Lotte Jacobi

Chaim Weizmann

1948

Joe Kelly Harrahs Black and White Photograph Year: 1981 Image Size: 13x19.5in Sheet Size: 16x20in Signed, dated and inscribed verso Ref.: 924802-1713 Tags: B&W, Black and White, Pho...

Artist: Rachel Lauren Title: Distortion Date: 2019 Medium: Inkjet print Dimensions: 11 x 14 in. Photographer Rachel Lauren invites viewers to become more aware of the way natural beauty has been contorted, packed and sold as a cold, manufactured, cloned and empty product. Are women inherently beautiful, or do they require modifications? Are you seeing your uniquely created reflection through a distorted lens? By imposing a juxtaposition between real and fake through abstract portraiture, Lauren calls attention to these complex ideals in "Distorted Beauty". Lauren is currently an MFA candidate at UMKC and based in Colorado. Since the age of two, she has fostered a love for photography and traveling which have both shaped her understanding of the issues she addresses in her work. Contemporary photography, portrait photography, experimental portraiture, conceptual photography, Steve McCurry, Lisa Kristine...

Irving Penn Title: Untitled (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn) Medium: Glossy, fibre based paper Date: New York, circa 1949 Dimensions: 11 x 14 inches Stamped ...

Lotte Jacobi Chaim Weizmann Photograph Year: 1948 Size: 11.5x9.5in Annotated by hand on verso in pencil Ref.: 924802-1354 Lotte Jacobi (August 17, 1896 – May 6, 1990) was a leading American portrait photographer and photojournalist, known for her high-contrast black-and-white portrait photography, characterized by intimate, sometimes dramatic, sometimes idiosyncratic and often definitive humanist depictions of both ordinary people in the United States and Europe and some of the most important artists, thinkers and activists of the 20th century. Jacobi's photographic style stressed informality, and sought to delve deeper into the traits of her subjects than traditional portraiture. She made a point of photographing subjects in their own environments, and talking to them while she worked. She explained the reasoning behind her approach this way: "I just try and get people to talk, to relax, to be themselves. I don't like a passive, bored subject. I do portraits because I like people, and I want to bring out their personalities. Many photographers today, I think, are bringing out the worst part of people. I try and bring out the best." Jacobi is perhaps best known for her "portrait of Albert Einstein (Princeton, 1938), whom she photographed candidly, seated at his desk, dishevelled and dressed in a leather jacket, a work that was refused by Life magazine for its simplicity." Other personality-driven portraits include "Eleanor Roosevelt sitting back, gesturing, and obviously speaking in midsentence; Marc Chagall depicted as a jovial family man; Thomas Mann appearing as thoughtful as his work; and more candid, gentle portraits of Einstein." Other celebrated subjects included poets W. H. Auden, Robert Frost...

Joe Kelly Untitled Portrait I Black and White Photograph Year: circa late 70s Image Size: 7x5.5in Sheet Size: 10x8in Unsigned Ref.: 924802-1710 Tags: B&W, Black and White, Photogra...

Joe Kelly Untitled Portrait II Black and White Photograph Year: circa late 70s Image Size: 7x5.5in Sheet Size: 10x8in Unsigned Ref.: 924802-1711 * Slight soiling top left. Image int...

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Painter is a b/w photographic print realized by Plinio Martelli in the 1990s. Very good conditions. Hand signed and titled by the artist on the back of the photograph. Original title: Pittrice. Plinio Martelli (1945-2016) After scientific studies he graduated from the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin with masters such as Enrico Paolucci and Mario Calandri...