Before May races by like March + April, an important reminder: It's National Photography Month! Maybe you can’t hang out in your favorite art museum for the time being, but don't let that stop you from getting your fill of photo art. We picked a few superstars to highlight on the blog, some of which are featured below as an appetizer. (And there's loads more over here!) We've got images from a wide range of vintage greats—Gordon Parks, Ansel Adams, Berenice Abbott—whose work helps contextualize our (TBQH killer) collection of contemporary photography, all hand-picked by our head curator.
Once you’ve art-ogled appropriately, crack open those coffee table photography tomes you forgot you owned (what, just us?), take a deep dive into some of the most iconic photos of all time, support photojournalism by subscribing to a news source with an excellent photo program, or cover that perdy face and take a stroll to snap a few spring scenes yourself. Who knows—this infusion of awesome images might inspire your inner sharp shooter.
With art for everyone,
Team 20x200
Lolie, Jumping on the Bed, 2013 by Winky Lewis |
Powerpuff Girls by Amy Stein |
Apre Grande 12 by Christian Chaize |
Frida Kahlo standing next to an agave plant by Toni Frissell |
Arranging the Rainbow by Lisa Congdon
Toward Los Angeles, California by Dorothea Lange |
Stog siena by Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii |
Lake Michigan, Chicago by Daniel Seung Lee |
Apart Camera by Todd McLellan |
Animal Locomotion: Plate 717 (Cat) by Eadweard Muybridge
CBGB (Stage) by Joseph O. Holmes |
Juke Joint, Melrose, Louisiana by Marion Post Wolcott |
Counter Intuitive by Margot Guralnick |
Cheese Shop 276 Bleecker St by Berenice Abbott |
Fireflies under the full moon along the White Clay Kill, Tivoli, NY 7/9/14 by Pete Mauney