Saul Leiter Early Color 1948-1959

His first exhibition of colour photography was at the Artist's Club in the 1950 (a meeting place for many Abstract Expressionist painters) while Edward Steichen had included Leiter's black and white images in Always the Young Stranger at MOMA, NY, in 1953. In the late 1950's Henry Woolf published Leiter's colour fashion images in Esquire and later in Harpers Bazaar. For the next 20 years he worked as a fashion photographer for Elle, British and French Vogue and Nova. However, Leiter seemed to almost drop out of public view sometime in the 60s, until 2006 when the process of being rediscovered started. In both his fashion and more personal work Leiter has made an enormous contribution in the area of colour photography. His distinctively subdued colour and abstracted forms often have a painterly quality that stand out among the work of his contemporaries.


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Peter Henry Emerson And American Naturalistic Photography

America's first movement of creative photography and its revolutionary founder, Peter Henry Emerson, are the subjects of a new exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA.) Nearly one hundred naturalistic photographs by Emerson and twenty other photographers will be on view through September 7, 2008.

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Fan Photo Gives Extra Splash To Indianapolis 500 Ticket

Redmer's photo made the back cover of Speed Sport soon after.

"That was probably the highlight of my photography career until now," he said.

Redmer's handiwork with his Canon camera provided the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and fans of the "500" with one of the most dramatic and telling images of the soggy 2007 edition of "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing." For his work, the Speedway rewarded Redmer with a 2008 month-long credential and honorary starter status Friday, May 16, when he waved the green flag to start practice.

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Indy 500 tickets on sale: Tickets are on sale for the 2008 Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 25, the 92nd running of "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing."

Fans can order tickets online at www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com, by calling the IMS ticket office at (317) 492-6700 or (800) 822-INDY outside the Indianapolis area, or at the ticket office at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.



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