The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles is presenting an exhibition titled In Focus: Protest, from June 29 through October 10, 2021. The exhibition features photographs taken during times of social struggle in the United States, drawing attention to … Continued

“The trend today is for museums and galleries to feature artists that were formerly considered “obscure” and are now recognized as discoveries. In addition, both cultures and races are being explored for the value of their artistic heritage,” said Keith … Continued

The Fahey/Klein Gallery presents “Greg Gorman: It’s Not About Me,” an exhibition in conjunction with his newly published book of the same name by TeNeues Media. The exhibit is a visual feast of Gorman’s study of portraiture and the human … Continued

Helmut Newton was a German-Australian photographer and was once described by The New York Times as a “prolific, widely imitated fashion photographer whose provocative, erotically charged black-and-white photos were a mainstay of Vogue and other publications.” The exhibition HELMUT NEWTON. … Continued

Since the beginning of his career in the 1970s, Dawoud Bey has used his camera to visualize underrepresented or even unseen communities. Starting with his earliest body of work, Harlem, USA (1975–79), Bey has worked mainly in portraiture, making direct … Continued

The photographic work of Jim Wright is both strikingly classic and notably intimate. It’s the kind of imagery that turns heads and garners a more in-depth examination with hopes for a deeper understanding of the subjects pictured, including Hillary Swank, … Continued

The 102-story skyscraper celebrates its 90th anniversary this year, and the Keith de Lellis Gallery in NYC pays homage to the history of the iconic Empire State Building. The beloved landmark is the most photographed building in the world (Cornell … Continued

A fantastic exhibition that combines art with Westport, Connecticut’s farming culture and community just opened this week at MoCA Westport in collaboration with Westport Farmers’ Market (WFM). The show is titled Between the Ground and the Sky. It features the … Continued

“I am not a still photographer, and I won’t pretend to be one at this stage in my career,” reads the introduction to Roger A Deakins’ recently released photo book, Byways. The Oscar award-winning cinemetographer is most notably recognized for … Continued

Monumental in his revolutionization of contemporary art, tenacious in his gaping hunger for fame, and solitary in his emphatically singular impact on 21st-century culture, even now, Andy Warhol remains invariably relevant. More than three decades after his passing, the world … Continued

Within the safe confines of our private and intimate spaces, creativity abounds and outward expectations softly subside. In a captivating exploration of the complexity and beauty of interiority, the photography exhibition INWARD features the work of five emerging Black artists … Continued

PROVOKR AWARDS — Mert and Marcus always know what to do. The duo is skilled with a camera and provoke so much emotion through the lens. They are sexy, provocative and captivating — everything PROVOKR loves.         … Continued

PROVOKR AWARDS — Ellen von Unwerth is a girl’s—and a boy’s—best friend. No one shoots women like she does. Even if you just glance at her Instagram, you’ll instantly realize she has the sexiest IG of all time. Every image, … Continued

A photographer who has deservedly made a name for himself as an artist both unflinching and illustrious, Danny Clinch has positioned himself at the forefront of the musically-centered photography world. Adeptly in tune to the subjects he photographs, Clinch has … Continued

Color, composition, magic light and that perfect moment – Harry Gruyaert has it all. His first solo show in the U.S. is at the esteemed Howard Greenberg Gallery in New York City. Harry Gryuyaert is a Paris-based photographer, born in … Continued

Three weeks ago, Fotografiska New York opened its doors to the public for the first time. Located throughout the six floors of 281 Park Avenue South, the historical building has been renovated to match the style of the eclectic who … Continued

As one of three winners of the annual J. Paul Getty Medal Award, Ed Ruscha has created a love song to Los Angeles in the way of a short video. Channeling the Beat Generation writer, Jack Kerouac, Ruscha reads from … Continued

Closing in on the end of a decade and ringing in the New Year, the Keith de Lellis Gallery is featuring the work of fourteen classic female photographers up until January 31, 2020. 4×14 exhibits four vintage photographs from fourteen … Continued

Marlborough presents American artist Ryan McGinley‘s Pretty Free in a solo exhibit through April 25th and the images are now generously available to view on Marlborough’s website. Ryan McGinley literally burst upon the scene in 2000 and was the youngest … Continued

For more than 50 years, tire company Pirelli has veered in a more artistic direction with their creation of the Pirelli Calendar, playfully known as the ‘Cal’. Each year, marking the passage of time, a photographer is selected along with … Continued

Never failing to intoxicate the viewer with haunting and rousing images, Nan Goldin has used her photographic prowess to impart reflections which are dually dreamlike and startlingly true to life. Sirens, Goldin’s most recent solo exhibition, keeps in stride with … Continued

In the spring of 1978 Marcus Leatherdale arrived in New York City after completing his photographic training at the San Francisco Art Institute. He was 25, hungry and just trying to make it. With camera in hand he captured the … Continued

In the Western world, gender complexes and sexual identities which deviate from the norm are only slowing becoming accepted and understood by the overarching general public. However, in Tahiti, French Polynesia, acceptance of the concept of “other” has been quietly … Continued

Keith Goldstein’s photography series “Manhatta” is bold, beautiful and filled with the wonder of a boy mesmerized by the soaring architecture and light that makes Manhattan so unique. Goldstein was heavily influenced by the 1921 film Manhatta by Paula Strand … Continued

Actress Jessica Lange has a long list of accolades, that include her roles in King Kong, Frances, Tootsie, Grey Gardens and American Horror Story. Her work in film, TV and theater has earned her praise and awards for her craft. … Continued

JR, the Parisian-born artist, has emerged as one of the most powerful voices, storytellers, photographers, culture documentarians and street artists of our time. The Brooklyn Museum presents the largest solo show of the artist featuring some of his most iconic … Continued

On September 9, 2019, documentary photographer Robert Frank died in Nova Scotia. He was 94. Frank, considered one of the most influential photographers, changed the course of 20th century photography. His book, The Americans, was a sharp contrast to our … Continued

The photographer Peter Lindbergh had a unique magic. He had magic with light, magic with places and a surreal ability to put a spell on his subjects to get them to show their real face. He persuaded actors, models and … Continued

For Jill Greenberg, taking photographs has been a life-long obsession. “I began as a very young child,” she’s said. “I’ve been obsessed with form, color, light composition and portraiture for as long as I can remember.” Famed for both her commercial … Continued

Known online as “13th Witness,” photographer Timothy McGurr simply follows his instincts when it comes to choosing what to shoot. “I’m the kind of photographer who will shoot what I like,” McGurr told Business Insider. “If it catches my eye … Continued

For her first book, Danish photographer Karen Rosetzsky decided to focus her lens on Young Love. Over the course of three years, Rosetzsky spanned the globe—from Denmark to Louisiana—capturing erotic shots of couples, often in their bedrooms.  “It was super … Continued

When Swiss photographer Edo Bertoglio first arrived in New York City in 1976 he found a city pulsing with creative energy. “The areas around South Manhattan were becoming a massive outdoor stage, right before our eyes, with people playing music, … Continued

When he’s on assignment trying to capture one-of-a-kind photos for magazines like Vogue, W, National Geographic, The New Yorker and New York, Landon Nordeman tries not to overthink things. “I love to work in a situation that is a controlled environment … Continued

“I love the flesh. I am a photographer of the skin,” said celebrated French photographer Bettina Rheims of her artistic career. Rheims is especially focused on the female body since, as she has explained, “I shoot women because I know them, … Continued

“I always felt like a voyeur doing this project,” said French photographer Sophie Ebrard of It’s Just Love, her photo series which finds beauty behind the scenes of films directed by a popular British porn director known as Gazzman. How … Continued

As one of the premiere photographers of New York and LA nightlife, Patrick McMullan’s Instagram feed provides an inside peek at the best parties populated by A-list actors, artists and musicians. From charity benefits to fashion shows to art exhibits to the Academy Awards, … Continued

The Instagram feed of the man who’s nabbed the most gold medals in Olympic history—19 and counting—offers the perfect way to get in the mood for watching the Games. It’s got team spirit: photos of Phelps and his USA swim teammates … Continued

Giving you a feel for the life of a fashion jetsetter, German model Andre Hamann’s Instagram feed is filled with exotic travel pics (Morocco, Bali, the south of France) and the requisite shirtless selfies showing off his chiseled, tattooed body. … Continued

The High Museum of Art in Atlanta is hosting “Walker Evans: Depth of Field,” through September 11, the touring retrospective of the work of the documentary photographer best known for capturing portraits of classic Americana—from small-town barber shops to road-side … Continued

Known for his ability to cajole soulful, unguarded portraits out of performers, Danny Clinch is responsible for capturing some of the most memorable photographs of musicians. He snapped a shot of Willie Nelson fixing one of his braids while riding in his tour bus, he shot Patti Smith … Continued

Although German fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh is often credited with creating the late 1980’s Era of the Supermodel—thanks to his exquisite shots of Linda Evangelista, Kate Moss, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell—Lindbergh is much more humble about his accomplishment. “I was … Continued

