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Mar 8, 2016
Wonderful Other Worlds : Ysabel LeMay
Mar 8, 2016

Ysabel LeMay's phantasmagorical nature photographs defy all odds. In a world where nature photography has been done to death, LeMay' creates unique images that radiate with awe. 

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Mar 8, 2016
Feb 24, 2016
David Burdeny: Salt
Feb 24, 2016

That tension between utilitarian purpose and artistic inspiration is the unexpectedly compelling strength of David Burdeny’s mesmerizing series of aerial abstractions called Salt.

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Feb 24, 2016
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Feb 22, 2016
Attractive People Attractive Things
Feb 22, 2016

One of Slim Aarons’ most famous quotes states that he built his career “photographing attractive people who were doing attractive things in attractive places.” Today, his fresco of this international Jet Set looks unreal — as if the world he depicted never existed.

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Feb 22, 2016
Sep 9, 2015
The Newest Twist in Toile
Sep 9, 2015

Toile in its classic sense is defined as a pattern of regal-looking people or animals in some landscape setting, like a garden or farm.

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Sep 9, 2015
The Life and Legacy of Bill Ray
Sep 2, 2015
The Life and Legacy of Bill Ray
Sep 2, 2015

Marilyn Monroe and JFK, the Hells Angels to Vietnam: Bill Ray has captured them all.

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Sep 2, 2015
Jun 24, 2015
Forgotten New York: A Q&A with Award-Winning Photographer Leland Bobbe
Jun 24, 2015

Forget the disco era, the 1970s in New York City was all about danger.

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Jun 24, 2015
Jun 15, 2015
Faces: The Work of Chester Higgins Jr. and Fox Harvard
Jun 15, 2015

The works of Chester Higgins Jr. and Fox Harvard could not appear more dissimilar.

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Jun 15, 2015
Jun 15, 2015
Both Sides of Sunset: Photographing Los Angeles Book Launch at Hamburg Kennedy
Jun 15, 2015

Hamburg Kennedy Photographs is pleased to announce our Book Launch, Exhibition, and Book Signing of Both Sides of Sunset: Photographing Los Angeles.

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Jun 15, 2015
Jun 12, 2015
Slim Aarons and Michael Kors: The Jetset Life
Jun 12, 2015

In the Mood for... Glamour on the Go

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Jun 12, 2015
Jun 11, 2015
In Living Color: The First Photographs of America
Jun 11, 2015

When I moved from being a contemporary art dealer to a photographer dealer back in 1992, a whole new world was opened to me.

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Jun 11, 2015

Artist Ruud Van Empel: Collage, Cubism and Defying Convention

Marla Kennedy April 27, 2015

Ruud Van Empel is an artist we’ve been buying and selling for many years. Several years ago, certain aesthetic began to come out of the Netherlands, starting with the powerful portraits of Loretta Lux. Ruud Van Empel came onto the scene around the time, fascinating the art world and collectors with a certain Je ne sais quo- the public spellbound by these images of black children set against almost fluorescent green backdrops.

We thought it would be interesting to disclose how he does this work and some background.

His photographic images, digital collages made out from fragments of hundreds of his own photographs, have a sense of permanence and are very inspiring. His subjects seem to have time to stand and stare: time to evaluate, to be part of nature, to watch their dreams. There is an inherent beauty, tranquility, nature and pureness. The softness of his tone, though, in no way diminishes the sharpness of his work. There is a sort of attendant pressure: an invisible complication: something that looms over these idyllic scenes.

In a way Van Empel’s incredible skill in contemporary digital techniques stems from a long tradition of artists who are interested more generally in photography as an art form - an idea that originates from the days of the Cubists; the collages of Kurt Schwitters; the photomontages of Man Ray. It may even be argued that this lineage dates even further back to the days of the nineteenth century when collaging – the combining of multiple images to form a new whole – was born, not only out of technical necessity but also from an artistic desire or need.

In Art, Photography Tags art, photography, color photography, collection, collage, Man ray, Kurt Schwitters, Loretta Lux, digital photography, Cubism, Surreal, mixed media, hkp, contemporary photography, Contemporary Art, Moma, wikipedia
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Marla Hamburg Kennedy

Hamburg-Kennedy Photographs is a New York City based art gallery and advisory specializing in modern and contemporary photography and editions.



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