Steve Schapiro
Overview
Born in New York in 1934, Steve Schapiro began taking photographs at the age of 9. He originally aimed to be a writer but decided to devote himself to photojournalism and was taught by William Eugene Smith. In 1961 he embarked on a career as a freelance photographer and captured key historical moments of the 1960s, working for Life, Vanity Fair, Sports Illustrated, Newsweek, Time and Paris Match amongst others. Schapiro’s work has been exhibited internationally and was included in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 1968 exhibition Harlem On My Mind and more recently Warhol Underground at the Centre Pompidou, Paris. His work is held in the collections of the Smithsonian, The High Museum and the National Portrait Gallery amongst others and is the subject of six, American Edge, Schapiro’s Heroes, The Godfather Family Album, Taxi Driver, Then and Now, and Bliss.
Three Men, New York 1961
Gelatin Silver Print
Muhammad Ali, Monopoly, Louisivill, KY, 1963
Gelatin Silver Print
James Baldwin, Do You Love Me, 1963
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Samuel Beckett looking at film, 1964
Gelatin Silver Print
Nico in Times Square, New York, 1965
Gelatin Silver Print
Rene Magritte, MOMA New York, 1965
Gelatin Silver Print
Warhol and Sedgwick Entourage, NYC, 1965
Gelatin Silver Print
Freedom Now, Canton, Ohio, 1964
Gelatin silver print
“We Shall Overcome” Summer of ’64 Freedom Bus, Oxford, Ohio, 1964
Gelatin silver print
Martin Luther King Jr. leading March, Selma, AL, 1965
Gelatin Silver Print
Vote, Selma March, 1965
Gelatin Silver Print
Martin Luther King, Jr. with Group (Forman, Abernathy, Douglas, Lewis), 1965
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Selma March, Flag, 1965
Gelatin silver print
Robert Kennedy Campaign, California, 1966
Gelatin Silver Print
Warhol & The Velvet Underground Through Window, LA, 1966
Gelatin Silver Print
The Worst Is Yet to Come, New York, 1968
Gelatin Silver Print
I am a Man, Memphis, Tennessee, 1968
Gelatin silver print
Robert Redford & Lauren Hutton, Sonoma, CA, 1970
Gelatin Silver Print
The Godfather, The Whisper, 1971
Archival pigment print
Bowie (Blue), New Mexico, 1975
Archival pigment print
Bowie, Low, New Mexico, 1975
Archival pigment print
Bowie (Motorcycle), Los Angeles, 1975
Archival pigment print
Jodie Crossing Street, NY, 1975
Archival pigment print
De Niro, Graffiti, NY, 1975
Gelatin Silver Print