Included are some of the classics of 20th -
century photojournalism, from a rare shot of the Normandy D - Day landing to a picture of Nelson Mandela in his cell on Robben Island.
The collection, acquired in 2005 for Ryerson University, comprises nearly 300,000 photographs by more than 6,000 different image - makers, including many seminal figures of twentieth -
century photojournalism.
Not exact matches
Russian Photography after the Revolution will feature rare, large - format gelatin silver prints by Boris Ignatovich (1899 - 1976), a master of the Soviet avant - garde; Arkady Shaikhet (1898 - 1959), widely considered to be the founder of Soviet
photojournalism; and Aleksandr Rodchenko (1891 - 1956), perhaps the most acclaimed figure in early twentieth -
century Russian art and design; as well as Abram Shterenberg (1900 - 1979), Georgy Petrussov (1903 - 1971), Semyon Fridlyand (1905 - 1964), Sergey Shimansky (1898 - 1972), Solomon Telingater (1903 - 1969), Emmanuil Evzerikhin (1911 - 1984), Yakov Khalip (1908 - 1980), and Georgy Zelma (1906 - 1984).
Among the great masters of European photography, Chim and Vishniac are famed for
photojournalism and social documentary depicting tumultuous events of the 20th
century, as well portraits of some of the most important celebrities of the time.
MEM, Tokyo, will offer a solo exhibition of the work of Gen Otsuka, a renowned 20th
century Japanese photographer who worked in postwar
photojournalism in Japan and played a role in the development of modern Japanese photography.
For its 36th edition, 86 photography galleries will present work that includes contemporary, modern, documentation and
photojournalism, 19th
century photographs as well as photo - based art, video and new media.
If you've ever taken a darkroom course, you likely began by learning silver gelatin printing, a process that's associated with the black - and - white work of early - 20th
century photographers of all movements — Bauhaus, street,
photojournalism, you name it.
Take a trip through the major artistic movements of the past 100 years in this month's top picks, from turn - of - the -
century Impressionism and Glasgow Style to contemporary
photojournalism and abstract painting.