One of the greatest photography institutions around — New York’s International Center of Photography — is opening in a new brand-new home and exhibition space on the Bowery. Here are some of the indelible posts from the ICP on Instagram. … Continued

Take a deep dive into award-winning British fashion photographer Nick Knight’s Instagram feed and you’ll see some of the coolest shoots (both photo and video) that he’s done with Kate Moss and other models, friends and inspirations for magazines like … Continued

If Andy Warhol had lived in the age of Instagram, he would have been the king of social media. Even back in the day, he spent most of his life documenting the events he attended and the people he hung out … Continued

Although Weegee is best known for his bleak shots of New York City crime scenes in the 1930s and ‘40s, he also had an eye for the less gritty, more playful aspects of urban life. This curated collection focuses on … Continued

Paul Marciano is not only the co-founder of Guess?, he’s the mastermind behind the company’s titillating brand identity. As the art director of the company’s advertising campaigns, Marciano created a winning formula: hire a blonde bombshell, have her shot in black and … Continued

Keith “Bang Bang” McCurdy is the New York-based tattoo artist who inked a revolver onto Rihanna’s ribcage, etched the word “forgive” onto Justin Bieber’s hip and drew a large lion head on model Cara Delevingne’s forefinger. Being the go-to tattoo … Continued

In 2003—at the age of 25—Ryan McGinley became the youngest artist to be given a solo show at New York’s Whitney Museum. That show, titled “The Kids Are Alright,” featured photographs that documented the lives of McGinley—who cites Larry Clark … Continued

Now that Olivia Bee has turned 22, she has officially dedicated half of her life to the art of photography. After being assigned to a school photography class in the sixth grade, the Portland, Oregon native started documenting her world—capturing herself and her … Continued

The art of creating a provocative photograph involves taking risks, pushing boundaries and using techniques that challenge the status quo. The photographs collected here—from such greats as Helmut Newton, Nan Goldin and Larry Clark—mark pivotal moments in the art form, demonstrating … Continued

“Real memory, which these pictures trigger, is an invocation of the color, smell, sound and physical presence, the density and flavor of life,” wrote Nan Goldin in her 1986 photobook, The Ballad of Sexual Dependency. Originally created as a slideshow … Continued

The world of fashion photography would be a very different place were it not for the work of Irving Penn, one of the most influential titans of his craft. Throughout his 70-year career, Penn made striking use of the artifice … Continued

At first, the tattooed “model, photographer, blogger in LA” resisted launching her Instagram feed. “A lot of my work is ‘too sexy’ and I find [Instagram] to be restricting,” said Nett. Eventually Nett gave in and after getting positive feedback … Continued

Who is Joan Smalls? She’s the supermodel that Elle magazine described as having “the planet’s most perfect face.” She’s also a Puerto Rico native who “came to New York with a dream—I came to do what I saw girls doing … Continued

The Instagram account of Magnum Photos—the international photo agency—is a tantalizing showcase for the work of the eclectic group of photographers it has represented since 1947. From artfully composed celebrity portraiture and lifestyle photos to photojournalistic shots from inside war-ravaged countries, Magnum’s … Continued

In 1917, after studying painting at the National Academy of Design in New York City, Alfred Cheney Johnston became an in-house photographer for Florenz Ziegfeld’s infamously ribald revue—the Ziegfeld Follies. Johnston’s classical training influenced the photographs he took of the … Continued

In addition to trying to form emotional and personal connections beyond the boundaries of social media, New York photographer Levi Jackman Foster uses his Instagram portraits (you can follow him @nanuk_jf)  to raise awareness on issues such as gay rights, … Continued

For his book Snapshots of Dangerous Women, art collector Peter Cohen scoured estate sales and flea markets searching for photographs of women from the early to mid twentieth century who were gleefully flouting the social norms of their time. The … Continued

He’s walked the runway and starred in ad campaigns for prestigious designers like Dolce & Gabbana and Hugo Boss. He’s worked with legendary photographers like Steven Meisel, Terry Richardson and Steven Klein. He’s landed the cover of Attitude and Out magazines. Thirty-year-old Chad … Continued

British singer FKA Twigs likes to create a kind of performance art vibe on her Instagram feed. One day you’ll see an artsy shot of a woman’s cleavage (we’re assuming its hers) that still bears the marks from a recently … Continued

In the mid-1960s, Andy Warhol rounded up more than 400 people—from Hollywood actors to prestigious artists to his pals from the Factory—and had them sit for three minutes in front of a motion picture camera. Warhol’s intent was to simply … Continued

“Odd and original movement inspires me,” says photographer Nir Arieli whose passion for capturing images of professional dancers continues with his exhibit, Flocks, at the Daniel Cooney Fine Art Gallery in Manhattan through June 4. In his latest photographs, 30-year-old Arieli—who was born in Israel and … Continued

Los Angeles photographer Anthony Friedkin began working on The Gay Essay in 1969, at age nineteen, intending it to be an eighteen-month documentary project. He started his work as an intrigued outsider and ended it four years later as a intimate … Continued

Bruce Davidson is known for taking photographs of people living their lives in hostile atmospheres. He chronicled the movement of the 1960s Freedom Riders, civil rights activists who rode buses into the deep south to protest segregation. He did a series … Continued

After seeing Kate Moss walking around in a robe with a towel wrapped around her head on the set of one his shoots, famed fashion photographer Mario Testino got inspired to create an Instagram series featuring a wide range of celebs—from … Continued

If you’re Instagram feed could use an injection of glamorous, provocatively-clad, beautifully photographed models, @laperlalingerie is the account for you. Filled with exquisitely art-directed photoshoots of La Perla products—everything from swimwear to bustiers—the Italian lingerie brand’s Instagram fare also features some of the … Continued

Cade Martin likes drama. The American photographer—who used to roam around movie sets capturing still photos—brings a similar sense of theatricality to his editorial, advertising and personal artwork. He creates fanciful set pieces, exotic characters and whimsical stories. Here’s a selection of his elaborate work. … Continued

On July 12, the Met Breuer is launching Diane Arbus: In the Beginning, an exhibition that focuses on the first seven years (1956-1962) of the legendary photographer’s career. Featuring more than 100 photographs—the majority of which have never before been … Continued

Ralph Eugene Meatyard isn’t widely known outside the photography world, but he is considered a central figure to American visionary photography. His dreamlike images and experimental abstractions have had a major impact on contemporary photographers, an influence just beginning to … Continued

“I like to present the realest ‘me’ possible,” Bella Hadid has said of the way she approaches her social media posts. “If I’m working, I’ll post a photo of me working. But if I’m sitting home on a Saturday night … Continued

“To me, there is nothing richer than being allowed into an ordinary person’s life story,” says British photographer Adrian Buckmaster, whose skillful portraiture has been featured in magazines, advertising campaigns and in his first monograph, 2015’s An Embarrassment of Riches, … Continued

He spent 10 years as chief photographer for Rolling Stone and currently shoots cover stories for magazines like Vanity Fair and GQ, so it’s no surprise that Mark Seliger’s Instagram feed is filled with famous faces. PROVOKR especially loves the … Continued

It all began with a selfie. Tate Tullier took a picture of himself bathing, posted it online with the tag “Tub Time with Tate,” and thus an art project was born. Since that first photo, “Tub Time” has grown from … Continued

Every year, Amsterdam’s Foam Museum organizes Foam Talent, an exhibition of emerging talents in the international world of photography. Foam Talent reflects the diverse and often surprising developments in the medium of photography today, featuring photo-objects, installations, lightboxes and wallpapers as … Continued

In the exhibition titled “Dream States: Contemporary Photographs and Video,” New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art showcased artists whose work evokes “the experience of a waking dream.” Some of the works that were on display focused on the otherworldly quality … Continued

In the late 1980s and early ’90s, British photographer Nick Waplington was granted access to Isaac Mizrahi’s pre-runway fitting sessions with top models like Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell. Waplington has compiled the images he captured into the … Continued

“Welcome to the revolution of love. To the rebellion. To our refusal as women to accept this new age of tyranny. Where not just women are in danger but all marginalized people. Where people uniquely different might be considered a … Continued

Between 1977 and 1980, Swedish photographer Hasse Persson spent hundreds of nights at Studio 54, the legendary New York City discotheque that reveled in a giddy, anything-goes debauchery and attracted such regulars as Andy Warhol, Elizabeth Taylor, Elton John, Debbie Harry and Mick … Continued

No one has made an artistic career out of voyeurism quite like Merry Alpern. In the early 1990s, the photographer—after discovering that a friend’s apartment offered a view into the bathroom window of a New York City sex club—took a … Continued

PROVOKR is a passionate supporter of the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York, the world’s leading institution dedicated to photography and visual culture—a museum, a school, a forum and a catalyst for great work. It’s a place where … Continued

Heralded as one of the most innovative photographers of the 1960s, British-born Brian Duffy initially found his niche in fashion photography, shooting for British Vogue and French Elle. He took memorable photographs of the biggest models of the day—like Jean … Continued

