London-based photographer Oleg Tolstoy captured photos of tourists during a recent trip to Florence’s Piazza del Duomo, one of the most visited places in the world. According to Co.Design: In cities all over Italy, floods of tourists pour in each year, threatening the preservation of increasingly worn historic sites and public squares. Deregulation of the […]
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Stunning Portraits of Women with a Modern Folkloric Narrative
Mary Jane Ansell, a UK-based figurative painter and multiple BP National Portrait Award recipient, is a master of classical-style portraiture with a modern perspective. Ansell will be having her first Los Angeles exhibit at Corey Helford Gallery called Of Dreams, Birds and Bones on view from June 10 Through July 8, featuring all-new works. The […]
Gelatin Silver Portraits from the Summer of Love in 1967
Given the state of our presidency today, the summer of 2017 might not be that different from the Summer of Love in 1967, a time of massive cultural and political change when young hippies rejected the American government, the Vietnam War, and consumer culture. San Francisco’s neighborhood Haight-Ashbury was the scene for flower children and […]
Eye-Popping Geometric Portraits of Pop Culture Icons
Madrid-based artist Okuda San Miguel makes his US solo debut at Los Angeles’ Corey Helford Gallery. Mayan Renaissance, open through April 29, features an eye-popping series of multi-media works, including vibrant enamel paintings, sculpture, and tapestries. Okuda is best known for his shockingly colored murals and his conversion of an abandoned Spanish church named Kaos […]
Stunning portraits show what beauty looks like around the world
Mihaela Noroc Romanian-born photographer Mihaela Noroc has been photographing women around the world for the last four years. She’s captured portraits in close to 60 countries from Afghanistan to Iceland. Noroc is calling her project The Atlas of Beauty, and she’s planning on publishing a book of her photographs in September of this year. Keep scrolling to […]
Diverse Portraits of LGBTQ Cultural Icons and Community Leaders at Home
Award-winning photographer Tom Atwood has captured portraits of luminaries including Buzz Aldrin and John Waters. His latest book, published by Damiani on April 25, is being called the most ambitious photo series ever conducted of the LGBTQ experience in America. Kings & Queens in Their Castles collects more than 350 photos of subjects at home, […]
Defiant Portraits of Gun Violence Survivors
So far in 2017, there have been 14,490 gun-related violence incidents in the United States. Brooklyn-born photographer Kathy Shorr captures portraits of gun violence survivors (101 total, ages 8 to 80) — most of them photographed in the location where they were shot. These images are captured in the new book SHOT: 101 Survivors of […]