These photographs were available for bidding at our Benefit Auction in October 2014.
Sheet size: 9.25"x13.625"
($1,000–$1,500)
Provenance: Photographer. Born in the U.K., Susan McCartney has been taking pictures since the age of 12 and studied fine art and graphic design at the Hammersmith College of Art in London and the Cooper Union in New York. She refined her photography and vision at master classes given by legends Richard Avedon, Alexey Brodovitch, Harold Kreiger, Walter Rosenblum, Melvin Sokolsky and Henry Wolf. She has a degree in photography from the School of Visual Arts. Early in her career she worked in the international corps of guides at the United Nations headquarters and at various travel and art jobs until becoming a professional photographer. McCartney has shot assignments in the U.S. and overseas for a diverse clientele including British Airways, the British Tourist Authority, Caravan Tours, Club Europa, the Irish Tourist Board, Lan Chile Airlines, the Economist, Glamour, House and Garden, Time, Travel and Leisure, the US Army, Varig Airlines and Warner Brothers Records. Her photos have been featured in Time, The Economist, Glamour, The New York Times, Life, Shutterbug and Woman's Day, among many other publications. She has shown and talked about her work at the Smithsonian Institute as well as on public television and taught photography at Cooper Union and the School of Visual Arts. Her photos have been published in books, magazines and advertising around the world, and she has received awards from the Art Director's Club of New York and Communication Arts magazine. McCartney is the author of several popular books on photography, including "Mastering the Basics of Photography," "Photographic Lighting Simplified," "Mastering Flash Photography," "Travel Photography," "Nature and Wildlife Photography," and "How to Shoot Great Travel Photos." She is currently working on a digital photography book. She currently lives and works in New York City.
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Susan McCartney: Santas on Houston Street, NYC
1964, silver print, on original mount.
Signed and dated on verso.
Image size: 9"x13.5"
Sheet size: 9.25"x13.625"
($1,000–$1,500)
Provenance: Photographer. Born in the U.K., Susan McCartney has been taking pictures since the age of 12 and studied fine art and graphic design at the Hammersmith College of Art in London and the Cooper Union in New York. She refined her photography and vision at master classes given by legends Richard Avedon, Alexey Brodovitch, Harold Kreiger, Walter Rosenblum, Melvin Sokolsky and Henry Wolf. She has a degree in photography from the School of Visual Arts. Early in her career she worked in the international corps of guides at the United Nations headquarters and at various travel and art jobs until becoming a professional photographer. McCartney has shot assignments in the U.S. and overseas for a diverse clientele including British Airways, the British Tourist Authority, Caravan Tours, Club Europa, the Irish Tourist Board, Lan Chile Airlines, the Economist, Glamour, House and Garden, Time, Travel and Leisure, the US Army, Varig Airlines and Warner Brothers Records. Her photos have been featured in Time, The Economist, Glamour, The New York Times, Life, Shutterbug and Woman's Day, among many other publications. She has shown and talked about her work at the Smithsonian Institute as well as on public television and taught photography at Cooper Union and the School of Visual Arts. Her photos have been published in books, magazines and advertising around the world, and she has received awards from the Art Director's Club of New York and Communication Arts magazine. McCartney is the author of several popular books on photography, including "Mastering the Basics of Photography," "Photographic Lighting Simplified," "Mastering Flash Photography," "Travel Photography," "Nature and Wildlife Photography," and "How to Shoot Great Travel Photos." She is currently working on a digital photography book. She currently lives and works in New York City.
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Sheet size: 24"x21.25"
($800–$1,600)
Celeste Prize, finalist, Rome, Italy; Viewpoints 2013,
Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJPlace a Bid" >
Dan McCormack: Ruby_S_4-12-12--06AB
2012, archival pigment print from a pinhole camera, signed recto
Image size: 17.6"x20"
Sheet size: 24"x21.25"
($800–$1,600)
Celeste Prize, finalist, Rome, Italy; Viewpoints 2013,
Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJPlace a Bid
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Andrea Modica: Modena, Italy
2010, platinum/palladium print, signed, titled, dated, and numbered 5/20 recto
Image size: 10"x8"
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Sheet size: 13.375"x 8.625"
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Inge Morath: Linda, the Llama, in Times Square, New York City, NY
c. 1957, silver print, unmounted, wiith photographer's stamp and pasted on paper caption on the verso
Image size: 13.375"x 8.625"
Sheet size: 13.375"x 8.625"
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Sheet size: 12"x10"
($200–$400)" >
SOLD!Wm. Notman & Son, Montreal: Esquimault Dry Dock near Victoria, BC
1887, albumen print on original mount, name and title in negative
Image size: 9.125"x7.5"
Sheet size: 12"x10"
($200–$400)
Sheet size: 6"x7.5"
($600–$1,000)
Brown-toned silver print that has been printed through a texture screen. Interesting pictorialist work of Manhattan Bridge, which was built 1901-1907 and linked Manhattan with Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Mitchel A. Obremski, who was born in Poland about 1904, was active in the Syracuse Camera Club from the 1920s through to the 1940s. his work was exhibited at many of the significant salons of the day, including those of the Seattle Camera Club, the Camera Pictorialists of Los Angeles, the Pittsburgh Salon of Photographic Art, and the First Annual International Salon of the Chicago Camera Club held at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1929. He also participated in the first International Photographic Salon of Japan in 1927.Place a Bid" >
Dr. Mitchel A. Obremski: Manhattan Bridge and Statue, New York City, NY
1930s, silver print, unmounted
Image size: 6"x7.5"
Sheet size: 6"x7.5"
($600–$1,000)
Brown-toned silver print that has been printed through a texture screen. Interesting pictorialist work of Manhattan Bridge, which was built 1901-1907 and linked Manhattan with Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Mitchel A. Obremski, who was born in Poland about 1904, was active in the Syracuse Camera Club from the 1920s through to the 1940s. his work was exhibited at many of the significant salons of the day, including those of the Seattle Camera Club, the Camera Pictorialists of Los Angeles, the Pittsburgh Salon of Photographic Art, and the First Annual International Salon of the Chicago Camera Club held at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1929. He also participated in the first International Photographic Salon of Japan in 1927.Place a Bid