Andy Adamsflipped into FlakPhoto ReadsNov 21Is This the World’s Highest-Grossing Photograph?verified_publisherThe New York Times - David Segal“Girls in the Windows” wasn’t made by an art world giant, but people keep buying it. And buying it. And buying it. Standing on a second-story fire escape, a photographer named Ormond Gigli is shouting instructions through a bullhorn. Forty models are posing in the window frames of brownstones across …
Andy Adamsflipped into FlakPhoto ReadsA Hidden Stash of Extraordinary Self-Portraitsverified_publisherThe New Yorker - Gioncarlo ValentineA début monograph by Carla Williams lets the world in on a quietly thrilling collection of images that have been tucked away for nearly four decades. I first met Carla Williams a few years ago at Material Life, a shop that she owned in New Orleans specializing in Black art and cultural artifacts. I …
Andy Adamsflipped into FlakPhoto ReadsPolitical and documentary photography posters from the 1970sverified_publisherThe Guardian - Sarah GilbertIn the late 70s, the cash-strapped Half Moon Gallery in London developed an innovative approach to getting its shows seen. Showcasing socially engaged photographers such as Daniel Meadows, Janine Wiedel and Philip Jones Griffiths, it laminated their prints and shipped them by rail as touring …
Andy Adamsflipped into FlakPhoto ReadsWhat Was the NFT?Aperture - Chris WileyWhen cryptocurrency was on the rise, entrepreneurial artists and prominent photographers rushed to release NFTs. But is the NFT actually a medium—or …
Andy Adamsflipped into FlakPhoto ReadsRegarding the Pain of Others in Israel and Gaza: How Do We Trust What We See?verified_publisherVanity Fair - Fred RitchinA near collapse of the media ecosystem has left us unable to gauge what is going on. For those of us on the outside, the “fog of war” is beginning to resemble a total eclipse of the sun. With the contraction of print publications, the front pages of newspapers and the covers of newsmagazines have …
Andy Adamsflipped into FlakPhoto ReadsA Portrait of American Housingverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Annie LowreyLee Friedlander’s photographs of beauty queens and real estate Lee Friedlander coined a term for the subject of his work: the “social landscape.” The great American documentary photographer, now 89, gives each rowhouse and strip mall and mass-produced car a living and breathing personality. He frames …