From the 1991 shot of a young Mary J. Blige taking a meeting at MCA Records to a legendary portrait of the late, great Biggie Smalls to Run DMC performing at Live Aid in 1985, the Hip Hop Photo Museum Instagram feed uses the … Continued

When Helmut Newton was in the midst of setting up one of his shoots, he would take a quick Polaroid to test the lighting and composition to make sure the vision he had was coming to fruition. Although many photographers use the … Continued

His work is young without being shallow; fresh without being brash; sensual without being slutty. Jesse Untracht-Oakner’s JUO Photography is based in New York, featured in fashion editorial work, art installations and the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern … Continued

Peruvian photographer Mariano Vivanco has established himself as one of the world’s leading editorial photographers, regularly shooting for such magazines as Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ and i-D. Known for his intimate portraiture—often shot in black and white—of cultural icons like … Continued

Fashion photographer and filmmaker Bruce Weber is such a big fan of Instagram that he’s used the social media platform to unveil new work. Last year, Weber debuted photos from his book—titled All-American Volume XV: Leap of Faith—which featured shots of a father-daughter dance … Continued

“When I first got a camera after graduating high school, I wanted to document my friends and our adventures,” recalled LA-based Will Adler of the beginning of his artistic inspiration. “I’m a surfer myself, so when I started taking photos … Continued

Watching Nan Goldin’s The Ballad of Sexual Dependency at the Museum of Modern Art in New York is, as the artist intended, an extraordinary human adventure—so touching and so real that you can smell the sweat, the aroma of downtown … Continued

The Taschen Gallery in Los Angeles—an outpost of the famed art book publishing house—hosted a group photo exhibition last summer titled “Taschen’s Sixties.” The show featured works that elicited the disruptive spirit of the day. From Daniel Kramer’s edgy shots of Bob Dylan … Continued

Born in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1982, L.A.–based photographer and filmmaker Tyler Shields produces deliberately unsettling images that play with the viewer’s expectations and iconography, particularly when it comes to celebrity. “There are going to be people who don’t like things … Continued

Vivian Maier did not live her life as a celebrated photographer. She spent most of her time eking out a living by being a nanny and secretly pursued her artistic inclinations in her spare time. In fact, it wasn’t until after Maier died in … Continued

Enami Nobukuni was a prolific and popular Japanese photographer of the late 19th and early 20th century—often referred to as the Meiji period of Japanese history, which happened when the closed, feudal society opened itself up to the world and … Continued

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Ryan Gosling for “La La Land”. Photo by @mertalas and @macpiggott. A photo posted by Golden Globes (@goldenglobes) on Jan 8, 2017 at 9:37pm PST   Best Actress in a … Continued

To the casual observer, Mairi-Luise Tabbakh’s erotic photographs of women might easily be taken for a man’s. The women pictured are so overtly sexual, so openly objectified. “I photograph friends, lovers, family (my sister-in-law, Eliane), models and people whose beauty … Continued

Amsterdam’s Foam museum (aka the Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam) prides itself on showcasing a broad and provocative range of modern photography, including the work of the greats (like Helmut Newton) as well as emerging talent. Following the museum’s Instagram account is like taking … Continued

In 1999, Annie Leibovitz, the legendary celebrity photographer, together with the late Susan Sontag, Leibovitz’s partner of 15 years, published the book Women, an exhilarating collection of portraits of female leaders in various spheres—politics, sports, business and culture. Now, 17 … Continued

The exhibition “Night Fever: New York Disco 1977–1979, the Bill Bernstein Photographs,” at the Museum of Sex in New York through February 17, explores the radical sexuality and multiculturalism embraced by the New York disco clubs of the late ’70s. … Continued

Showing off another side to his creative genius, Karl Lagerfeld has been photographing editorial shoots for the French fashion magazine Numéro for the past 15 years. The magazine has collected Lagerfeld’s photos and showcased them in a book titled Numéro Couture. The opulent tome features a range of … Continued

Harley Weir’s lush, saturated imagery has made her a fashion world sensation. Part punk rock, part Pre-Raphaelite, her work pulls the viewer in with an immediacy that’s always sensual and sometimes even startling. “To move someone or to make them think for … Continued

In 2006, Eugena Washington finished in the top 3 on America’s Next Top Model and quickly went on to establish herself as a top-tier model—strutting down runways, shooting commercials for the likes of Cover Girl and Lexus, and appearing in music videos. Washington … Continued

In plays and movies, the “fourth wall” is invisible: it’s the opening through which the audience views what is going on. In Brooke Shaden’s new Room Series, the fourth wall is actually the ceiling, and the spectacle we view is … Continued

“The Shape of Things: Photographs From Robert B. Menschel,” a survey of classic and provocative photography that covers 150 years of the art form, is on view at the Museum of Modern Art in New York through May 7. All … Continued

Odette Sugerman’s images celebrate the kind of iconic beauty that’s more power than pinup. These ladies don’t mess around—they have it going on and they know it. Sugerman has an eye for amping up the gorgeous, and it shows all … Continued

Carla Sozzani has spent her life pursuing and creating beautiful things. She brought her eye for design to the fashion world as Editor-in-Chief for all special issues of Italian Vogue, and then to the Italian edition of Elle as its founder. … Continued

In “The Women’s List: 50 Portraits” we meet fifty exemplary ladies—leaders, thinkers, designers, innovators, actors—all trailblazers in their respective fields. Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, noted for his “List” series photo essays (“The Black List” and “The Out List” among them), has created … Continued

Robyn Rihanna Fenty is many things and now that includes creating the best magazine covers of any artist. The range of settings, colors, hair, makeup, lighting and attitude is stunning across the magazine covers we picked. It is never the … Continued

When it comes to lingerie, what’s not there is just as essential as what is. The best photographers get that and know how to explore the erotic possibilities of what’s underneath…and what happens when ladies stop being ladylike and turn … Continued

Richard Learoyd’s images create a fascinating balance between the minute detail of large-scale photography and the ephemeral qualities that create a mood of intimacy and introspection. Learoyd has said of his work, “The pictures are about extending the duration of … Continued

“The Radical Eye” offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see one of the world’s most important photography collections. This is a remarkable group of modernist images ranging from the 1920s to the 1950s, almost 200 rare vintage prints from groundbreaking photographers … Continued

This is an amazing, refreshing display of color and humanity at the Met Breuer through January 2nd. His street photography is seemingly playful but at the same time, we feel his serious dedication to bringing breathtaking images to our eyes. … Continued

With Camera in Love, the Stedelijk Museum presents the largest overview of Dutch photographer Ed van der Elsken’s photographs and films that has taken place in over twenty years. A unique figure, Van der Elsken was renowned as a street photographer, … Continued

Arthur Elgort’s “snapshot style” of photography, with its emphasis on movement and natural light, transformed fashion photography in the 1970s. Now Steidl has put out a comprehensive book of his work, Arthur Elgort: The Big Picture, which PROVOKR is showcasing … Continued

Dominance & Submission “What I find interesting is working in a society with certain taboos and fashion photography is about that kind of society. To have taboos, then to get around them that is interesting.” – Helmut Newton       … Continued

The German-born von Wangenheim, who moved to the U.S. in 1965, became a prominent fashion photographer in the ’70s for Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, Esquire, Playboy and Interview. His work, often shocking, epitomized the glamour and excess of the era and … Continued

Fashion photographer Collier Schorr, sets her sites on model de moment, Bella Hadid. Isa”Bella” Hadid, 20, started posing when she was 16. Within a year, the exotic beauty was named Break Out Star for model.com and last year, was named … Continued

Deanna Templeton is a street photographer in Orange County, California. “This is my home,” she says. “Orange County, actually Huntington Beach, is where I was born and where my parents are laid to rest. I have many memories from here, … Continued

Back in the ‘90s, Ryan McGinley captured thousands of photos of his daily (and nightly) activities, and the lives of his tightknit crew of downtown friends. He pioneered an approach to photography that’s part documentary, part hedonistic happening. This was … Continued

E.J. Bellocq (1873-1949) remains an ambiguous figure in history. Following his death in 1949, eighty-nine glass plate negatives of portraits of female prostitutes from New Orleans’ Storyville district were found in his desk. All of the images were taken circa … Continued

Although Danny Lyon, 74,  grew up in a middle-class section of Queens, he has always focused his camera on those who live on the margins of society. In the 1960s—after graduating from the University of Chicago alongside classmate Bernie Sanders—Lyons … Continued

Herb Ritts began his photographic career in the late ’70s and gained a reputation as a master of both art and commercial photography. He produced editorial fashion and portraits for Vogue, Vanity Fair, Interview and Rolling Stone, as well as … Continued

“Public, Private, Secret” is the inaugural exhibition of the ICP’s new downtown Manhattan home, on view through January 8. “This new space enabled us to respond to our contemporary image environment in different ways,” says ICP’s curator-in-residence Charlotte Cotton. The … Continued

