photography

AUDIO: A Talk with Richard Learoyd

Photographer Richard Learoyd discusses his life and career with curator Arpad Kovacs.

Embracing Imperfection: A Conversation with Photographer Richard Learoyd

“A lot of people want art to shout at them...I’m looking to influence them in a slightly quieter way.”

Tristan Bravinder | September 15, 2016

A Day in the Life of a Digitization Expert

A glimpse into how librarian/archivist Holly McGee digitizes the collection at the Getty Research Institute

Betsy Brand and Sarah Waldorf | August 17, 2016

Veronica Vera and Robert Mapplethorpe, Pioneering Transgender New York

“I am putting together a videotape of my life in erotica...”

Michelle Brunnick | July 29, 2016

Photographing Electricity

Love for the new meets nostalgia.

Tristan Bravinder | July 27, 2016

My Lesson in Conservation Rigging

Exploring art conservation through photography.

Danielle Freeman | June 27, 2016

I Defended Mapplethorpe in the Trial that Drew the Line between Art and Obscenity

Art, race, and sex.

H. Louis Sirkin | June 8, 2016

Digitized Images by Wim Swaan Available as Open Content

Newly digitized photos by Wim Swaan are free to download and use.

Alina Sinetos | June 7, 2016

The Perfect Moment: Ajitto, 1981, Robert Mapplethorpe. Gelatin silver print. Jointly acquired by the J. Paul Getty Trust and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, with funds provided by the J. Paul Getty Trust and the David Geffen Foundation. © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Making Waves: The Thinker, c. 1930, Hiromu Kira. Gelatin silver print. Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation and Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin