Michiko Kon

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Michiko Kon | 今道子 | Kon Michiko. She is a Japanese photographer who creates evocative monochromatic works that are comprised of a variety of objects that both are challenging and entrancing to the viewer. Michiko Kon’s images...

Dora Maar

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Dora Maar (1907 – 1997). Born Henriette Théodora Markovitch, she was a French photographer, painter, and poet. Too often dismissed as ‘simply’ a model and muse for Pablo Picasso, any examination of her life and...

Marilyn Minter

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Marilyn Minter. Minter is an American artist who works in a variety of media, from painting to photography to video, exhibiting her artwork both in gallery spaces but also employing billboards and sharing her work in the public...

Ilse Bing

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Ilse Bing (1899 – 1998). Bing was a German photographer who worked both in the artistic sphere as well as the commercial one. Referred to as “the Queen of Leica” in the 1930s, she is best known for her striking black and...

Mary Ellen Mark

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Mary Ellen Mark (1941–2015). It is difficult to imagine contemporary photography and especially photography in the United States without the contributions and legacy of Mary Ellen Mark. She was an American photographer known for her...