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April 5, 2022
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PhotographyJune 22, 2016
15 Short Texts in Search of Hilla Becher
One of the creations of her and her husband’s artistic partnership was the seemingly perfect fusion of their visions.
Jana Prikryl
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Arts and EntertainmentDecember 3, 2015
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CultureApril 10, 2013
As They Live: On Roman Vishniac
How a photographer’s images of Jews were liberated from the lachrymose history he imposed upon them.
Jana Prikryl
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January 4, 2012
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CultureNovember 22, 2011
Erosion: On Errol Morris
Why does Errol Morris cling to a model of documentary photography eighty years out of date?
Jana Prikryl
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BiographyNovember 23, 2010
The Dirty Halo: On Sarah Bernhardt
Robert Gottlieb’s vigorous biography of Sarah Bernhardt shows the actress in all her workaholic, passionate and unsentimental force.
Jana Prikryl
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PhotographyApril 14, 2010
Extravagant Disorder
Miroslav Tichy’s haphazard, eccentric photographs are disciplined, even rigorous–and indifferent to the claims of their female subjects.
Jana Prikryl
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FilmJanuary 21, 2010
Alice’s Wonderlands: On Alice Guy Blaché
The first decade of filmmaking belonged to one woman alone: Alice Guy Blaché.
Jana Prikryl
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PhotographyJuly 15, 2009