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Lewis Morley

 

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Born in Hong Kong to a Chinese mother and an English father, British photographer Lewis Morley (1925-2013) was raised as part of Hong Kong's European colonial elite, but his teenage years were dramatically interrupted by the Japanese invasion in 1941, and the Morleys spent the rest of the war in a Japanese internment camp. From the late 1950s, Morley worked on assignment for Tatler magazine, depicting British socialites and celebrities. He was the first to take published photographs of models Jean Shrimpton and Twiggy, and is responsible for many legendary images from the Swinging Sixties.

 

In 1963, Morley met Christine Keeler, the young model and showgirl made famous by her involvement with both a British government minister and a Soviet diplomat in what became known as The Profumo Affair. Keeler sat for a portrait intended to promote a film, The Keeler Affair, that was never released in the United Kingdom. Keeler was reluctant to pose in the nude, but the film producers insisted. Morley persuaded Keeler to sit astride a plywood chair, so that the back of the chair would obscure most of her body. (The photo propelled Arne Jacobsen's model 3107 chair to prominence, but the actual chair used was an imitation.) The picture was published, uncredited, in the Sunday Mirror and became the scandalous embodiment of the decade’s sexual freedom. Christine Keeler later resented the image for being "a constant reminder of difficult days" while Lewis Morley believed it overshadowed the rest of his work and often referred to it as "that fucking Keeler shot."

 

By the beginning of the 1970s, Morley’s magazine and theatre work in London was petering out, and he emigrated to Australia, where -- Bingo! -- it was the Sixties all over again.

 

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"That fucking Keeler shot," 1963

 

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The Bowery, New York, 1962

 

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Judi Dench, London, 1965

 

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Dudley Mo0re as the Fairy Queen, Frith Street, London, ca. 1963/64

 

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Joe Orton, 1965

 

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François Truffaut, London, 1961

 

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Cecil Beaton, Royal Hospital Chelsea, London, ca. 1959/60

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Mike Disfarmer

 

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Between 1915 and 1959, American studio photographer Mike Disfarmer (1884-1959) made portraits of the residents of Heber Springs, a small town in rural Arkansas. Only after his death did his work become internationally known and acclaimed. (A large cache of negatives shot by Disfarmer was found in the 1970s by Peter Miller who spent a year cleaning, preserving and cataloging them.)

 

Born Mike Meyer in Indiana, one of seven children in a family of German immigrants, Disfarmer arrived in Heber Springs with his mother in 1914. Changing his surname to "Disfarmer" was the first move in a maverick career that embraced both obscurity and a rigorous aesthetic. Disfarmer maintained a portrait studio in Heber Springs and photographed members of the local community for small fees. His "penny portraits" employed a stark realism and often lengthy, unnervingly mute sitting sessions that resulted in a consistent stream of portraits that strip his subjects into an uncanny intimacy. The images are said by some to capture the essence of a particular community in a particular time with piercing solemnity and a touching simplicity. Disfarmer's reclusive lifestyle has left many details of his life obscure or uncertain.

 

In 2008, a picture by Disfarmer was used on the 80th Academy Awards telecast as the alleged portrait of Roderick Jaynes, the film editing pseudonym of the Coen brothers, who was nominated that year for editing the Coens' No Country for Old Men. The Disfarmer photo was supplied to the Academy by the Coens after Jaynes' nomination.

 

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Young Man with Hat, 1939

 

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Unidentified

 

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Unidentified

 

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Unidentified

 

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Unidentified

 

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Unidentified, ca. 1940

 

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The "Roderick Jaynes" photograph used by the Coen brothers

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Paul Mpagi Sepuya

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Self-portrait, 2010

 

The work of American photographer and artist Paul Mpagi Sepuya (born 1982) focuses heavily on the relationship between artist and subject, often exploring themes of relationship and intimacy within the context of studio photography. The foundation of Sepuya's work is portraiture, in which he often features friends and muses, revealing them in provocative fragments--parts of their bodies rather than their entire bodies--that create a feeling of longing and wanting more.

 

Born in San Bernardino, educated at NYU and UCLA, Sepuya's work has been featured in exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), The Studio Museum in Harlem, Franklin Art Works (Minneapolis) and the Artist Institute in New York. Four of his photographs are in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.

 

Images by Paul Mpagi Sepuya ...

 

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Self-portrait study with roses at night, 2015

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Mirror Study, 2016

 

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Mirror Study, 2016

 

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Arcillo, 2016

 

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Darkroom Mirror, 2017

 

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Paul Mpagi Sepuya

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Self-portrait, 2010

 

The work of American photographer and artist Paul Mpagi Sepuya (born 1982) focuses heavily on the relationship between artist and subject, often exploring themes of relationship and intimacy within the context of studio photography. The foundation of Sepuya's work is portraiture, in which he often features friends and muses, revealing them in provocative fragments--parts of their bodies rather than their entire bodies--that create a feeling of longing and wanting more.

 

Born in San Bernardino, educated at NYU and UCLA, Sepuya's work has been featured in exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), The Studio Museum in Harlem, Franklin Art Works (Minneapolis) and the Artist Institute in New York. Four of his photographs are in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.

 

Images by Paul Mpagi Sepuya ...

 

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Self-portrait study with roses at night, 2015

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Mirror Study, 2016

 

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Mirror Study, 2016

 

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Arcillo, 2016

 

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Darkroom Mirror, 2017

 

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...rather ingenious!!

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A Harvard University dropout, Bill Cunningham (1929-2016) first became known as a designer of women's hats before moving on to writing about fashion for Women's Wear Daily and the Chicago Tribune. He began taking candid photographs on the streets of New York City, and his work came to the attention of The New York Times with a 1978 capture of Greta Garbo in an unguarded moment. Cunningham reported for the paper from 1978 to 2016.

 

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From John Frankenheimer's 1966 science fiction drama, Seconds, starring Rock Hudson:

 

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