorpe: look at the women
It wasn’t a leatherman, a naked man, or a man in a polyester suit that was the subject Robert Mapplethorpe’s first photograph — it was his oldest sister Nancy posing elegantly outside […]
And the Gold Walkley goes to, Andrew Quilty
*Some may find an image at the bottom of this post distressing. Earlier this year a friend asked me who my favourite photojournalist was. My immediate reply was, ‘Well, if […]
Photos: Erwin Blumenfeld
German photographer Erwin Blumenfeld (1897-1969) is consider one of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century, with work including black and white portraits and nudes, celebrity portraiture, advertising campaigns […]
Photos: Robert Frank – The Americans
Robert Frank is considered to be the most influential living photographer in the world. This Swiss-born American artist documented lie and cultures including the Beats, Welsh coal miners, Peruvian Indians, The […]
