Email Author Vince Aletti

2005 Stories by Vince Aletti

• The Luminous Beam

  published October 18, 2005

  May 26, 1998 "State of emergency is where I want to be," Björk sang over and over in her encore at Hammerstein Ballroom last week,... More >>

• Trouble Twins

  published April 5, 2005

  It makes a kind of crazy sense that two of the most important and enduring influences on visual culture since the '60s—Diane Arbus and Larry... More >>

• Art

  published March 29, 2005

  This splendid survey of photographs from Germany and Austria opens in 1900 and cuts off in 1938 with the beginnings of World War II—a period... More >>

• A Seamless Patchwork of Freakishly Omniscient Aerial Views

  published March 22, 2005

  Imagine a house whose roof has been removed without disturbing either the contents of the rooms or their occupants. Now imagine yourself... More >>

• Early Photographers Capture the Exotic and the Ordinary

  published March 1, 2005

  "First Seen," subtitled "Photographs of the World's Peoples, 1840-1880," is a testament to the voracious appetite of photography's earliest... More >>

• Art

  published February 22, 2005

  The web of intimacy and influence that connected Tina Modotti and her teacher, mentor, and lover Edward Weston was most apparent during the years... More >>

• Art

  published February 22, 2005

  Stephen Shore March 8-April 16 Edwynn Houk Gallery, 745 Fifth Ave, 212-750-7070. Before Andreas Gursky and... More >>

• War and Peace: Soulful Photographs From the Front Lines

  published February 15, 2005

  Dave Heath's cult reputation rests primarily on 1965's A Dialogue With Solitude, a collection of black-and-white photographs that in... More >>

• Paradise Found

  published February 8, 2005

  Anyone who has spent time doing college-level studio visits over the past few years has a list of undergrad and MFA students whose work is so... More >>

• Art

  published February 8, 2005

  "How Beautiful This Place Can Be," the poignant title of Stuart O'Sullivan's show of photographs from South Africa, is also the title of the... More >>

• Art

  published January 25, 2005

  A straightforward description of Elena Dorfman's show—18 big color photographs of people and the life-size silicone sex dolls they live... More >>

• Art

  published January 18, 2005

  Dublin-born, London-based Trish Morrissey, 37, is a plain-looking teenager in an unflattering pixie haircut, a rather pretty girl in a baby doll... More >>

• The Top 25 Photo Books of 2004

  published January 18, 2005

  1. Lee Friedlander: Sticks & Stones: Architectural America (D.A.P./Fraenkel Gallery) 2. Stephen Shore: Uncommon... More >>

• Do Not Recycle

  published January 18, 2005

  Best Covers 1. Matthias Vriens: Pharrell Williams blows a... More >>