Lady Gaga’s love affair with V Magazine has a long history, dating all the way back to the start of her career in 2009, when Gaga and Editor Stephen Gan first met. Since then, Gaga has graced twenty-three V Magazine covers … Continued

This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Summer of Love and what better way to celebrate that “tie-dye for” era than a retrospective (or two) of the work of rock ‘n’ roll and counter culture photographer, Jim Marshall? Born … Continued

“If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he’s dead, then maybe he was a great man.”—James Dean Hollywood glitz and glamour leads to celebrities becoming larger than life, veritable titans … Continued

Charles Moriarty took these amazing photos in several shoots with his friend Amy Winehouse. One of the images became the cover for her album Frank. The book, Before Frank, was printed through a kickstarter dream in a limited release of … Continued

This past February 24th, photography lost a unique and provocative voice, Chinese artist Ren Hang. His creative output was prolific, in spite of near-constant clinical depression. In the past six years alone, there have been 24 solo exhibitions and 76 … Continued

In 1947, four photographers, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger, and David “Chim” Seymour formed The Magnum Manifesto, a collective of the most influential artists of the time. In honor of its 70th anniversary, The International Center of Photography presents … Continued

Helen Sloan has been the official photographer for Game of Thrones since the beginning. She says there’s no such thing as a normal day on the set. “One day we are shooting an exploding ice wall, the next the interior … Continued

There is no question about where to be if you want to be surrounded by the most incredible images of the world of Rock ‘n’ Roll. If you can’t travel to one of their locations then visit Morrison Hotel‘s instagram, it’s … Continued

Fred Cray’s new series of unique Dissolve prints are incredibly sensuous. He is transforming photographic imagery through manipulation leaving the viewer with a sense of suspended time and place as a soft dream like world emerges from each piece. Cray’s … Continued

I first met Dennis Hopper to interview him for a film he had directed, Out of the Blue. He lived up to his bad boy reputation. His hotel suite had somehow been transformed into a dark denizen of excess. The … Continued

See the myriad ways women have used the camera to capture lived experience. In our current season of civil protest in which women are at the forefront, asserting their voices, it seems appropriate and timely to explore work by several … Continued

The Westport Arts Center in Westport, Connecticut presents an amazing collection of Vivian Maier photographs. The exhibition features over seventy color and black & white stunning photos taken by the very secretive photographer during her lifetime. “Well, I suppose nothing … Continued

Women Seeing Women is quite possibly the most interesting and enlightening show of the summer. The collection is presented by Staley-Wise and Magnum Photos. The curation showcases the work of twelve legendary female Magnum photographers and twelve women who are … Continued

Welcome to the carnival lit world of Parker Day. Parker is a Los Angeles-based artist whose work explores identity and the masks we wear. Her fictionalized portraits are shocking, entertaining and soul-shifting. She presents her images without any photoshopping and … Continued

Ellen von Unwerth is a girl’s—and a boy’s—best friend. No one shoots women like she does. Her Instagram is unbelievably varied and wonderfully curated. What a great adventure it is to travel through her images from Kate Moss to this week’s hot … Continued

Leland Bobbé, a native New Yorker, has been a professional photographer for over thirty years. After being hooked on the HBO series The Deuce, our photo editor did a search for the real Times Square from the 70’s. We kept … Continued

This great exhibition is focused on the work of Walker Evans and curated from a French perspective. The show is magnificent in its presentation and provoking thought about the artist’s work. Walker Evans started taking photographs when he was 27 … Continued

The accessibility of Instagram and its onslaught of filters have a way of making photography an integral part of everyday life. It has never been easier to slip halfway out of your shirt, snap a scandalous selfie, and tell yourself … Continued

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery presents the first exhibition on the life and career of German-born actress and singer Marlene Dietrich, titled Marlene Dietrich: Dressed for the Image. Recognized for her ability to challenge feminist standards in her roles and her style … Continued

There’s something beautifully diffused about the way you remember a wild night. Following the sharp details of the evening’s debut, those blurry edges are the stuff of modern day magic. The tradeoff is that most of the time, you’ll only … Continued

The show “Imitation of Life” brings together over 100 works by Cindy Sherman to the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio. The exhibit emphasizes Cindy Sherman’s electrical connection to the movies. “Her work has been deconstructing stereotypes established … Continued

  “I seek the nerves under your skin…..” Patti Smith These women photographers seek to provoke our minds and bodies. Like Patti Smith they are here to create art and in the end of their individual creative process they have … Continued

Joel Meyerowitz is an award-winning photographer whose work has appeared in over 350 galleries and museums around the world. After a chance meeting with the icon Robert Frank, the New York native began photographing street scenes in 1962. He has … Continued

When we started this story we thought we were going to be tremendously turned on and left breathless. That happened, of course, but in the process we were stunned by the artistry and execution of these amazing images. The imagination … Continued

When you think of Louisiana, chances are your mind jumps to Mardi Gras, New Orleans, comfort food and bayou voodoo. It’s a place laced with tradition and folklore dating back a few hundred years. Enter Ransom Ashley: powerhouse photographer, actor, … Continued

André Kertész (1894-1985) is the renowned photographer who is recognized for his considerable contribution to the visual language of the 20th-century photography with his poetic work. At an early age, he was drawn to photography from images in magazines and … Continued

RAGHUBIR SINGH’S AT THE MET was an education in light, portraiture, street photography, and color from a master. The images of India will stay with you a lifetime.

Some of the strongest metaphors for describing something sexy stem from music: Something “strikes a chord” or resonates. When you climax (thanks to the rhythm of the night) you could say you hit the high note. A harmonized palette in … Continued

The beauty – and danger – of photography is that it renders complex subjects into the simple, contained space of a screen or print. The more we make a habit of scrolling through Instagram, the easier it is to forget … Continued

If you’ve ever cracked a couture magazine, you’re familiar with Patrick Demarchelier. His sensual yet kinetic point of view graces the pages of Vogue, French Vogue, British Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Vanity Fair beginning in 1974, securing his status as … Continued

It’s 1972 and the New England summer sits thick on everyone’s skin. The Munich Olympics terrorist attack and the Watergate scandal are right around the corner, the Women’s Movement is taking shape, and the last of the American troops are … Continued

The easy conversation is the one about an artist’s influences. It’s the one where writers and critics behave as though artists are collages of recycled sensory detail, or a cocktail of, say, David Lynch-meets-Baroque-pageboy. The longer an artist is active, … Continued

A glorious retrospective of the works of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989) is currently showing at The Kunsthal Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Over 200 objects are on display, focusing on what the artist called “perfection in form.” The exhibition follows Mapplethorpe’s development … Continued

Traditional photography has limits; it relies on the physical world to fill the frame. There are two kinds of shutter bugs in the field: those who do as tradition suggests, and those who get suggestive. David LaChapelle is the latter. … Continued

The things that rock our world inevitably become mainstream with time – the cute new boy toy, the new song, the new favorite drink. It all unfolds until the shimmery secrecy that made it special falls matte. There are some … Continued

The highly-acclaimed German photographer Andreas Gursky makes his UK debut at the reopening of the Hayward Gallery with his current exhibit now on view until April 22. The exhibition features 60 of the artist’s dynamic photographs. The collection includes some … Continued

“What I want. What I am. What you force me to be is what you are. For I am you staring back from a mirror of poverty and despair, of revolt and freedom. Look at me and know that to … Continued

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all,” wrote Oscar Wilde. We inhabit a time when human atrocity finds us before we’re ready to be found, a time when all the sex in … Continued

It’s easy to tell ourselves that no time was ever so seedy as the present, just as it’s difficult to imagine members of the silent generation at their prime. How scandalous or sexual could one really be in an era … Continued

Fashion in the 1970s balanced the natural with the unnatural: wild hair and barely-there makeup went with exaggerated silhouettes, or an over-emphasized visage went with a nude figure. The rule was that everything was cool (as long your parents didn’t … Continued

Spanning five decades of the artist’s work, Judy Dater: Only Human is the first exhibition in over twenty years to explore the career of Bay Area photographer Judy Dater. This exhibition surveys Dater’s work, and celebrates her achievement as a … Continued

There was a time when flirting, as a woman, consisted of smiling demurely over a gloved hand when a pomade-haired fella uttered the words, “You’re a mighty fine dame.” All the kisses in movies were taut, motionless except for a … Continued

There have been heated debates over the truth behind aphrodisiacs, reflexology and tantric sex, but tonight, we’re #shipping erogenous zones. Some may do it for you more than others, but regardless of whether you have a foot fetish or go … Continued

We admit it – there are days when we think we’ve seen everything, when we assume nothing can shock us, and everything sexy Instagram account has either been done before or could be done better. Then there are days when … Continued

The place to which naughty children are banished becomes a cavern of safety, the place where we first explore ourselves is the place that reveals the most. It’s where you come first and where you first came. It’s the bedroom, … Continued

