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26th February 2019

Capturing the Soul: Photographic Portraiture Before the Smartphone Era

From F.B.I. posters to commissioned family photos, portraits have long revealed how people wanted to be presented, and sometimes how they didn’t.

The New York Times • 16th January 2019

Helen Levitt’s Street Photos Blend the Poetic With the Political

Examining the overlooked work of a photographer whose images brought awareness to social issues.

The New York Times • 11th December 2018

Tiny Love Stories: ‘A Rescue Cat Rescued Me’

A "Tiny Love Story" for The New York Times Style Section on my late cat, Talula.

The New York Times • 11th December 2018

An Intimate Look at Photographs of Leonard Bernstein

A collection of photographs of Mr. Bernstein, shot by some of the most famous photographers of the 20th century, capture the American classical music maestro on and off the stage.

The New York Times • 26th November 2018

Examining Arnold Newman's Environmental Portraits

When taking portraits, Arnold Newman was less interested in the details of his subject’s surroundings than with the symbols he could create with them.

The New York Times • 8th November 2018

Random Moments, Petty Lies and Quiet Pleasures

In “Taradiddle,” Charles Traub’s photographs reveal how life plays tricks on us all.

The New York Times • 9th October 2018

A Marriage of Two Trees: an Unusual Wedding in a Small Italian Town

Gianluca De Bartolo traveled to a mountain village in southern Italy to document how the town celebrates its patron saint with an arboreal wedding.

The New York Times • 12th September 2018

Highlighting Freedom, Resilience and Diversity at Photoville in Brooklyn

Photoville, the free photo festival that takes place under the Brooklyn Bridge, is now in its seventh year. In some 90 exhibits and outdoor installations featuring 600 artists, the festival is focusing on themes of gender, social and ethnic diversity, resilience, freedom of speech, and immigration.

The New York Times • 15th August 2018

How to Have Bullfights in California? Use Velcro.

Every year in the Central Valley, Portuguese-Americans bring bullfighters from overseas and put on huge festivals — but shed no blood.

The New York Times • 1st August 2018

Celebrating Girlhood and Feminine Identity

Melissa Ann Pinney’s project exploring female identity spans three decades and presents women and girls as subjects in their own right, not as accessories in the lives of men.

The New York Times • 2nd July 2018

Meet the Personalities Behind These German Office Plants

To Frederik Busch, a German photographer, these plants have no less personality than their human counterparts.

The New York Times • 12th June 2018

Revisiting the Images of Alfred Stieglitz’s Camera Work Magazine

Two photographers have spent years compiling a complete set of Camera Work, Alfred Stieglitz’s groundbreaking publication that helped shepherd photography into the art world.

The New York Times • 22nd May 2018

Photographing a ‘Punk’ Priest in Rural Russia

When Ekaterina Solovieva traveled to a remote lake town in northern Russia, she encountered an Orthodox priest with a decidedly unorthodox manner.

The New York Times • 11th April 2018

Brassai: The ‘Eye of Paris’

While in Paris, photography became Brassai’s main language as he wandered through bars, ballrooms and occasionally brothels, sometimes giving direction to his subjects.

The New York Times • 7th March 2018

The Earliest Days of American Photography

A new exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles looks at the complex — and sometimes even illicit — history of photography in the United States.

The New York Times • 27th February 2018

Indians Celebrating India at Houston FotoFest

This year’s FotoFest International, the first and longest-running worldwide photography biennial, focuses on work by artists of Indian origin.

The New York Times • 23rd January 2018

Peter Hujar's Gay Lower East Side: Out of the Shadows

A traveling retrospective finally recognizes the work of Peter Hujar, whose photos of gay life were overshadowed by those by his contemporary, Robert Mapplethorpe.

The New York Times • 1st January 2018

Single Mother, Pioneering Photographer: The Remarkable Life of Bayard Wootten

In 1904, Bayard Wootten, a divorced single mother in North Carolina, first borrowed a camera. She went on to make more than a million images.

The New York Times • 5th December 2017

Nan Goldin Looks Back at Friends and Lovers

A reissue of “The Beautiful Smile” looks back on Nan Goldin’s highly personal work that combines art photography with a snapshot aesthetic.

The New York Times • 20th November 2017

In Search of the American Family

An upcoming show at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston explores the idea of family: from the ones shown in portraits to the fleeting glimpses of the photographer whose own family is back home, waiting.

Rena Silverman

Rena Silverman

Capturing the Soul: Photographic Portraiture Before the Smartphone Era

Helen Levitt’s Street Photos Blend the Poetic With the Political

Tiny Love Stories: ‘A Rescue Cat Rescued Me’

An Intimate Look at Photographs of Leonard Bernstein

Examining Arnold Newman's Environmental Portraits

Random Moments, Petty Lies and Quiet Pleasures

A Marriage of Two Trees: an Unusual Wedding in a Small Italian Town

Highlighting Freedom, Resilience and Diversity at Photoville in Brooklyn

How to Have Bullfights in California? Use Velcro.

Celebrating Girlhood and Feminine Identity

Meet the Personalities Behind These German Office Plants

Revisiting the Images of Alfred Stieglitz’s Camera Work Magazine

Photographing a ‘Punk’ Priest in Rural Russia

Brassai: The ‘Eye of Paris’

The Earliest Days of American Photography

Indians Celebrating India at Houston FotoFest

Peter Hujar's Gay Lower East Side: Out of the Shadows

Single Mother, Pioneering Photographer: The Remarkable Life of Bayard Wootten

Nan Goldin Looks Back at Friends and Lovers

In Search of the American Family

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