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Clay Patrick McBride :: He's Got Reach
Artist Clay Patrick McBride is a prolific photographer with an extensive history of shoots with the biggest names in rock, hip hop and sport; and the biggest brands in advertising work. He looks like a star and you can picture him hanging with Kid Rock, but he shoots Jay Z, Juliette Lewis, Allen Iverson and Al Green all with the same aplomb. His unique visual style has earned him a lot of fans, and a gig teaching at the Eddie Adams Workshop more...
50 Cent,
Al Green,
Clay Patrick McBride,
Jay Z,
Juliette Lewis,
Kid Rock,
Lil'Kim,
Norah Jones,
Photographers,
Scott Weiland,
The Game,
Velvet Revolver,
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Stephen Wilkes :: China
An Exhibition by Stephen Wilkes at ClampArt New York
Traveling throughout old and new China, Stephen Wilkes has expertly portrayed a nation amidst rapid and vast transformation. Focusing on both rural and industrial settings—and the increasing number of areas where the two collide—the artist draws our attention to a changing way of life. The large, spectacular imagery speaks of not only a new era in China, but also a shift in global economies already felt in the United States. more...
James Bidgood :: Remastered
A stylistic precursor of such artists as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Pierre et Gilles, and David LaChapelle, James Bidgood revolutionized gay erotic imagery. Bidgood was the first to take the pulp and glamour aesthetic of the 1940s and 1950s and apply it to sexual male fantasies. Yet, his photographs, which range from camp to surreal, are still scarcely known to the wider public. more...
The Wolman Files
During his fast-paced tenure at Rolling Stone Magazine, Wolman's lens captured the royalty of the '60s pop and rock explosion.
This story features celebrated images of Johnny Cash, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Miles Davis, Betty Davis, George Harrison, Jeff Beck, Pink Floyd, Jim Morrison, The Plaster Casters, Joni Mitchell and James Brown. more...
Baron Wolman,
Betty Davis,
George Harrison,
James Brown,
Janis Joplin,
Jeff Beck,
Jim Morrison,
Jimi Hendrix,
Johnny Cash,
Joni Mitchell,
Miles Davis,
Photographers,
Pink Floyd,
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Shoot 'em Up
James Patrick Cooper is renowned for his flexibility in all shooting situations.
A fine selection of 8 of James' music images. Alicia Keys, Killers, Fergie, Anthony Keidis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny and June Carter-Cash, Buddy Guy, Pussycat Dolls, Dresden Dolls and Ryan Adams, in the studio and on location in New York City. more...
Monkey Portraits by Jill Greenberg
Jill Greenberg first established her artistic reputation as a preeminent celebrity photographer.
This story shows 8 images from Jill's exhibition at Clampart and drawn from her book "Monkey Portraits" published by Bulfinch Press. The 5 year project includes images of marmosets, mandrills, macaques, and chimps who have had a career in film and television. Greenberg's subjects are ultimately a reflection of their human cousins. more...
Seasoning in the Sun
Salt Dreams is a book of photographs by Jimmy and Dena Katz from publisher powerHouse Books.
An 8 page feature from photographers Jimmy and Dena Katz who headed out West to make a personal landscape project in and around the Salt Flats of northern Utah. They became intrigued by the inventors who, with their hand-built hotrods, racecars, and rockets, participate in the annual rituals and races on the Salt Flats, making their own statement in the landscape. more...
A Riot Of Her Own
Janette Beckman's "Made in the UK: The Music of Attitude, 1977-1983"
An 8 page feature on Janette's impressive collection of images from a monumental period in British music history. Janette made her mark shooting for Melody Maker and The Face, two important magazines of the time. Joe Strummer flexes his muscles for her, Steve Jones and Jimmy Pursey play live with the Clash, DeeDee Ramone leaps about onstage, Shane MacGowan looks young and the boys and girls of the day wear their make-up thick and their pants thin. Book text is by renowned author Vivien Goldman, foreword by Brit designer Paul Smith. more...
DeeDee Ramone,
Janette Beckman,
Jimmy Pursey,
Joe Strummer,
Mods,
Photographers,
Punks,
Shane MacGowan,
Steve Jones,
The Clash,
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Time and Again by Marc Yankus
Marc Yankus' artistic experience spans a period of more than twenty-five years. ZOOZOOM profiles his exhibition at ClampArt in New York.
Time and Again is the title of a collection of images by Marc Yankus. Yankus combines surfaces from old photographs and prints with contemporary photographs. Originally trained as a painter, and then working as a collage artist, it was not until more recently that Marc Yankus began incorporating his own photographs into his artwork. However, when he did so, it marked a turning point in his career. Here is an exquisite selection of 8 images from the ClampArt show. more...
Vintage: Photographs by Arthur Tress
Arthur Tress is well known for his staged surrealism and exposition of the human body.
Widely respected photographer Arthur Tress is profiled here in an 8 page story drawn from his exhibition at ClampArt and featuring b/w images from the 60's and 70's. Tress is well known for his urban imagery as well as his male nudes. In reference to this collection of images and in his own words "...I was engaged in a photographic confrontation with the hostile forces and alienated inhabitants of the anxious urban landscape". more...
John Arsenault's ClampArt Exhibition: Kathy's Beauty Nook
ClampArt presents John Arsenault's "Kathy's Beauty Nook".
ZOOZOOM profiles this story in an 8 page feature. Shot over a two-year period, Arsenault returned to his hometown in Haverhill, Massachusetts to capture scenes from his aunt's salon where he spent much of his formative childhood years. "I consider my personal work a photo diary," Arsenault explains, "the beauty parlor was such a big aspect of my life and these women are a large part of my life." more...
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