How Mid-Century Album Art Revolutionized American Pop Culture

BOOK

How Mid-Century Album Art Revolutionized American Pop Culture

A new book explores the extraordinary impact of global dance music in post-war America.

By Miss Rosen

EXHIBITION

Stephen Gill’s “Coming Up for Air”: Camera, Process, Action

The Stephen Gill exhibition, “Coming Up for Air”, is arranged over 6 rooms on two floors of Bristol’s Arnolfini Arts Building (United Kingdom). Enter the museum and you enter a semi-brutal Grey Cube of an art space. Barbican-lite if you like.

By Miss Rosen

DISCOVERY

Either a Kolbar or a Pomegranate Picker: The Fate of Iranian Kurds

Photographer Antoine Béguier created a photographic series in Iranian Kurdistan portraying smugglers and pomegranate pickers.

By Sabyl Ghoussoub

DISCOVERY

Historic Pittsburgh: A Grimy Wonderland

In the 1970s, David Aschkenas photographed Pittsburgh, in classic images that revive the city’s glorious past.

By Abby Mendelson

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MASTERCLASS

Masterclass with Joel Meyerowitz

In partnership with Masters.of.Photography, Blind offers you free photography classes with great photographers. In the following video, join the legendary artist Joel Meyerowitz in Siena, Italy for a few tips on street photography.By Masters.of.Photography

MASTERCLASS

Masterclass with Steve Mc Curry

In partnership with Masters.of.Photography, Blind offers you free photography classes with great photographers. In the following video, American photographer Steve Mc Curry teaches you about grasping spontaneous moments and opportunities to make the most of chance encounters. By Masters.of.Photography

FROM THE ARCHIVES

Six Pictures: Life Magazine’s Ed Clark

Celebrated photo historian and former Senior Photography Curator at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City) goes deep on six key images from his new book about one of 

Life

 magazine’s most prolific—and least-known—photographers.

By Bill Shapiro

Blind financially supports the production of visual stories and invites all photographers to submit their portfolios.

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