Photography is its own animal, ready to move when one of its limbs falls asleep. The art form has moved from plates to black-and-white prints, from digital to the pervasive art of the selfie, but it’s difficult to encapsulate the … Continued

Everyone has a story, but not all stories hold our attention, even in the case of artists and photographers. Many follow predictable paths toward addiction and untimely death, or toward off-the-chain success. However, Henri Cartier-Bresson, the foundational French sugar daddy … Continued

Once upon a time, there was a little more stardust; there was a little more magic in music than there has been since the passing of David Bowie. His genius influenced fashion, art, pop culture and performance concepts, and reached … Continued

The most addictive turn-ons aren’t always the most obvious. Black lace lingerie may do it for some people, but for other people, a white button-down shirt is more likely to get their pulse racing. With photography, as with any fine … Continued

“Everything is about sex, except sex – sex is about power.” – Oscar Wilde Photography and voyeurism work together like two hands belonging to the same being, aroused by what he or she sees. Even the most mundane subject matter … Continued

What name do you give to the place where your most secret thoughts sleep? You know the place – it’s the gritty underbelly of your brain that comes out best after one too many glasses of wine. It’s the place … Continued

Even when the #metoo movement is at its strongest, there are always going to be people who get you hot and bothered just by looking at them. Attraction is involuntary, and today, we embrace it – for the sake of … Continued

If a man could be a pair of jeans, Herb Ritts would be the Levi’s 501 – impossibly timeless, never outdone by imitators, deceptively simple, and able to ‘ship the sexy bits of every last pelvis in Hollywood.’ His photography … Continued

Icons: They epitomize what it means to be alive. They’re the people who live the largest, the people who managed to strike the genetic jackpot, not to mention having the privilege of seducing whomever they damn well please. They’re young, they’re … Continued

Have you ever looked at a portrait and wondered what happened before the shutter released? What was said immediately after? What secrets were held by the room where the shot took place? Every once in a while as we scroll … Continued

The familiar tango of artist and model plays overhead at any figurative photography show, especially when the two are of opposite sexes, or attracted to the sex of the other. The one behind the camera aches to be seen as … Continued

Photography is a hard-sold arena right now. There are several different teams playing, the fans are all screaming at the tops of their lungs, and more than a few people have lost their shirts in the name of expression:   … Continued

The photographer, 23 year old Tyler Mitchell, made history by shooting Beyonce for Vogue’s September cover. It is a groundbreaking achievement for an incredibly talented, young artist. Beyonce’s magical and powerful hand made it happen. She had negotiated creative control … Continued

You can have a lot of talents, but it’s normal to specialize in one thing, and that one thing is usually the facet of yourself you’ve polished to a gleam with many years of doing the thing by hand. Bettina … Continued

Marilyn Minter’s imagery is shamelessly wet and juicy. After spending time with her work, everything else you lay eyes on will just leave you parched.

Privacy is a provocative topic right now; there are countless conversations to be had. There are opinions on private parts and how to handle them (#freethenipple, please. Also, consent is everything). There are arguments around privacy policies and opting in, … Continued

We prioritize sexy, sensual stories above all others – if a show isn’t provocative, we give it a Parisian yawn and send it on its way. Here, it is better to cross lines into the disturbed and the offensive than to … Continued

There are days when we think we’ve seen everything, when we assume nothing can shock us, and everything sexy Instagram account has either been done before or could be done better. Then there are days when a nude selfie on … Continued

Esteban Biba’s photograph of the migrant caravan captured the last, most beautiful shred of humanity driving thousands of men, women, and children onward. They captured hope.

Diane Arbus was a quiet force of nature which flourished around those the world belligerently labeled “freaks.” Her work, much like her death, hit the photography world of her time with the kind of shock value even Kim Kardashian couldn’t … Continued

The dusted faces and silently screaming eyes of Gratacap’s subjects aren’t your typical Sarah McLaughlin-soundtracked charity commercial. Hell, most of the refugees in these images have to keep their faces covered to protect themselves from the harsh elements of Libya. … Continued

One minute, a shot by Herb Ritts has you wanting to get between a cluster of supermodels; the next, you want to reach out and tug the strings of a stranger’s corset and see how she’d repay you for setting … Continued

This show honored Eugene Richards’s five-decade career by curating his work thematically rather than chronologically. We struggled to breathe under the gravity of it all when we noticed how the truth in his photographs – much like history, itself – … Continued

In 1989, the director of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C. cancelled a Robert Mapplethorpe exhibition weeks before it opened, sparking an inferno of protests; the show later moved to the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, where … Continued

Tyler Shields is a photographer and filmmaker from Los Angeles. His work seems to lean toward controversy and be ruled by provocative impulses. He has somehow neatly digested influences from Weegee, Larry Clark, and Alfred Hitchcock and he has become … Continued

Think about the kind of guy who’d call you a doll and compliment your figure, your stems, your racy midi-skirt. A fella. This fella plays grab-ass with you in seedy bars and worships at the Church of Two-Martini Lunches. He’s … Continued

Ed van der Elsken photographed with a conviction that exposed the vulnerabilities of his subjects like cracks on the painted eyes of dolls. During the ‘50s and ‘60s, he indulged in the cultures of Amsterdam, Paris, Tokyo and Osaka and … Continued

The truth is ugly and battered. The truth has pores, bruises and a past. Under the sticky-thick, semi-wet shellac of ad campaigns and pop culture, the truth is a raw nail bed.   The truth has seen a hell of … Continued

Relationships are just an extended game of strip poker in which you can spend years, even decades trying to fully undress a person – and there’s no guarantee you’ll win. The game is more about what’s unseen than what’s readily … Continued

Don Herron was a gift the world at large had yet to unwrap when he died on Christmas Day, 2012. He was a multifaceted man whose many talents made him equally at home in rural historical societies or in the … Continued

No one makes it to adulthood without having been forced to start over. A gruesome breakup, the death of a loved one, the relinquishment of a vice – there are thousands of ways you could be brought to your knees … Continued

The powerless, the hungry, the displaced. You may feel like there’s a cat in your stomach when you’re an hour late for lunch, but the eyes of refugees are those of lions who have survived more turmoil than you and … Continued

Being able to make people see through a woman’s eyes has never been easy, but Ruth Orkin found a way to make a living at it only a handful of years after women were allowed to vote in the United States. … Continued

You wouldn’t look at Nicolas Guerin’s photography and think to yourself, “I’ve never seen anything like this.” At least we didn’t. Then again, we look at thousands of images every day in our hunt for the world’s most provocative content, … Continued

Take a break from perusing the digital aisles of the internet for sexy Halloween costumes and feast your eyes on these tricky treats taken by Todd Hido, the photographer behind House Hunting. His collection of photos rakes chills along your … Continued

If you love Marilyn Minter’s over-the-top paintings of glitter-caked women, sink your teeth into the decadence of Tyler Shields’s Instagram. His work cuts through a saturated photography field with all the brightness and freshness of a summer dessert. Screw chicken … Continued

Post-war pin-up girls cement their place in your heart in one fell smooch; their creamy curves and sweet faces embody classic feminine charm in a way that contemporary models and photographers can’t replicate without several layers of filters and makeup. … Continued

It started with an ending–a bus terminal in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. A group of 160 civilians planned to flee the graveyard of their homes on October 12. Their lives in Honduras proved brittle structures under the weight of violence … Continued

You’ve never really seen the heavily-tattooed members of society until you’ve seen them through Cade Martin’s camera lens. On the other hand, you definitely have seen Cade Martin’s recent commercial work for National Geographic and Star Wars for Target. Even … Continued

Brenda Ann Kenneally’s photography book, Upstate Girls, throws two middle fingers in the faces of Instagram’s airbrushed babydolls. While social media binges on mink eyelashes, Botoxed brows and luxury collections of every persuasion, Kenneally’s photography records the grating realities of … Continued

Few cities in the world receive as many artistic tributes as New York, New York. Roughly 3,800 songs hit the charts, marking time to the city that doesn’t sleep. Countless painters, sculptors, and performers. Infinite strokes of genius. But we’re … Continued

Li Hui’s photography teases the viewer with her feathery touch. Her work is erotica for introverts, the kind of touch that raises goosebumps on your skin. Delicate, tender, heartfelt and hungry, her point of view as an artist aligns with … Continued

Peter Hujar at Morgan Library The beauty – and danger – of photography is that it renders complex subjects into the simple, contained space of a screen or print. The more we make a habit of scrolling through Instagram, the … Continued

Diane Arbus loved misfits. In Untitled, the current exhibition of her work at David Zwirner which includes sixty-six images of New York’s finest oddballs, the last years of Arbus’s life lay bare her perspective. Following her suicide, the Museum of … Continued

If you discover century-old photographs of brothels and decide to publish them in a book, as Robert Flynn Johnson did, you’d do well to get Dita Von Teese to write the introduction. Leave it to the ladies to contextualize scenes … Continued

