Tag Archives: fine-art photography

new york architecture photos: ellen fisch does the bronx

new york architecture photos gould library bronx ellen fisch

Photographer Ellen Fisch’s new show at New Century Artists in Chelsea showcases the artist’s New York architecture photos of the Bronx. Having grown up in Brooklyn in the late 1940s, Fisch’s love of architecture led her to a career as … Continue reading →

musicality in the composite photography of idris khan

British artist Idris Khan (b. 1978) is mining the history of literature and music and creating beautiful works of art with his composite photography. His interests lay in works with a collective cultural history, so his sources of inspiration are … Continue reading →

tarting up the old king cole mural of the st. regis hotel new york

Recently I was walking by the St. Regis Hotel on 5th avenue and 55th street in New York, when it occurred to me to go in and look at the “Old King Cole” mural that was the cover for Joshua … Continue reading →

murals of new york city, a rizzoli photo art book by joshua mchugh

Joshua McHugh is a friend and one of the most sought after interior photographers in New York. His delightful new Rizzoli book – Murals of New York City – in collaboration with Glenn Palmer-Smith and Graydon Carter is about to … Continue reading →

the last photos of Marilyn Monroe to cause collector feeding frenzy

Photography is one of the hottest trends in collecting today, and it’s not hard to see why. Freeman’s auction house in Philadelphia is getting the fall season off to a great start with their sale on September 10th. Here, just … Continue reading →

the art in contemporary floral photography from japan

Japanese photographer Takashi Tomo-oka is doing something new and different, and I’m completely in love. Trained as a painter, Tomo-oka realized that the delicacy of floral still lifes was better suited to photography, which can instantly capture the brief moment … Continue reading →

the pyromaniac black and white photographs of damion berger

With the recent bevy of the colorful crackling fireworks over the Hudson River this past fourth of July, I was reminded of two very different artists I’ve been meaning to feature whose clever experimental art is based on gunpowder and … Continue reading →