Photography and Auctions
Join In A Worldwide Beach Project, Preserve Memories at Gulf Beaches
The present oil leak situation in the US brings to the fore the need to preserve and treasure beaches around the world. The Victoria and Albert Museum is carrying a beach art project on their website that you might want to join in and take pictures of. more »
Desert Jewels - North African Jewelry, Flamboyant and Conspicuous Works of Art
Many materials are thought to have protective and healing qualities as well as symbolic meaning. Silver is linked with honesty and purity, and when combined with certain stones it can heal select ailments. Red Mediterranean coral, associated with life-sustaining blood, is prized for its healing properties. It is worn to promote fertility and to prevent harm to children. Yellow amber attracts sunlight and deflects darkness. more »
Gary Winograd Photographs: Women Are Beautiful
The publication of Women are Beautiful, however, was neither a critical nor a financial homerun when it appeared in 1975. Winogrand’s aesthetic is defined instead by its insistence on the authenticity that derives from being in the streets. more »
Elvis 1956, as photographed by Alfred Wertheimer
The year that would have been his 75th, is now being noted and celebrated by Elvis fans. Fortunately, there are a selection of photographs by Alfred Wertheimer that are available for viewing for those who cannot afford to buy the book nor travel to the exhibitions. more »