Avant garde photography

A treasure trove from the ultimate age of experimentation – between the world wars – shows a man mid-parachute jump, a woman clutching her Leica, and limbs dismantling before your very eyes

With 200 works by 71 female artists, a new exhibition of pioneering photography was ‘too quiet and poetic’ to be properly appreciated in the 1970s

Breakthrough star of the modeling scene Sylvester Ulv Henriksen lands the cover story of 160 Grams Magazine masterfully photographed by Emmanuel Giraud. For the fall winter 2013 edition Sylvester was styled by Benjamin Armand.

Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky) ]was an American modernist artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal. He produced major works in a variety of media but considered himself a painter above all. He was best known in the art world for his avant-garde photography, and he was a renowned fashion and portrait photographer. Ray is also noted for his work with photograms, which…

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop," October 10, 2012–January 27, 2013.National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. "Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop," February 17–May 5, 2013

KIKI DE MONTPARNASSE (Man Ray) - Born Alice Ernestine Prin in Burgundy, Kiki had a wretched childhood that could only lead to laughter or despair, and being solid and brave she chose laughter. Kiki was painted by Soutine, Modigliani, Foujita and Kisling and most famously photographed by Man Ray, whose lover she was for eight stormy years. She sang bawdy songs in nightclubs. In 1929 was named Queen of Montparnasse.

Sometimes a random image search can bring great surprises, and we loved a chance encounter with the works of early 20th century German photographer, C...

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Models Hyun Ji Shin and Mathiieu Simoneau share an ‘Attraction Fatale’ styled by Lisa Jarvis with references to supernatural energies in a ‘Love Is Stronger Than Anything!’ issue. Photographer Cho Giseok [ IG ] is in the studio, capturing the would-be lovers in color-saturated images for Nu

Today marks the hundred and tenth birthday of the late photographer Jaroslav Rössler. A central figure in modernist photography, Rössler is considered to…