Jean Curran witnessed firsthand the dark facets of humanity as an Irish photojournalist in Kenya. The tempered patience and endurance she developed during her years working for Agence France Presse groomed her for her next great conquest: creating dye transfer … Continued

“The City (And a Few Lonely People)” opens at ClampArt on January 24, and lays bare one of the most provocative ironies of societal structure: Loneliness. A book by Olivia Laing, entitled The Lonely City (Picador: New York City, 2016), … Continued

Brooklyn-based artist Martine Gutierrez’s eclectic work mounts the world through performance, photography, and role-play. Her body of photographic work entitled “Indigenous Woman” took New York by storm this past fall, and she’s at the top of our list of up-and-coming … Continued

At the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, located in lower Manhattan, New York, Donna Gottschalk’s oeuvre of courageous, captivating women line the walls. Brave, Beautiful Outlaws peels the curtains away from a view of life that society struggled … Continued

In November 2017, La Hune burned to the ground. French society cherished the store for the personalities and artists it attracted–Jean-Paul Sartre, Coco Chanel, Albert Camus, and Pablo Picasso, among others. The store was one of the remaining fragments of … Continued

Then we stumbled upon Haris Nukem’s Instagram profile, and let’s just say we needed some alone time the likes of which have rendered our left hands useless for the next hour or so. Pardon us while we pop a few … Continued

We see thousands of photographs on a daily basis, but when an exceptionally sexy pic floats our way, we keep it close at hand for when we need something powerful to look at. If, as Oscar Wilde said, everything in … Continued

Everyone knows what a runway photo looks like. They’re centered, the model has one coltish leg stitching in front of the other, and an audience full of fashion’s judges and slaves line the left- and right-hand edges of the shot. … Continued

Fuzzy guitars stringing you along through the process of accepting that there is no happy ending. Gritty locks, fragrant with sex and salt from the night before. Ashy air curling from the cherries of a thousand chain-smoked cigarettes. Spellbinding yet … Continued

Roberta Bayley is one of the principal visual chroniclers of the punk rock movement, which lasted from the mid-’70s up until the early ’80s. She was born in Pasadena, California; grew up in the Bay Area; attended San Francisco State … Continued

No one makes it through life without looking back and wondering what it all means, how it all aligns, or why the pieces juxtapose against each other with such erratic strategy. Annie Leibovitz is no exception, and in her new … Continued

The beautiful part about making work that’s rooted in your soul is that you don’t have to do a damn thing. The magic just happens. At the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in Houston, Texas, Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings … Continued

When photographer Erwin Olaf looks back at his past works, he sees a diary. His “Skin Deep” series, which he considers an “unsuccessful chapter,” documents a specific time in his life that he reflects on with a tinge of sorrow … Continued

Writers have called fashion photographer Deborah Turbeville haunted, avant-garde, a visionary, and painterly. Tenderness and  darkness saturated her work in the fashion sector at a time when excess and exaggeration had society hypnotized. In an era of seducing the customer, … Continued

The Photography Show, presented by the Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) runs April 4–7 at Pier 94 in New York, with an opening preview on April 3. This year’s show features dozens of fine art photography galleries from … Continued

Charles Lindsay’s career is anything but traditional. His work ranges from exploration geology in the Arctic to photojournalism in Southeast Asia. He is a multidisciplinary artist interested in both technology and ecosystems. Lindsay embraces the digital revolution and combines his … Continued

Mark McKnight received the 2019 Aperture Portfolio prize, which was announced this month. Though he is still relatively young in his career, McKnight’s work makes wise demands of the world–namely, to question the concepts and structures of masculine beauty. His … Continued

There’s not a person alive who wouldn’t want to feel the fire immortalized in Alfred Eisenstaedt’s “V-J Day in Times Square,” taken in 1945. Controversy around the circumstances caught on film bubbled to the surface in the years that followed–the … Continued

The level of trust and flexibility required for a photographer to accurately capture a subject’s sultry side cannot be overstated. It’s easy to get an artificial version, like the ones curated to sell perfume and underwear. The real thing stops … Continued

Tension more often exists between entities than on its own. You can capture it in a photograph, or create it between an artwork and a viewer, but it can’t happen without something or someone refusing to let go. It permeates … Continued

“You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.” This is according … Continued

“[It] should be the responsibility of photographers today to free women, and finally everyone, from the terror of youth and perfection,” Peter Lindbergh once said, but ironically, we wouldn’t have the word “supermodel” without him.   The globally-adored German photographer … Continued

Polish photographer Radoslaw Pujan recently caught our eye with his sensual nudes. His work captures the vulnerable, tender side of his models, and possesses a timeless quality that makes them feel at home in any era. They could be decades … Continued

Celebrating the photographers who have played a critical role in bringing hip-hop’s visual culture to the global stage, CONTACT HIGH: A Visual History of Hip-Hop is an inside look at the work of hip-hop photographers, as told through their unedited … Continued

In 2003, Dublin-born Charles Moriarty got a job working as a still photographer in the London music industry. That same year, 20-year-old Amy Winehouse released her debut album, Frank, which went on to sell more than one million copies and … Continued

Life doesn’t happen in black and white. Looking at the majority of photographer Garry Winogrand’s portfolio, primarily shot in black and white, it’s easy to stop short of using the imagination to add color to the images. This year’s exhibition … Continued

If the building facades and sidewalks of New York City could talk, the memories they recanted would saturate the air waves. The emotional toll would wring us dry, and decades after rebellion stood fast at Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, … Continued

1969 was a year not like any other, and the photography of the time is like nothing we had ever seen. From the Vietnam War to the protests for peace, the end of the Presidential hopes of Ted Kennedy and … Continued

Steve McCurry is a master photographer. He is also a master of story telling and connecting deeply with his subjects and each individual’s world. The magic is the split second connection between McCurry’s eyes and the subjects eyes that is … Continued

If lust had a sound, it would be the sharp inhale you provoke from a lover with your bare hands. It would be the gasp that tears free from your throat when they take back that power.   If instinct … Continued

Hell’s Kitchen, along with the rest of New York, is never so hellish as in the middle of the summer. As a relief from the scorching air slinking along every sidewalk, renowned photographer Roberta Bayley curated “Summer and Smoke,” a … Continued

“Viewpoints” is a breathtaking, magnificent collection of photography from Howard Greenberg’s personal collection. The exhibit is from August 10 through December 15 at the Museum of Fine Art in Boston. There are 150 highlights in this curation from a collection … Continued

Alex Prager is a bold and magnificent American photographer from Los Angeles. She uses staged actors taking authentic cues form film, fashion photography, pulp fiction and her hometown LA. Prager produces Technicolor photographs with somewhat dark, somewhat off, and unsettling … Continued

Photographer Steve Shaw started a print and digital magazine Treats! for those images he could not get published as he shot for various magazines like Maxim, FHM and Esquire. Steve stated he became irritated with shooting restrictions such as “three … Continued

The National Museum of Women in the Arts presents Live Dangerously, which is a crazy, daring, provocative and beautiful exhibit by 12 women photographers who use the the female body sculpturally, positioning women in very natural environments to suggest provocative … Continued

The exhibit at the Getty in Los Angeles is at once revealing and intrusive into the world of poverty. The one room sleeping conditions of families of eight or more are heartbreaking and yet somehow you can feel the closeness … Continued

She is all at once a tomboy, top model, glamour girl, punk, innocent, British royalty and just amazing in her work with the most famous photographers in the world. What makes Cara Delivngne able to turn it on over and … Continued

Photography holds the world accountable to itself. It is the mirror into which society gazes with admiration and regret, with pain and with joy. Photographers, even in the age of Photoshop, call societies out on their bullshit, and offer a … Continued

Bill Cunningham was a creative fixture on the New York fashion scene. He was 87 years young when he passed away in 2016. He ran a very popular street fashion column called “On the Street,” and for more than 40 … Continued

Sir Don McCullin‘s photographs of world conflict are brutal, honest, and compassionate. He is a master of capturing death defying moments and finding magnificent light. He is recognized as one of the world’s greatest photojournalists. Following his recent successful retrospective … Continued

What do you imagine to be your dream date? Do you picture yourself with a lover under the swaying fronds of palms, or reveling in a deep-dipping sunset? Or do you imagine, perhaps, something so fantastical you don’t dare to … Continued

The famed photographer, Vincent Peters, has graced the covers and pages of international magazines such as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, GQ and Glamour. He has shaped fashion campaigns for notable brands from Dior to Hugo Boss to Yves Saint Laurent, Louis … Continued

Diane Arbus was an American photographer known for her intimate black and white portraits. Born in 1923, she grew up in an affluent New York Jewish family that owned a 5th Avenue department store. Arbus wanted to explore beyond that … Continued

The wonderful exhibit at the Morrison Hotel Gallery is made up of iconic images of that cultural storm that was Disco. Disco is celebrating its 50th anniversary and the Morrison Hotel Exhibit has curated and captured the decadence and exuberat … Continued

