the story-tellers, part 51

edith piaf, 1949

new york city, photographed by stanley kubrick, 1946 

la robe trop étroite, paris,  photographed by jeanloup sieff, 1995 

rebecca strand photographed by her husband paul strand, 1932

max liebermann (from the series celebrities from behind) photographed by YVA (else ernestine neuländer-simon), before 1930

piano player from behind, photographed by larry fink, 1990

mantilla photographed by leopolde pomes, 2010

homecoming prisoner, vienna photographed by ernst haas, 1946-1948

jayne mansfield, facing the press, ca. 1950s

untitled, photographed by william eggleston, 1965-68 and 1972-74, from los alamos, 2003

stranded in canton

in 1973, american still photographer william eggleston purchased the newly introduced sony portable video recorder. over the next two years, in memphis, new orleans, and greenwood, mississippi, he created a series of portraits and vignettes that came to be called "stranded in canton."

william eggleston: 21st century

untitled (bathroom with pink curtain, cuba) 2007

untitled (palm tree trunk, green wall, cuba) 2007

untitled (orange window grill, wall, tuscany) 2002

untitled (spoon on windowsill, kentucky) 1999

untitled (red dumpster, orange building, memphis) 2005

as you can tell from the title of the show, all of these william eggleston photographs were made in this century. the show is up at cheim & read in new york until february 13th. how amazing are the colors? like a beautiful box of crayons.