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Dachau, 1985
Sylvia Plachy
1985
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Hungarian-born photographer Sylvia Plachy immigrated to the United States in 1958. She is best known for her photographs in the Village Voice. Plachy’s solo shows include exhibitions at the Whitney Museum at Philip Morris, the Minneapolis Institute of Fine Arts, and venues in Canada, Europe, and China. Plachy’s award-winning books include Unguided Tour (1990); Red Light, a photographic essay on the sex industry (1996); and Self Portrait with Cows Going Home, a personal history of Eastern Europe (2004). In 2004, Plachy received the Women in Photography International Distinguished Photographer Award.
Bread
Very early in the morning we went to pick up fresh bread at Doña Blanquita’s. However, before arriving at her house that resembled the generosity of her hands and clay ovens, we had to cross a…
Fink is well known for his photographs of upper-crust Americans at weddings, parties, and other occasions where wealth and status are on display, as in this photograph where objects take priority over…
Ninio works in a variety of artistic disciplines, including photography. Here, a structure high in the clouded sky suggests the ability to view the world below.