Andy Warhol Photographs are presented by Fotografiska New York in partnership with Hedges Projects. The Hedges Projects is the leading private collection of photography-based work by Andy Warhol. This unique and powerful collection of photographs is visible virtually. The exhibition … Continued

35 years ago, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles first established the Department of Photographs, a chapter of the museum’s life dedicated to the art of archiving and preserving. Since that beginning, the museum has become a timeless … Continued

As each of us is presently becoming more and more familiar with terms such as self-quarantining and social distancing, any sign of a silver lining seems to be growing increasingly distant. While we find ourselves hunkering down into our enclosed … Continued

The “swinging sixties” was a time and mindset that existed in post-war UK in the early- to late-’60s, fueled by those devoted to the practice of modernity, hedonism, and all things revolutionary. The epicenter: London. The partakers: the young, artistic, … Continued

The work of William Gedney is absolutely remarkable. He was not well known during his lifetime but recognized and admired by his circle of peers and certainly from an academic standpoint. Now his work is rightly revered. No wonder, he … Continued

While the pace of the world shifts, a new cultural scene has been set against an unusual backdrop. As photographers and galleries have been repositioning to adjust to the “new normal” of the art world, Fotografiska New York is striving to … Continued

Under the protective shroud of nightfall in 1970s Tokyo, photographer Kohei Yoshiyuki stumbled upon an unlikely tryst of complex subjects caught in various acts of intimacy. Hidden beneath a blanket of darkness, lovers would meet to couple in what was … Continued

We are pleased to present a collection of the absolutely stunning set photography of Outlander. Not since Helen Sloan‘s breathtaking Game of Thrones photography has any one series developed such magnificent results. Leslie Sager is the Photo Director for Outlander … Continued

Under the creative wing of the San Francisco Museum of Art, three seminal photographers have come together in collaboration nearly four decades since their last artistic partnership. For a brief and acute period of time, Lew Thomas, Donna-Lee Phillips, and … Continued

Saul Leiter was uniquely inspired by Abstract Expressionism and the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson. Once you know that you understand his huge contribution to the art of photography. More importantly you can see it in his work. You can begin … Continued

Peter Lindbergh, the esteemed fashion photographer, died last fall at the age of 74. An exhibit dedicated to his work is now on view at Armani/Silos in Milan, Italy. “I have always admired Peter for the consistency and intensity of … Continued

In a dazzling collaboration, The Anneberg Space of Photography has coupled with Vanity Fair to present the dynamic exhibition Vanity Fair: Hollywood Calling – The Stars, the Parties, and the Powerbrokers. Over 100 iconic images have been expertly amassed from … Continued

NEW YORK STORIES: VINTAGE POSTWAR PHOTOGRAPHS at the Keith de Lellis Gallery showcases 14 photographers who captured the contours and contrasts of the city. The black and white photos explore daily life from 1945 to 1975. Through their lens, these … Continued

The exercise in looking at the most incredible photographs of music and acting talent on earth by the 10 best photographers today left us all speechless. The photographs are each so brilliant in their own style, that unique moment captured … Continued

The story of Vivian Maier is one that perplexes and astounds; a mysterious, yet classically unfortunate tale of the famed-too-late artist. A working class nanny by day, and a furtive photographer in all the moments found in between, it was … Continued

In the 1920s, the New York City neighborhood of Harlem was the epicenter for black artists, writers, scholars and musicians. People like Billie Holiday, Cab Calloway, Langston Hughes were all part of The Harlem Renaissance. Known then as the “New … Continued

Fundamentally one of the greatest female photographers of her time, Dorothea Lange has remained at the forefront of the world of photography for generations. Migrant Mother, an image familiar to many, even those unaware of the backstory, first found its … Continued

As we forcibly ease into month three of lockdowns, stay-at-home orders, and social distancing, the world in which artists and performers inhibit continues to take immeasurable hits. Yet, in this new normal, creativity has progressively reacclimated, taking on a number … Continued

There is a new documentary about Helmut Newton, The Bad and the Beautiful, which reminds us of how provocative, daring, skilled, creative, brilliant and as Amy Winehouse sang, “a ladyboy” he was. In the documentary Helmut says, “I love women, … Continued

A lover of cinematic photography and the emblematic language it conveys, Ole Marius Joergensen’s work oozes Steven King, Alfred Hitchcock, and uncannily Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks. Utilizing high contrasts and dramatic coloring, the photos almost appear to be frozen stills from … Continued

It’s hard to write about Bettina Rheims‘ work without getting distracted by her life’s provocative nature. The photographs call to you and then they capture you. I always wonder what the connection was between Bettina Rheims and each of her … Continued

Famed British photographer, Nick Knight, is known for pushing the boundaries of his craft. As a fashion photographer, he has collaborated with clients such as Tom Ford, Alexander McQueen, Christian Dior, Calvin Klein, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, and many more. His work … Continued

We can’t take our eyes off the work of Mert & Marcus. The team of Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott have been partnered as a photography team for over 25 years. They met in London in 1994 and their first … Continued

On exhibition for the first time through a U.S. gallery, the Howard Greenberg Gallery is showing Pieter Henket’s Congo Tales via its online viewing room. A display of masterful chronicling, Congo Tales showcases the dedicated art of storytelling throughout extended … Continued

Prepare yourself for an experience of timelessness, a capturing of souls and beauty boldly exposed when you look at the photographs of Paolo Roversi. MAR Art Museum presents the solo exhibition of one of the most revered photographers of our … Continued

There is a notable balance between what a photographer allows the viewer to see and the aspects which remain concealed, held close to the photographer’s chest. Beyond the four walls of a framed image or just out of the bounds … Continued

A PROVOKR exclusive look and interview on the photography of Charle’s Moriarty’s upcoming book X. The publication of X follows his book Before Frank, an insider look at Amy Winehouse, which also featured as a previous PROVOKR exclusive.   Captured … Continued

The Covid-delayed but highly anticipated retrospective Cindy Sherman at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris is finally open. The exhibition premiered in September and brings together 170 works by Sherman from 1975 to 2020. The American photographer is known for … Continued

A true visual mastery, Cayetano González’s photography is the culmination of good light, ethereal subjects, and tangible romance. Melancholy in its soft and airy hues, the work is reminiscent of the long-gone European painters in which González finds inspiration. They … Continued

Minkkinen, a photo book celebrating the vast oeuvre of Finnish-American photographer Arno Rafael Minkkinen, is the essential culmination of patiently deliberate and astoundingly ingenious work. Spanning five decades, Minkkinen showcases the many iconic stages of the photographer’s work. From his … Continued

At the Museum of the City of New York, the exhibition, Collecting New York’s Stories: Stuyvesant to Sid Vicious, features many of the Museum’s recent acquisitions that are now part of its permanent collection. The photographs on view are the … Continued

After experiencing pandemic delays and setbacks, the Tate Modern is at last set to host South African visual activist Zanele Muholi in a major survey. Spanning many years, the exhibition is a culmination of various bodies of work narrowed down … Continued

The American photographer Bruce Davidson is now 87, and his work behind the lens has spanned nearly six decades. His photographs are renowned for their depiction of individuals and communities that have been isolated or marginalized. In 1958, he joined … Continued

The Danziger Gallery finds itself in the process of transition and development as its New York location advances up one Manhattan block and its LA counterpart, the Danziger at Fetterman, hosts its first exhibition. In the spirit of duality and … Continued

You look at Nicolas Guerin‘s photography and immediately think to yourself, “I have never seen anything like this.” His content is always provocative and the images are ones you can’t unsee once you have seen them. Nicolas Guerin instills a … Continued

Angela Strassheim once said, “I don’t take pictures. I make photographs. Much like a painter constructs a painting, everything in a photograph is there because I decided it would be there.” In New York City, Dru Arstark Fine Art recently … Continued

Known simply as Rankin, his professional working name, UK-born photographer John Rankin Waddell has cemented himself as one of the greatest and most symbolic British portrait and fashion photographers of his time. An artist that set the fundamental tone for … Continued

The Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc across the globe, devastating lives and crippling economies and businesses. Like everything, the art world ground to a halt. Museums and galleries closed, exhibitions put on hold, and art fairs postponed. The revenue loss … Continued

In the year 1957, crime rates soared in many major U.S. cities as the country navigated through the Great Migration, the Civil Rights Movement, and the consequent thrusts of major social transitions. At the time, Gordon Parks held the first … Continued

From the mid-’90s to the mid-’00s, David LaChapelle was at his peak and drawing attention to his subjects’ hyper-real depiction. His work went beyond photography to include film and music videos with no expense spared for his high-end production values. … Continued

The late American painter and sculptor Cy Twombly had taken photographs since his days as a student at Black Mountain College in North Carolina. He used photography to capture studies of his daily life. His images display an affinity with … Continued

Many of the world’s top photographers share their craft via their Instagram accounts. Legends like Helmut Newton, Vincent Peters, Peter Lindbergh, and Nicolas Guerin, to name a few, reach millions of fans globally by showcasing their work on social media. … Continued

