Using window reflections to build up a mood of urban glamour. Lisette Model (from 1939) in A Female Gaze at Howard Greenberg Gallery.
A top down view of sidewalk jumprope. Ruth Orkin (from c1950) in A Female Gaze at Howard Greenberg Gallery.
Kaleidoscopic multiple exposure shards of the city. Barbara Morgan (from 1943) in A Female Gaze at Howard Greenberg Gallery.
A filmstrip-like composition with a melancholy stare. Esther Bubley (from 1947) in A Female Gaze at Howard Greenberg Gallery.
Jean Cocteau with the blank eyes and feathered wings of the sphinx. Lucien Clergue (made on the set of Testament of Orpheus in 1959) at Westwood Gallery.
Tiny delicate blossoms, as captured by the early American cyanotypist. Bertha Jacques (from 1907) in the Pairings group show at Hans P. Kraus Jr. Fine Photographs.
Positive and negative views of the Taj Mahal (from 1864), with black ink overpainting to clarify the sky. Dr. John Murray in the Pairings group show at Hans P. Kraus Jr. Fine Photographs.
Searching eyes, bathed in a warm glow. Arlene Gottfried, from her intimate portraiture project Midnight, at Daniel Cooney Fine Art.
A surreally flared still from the artist’s Blackalachia project. Moses Sumney at Nicola Vassell Gallery.
The complicated aesthetics of performance. James Van Der Zee in the Toni Morrison’s Black Book group show at David Zwirner.
Mixing family photographs into the patterns of African wax fabrics. Modupe Lanikanra in the NYU Tisch BFA thesis exhibit at Microscope Gallery.
Architectural imagery pulled through layers of painting, rephotography, and recombination. Layton Davis in the NYU Tisch BFA thesis exhibit at Microscope Gallery.
The nested circles of eyeglasses, camera lens, and curved shutter release. Rolf Winquist (from the 1950s) in Swedish Modern at Keith de Lellis Gallery.
Sideways stripes, with an anxious gaze. Pål-Nils Nilsson (from the 1950s) in Swedish Modern at Keith de Lellis Gallery.
High contrast arcs and dark silhouettes. Lennart Olson (from 1960) in Swedish Modern at Keith de Lellis Gallery.
Children’s feet in a tangle of curved openings. Berndt Klyvare (from the 1950s) in Swedish Modern at Keith de Lellis Gallery.
Methodically tracing X marks, turning a meditative gesture into a signature. Bruce Nauman at Sperone Westwater.
An androgynous self-portrait in huddled shadows. Sam Roeck (from 2001) in the Looking Back/The 12th Annual White Columns Annual group show at White Columns.
Tendrils of black braids spilling across the floor. Diamond Stingily in the Looking Back/The 12th Annual White Columns Annual group show at White Columns.
Assembling a jagged waterfall in the gallery corner. Deana Lawson (from 2020) in the Looking Back/The 12th Annual White Columns Annual group show at White Columns.
