Global, Local Panoramas: Photography Beyond Illusion
Last summer, I attended the exhibition of Andreas Gursky’s big—and I mean big —photographs at Matthew Marks Gallery. Intending to review the work of this art-world phenom (Mr. Gursky is one of our current crop of art stars), I found myself dumbfounded: His panoramic photos of international locales—pictures that Read More
Last summer, I attended the exhibition of Andreas Gursky’s big—and I mean big —photographs at Matthew Marks Gallery. Intending to review the work of this art-world phenom (Mr. Gursky is one of our current crop of art stars), I found myself dumbfounded: His panoramic photos of international locales—pictures that convert human and architectural abundance into Read More
In his review of Winogrand 1964 , an exhibition currently at the International Center of Photography, Daniel Kunitz, art critic for The New York Sun , wrote that “given enough rolls of film and enough time, almost anyone could come up with a handful of great shots.” Mr. Kunitz’s qualifies his remark with a strategic Read More
