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Hand in Hand

Posted on November 29, 2022 | No Comments

A photograph by Ruth Bernhard

RUTH BERNHARD
Hand in Hand. 1956, printed 1976 by Ruth Bernhard
9 1/2″ x 7 1/2″ Gelatin silver print on Agfa Portriga Rapid
Edition of 15; this print is the original artist’s proof
Signed, titled, and numbered

This image was captured by Ruth Bernhard shortly after she moved to San Francisco. Bernhard teamed up with Melvin Van Peebles, a then 25-year-old cable car gripman, as he wrote his first book. Their collaboration resulted in the photo essay The Big Heart, a love letter to San Francisco’s cable cars and the people who ride them.

Over the course of his career, Melvin Van Peebles was an author, actor, filmmaker, writer, and composer. When he and Ruth Bernhard first met, he had a B.A. in literature and had recently finished serving a term with U.S. Air Force. According to the author, it was a cable car passenger who suggested that he should become a filmmaker.

Melvin Van Peebles passed away in September 2021.

This original photograph, one of the last ever to be printed by Ruth Bernhard comes from her personal copy of The Gift of the Commonplace portfolio.

The same pair of hands is also featured in:

Mr. Reilly and Friend at Fellowship Church, San Francisco, 1956

RUTH BERNHARD
The Gift of the Commonplace. 1976
Please inquire for details.

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— Dunes —

Posted on November 17, 2022 | No Comments

BRETT WESTON
Dunes Oceano. 1984, printed no later than 1986
10 1/2″ x 13 3/4″ Signed gelatin silver print

WILLIAM GARNETT
Sand Dune #1, Palm Desert, CA. 1975, printed no later than 1981
9″ x 7″ Signed, stamped gelatin silver print

EDWARD WESTON
Dunes, Oceano. 1936, printed 1950
7 1/4″ x 9 1/4″ Initialed and dated gelatin silver print

ANSEL ADAMS
Sand Dunes, Oceano, California. 1950, printed c. 1980
19 5/8″ x 15″ Signed and dated gelatin silver print

JIM BANKS
Oceano #11, Oceano, California. 2012
11″ x 14″ to 30″ x 40″ Signed and dated carbon pigment print

HUNTINGTON WITHERILL
Dune Form #4, Death Valley. 1986
10 1/2″ x 13 5/8″ Signed and stamped gelatin silver print

WYNN BULLOCK
Death Valley. 1940, printed c. 1970
7 1/2″ x 9 1/2″ Signed gelatin silver print

BRETT WESTON
Dunes and Clouds, Shoshone, California. 1969, printed in the mid-1980s
10 1/2″ x 13 1/2″ Signed gelatin silver print

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Graphic Design in Photography

Posted on November 10, 2022 | No Comments

From 3 great portfolios

EDWARD STEICHEN, Matches & Match Boxes. 1926
Gelatin silver print, printed by George Tice

EDWARD STEICHEN, Gorham Silver. 1930
Gelatin silver print, printed by George Tice

RUTH BERNHARD, Two Leaves. 1952
Signed gelatin silver or platinum print

RUTH BERNHARD, Lifesavers. 1930
Signed gelatin silver or platinum print

RALPH STEINER, Ham and Eggs. 1928
Signed gelatin silver print

RALPH STEINER, Typewriter as Design. 1921–1922
Signed gelatin silver print

Complete portfolios available.
See more from each:

EDWARD STEICHEN
Juxtaposition 1920s–1930s

RUTH BERNHARD
Gifts of the Commonplace
(available as gelatin silver print or platinum)

RALPH STEINER
Ten Photographs from the Twenties and Thirties & One from the Seventies

More portfolios here: