Category: Photography

Bobbi Ercoline, Whose Hug Became a Symbol of Woodstock, Dies at 73

The New York Times – Music:
Embracing her boyfriend, a blanket around them, she appeared on the cover of the ubiquitous soundtrack album of “Woodstock,” the 1970 documentary film about the music festival.
When the Light, Shadow and Stars Aligned: Standing Where Ansel Adams Stood

The New York Times – Travel:
An enigmatic photograph by America’s most famous landscape photographer led to a forensic hunt to identify exactly when and where it was taken.
Brilliance in the Sonoran Desert

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
From inexpensive amazonite to wildly expensive faceted zircon, the stones at the annual gem shows in Tucson draw jewelers from around the world.
Bob Dylan Always Gives the Camera What It Wants

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
A new ad campaign for the fashion brand Céline reveals the 81-year-old troubadour’s hidden talent.
Tina Barney: The Photographer’s Origin Story

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
With a show at Kasmin and a new book of rediscovered photographs, both called “The Beginning,” the ethnographer of the elite reflects on finding her voice.
A Big-Wave Photographer Faces Frigid Water, Sharks and Currents to Get the Shot

The New York Times – Sports:
Sachi Cunningham is one of the few photographers who shoots surfers at Mavericks while swimming. “You don’t want to get the same shots as everyone else on the boat,” she said.
Julian Wasser, the ‘Photographer Laureate’ of L.A., Dies at 89

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
In the 1960s and ’70s, he created indelible images of the city’s combustible mix of art, rock ’n’ roll, new Hollywood and social ferment.
As $1.6 Million in Rare Photos Vanished, the Excuses Piled Up

The New York Times – Business:
The F.B.I. says a gallery owner made up medical emergencies, including a double lung transplant and a coma, as part of a criminal scheme to swindle older collectors.
On ‘Pictures From Home’ on Broadway, a Family Portrait Full of Secrets

The New York Times – T Magazine:
Adapted from Larry Sultan’s photo memoir, Sharr White’s play “Pictures From Home” explores the lies people — and their photographs — tell.
The Ecstatic, Elusive Art of Ming Smith

The New York Times – T Magazine:
The artist was the first Black woman photographer to have her work acquired by MoMA. Now, decades later, as she returns for a solo show, she reflects on her singular career.
Joyce Dopkeen, Barrier-Breaking News Photographer, Dies at 80

The New York Times – Business:
In 1973, she was the first woman hired by The New York Times to be a full-time staff photographer.
At the Met Museum, Richard Avedon at Large

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
“Richard Avedon: Murals” fills just one gallery of the Met, but “fills” is an understatement. These portraits of prominent political and social figures are a milestone in image-making.