Photography Exhibitions in Berlin

The C/O Gallery in Berlin is holding two photography exhibitions at the moment. The first is Bruce Davidson - Subway and the second is Arnold Newman - Masterclass.

Bruce Davidson - Subway
17 March to 20 May 2012

Bruce Davidson who was born in America was best known as a respectable and influential documentary photographer. He presented his work with images taken at New York subway in 1980. Davidson wanted to show the subway has like graffiti, mugging, dirt, noisy crowds etc. Davidson talks about public transport being a nightmare when he boards a train from a station full of musicians, homeless people, tourists and business people and also gangs on the train so davidson took images of what subway trains and stations contains the kind of people who travel around New York. I think the New York subway can relate to the London Underground as the tube to can have the kind of people like businessmen and musicians and sometimes there can be trouble.


Arnold Newman - Masterclass
3 March to 20 May 2012

Arnold Newman was born in New York City in 1918 and over the past 50 years he became one of the most renowned portrait photographer. His most recognisable work is his images of artists, musicians and presidents like Marilyn Monroe, John F. Kennedy, Harry S. Truman, Ansel Adams and Andy Warhol. The exhibition called Masterclass talks about Newman taking images of celebrities, Newman photographed numerous famous people but hated the idea of celebrity when it was devoid of achievement. He was only interested in what, not who, people were.

Bibliography

http://www.co-berlin.info/program/exhibitions/2012/bruce-davidson.html

http://www.co-berlin.info/program/exhibitions/2012/arnold-newman.html

http://www.edelmangallery.com/davidsonshow5.htm

http://www.areaofdesign.com/americanicons/newman.htm