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Monroe Gallery of Photography specializes in 20th- and 21st-century photojournalism and humanist imagery in a shared medium that is a singular intersectionality of art and journalism. lnk.bio/MonroeGallery

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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · Nov 11

Posting by way of introduction: "“I think some of the greatest photojournalism contains information that we were never meant to see”"
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In the Gallery with: Sid and Michelle Monroe

"I think some of the greatest photojournalism contains information that we were never meant to see”

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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 15h

Exactly. And when all was said and done, there were relatively few signed prints made in his lifetime. We often worked with photojournalists late in their lives to make signed prints for their legacies

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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 16h

It is signed by Gordon Parks on the back of the print as was his custom. He only started making signed prints in the late 1990s. Indeed there are pri ts from LOC but the signed prints from his original negative are valued by collectors. We acquired many signed prints from him during his lifetime.

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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 16h

"Printed later" according to the Christie's catalog, likely c.early 2000s

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This image came together through anticipation, timing, and intuition - the core of political photojournalism, chief photographer Evan Vucci writes.

An AP photographer got word of potential Mideast peace by focusing on a note to the president

Evan Vucci is the chief photographer for The Associated Press in Washington, DC.

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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 1d

This photographer wants to help women see what she sees—that they are beautiful, powerful
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This photographer wants to help women see what she sees—that they are beautiful, powerful

Galina Semenova is a fine art photographer and founder of Womanity Portrait Foundation, a nonprofit that uses photography to tell healing and empowering stories about women

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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 1d

Christie's Photographs Sale in New York Achieves $3.6 Million; world auction record price for Gordon Parks American Gothic, Washington D.C., 1942
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Christie's Photographs Sale in New York Achieves $3.6 Million - Christie's

NEW YORK – Christie’s is pleased to announce the results of its Photographs sale, which concluded in New York on October 10. The online-only auction totaled $3.6 million, with a strong sell-through ra...

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 2d

Twenty Summers is proud to present Fragments in Time, a powerful two-person exhibition of work by renowned photojournalists Ashley Gilbertson and Franco Pagetti, opening today at Stanley presented courtesy of Monroe Gallery of Photography
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Twenty Summers

Twenty Summers is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts organization in Provincetown, Massachusetts, founded to foster public engagement with art and artists, and to honor the legacy of art in Provincetown.

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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 2d

An AP photographer from Gaza shares the stories behind her images of the war
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An AP photographer from Gaza shares the stories behind her images of the war

AP photographer Fatima Shbair tells the stories behind some of her most poignant images from covering the war in her homeland, Gaza.

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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 2d

Photos: ‘Seydou Keïta: A Tactile Lens’ at the Brooklyn Museum
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Photos: ‘Seydou Keïta: A Tactile Lens’ at the Brooklyn Museum

Billed as the most expansive North American exhibition of the iconic Malian photographer, the exhibition includes never-before-seen images, as well as textiles, jewelry, and garments used in his indel...

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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 2d

Judge orders feds to dial back aggressive response to journalists, protesters in Chicago area
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Judge orders feds to dial back aggressive response to journalists, protesters in Chicago area

A federal judge Thursday ordered federal agents to dial back their aggressive response to those protesting and reporting on United States Immigration and Customs enforcement activity in the Chicago ar...

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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 2d

Cecil Beaton’s Fashionable World review – a narrow view of beauty from a borderline stalker
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Cecil Beaton’s Fashionable World review – a narrow view of beauty from a borderline stalker

The ‘King of Vogue’ was a desperate social climber and the world on view here seems constricted and parochial. Still, his backdrops are fabulous – usually more interesting than his subjects

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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 3d

The Brooklyn Museum announces Seydou Keïta: A Tactile Lens
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The Brooklyn Museum announces Seydou Keïta: A Tactile Lens

The exhibition Seydou Keïta: A Tactile Lens honors the artistry and legacy of Seydou Keïta (Malian, ca. 1921–2001), who documented a critical cha

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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 3d

Robert Rauschenberg’s New York: Pictures from the Real World
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Robert Rauschenberg’s New York: Pictures from the Real World

Celebrate Rauchenberg’s 100th birthday by visiting a new exhibition of his photographs at the Museum of the City of New York.

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Aric Toler @aric.bsky.social · 4d

Our New York Times Visual Investigations team is hiring a reporter. It's the same job I have -- use visual investigation/OSINT/etc. skills to report on the world.

You'll need to be based in/near NYC. Pay range is ~110-130k.

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Open-Source Reporter (Video Journalist), Visual Investigations | The New York Times Company

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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 4d

'Lee Miller was the bravest person I ever knew': The pioneering photographer who captured the horror of World War Two
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'Lee Miller was the bravest person I ever knew': The pioneering photographer who captured the horror of World War Two

The unflinching gaze of the fearless US artist and war photographer bore witness to both beauty and brutality. Now she is the subject of a major exhibition at Tate Britain.

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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 4d

Spanning 120 Years and 55 Countries, ‘The Family of Migrants’ Portrays a Broad Story of Human Movement
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Spanning 120 Years and 55 Countries, 'The Family of Migrants' Portrays a Broad Story of Human Movement

At Fenix in Rotterdam, 'The Family of Migrants' includes works from 136 photographers in 55 countries across 120 years.

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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 5d

Chris Steele-Perkins obituary;
Magnum photographer whose most striking work captured the challenges of life in Britain’s inner cities in the 1970
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Chris Steele-Perkins obituary

Magnum photographer whose most striking work captured the challenges of life in Britain’s inner cities in the 1970s

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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 5d

Chicago journalists sue Trump over "extreme brutality" at ICE protests
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"Journalism is not a crime": Chicago reporters sue Trump over violence at ICE protests

Press groups say Trump's agents used force to silence reporters.

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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 5d

A @chicago.suntimes.com photojournalist was hit with pepper balls and threatened with a Taser while covering an ICE protest in Broadview, Illinois, on Sept. 26.

Photojournalist shot with pepper balls, threatened at Illinois ICE protest

An unidentified photojournalist with the Chicago Sun-Times was struck in the legs with pepper balls after being threatened earlier by …

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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 6d

The Independent’s former chief photographer Brian Harris dies
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The Independent’s former chief photographer Brian Harris dies

He photographed major world events from Eastern Europe, the US, the Falklands and the Sudan

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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 6d

French prosecutors launch war-crimes probe into photojournalist’s death in Ukraine
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French prosecutors launch war-crimes probe into photojournalist’s death in Ukraine

French prosecutors have launched a war-crimes probe into the death of French photojournalist Antoni Lallican, who was killed in a drone strike earlier this week in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. Lal...

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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 7d

Journalist safety officers hired in every police force in UK
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Journalist safety officers hired in every police force in UK

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) says the move would be welcomed by journalists.

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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 7d

Ed Kashi: A Period In Time is on exhibit at the Gallery through Nov. 16, here Kashi talks about 3 of his most significant photographs
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Ed Kashi THREE Images

YouTube video by The Crit House

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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 7d

Photography exhibit at Shields Library highlights history and livelihoods of Northern California farmworkers
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Photography exhibit at Shields Library highlights history and livelihoods of Northern California farmworkers | The Aggie

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