TONY VACCARO AT 98

2020-11-20 - 2021-01-17

 

At the age of 21, Tony was drafted into WWII and for the next 272 days he photographed his personal witness to the brutality of war. Tony’s transition from war and its aftermath was a deliberate one. As an antidote to man’s inhumanity, Tony focused his lens on those who gave of themselves: artists, writers, movie stars, and the beauty of fashion 

By focusing on the splendor of life Tony replaced the images of horror imbedded in his eyes. This exhibition illustrates his will to live and to advance the power of beauty in this life. Tony is one of the few people alive who can claim to have survived the Battle of Normandy and COVID-19. On December 20, Tony Vaccaro celebrates his 98th birthday, an inspiration to us all.

Blind Magazine: How Tony Vaccaro Used Photography as the Antidote to Inhumanity

Kiss of Liberation: Sergeant Gene Costanzo kneels to kiss a little girl during spontaneous celebrations in the main square of the town of St. Briac, France, August 14, 1944<br/>Please contact Gallery for price
Defeated Soldier, Frankfurt, Germany, 1947<br/>
White Death, Pvt. Henry Irving Tannebaum Ottre, Belgium 1945<br/>
Problem near Vise<br/>
one step closer to Victory, near Hamm<br/>
One of the original prints near the Rhine River<br/>
The Violinist, Venice, Italy, 1947<br/>
Waiting For Mom. Two children wait outside a grocery store with the family shopping cart, Hoescht, Germany, 1946. <br/>
Reconstruction, Nuremberg, Germany, 1948<br/>
The Chimney Sweeper, Frankfurt Germany 1947<br/>
After Degas: Woman and Flowers, New York City 1960<br/>
After Manet, Boating, New York, 1951<br/>
Givenchy by the Pool, South of Paris, France, 1961<br/>
Eartha Kitt and Givenchy, Paris, France 1961<br/>
Extras on the set of "8 1/2", Lazio, Italy, 1962<br/>Please contact Gallery for price
Fellini on the set of "La Dolce Vita", Italy 1969<br/>
The Pink Balcony, Puerto Rico, 1951<br/>
Guggenheim Hat, New York, 1960<br/>
Gwen Verdon, New York City, NY, 1953<br/>
The Veil, for LOOK, New York, 1951<br/>
Dovima, NYC, 1957<br/>
Hotel Caribe Hilton, Puerto Rico, 1951<br/>
Marimekko, Helskinki, 1965<br/>
Georgia O'Keeffe, Santa Fe, LOOK, 1960<br/>
Georgia O'Keeffe, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, 1960<br/>
Georgia O'Keeffe and skull, Abiquiu, New Mexico, 1960<br/>Please contact Gallery for price
Pablo Picasso, Mougins, France, 1966<br/>
Alexander Calder, France, 1967<br/>
Enzo Ferrari. Modena, Italy 1955<br/>
Leonard Cohen, Nashville, 1968<br/>
Peggy Guggenheim, Venice, Italy, 1968<br/>
Eugene Smith, Rome, Italy, 1954<br/>
Twin Towers in sunset, New York,1979<br/>Please contact Gallery for price