An important bridge between the once vanguard pictorialist movement and an incipient photographic modernism in the United States, Margaret Watkins (1884-1969) has only recently begun to move from the margins to the center of our understanding of the history of photography. Continue → Robert Mann Gallery is pleased to present Natura Morta, Paulette Tavormina's first solo exhibition with the gallery. Natura Morta will bring together a selection of exquisite still life photographs that recall the traditions of 17th century Old Master painting. Continue → Robert Mann Gallery is pleased to announce Julie Blackmon: Day Tripping, the artist's second solo show with the gallery. Through a complex process involving models, a highly staged set and carefully composed tableaux, Blackmon weaves intricate stories of the complexities of everyday life in large and busy households. Continue → Inaugurating our newest gallery space, Robert Mann Gallery is pleased to simultaneously celebrate our history by launching the exhibition program with an exemplary collection of photographs by Richard Misrach. Spanning the first 25 years of Misrach's career, the exhibition will offer a rare opportunity to track the artistic development of one of the most significant living American photographers. Continue → Virtuoso of the Leica, Fred Stein is a largely unsung master of a generation of photographers whose talents were swept across Europe by the dark geopolitical events of the 1930s and 1940s, only to land in the safe haven of New York. Captured with verve and wit, an eye for the poignant as well as the surprising, Stein's images of the urban life and iconic portraits of the luminaries of the 20th century are ripe for rediscovery. With a selection of vintage prints spanning over three decades, Fred Stein: Paris / New York will introduce 21st century audiences to the range of the photographer's work. Continue → In his debut exhibition at Robert Mann Gallery, Jörn Vanhöfen presents large format color photographs from his recent body of work, Aftermath. Although his subject is perhaps best characterized as human interventions in the landscape and the structures of civilization, Vanhöfen's images evince a psychological range extending beyond more familiar conceptions of post-New Topographics landscape photography. Not mere documents, these grand tableaus function as visual metaphors: allegories of architecture and the complex dynamic between nature and culture. Continue → Following the outstanding success of her 2008 debut at Robert Mann Gallery, Holly Andres returns with a new series: The Fall of Spring Hill. With her trademark chromatic brilliance, Andres's large-scale photographs delve into dramatic narratives. Continue →