Artist: Alvin Langdon Coburn
Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882-1966) began generating his vortographs the same year they were first displayed in his one-man show at the Camera Club in London, in 1917. Ezra Pound contributed to the catalogue of the show, claiming, ‘The Vortoscope […] freed photography from the material limitations of depicting recognizable natural objects.’ He continues with saying that the, ‘Vortoscope is useless to a man with no eye for form or pattern.’ The composition of abstract silhouetted elements in his…
Alvin Langdon Coburn Photo, "Spider-Webs" 1908, boats, reflections
Offering a Fine Art quality archival pigment reprint of Alvin Langdon Coburn's photo titled "Spider-Webs" 1908. This is a new high quality print, unframed, approximately 8x10" on 8 1/2x11" archival fine art paper, suitable for matting, framing and display. Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882-1966) was an early twentieth century photographer who became a key figure in the development of American Pictorialism. The Pictorialists asserted that photography could be a vehicle for personal artistic…
Street Photography - Harold Feinstein Photographer
I delight in street life wherever I find it — the glittering lights of Times Square, the streets of Harlem, smoke-filled coffee shops, subways, city stoops, and shop windows. Over time, I have had the opportunity to explore beyond the… Continue reading
Look into my vortex: the astonishing experimental photography of Alvin Langdon Coburn
An accomplished photographer by the age of eight, this Bostonian visionary invented a kaleidoscopic mirror to take ‘vortographs’, took some of the most innovative images of the early 20th century – then gave it all up to focus on being a freemason