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Photography in New York: Photo Exhibitions from Archival to Contemporary
As evident in the work of early masters and contemporary artists on view now in New York, the medium of photography has always been used to document social conditions and the evolution of cities and the environment.
Photography exhibitions allow us to travel---both geographically and through time---and give us permission to curiously gaze at others without shame.
Take advantage of fascinating glimpses of life through trained eyes at the following galleries, museums and libraries.
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New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
ManhattanTues, March 6, 2012 – Sun, May 6, 2012
This exhibition, a rumination on photography and ruin, presents works that themselves reflect on photography’s particular connection to the ephemeral, mutability and decay. More -
Scott Wiener: The Luxury of Distance
ManhattanSat, March 3, 2012 – Mon, May 7, 2012
The Luxury of Distance,” Scott Wiener’s new exhibit of 11 large photographs at 92nd Street Y’s Weill Art Gallery, tackles the thorny issue of representations of the Holocaust. More -
Unnatural Formations: Three Contemporary Photographers
ManhattanTues, April 3, 2012 – Sat, July 28, 2012
Stephen Hilyard, Simen Johan and Lydia Anne McCarthyhave emerged as innovators in the field of contemporary landscape photography. The exhibition offers a unique look at hybrid photographs where disparate and sometimes dissonant images are woven together to create new, hypothetical landscapes. More -
The Shaping of New Visions: Photography, Film, Photobook
ManhattanWed, April 18, 2012 – Sun, April 29, 2012
This exhibition, covering the period from 1910 to today, offers a critical reassessment of photography's role in the avant-garde and neo-avant-garde movements More -
The Loving Story: Photographs by Grey Villet
International Center of Photography
ManhattanFri, Jan 20, 2012 – Sun, May 6, 2012
LIFE magazine photographer Grey Villet's intimate images of the Loving family, the first legal interracial married couple in the US, were uncovered by director Nancy Buirski during the making of "The Loving Story," a documentary debuting on February 14, 2012 on HBO. More -
International Center of Photography
ManhattanFri, Jan 20, 2012 – Sun, May 6, 2012
Magnum Contact Sheets reveals how Magnum photographers have captured and edited their best shots from the 1930s to the present. More -
ManhattanFri, March 16, 2012 – Wed, June 13, 2012
The most comprehensive exhibition to date of Woodman's brief but extraordinary career, this show will include more than 120 vintage photographs. More -
Frank Oscar Larson: 1950s New York Street Stories
QueensSun, Feb 5, 2012 – Sun, May 20, 2012
Frank Oscar Larson was an avid, empathetic observer of the life of the streets, and in his eyes, even the mundane became miraculous. Larson documented the changing face of New York City, especially in Times Square and Chinatown, which were some of his favorite haunts. More -
Christer Stromholm: Les Amies de Place Blanche
International Center of Photography
ManhattanFri, May 18, 2012 – Sun, Sept 2, 2012
Christer Strömholm was one of the great photographers of the 20th century, but is little known outside of Sweden. This exhibition presents his most powerful body of work: "Les Amies de Place Blanche," a documentation of transsexual "ladies of the night" in Paris in the 1960s. More -
President in Petticoats: Civil War Propaganda in Photographs
International Center of Photography
ManhattanFri, May 18, 2012 – Sun, Sept 2, 2012
At dawn on May 10, 1865, a contingent of Michigan cavalry captured Davis in a makeshift camp outside Irwinville, Georgia. In his haste to flee, Davis grabbed his wife's overcoat rather than his own. News reports immediately circulated that Davis had been apprehended in women's clothes and that he was attempting to disguise himself as a woman. Caricaturists seized upon these rumors of cowardly escape and created wildly inventive images. More -
ManhattanSun, Feb 26, 2012 – Mon, June 11, 2012
Sherman has captured herself in a range of guises and personas, which are at turns amusing and disturbing, distasteful and affecting. With an arsenal of costumes, makeup and props, she alters herself and her surroundings to create a myriad of characters. More -
International Center of Photography
ManhattanFri, Jan 20, 2012 – Sun, Sept 2, 2012
The photographer known as Weegee set the standard for what has become known as tabloid journalism. This exhibition draws upon the extensive Weegee archive at ICP and includes environmental re-creations of Weegee's apartment and exhibitions. More -
New York Public Library—Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
ManhattanSun, April 1, 2012 – Sat, June 2, 2012
This exhibition of 56 photographs by Pete Souza, the chief official White House photographer, forms a visual diary of nearly two years of President Obama’s time in office, from September 2009 through May 2011. More -
Taryn Simon: A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters
ManhattanWed, May 2, 2012 – Mon, Sept 3, 2012
This exhibition is the U.S. premiere of Taryn Simon's photographic project A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters. The work was produced over a four-year period (2008–2011), during which the artist travelled around the world researching and documenting bloodlines and their related stories. More -
International Center of Photography
ManhattanFri, May 18, 2012 – Sun, Sept 2, 2012
In honor of its retiring Ehrenkranz Director , ICP presents an engaging survey of its vast and unique collection of photographs. One of the hallmarks of the collection is a focus on alternative histories of photography, including marginalized social practices of photography as well as popular and nonart approaches to the medium. More -
International Center of Photography
Manhattan
ICP presents more than 20 exhibitions a year, exploring the diversity of the medium—from documentary photography to digital imagery. The collection houses more than 100,000 original photographic prints representing some 1,000 photographers. More -
Manhattan
Gitterman Gallery has over 20 years of experience in the field of art photography and specializes in connoisseur level photographs. In addition to representing artists, estates and private collections, it maintains an inventory of selective work that spans the history of the medium in a full range of styles and periods. More -
Manhattan
Founded in 2001 by a former record company executive and producer, a former independent record store owner a and music photographer, The Morrison Hotel Gallery represents world renowned photographers and focuses on fine art music photography. More