Photographs at Bloomsbury Auctions London Nov 16th & Rome Nov 17th

   Bloomsbury Auctions is holding two photographs sales in London & Rome on successive days on the 16th & 17th of November.  The London sale has 272 lots and the second sale has 191 lots.

Robert Doisneau (1912-1994) - Fernand Léger dans ses Oeuvres, 1954.

Gelatin silver print, printed later, 15"x13¼". Estimate: £2000–3000

   You can view the catalogue for London here. The Rome catalogue can be seen here.

   The catalogue can be picked up from the Auction House in Maddox St for £20. Alternatively, I have a copy on the stall for £4.00.

Photographs auction at Bonhams London Nov 17th

   Bonhams in London will hold a photographs sale on November 17th at its New Bond St auction rooms.  The sale consists of 80 lots.

Terry O'Neill (British, b.1938) - Brigitte Bardot, 1971
Platinum print, signed and numbered '15/50' in pencil in the margin, and with the printer's blindstamp.
Number 15 in an edition of 50. Printed later. Framed. 19 3/4 x 15 7/8in. Estimate: £4,000-6,000.

   You can view the catalogue online here. Viewing takes place from Sunday 13th November each day including the morning of the sale. Even if you are not in the position to bid on any of the lots, don't feel that you can't go and see them hanging on the wall. Treat the Auction Houses as art spaces that have ever-changing exhibitions featuring millions of pounds worth of art.

   The catalogue is £20 from Bonhams. I've a couple of copies on the stall at £4.00 each.

Photographs auction at van Ham, Cologne, June 10th

 van Ham Auctions in Cologne is holding a photographs auction on June 10th. 398 lots are due to go under the hammer.

Unknown photographer - Bikini Atomic Blast. July 25th, 1946. 1 of 5 vintage gelatin silver prints. Estimate €1,500.

 

 

 

 

 

   You can view the online catalogue here.

Street Photography competition

   Further details can be found here.

Photographs auction at Leonard Joel, Melbourne June 19th

   The second photography auction at Leonard Joel brings together two of Australia’s most iconic photographers, Wolfgang Sievers and Mark Strizic.  While Strizic’s endearing images document Melbourne’s inhabitants and its environs in the fifties and sixties, Sievers photographs focus on the role of the worker and machinery in the context of Australia’s emerging industries.

   Popular international photographers such as Bert Stern and Robert Maplethorpe as well as other important Australian photographers including Olive Cotton, Tracey Moffatt, Patricia Piccinini and Darren Sylvester are also on offer.

 Wolfgang Sievers (1913-2007) Towers and Plant Equipment at Mobil's Stanvac Oil Refinery, Altona, Victoria

24.5x20cm. Estimate: Aus$800-1,200

   You can view the online catalogue of 297 lots here.

Photographs auction at Grisebach Berlin May 26th.

   Villa Grisebach in Berlin is staging a 190 lot auction of modern & contemporary photographs on May 26th.

   'Highlights include the famous Mainbocher Corset by Horst P. Horst (Est: €10,000-15,000) which counts among the masterworks of the history of photography, as well as George Hoyningen-Huene’s classical Divers, Paris (a print originally from the collection of Horst P. Horst) (Est: €8,000-12,000), Berenice Abbott’s New York at Night (Est: €7,000-9,000), André Kertész’s Melancholic Tulip (Est: €4,000-6,000), Andreas Feininger’s Empire State Building seen from New Jersey (Est: €3,000-4,000) or Leni Riefenstahl’s Glenn Morris (Diskuswerfer) (Est: €3,000-5,000).

   Especially rare are vintage prints by Helmar Lerski from two private collections, one is an extremely rare Selbstportrait (Est: €4,000-6,000), a Junger Bettler from the series Köpfe des Alltags (Est: €3,000-5,000) as well as partly hand-coloured works from Lerski’s early years in the U.S.A.

   More highlights of modern photography are René Burri’s Ché Guevara in an unusual large format (Est: €15,000-18,000), Erwin Blumenfeld’s Selbstportrait mit Maske (Est: €9,000-11,000), Arnold Newman’s portrait Jackson Pollock, Springs, Long Island (Est: €4,000-6,000) as well as works by David Bailey, Aenne Biermann, Mario Giacomelli, Germaine Krull, Michael Ruetz, Else Thalemann, Herbert Tobias and others.

