Photography as Propaganda

Street Talk – Current Exhibition

January 21, 2012 – March 31, 2012

This final exhibition in the trilogy illustrates photographers’ keen observation of streets, walls, windows and billboards to send messages using words and symbols. Other images, more in the tradition of “street photography”, are included for perspective on an artist’s work. Including the photography of: Wolf Suschitzky, Aaron Siskind, Peter Sekaer, Arnold Newman, Thomas Neff, John Gutmann, Walker Evans, Berenice Abbott and Jules Aaron. It features the newly discovered work of Vivian Maier. Select to view a preview of the exhibition.

• links: View Wolf Suschitzky's work (recently updated: 36 images),
  View Vivian Maier's work (recently updated: 36 images),
  View a Preview of the Exhibtion: Street Talk

Vivian Maier

Lumière is pleased to announce that we will be offering the work of Vivian Maier. This coincides with November publication of Vivian Maier – Street Photographer, edited by John Maloof, and the Howard Greenberg Gallery’s exhibition, December 15, 2011 – January 28, 2012.

Her work is featured in our current exhibition Street Talk – the third installment of Lumiere’s: Photography as Propaganda exhibition series.

Maier’s work is continuing to be the focus of positive reviews and media attention, a recent review in the New York Times can be seen here, (January 20, 2012 – opens new window). Also a link to a Wall Street Journal article: The Nanny’s Secret, (January 3, 2012 – opens new window).

Complete background information on Maier and the story of her discovered work, can be found on the website of the Maloof Collection: vivianmaier.com (opens new window). Lumiere is the Atlanta source for any images from the ever expanding offering of the Maloof collection.

Below is a segment broadcast on the CBS Evening News, December 15, 2011.

• links: View Vivian Maier's work,
  Vivian Maier - Biography Information,
  Street Talk: Exhibition Announcement

Al Weber Collectors Edition Portfolio Now Available

Lumière is pleased to announce the addition of a portfolio by photographer Al Weber, to the Collectors Edition Portfolios.

This portfolio, selected in consultation with the artist, represents work from a 2011 exhibition of his photographs at the Center for Photography Arts in Carmel California. Al Weber’s career in photography spans six decades. The subjects of his work run the gamut from aerial and architectural photography to portraits, abstracts, and imagery of the American Southwest.

To view these images SELECT, or E-MAIL for more information.

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