Join us for an exciting evening at Rizzoli Bookstore. Photography critic Arthur Lubow (NY Times, The New Yorker) will be moderating a conversation with models Reed Kelly and Zoe Friedman along with George Kocis, Director of Staley-Wise Gallery.
Friday, November 7th 6:00-8:00pm
On October 28, at 12pm, Julie Grahame is giving a talk at the National Arts Club. “Stories from the Life and Work of Yousuf Karsh” celebrates Mr. Karsh as part of their current exhibition “Influence and Identity,” which includes nine Karsh prints. Free and open to the public. Eventbrite registration link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stories-from-the-life-and-work-of-yousuf-karsh-registration-1355166121349
The American Photography Archives Group (APAG) is proud to present our 3rd Annual Benefit Auction. This year’s selection includes iconic photographs of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Bob Dylan, Barack Obama, Diane Arbus, Willie Nelson, Debbie Harry, Miles Davis, Tippi Hedren all taken by renowned photographers.
Closes Oct 16, 2025 • 1:04pm EDT
The auction includes all the following photographers:
William Abranowicz, Jim Alexander, Mariette Pathy Allen, Barbara Alper, Ben Asen, Paula Barr, Gary Beeber, Stephanie Berger, Saul Bromberger, Nancy Bundt, Carl Corey, Joyce Culver, Cynthia Dantzic, Jerry Dantzic, Henri Dauman, Joel Degrand, Jesse Egner, Melanie Einzig, Morris Engel, Shannon Fagan, Nathan Farb, Harold Feinstein, Frank Fournier, Sheva Fruitman, Hank Gans, Bonnie Geller Geld, Lynn Gilbert, Leo Goldstein, Audrey Gottlieb, Bob Gruen, Philippe Halsman, William Helburn, Karen Hirsch, Anne Ginsburgh Hofkin, Sandra Hoover, N. Jay Jaffee, Joanna Jimenez, Peter B. Kaplan, Elliott Landy, David Lubarsky, George Malave, Cynthia Matthews, Margaret McCarthy, Jack Mitchell, Ruth Orkin, Stephen Perloff, Ave Pildas, Frank Schramm, Jane Schreibman, Joe Schwartz, Neal Slavin, Pete Souza, Harvey Stein, Ecindy Stein, Ernest Stone, Myrna Suarez, Susan May Tell, Catherine Ursillo, Santi Visalli, Melissa Wanamaker, William Warren, Christine Welch, Leigh Wiener, Orator Woodward, Charlyn Zlotnik.
Opening on October 9th 2025, Salon de la Photo is the leading photography trade show in France. Allowing photographers, videographers and content creators the chance to get hands on with the latest kit and face to face with experts in the industry. For this year, Innova Art has partnered with the American Photography Archives Group (APAG) to showcase a curated selection of work from their members. Comprised of images from the 20th Century, the display on the Innova stand (C063) will feature work from 14 photographic archives.
Visitors are invited to explore American life through a series of iconic images, depicting a collection everyday Americana and images recognised around the world. Each printed on a matched surface from the Innova range of archival inkjet media. “APAG are proud to show the immense talent and diversity of our membership,” says Mary Engel, Executive Director and Founder of APAG. “We are happy to be part of this association with Innova and hope everyone enjoys learning more about the importance of archival preservation.”
Joshua Greene is a printer who made the transition from traditional to inkjet printmaking. A longtime member of the APAG with many years experience managing the archives of his father, Milton H. Greene, he curated the selection of images for display in Paris. Working with Mary to reach out to APAG members. Carefully considering image criteria such as the quality of the scan from original negatives as well as the historical context. The image files were then optimised for printing, ready for display at Salon de la Photo 2025. Resulting in a collection that captures unforgettable moments in time from America.
The range of surfaces available from Innova spans from resin coated photo paper to fibre based baryta style and fine art papers through to archival quality canvases. All coated for use with inkjet printers. Visitors to Salon de la Photo will be able to meet with the Innova team who will be happy to help photographers find the ideal print surface to match their creative vision.
Salon de la Photo 2025 is open October 9-12th at Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris. Tickets are now available to purchase online, professional visitors can register for free entry.
Members exhibited:
Bob Gruen, Rodney Smith, Ruth Orkin, Peter B. Kaplan, Sam Shaw, Henri Dauman, Milton H. Greene, Stephanie Berger, William Helburn, Susie Fitzhugh, Saul Bromberger, Sandra Hoover, Phillipe Halsman, Harold Feinstein
- Hank Gans
- Cynthia Dantzic
- Paula Barr
APAG members Paula Barr, Cynthia Dantzic and Hank Gans have photographs and artwork in the 32nd Annual Roundtable Exhibition in the Trask Gallery at the National Arts Club. The exhibition opened on May 23rd and runs through June 28th.
Paula, Cynthia and Hank are having a viewing in the Trask Gallery at the NAC for APAG members and their guests on Tuesday, May 28th from 1 to 3PM followed by beverages in the National Arts Club parlor afterwards.Cynthia Dantzic also has an artwork in the Exhibiting Artists Members Exhibition in the National Arts Club East and West Galleries which is also open to APAG members visiting on the 28th.The address for the National Arts Club is 15 Gramercy Park South. We hope to see you there!Please RSVP hank@hankgans.com.
Thanks to all of our members who donated prints for our belated 20th anniversary benefit auction. These photographs are still available to buy. Use the button to send the amount shown next to the print you want. Please disregard that it says Donate, you are buying a photograph, which is not tax-deductible. Thank you.
“Wonder Wheel: Harold Feinstein” will be on view at this year’s Les Rencontres d’Arles photo festival.
Harold Feinstein cannot be reduced to a series. Born 1931 in Coney Island, a “land without shadows”, his favorite place to take pictures and the perfect illustration of how he viewed American society, the only thing he ever wanted to be was a photographer. At 17 he joined the Photo League, a group of politically committed artists, and became a member of Sid Grossman’s circle. As the child of working-class Jewish immigrants, he empathized with the “little people” of New York and those left behind by prosperity. Joining the left-leaning Photo League was risky in postwar America, but Feinstein saw no other possibility for his photography than to be as close as possible to the senses and the living. For 60 years, he regularly went back to his roots, seamlessly combining biography and community. But there was more to Feinstein than Coney Island. During the Korean War his photography was revealed in its many teachings and especially in its commitment to all minorities. The exhibition brings together the original prints loaned by the Harold Feinstein Photography Trust.
Retro Photo Archive, in collaboration with DUPLEX, presents “Naked Seduction: Elizabeth Sunflower 1970-1972.” This series of photographs, captured between 1970 and 1972 in the burgeoning North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, centers the role of sex workers in propelling the feminist movement from a counterculture ideal to a national conversation. The photographs are divided into unique story lines that weave together to tell a larger narrative: focusing on avante garde exotic dancers and models that were emerging from the underground and normalizing sex in a time when the socially marginalized were misunderstood and less tolerated.
The exhibition is curated by Ricki Blakesberg.
DUPLEX, 17 Essex Street, New York. Opening Reception: Saturday, April 22nd from 4-8pm. Thursday – Sunday 1-6pm and by appointment.
Elizabeth Sunflower (1943 – 2008) was a prolific photojournalist based in San Francisco, CA. She lived and worked out of the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco documenting alternative pop-culture of the 1960s and 70s. Sunflower primarily focused on photographing news and pop culture beginning in the late 1960s and continued actively into the 1990s.