   The contemporary section of the sale begins with Bernd and Hilla Becher’s nine-part work Fördertürme, Schuylkill County, PA, USA (Est: €20,000-30,000). Other top lots in this section include Valie Export’s Konfiguration mit schwarzer Hand (Est: €8,000-12,000), Peter Lindbergh’s Kristen McMenamy from the 1996 Pirelli calendar (Est: €12,000-14,000), Sarah Moon’s colour pigment print Jean-Paul Gaultier (Indépendant) (Est: €5,000-7,000) and Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Tri City Drive-In, San Bernardino (Est: €20,000-30,000) as well as works by Helmut Newton, Martin Parr, Bettina Rheims, Thomas Ruff, Thomas Struth, Miroslav Tichy, Wolfgang Tillmans, and others.'

 Horst P. Horst - The Mainbocher Corset

Later gelatin print. Estimate : €10,000-15,000

   You can view the online catalogue here.

Simon Norfolk + John Burke photo exhibition at Tate Modern until July 10

   Burke & Norfolk: Photographs From The War In Afghanistan at Tate Modern until July 10th. Details here.

   In October 2010, Simon Norfolk began a series of new photographs in Afghanistan, which takes its cue from the work of nineteenth-century British photographer John Burke. Norfolk’s photographs reimagine or respond to Burke’s Afghan war scenes in the context of the contemporary conflict. Conceived as a collaborative project with Burke across time, this new body of work is presented alongside Burke’s original portfolios. John Burke, took sepia-toned documentary photographs of the second Anglo-Afghan war, from 1878 to 1880 (the first having taken place in 1839-1842).

   You can see more of the photographs on Simon Norfolk's website here.

Photographs auctions at Bloomsbury London & Rome May 18th & 20th

   Bloomsbury Auctions has announced two photograph auctions in London & Rome on May 18th & 20th respectively.

   London's sale features 226 lots and the later Rome auction has 175.

Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) Canyon: Broadway and Exchange Place, July 16, 1936 

Vintage gelatin silver print, signed in pencil with photographer's stamp verso, 10 x 8in

Estimate: £9000 – £12000

   You can view the catalogue and also download it (17MB) here.

   More photographs by Berenice Abbott can be seen over on the Commerce Graphics website here.

Photographs auction at Phillips de Pury London May 19th + downloadable catalogue

   Phillips de Pury  has announced the auction of its latest Photographs sale in London May 19th. 188 lots.

Peter Lindbergh - Linda Evangelista, Harper's Bazaar US, 1992

Baryte print, printed later and flush-mounted. 100x80cm. One from an edition of 7. 

Estimate: £22,000-28,000

    You can look at the catalogue and even download it here. The download is 39.7 MB so it may take a while if you have a slow connection speed.

Street Photography at the Museum of London until Sept 4th

From the website:
 
   This major new exhibition at the Museum of London showcases an extraordinary collection of London street photography with over 200 candid images of everyday life in the street. From sepia-toned scenes of horse-drawn cabs taken on bulky tripod-mounted cameras to 21st century Londoners digitally ‘caught on film’, explore how street photography has evolved from 1860 to the present day. Examine the relationship between photographers, London’s streets and the people who live on them, and reflect on the place of photography on London’s streets today as anti-terrorism and privacy laws grow ever tighter.

   Full details of the exhibition can be found here.

Bonhams New York Photographs sale May 10th

From the press release:

   Bonhams will present 170 lots of stunning photography from famed artists Hiroshi Sugimoto, Edward Weston, Richard Misrach, Ansel Adams, Irving Penn, Helmut Newton and Garry Winogrand amongst others during its Fine Photographs auction in New York.

The auction features several notable highlights, among them are two highly anticipated Hiroshi Sugimoto's Colors of Shadow prints (est. $30,000-50,000). They are a prime example of the artist's initial experimentation with pigment printing, used to illustrate bare geometric interior spaces, and they are the first of their type to be offered at auction.

Also, new to the auction market is Edward Weston's abstract silver gelatin print, Model for Mould (est. $10,000-15,000). This print is an anomaly when compared to the other images of the same period, such as desert-scapes and nudes.

O. Winston Link (American, 1914-2000) Hot Shot Eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1957
Gelatin silver print, printed 1992, 15 1/2 x 19 3/8in

Estimate: US$8,000-12,000

    You can view the online catalogue here.

Photographs auction at Heritage NY on May 2nd

From the press release:

   'Irving Penn, Edward Weston, Ansel Adams and Annie Leibovitz originals highlight the photography sale at Heritage Auctions, New York on May 2nd.

