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2025 was the year of Lee Miller for me. She was a woman of many careers; Antony Penrose’s biography of his mother is aptly called The Lives of Lee Miller. She was a fashion model; surrealist photographer; fashion photographer; war photographer and correspondent; and, at the end of her life, a gourmet chef.… read more.
In part one of our interview with photographer Irene Young, Irene shared her story about moving to New York and how she got her start as a photographer. Here, in part two, we find her bicoastal and spiritual when it comes to her work. Note that in the interest of maintaining the story-like nature in which our interview proceeded, I’ve omitted the questions, and allowed Irene to speak for herself.
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Irene Young is a photographer— a real one! We first connected when she contributed some photos for an article I wrote on the Roche sisters (“Maggie & Terre & Suzzy Roche”) earlier this year. The first time she had taken their picture was in New York, right before they signed on with Warner Brothers.… read more.
As sites of contestation go, the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia feels like the ideal locus for Mickalene Thomas’ provocative ongoing conversation with the historical canon of Western art. The Barnes collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and Modern art is regarded as one of the finest and most valuable in the world.… read more.