Photographer David Johnson shows his original 1940s Eastman folding camera. David Johnson, a celebrated photographer who was the first Black student of Ansel Adams, has died at the age of 97. According to NPR, photographer and civil rights activist Johnson died at his home in Greenbrae, north of San Francisco, earlier this month. David Johnson … Read more
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is set to release a series of 16 Forever Stamps that feature the timeless work of photographer Ansel Adams this spring. Originally revealed last winter, the USPS announced this week that the series will debut on May 15. Linns reports that the stamps will be released at an opening-day … Read more
Ormond Gigli (1925-2019) is an American photojournalist with a career spanning over forty years. But today, he is mainly known for one photo – Girls in the Windows – that he created in 1960. It shows forty models and women posing in the window frames of a brownstone about to be demolished on East 58th … Read more