   Irving Penn’s Harlequin Dress, Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, 1950, a Platinum-Palladium print from 1979, an acknowledged masterpiece from one of the greatest fashion photographers to ever pick up a camera, is expected to bring over $150,000. This legendary image is accompanied by four more Penn images in the auction, including Penn’s Woman in Dior Hat with Martini (Lisa Fonssagrives- Penn), 1952, a Gelatin Silver print, estimated at over $30,000.
   Half a dozen photographs from early 20^th Century master photographer Edward Weston are included in the auction, including a vintage gelatin silver print of Weston’s Pepper (No. 14), 1929 (estimate: $50,000+) and his elegant and understated Nude, 1936 (estimate: $5,000+), a gelatin silver printed later by Weston’s son, Cole.
   Continuing the great American photography from the top names of the early 20^th Century, Heritage will be offering 12 images from the lens of America’s greatest naturalist photographer, Ansel Adams, led by his impressive Moon and Half Dome, 1960, a gelatin silver print from c. 1970, estimated at over $25,000.

    Few modern American photographers are more influential, collectible and highly revered than Annie Leibovitz, and the May 2 Heritage event will not disappoint collectors with five examples of Leibovitz’s work making an appearance in the auction, led by a print of what is likely her most famous photo, John and Yoko, New York, December 8, 1980, estimated at over $20,000. “This famous image was taken on the morning of Dec. 8, 1980 at The Dakota, tragically the same day Lennon was shot,” said Ed Jaster of Heritage Auctions. “Beyond being Leibovitz’s most famous image, it’s easily the most recognizable, and likely the greatest, rock and roll magazine cover image ever, appearing as it did as the cover to the January 1981 Rolling Stone issue dedicated to Lennon. Few images have ever so clearly conveyed both its subject and its meaning to broader public than this iconic photo.”

   Helmut Newton was one of the great fashion photographers of all time and his work continues to be in demand at auction, as evidenced by the four examples in this auction, including a vintage gelatin silver print of his Roselyne at Arcangues, 1975, estimated at over $35,000.'

   Further details of the 190 lots and the online catalogue can be found  here.

Yohji Yamamoto photo shoots exhibition until May 14th

   Yohji’s Women - 'As part of the 30-year celebration of iconic Japanese fashion designer, Yohji Yamamoto, The Wapping Project Bankside will show seven photographers who first found their individual voices as part of the thrilling burst of creativity engendered by Yamamoto’s presence in Europe.'

   The seven photographers featured are: Nick Knight, Peter Lindbergh, Craig McDean, Sarah Moon, Paolo Roversi, Max Vadukul, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin.

    Full details of the exhibition can be found here.

Steve McCurry photographs

   I was looking at an online exhibition of Edward Minoff's paintings at Cavalier Galleries and came across the page for Steve McCurry. I'm sure you're familiar with this image:

   This is the famous photo used on the cover of National Geographic in 1984 of an Afghan girl in Peshewar, Pakistan. There are loads more of his photos on view and you can see them here.

f22 - new free photography magazine

   'f22 Magazine is available through selected galleries, libraries, art schools, museums and other art venues across the UK.

   Totally free, f22 is not a dull review magazine - it will be about people worth serious consideration; places that are hot and happening; and projects that will interest photographers. Combined with State Magazine, f22 reports the fusion of art + photography like no other with a truly international perspective.'

 

    The website www.f22magazine.com goes live in May.


   I've got copies on the stall. Just pick one up. Hopefully I'll have the new issue in due course.

Robert Wallis photo exhibition at SOAS in Russell Sq until June 25th

   Robert Wallis’s work on the effect of India’s economic boom on Adivasi (tribal) groups in Jharkand State will be exhibited at the Brunei Gallery at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies until June 25th 2011.

   The state of Jharkhand is home to one of the largest Adivasi populations in India. It is also the location of an estimated 40% of the country's deposits of coal, iron ore, uranium and other minerals considered essential for India's industrial and energy needs. Unfortunately for Jharkhand's Adivasis, the mineral wealth lies beneath the land that they have farmed and hunted on for millennia but for which they do not hold title deeds.

   As the original inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent, Adivasis have ancient land rights protected by law. But 'in the national interest' they are being forced to leave their ancestral lands to make way for new mines, steel mills and hydroelectric projects, with little or no compensation.

   You can see the full story on the Panos Pictures website here.

   Panos Pictures is a photojournalism website specialising in global social issues. Tim Hetherington, the journalist killed in Libya this week, was one of its photographers. You can see his work here.

   Details on opening times of the Brunei Gallery can be found here.