A portrait of American street life in the analogue era A new book brings together photographer Paul McDonough’s vibrant scenes of Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, Portland, and New Orleans, as well as on the road, to offer an elegiac topography of the late 20th century. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/a-portrait-of-american-street-life-in-the-analogue-era/ A new book brings together photographer…
Timeless Stories in 1970s New York Paul McDonough’s photographs immediately evoke the New York of the 1970s. But a second glance, and a third, reveal so much more. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/timeless-stories-in-1970s-new-york/ Forget the ‘fros and the saffron robes and the 60-cent taxi meter drop; the Horn & Hardart, the Doubleday and the showroom on…
Sightseeing with Paul McDonough McDonough has been taking photographs for more than forty years now, and a salient feature of the work seen here has to do with refinement, elegance. via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/sightseeing-paul-mcdonough The esteemed photographer Paul McDonough has been taking photographs for more than forty years now, and a salient feature of the work seen…
Paul McDonough arrived in New York City in 1967 with a 35mm camera and entrée, through childhood friend Tod Papageorge, to the photography workshops and social networks of street photographer Garry Winogrand. Emerging from an early career as a studio easel painter, McDonough found photographing on the streets of New York liberating: “It satisfied my…
The Sasha Wolf Gallery is celebrating the work and a new publication of Paul McDonough’s New York Photographs, 1968-1978. I really enjoyed seeing a 1970’s New York City with quirky denizens from decades past. Paul has an incredible eye for timing, juxtaposition, and the humorous moment, and this exhibition was a complete photographic pleasure. Link:…
