Ryan McGinley, Maya take to the streets

For over thirty years, the New York Times Magazine has presented the myriad possibilities and applications of photography. The New York Times Magazine Photographs is an exhibition that reflects upon and interrogates the very nature of both photography and print magazines at this pivotal moment in their history and evolution. The exhibition is co-curated by Kathy Ryan, longtime Photo Editor of the Magazine, and Lesley A. Martin, Publisher of Aperture Books.

The Aperture-produced exhibition is composed of eleven individual modules, each of which focuses on a notable project or series of projects that have been presented in the pages of the Magazine. The featured projects mirror the Magazine’s eclecticism, presenting seminal examples of reportage, portraiture, as well as fine art photography. Using visual materials drawn from different stages of the commissioning process—shot lists, work prints and contact sheets, videos, tear sheets, and framed prints—the Magazine’s collaborative methodology is revealed from initial idea to the published page, and, in some cases, continues beyond magazine publication, when an exploration that began as an assignment has become a part of a photographer’s ongoing work. In sum, these layers reveal the Magazine’s unique position as a venue for visual storytelling and a unique forum for the cross-pollination of photographic genres.

Bertien van Manen, Vlada in the kitchen Kazan 1992

The exhibition includes 500 images by 140 photographers, including: Lilian Bassman, Chuck Close, Philip Lorca diCorcia, Gregory Crewdson, Thomas Demand,  Rineke Dijkstra, Mitch Epstein, Lee Friedlander, Nan Goldin, Jeff Koons, Inez van Lamsweerde, Vinoodh Matadin, Annie Leibovitz, Ryan McGinley, Hellen van Meene, Jeff Mermelstein, Simon Norfolk, Paolo Pellegrin, Gilles Peress, Sebastiao Salgado,  Andres Serrano, and Malick Sidibe. The book The New York Times Magazine Photographs, published by Aperture, will appear alongside the exhibition.

The New York Times Magazine Photographs
23 March – 30 May
Opening Times: Daily 10 am – 6 pm, Thurs/Fri 10 am – 9 pm.
Tickets: 8,50 Euro

Foam
Keizersgracht 609
Amsterdam