Scarce and important prints spanning the career of pioneering photojournalist Lewis W. Hine crown our February 15 auction of Icons & Images: Photographs & Photobooks. Here are some notes from the…
Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) moved to New York City’s Greenwich Village from the midwest in 1918 to live in its now legendary community of artists, radicals, writers and bohemians. There she…
O. Winston Link’s photographs have infused Swann’s Photograph Department auctions with a consistent, quiet power for years, but lot 175 brings a new dramatic force to the October 17 sale. …
Albuquerque is a city of questionable allure, a desert-washed blip in the landscape of the Land of Enchantment. The city serves as the backdrop to the massively popular TV show…
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Marilyn Monroe, whose relationship with the camera is legendary, their pairing indelible. One of the most photographed icons of the 20th century,…
Daile Kaplan, Swann’s Vice President & Director of Photography, recently curated an online exhibition of photographs for the National Women’s History Museum. Co-curated with Donna Henes and featuring images from…
Known for his attention and passion for the technical aspects of print making, Ansel Adams became a consultant for Edwin Land and the Polaroid Corporation in 1948. He tested film…
