ICONS

ICONS – Margaret Bourke-White: The Indestructible
Magaret Bourke-White was one of the most fearless, intrepid photographers that has ever lived. To call her anything else would be an understatement for a photographer whose work confronted some of the greatest injustices of the 20th century. Some put her capacity to be in these places at the right time down to a matter of chance. Was it?

ICONS – Elliott Landy: Music and Rebellion
Landy’s fundamentally political eye reflected the cultural landscape of the 1960’s better than most others. He understood that musicians like Jimi Hendrix’s anti-war sentiment were a line in the sand against the increasingly oppressive Vietnam war, and that he could proselytize their message to a massive audience with his photography. How did he reach this position of influence?
ICONS – Imogen Cunningham: Clarity vs Spirit
Imogen Cunningham created some of the clearest images photography has ever seen, dissecting botanicals and people into their most discrete parts. She has a grasp and focus on clarity that’s hardly been replicated over a century later, something that was trained over a primarily scientific education. Yet a large portion of her earlier work seems to completely contradict this sentiment, instead being focused on capturing a dreamlike quality defined by its blurred edges. How does one move so far from the artistic to the almost scientific, and what made Cunningham so good at both?