blackandwhite
787142133987606528
“No one can do inspired work without genuine interest in his subject and understanding of its characteristics.”
Andreas Feininger
Gorilla Rib Cage
1951
photography
785926633314975744
781005262284816384
“I just try to live my life and do my thing.”
Robert Mapplethorpe
Rose
1982
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board
151⁄4 x 151⁄8 in.
Price Realised
USD 30,240
777018119532183552
“You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.”
Ansel Adams
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico
1941
gelatin silver mural print, flush-mounted on board, printed late 1960s
40 7/8 x 59 ¼ in.
Price realised
USD 930,000
776255530985537536
“A lot of people seem to think that art or photography is about the way things look, or the surface of things. That’s not what it’s about for me. It’s really about relationships and feelings…it’s really hard for me to do commercial work because people kind of want me to do a Nan Goldin. They don’t understand that it’s not about a style or a look or a setup. It’s about emotional obsession and empathy.”
Nan Goldin
Nan and Brian in Bed, N.Y.C., 1983
1983
Cibachrome print
24 ½ x 38 in.
Price realised
USD 63,000
775321484286656512
“Photography is a lie. I am not talking about the kind of lie where the camera deceives people into believing something is what it isn’t. I’m talking about how photography can misrepresent the truth.”
David Bailey
John Lennon and Paul McCartney
1965
platinum-palladium print.
19½ x 19½in. (49.5 x 49.5cm.)
Price realised
GBP 18,750
775029303755866112
“I don’t have a burning desire to go out and document anything. It just happens when it happens. It’s not a conscious effort, nor is it a struggle. Wouldn’t do it if it was. The idea of the suffering artist has never appealed to me. Being here is suffering enough.”
William Eggleston
Untitled
c. 1971-1974
pigment print, flush-mounted on board, printed 2012
overall framed: 60 x 44 in. (152 x 112 cm.)
Price realised
USD 1,441,500