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Iconoclast, Provocateur and Innovator Duane Michals (1932-2026) Passes away
Duane Michals’ spirit left his body on June 9 in NYC. One of the most important and influential photographers of the past century, Duane was an iconoclast, provocateur, and innovator…
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Willy Kessels and Photography: A Modern Means to Represent the World
By Alex Novak
Willy Kessels (1898-1974) was one of the leading Belgian photographers in the period between the two World Wars and an important Belgian Modernist. Born in Termonde, Belgium, in…
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CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY: TRUTH & THE BURDEN OF REALITY
There has been a tremendous amount of discussion in the popular press lately about photography's relationship with reality. The recent discovery that a Lebanese freelance photographer with more than a decade…
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