In the recently published photo book, Love’s Labour, reminiscent scenes from decades past are highlighted as a young photographer embarks on a pilgrimage in search of love. Whether it is a pursuit of love on a grand scale or perhaps … Continued

Now available for online viewing, the Milwaukee Art Museum presents the exhibition Susan Meiselas: Through a Woman’s Lens. Rolling with the punches of the coronavirus pandemic, the museum now offers a 360-degree virtual view of the exhibition — a close … Continued

With the barriers and distancing between individuals, communities and nations,  Lavazza, the Italian coffee roaster, used this time to launch a new art project titled The New Humanity. “It was developed, designed, and devised during the lockdown,” said Francesca Lavazza. … Continued

Currently hosted by Fotografiska New York, photographic duo Cooper & Gorfer present Between These Folded Walls, Utopia, a body of work that pushes the boundaries of artistic photography and invites the notion of unconventional social thinking. A cornucopia of harmonizing … Continued

The Kamoinge photography workshop has been documenting life for nearly six decades. In 1963, in New York City, a collective of African American photographers seeking artistic equality and empowerment formed Kamoinge. It is a forum for members to view, nurture, … Continued

Published by teNeues Media, German photographer Vincent Peters’ most recent photo book, Selected Works, is an ode to sensory pleasures. Captured in black and white with a majority of female subjects, the book revels in the appeal and sexuality of … Continued

Cherry Hill: A Childhood Reimagined is not your typical memoir. It’s a photographic  journey through Jona Frank’s life growing up in the suburban New Jersey town, Cherry Hill. Frank, an accomplished photographer, created vivid artistic scenes inspired by her youth.  … Continued

A project that was first realized 14 years ago is making its publication debut in the form of the photo book Twenty-eight Figure Studies by Diana Michener. A black and white exploration of human intimacy and the heightened cognitive euphoria … Continued

David Goldblatt was a South African photographer who documented the effects of apartheid in his home country. His body of work rarely includes pictures of the violent and tumultuous confrontations that were commonplace during the injustice of segregation. “I’m not … Continued

In a portrayal of the connectivity and nearness of others through the lenses of up-and-coming Black photographers, Tracking Down Intimacy is presented by Fotografiska New York meets the Black Artist Fund (BAF). Two of the photographers involved in the project, … Continued

David Attie was a prominent photographer known for creating montages by stacking negatives. Today we would refer to this as photoshop, but back in the 1950s, there was no catchy term for the method. Attie’s technique was not the result … Continued

Between the years 1966 and 1967, William Gedney acclimatized to the pace of life in which the youth of San Francisco flowed. It was just prior to the Summer of Love and young people from around the country flocked to … Continued

This month Sotheby’s Photographs department will celebrate its Golden Jubilee with an auction of fifty iconic images by some of the medium’s most influential artists. The auction will showcase works that span nearly 200 years of global photographic history, including … Continued

“I didn’t think I was going to be a photographer. I just wanted a record.” At 80 years old, this is the sentiment that New York-native Arthur Elgort harbors when speaking on his initial muse within the sphere of photography: … Continued

The Foto Cine Clube Bandeirante, a small photography club founded in 1939, gave birth to modernist photography in Brazil. It is one of the oldest photographic associations and is considered the artistic cradle of many well-known photographers from this South … Continued

Presented by the Staley-Wise Gallery, an exclusive online exhibition entitled Face It! explores the craft of portraiture in all of its manifold forms. Showcasing emblematic photographers such as Ellen von Unwerth, Susan Meiselas, Arthur Elgort, David LaChapelle, Herb Ritts, and … Continued

In a poignant exhibition that features 35 acclaimed artists associated with the lucid and bustling culture and evolution of LA, the J. Paul Getty Museum showcases Photo Flux: Unshuttering LA. Largely centered around race and social justice advocacy, each of … Continued

British photographer Miles Aldridge is best known for his cinematic images of women, brightly lit with fluorescent colors that depict a glamorous and surreal world. Born in London in 1964, his father, Alan Aldridge, was a famed graphic designer and … Continued

Notable for his intersectionality between photography and text, the images of American photographer Jim Goldberg possess insulated layers of intimacy, elements of storytelling, and unequivocal personality. An ally to marginalized and disparaged groups of people, Goldberg has converged his artistic … Continued

In an emblematic 2008 image, Pixy Liao pinches the nipple of her underwear-clad muse and significant other. Her short, cropped hair and flared pant legs complement the tones of red which appear in her fingernail polish, the frilled blouse she … Continued

“I thought photography or journalism, in general, was a mechanism or a medium that can help explain the problems in our society based on race and based on class, but particularly race,” said Ozier Muhammad. The Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist has … Continued

Enter New York City in the early 1980s — musical causation rose from the streets, stemming from the interiors of bars, clubs, apartment buildings, and the spaces allocated for the creation of art for the sake of art. Now on … Continued

Riddled in layers of complexity and convolution, Nan Goldin’s Memory Lost is a study dedicated to many of the various facets of existence; friendship, addiction, gender euphoria, and the boundless natural world, among others. As Goldin’s first exhibition with the … Continued

Rolling Stone’s band member Ron Wood was notorious for his Malibu parties. In 1976, during one of his all-nighters, his wife Krissy went into labor, and it was a friend and photographer Carinthia West who captured the behind-the-scenes story. The … Continued

The Hugo Boss Prize Exhibition Featuring New and Recent Work by Deana Lawson is on view now at New York’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and runs through October 11, 2021. The show, titled ‘The Hugo Boss Prize 2020: Deana Lawson, … Continued

The enduring acclaim and repute that surround late photographer Diane Arbus remain unmatched. With a photographic career that lasted only 15 short years, the New York-based artist cemented her name in the hall of fame, creating some of the most … Continued

Speaking of her time in India photographing street vendors, circus performers, and prostitutes, Mary Ellen Mark (1940-2015) said, “My greatest advice to any young artist would be, photograph the world as it is. There is nothing more interesting than reality.” … Continued

Fists raised skyward, tears streaming down faces, a great intermingling of demographics; We Protest portrays the magnificent convergence of a people expressing their anger, frustration, and grappling resolve to set in motion some aspect of tangible change within the U.S. … Continued

The supremely talented Bettina Rheimes has notified Instagram on her IG page that she is leaving and will not have anyone but her own hand touch her work. At the same time the German born photographer, known for her wondrous … Continued

These 10 photographers have impressed us all year and some for many years. They are beyond talented with light, composition and finding that erotic moment, capturing that fleeting sensuous moment. When you gaze at these photographer’s images you can feel … Continued

The New Woman of the 1920s was an expression of modernity, a global phenomenon that embodied female empowerment based on real women making revolutionary changes in life and art.  At The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, The … Continued

Beauty: A word that runs through one’s fingers like fine sand, constantly shifting, morphing, and slipping out of reach. Evoking a range of emotions — delight, gratification, angst, envy, longing — the concept remains volatile and irresolute. The standards imposed … Continued

An intimate, loft-like room sits at the top floor of Fotografiska New York with elevated ceilings and buttressed, wooden architecture encompassing a warm and private interior. Now on display within this space, Jerry Schatzberg’s 25th & Park proffers insight on … Continued

Within the shadowed confines of Houston’s famed Onyx Club, the strip club experience intertwines with the world of art. Exotic dancers weave around poles and pivot upon their elevated stages. A dreamscape of lusciously warm color tones, both soft and … Continued

The internationally esteemed photographer Donald Graham fluidly transitions between themes of fashion, the natural world, and striking portraiture, among others, in his multifaceted photographic career. Yet, the captivating imagery within his newest publication, One of a Kind, stands out against … Continued

One of the most influential street photographers of the 20th Century, Helen Levitt spent decades documenting local communities in her native New York. She captured the beauty, bustle, and squalor of everyday life in neighborhoods such as the Lower East … Continued

For more than 40-years, American artist Carrie Mae Weems has examined the many facets of contemporary American life by creating installations that combine photography, audio, and text. The exhibition WITNESS at the Fraenkel Gallery in San Francisco traces Weems’s exploration … Continued

In a gender-bending portrayal of the nonlinear nature of sex, social groups, and identity, the work of New York-based photographer Martine Gutierrez sharply collapses the barriers of traditional dichotomies and flourishes against the beauty of intimacy. Utilizing self-portraiture as her … Continued

Portraying the fresh-faced and subversively-styled youth culture of New York City, Marie Tomanova summons a glowing portrait of the city and its alluring inhabitants. Now on view at C24 Gallery for a moment more, Finding Magic Together pulls notable images … Continued

The story of the late photographer Kali is one of mystique, secrecy, and ubiquitous allure. Born in Long Island, New York as Joan Marie Archibald in the 1930s, the artist was married and divorced by the age of 30. It … Continued

After graduating RISD in 1976, Bobby Grossman followed his artistic muse to NYC, where he immersed himself in every downtown scene imaginable, including the Factory, punk clubs like CBGB, and the Chelsea Hotel (where he lived). He soon found himself … Continued