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Dick Waterman 1935-2024
Dick Waterman © Bruce Newman, 2003 Dick Waterman passed away a few days ago on January 26. Dick was at the heart of Govinda Gallery with his remarkable Blues photographs and stories. I was honored to...
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Havana Part I: David Fenton’s SHOTS Exhibition at the Contemporary Art Center...
David Fenton‘s exhibition SHOTS was a resounding success in Havana. It was a beautiful evening for the exhibition opening and everyone who came enjoyed making new friends. It was another remarkable...
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Havana Part II: Roberto Salas and Submarino Amarillo
After the opening of the SHOTS exhibition, I took David Fenton and his wife Sylvie Erb along with Carlotta Hester and Fabiola Castro to visit the home of one of Cuba’s greatest photographers of all...
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Havana Part III: Viñales Valley, Experimental Graphics Workshop, Fabrica de...
After the launch of David Fenton‘s SHOTS Exhibition, we drove to Viñales Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Pinar Del Rio, just a two hour drive from Havana. It is surely one of the most beautiful...
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Black is Beautiful Book Launch with LaMonte McLemore and Friends in Las Vegas
Black is Beautiful, featuring LaMonte McLemore‘s JET photographs is scheduled to be published today by powerHouse Books. Black is Beautiful book cover. It was my great pleasure and honor to...
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Richard Lewis…A Reflection with Love
I first got to know Richard Lewis as a rare book collector of musical titles at Govinda Gallery, and then as his collaborator on Reflections from Hell: Richard Lewis’ Guide On How Not To Live. It...
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George Hurrell, The National Portrait Gallery, and Govinda Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery just opened an exhibition of the legendary Hollywood celebrity glamour portrait photographer, George Hurrell. Ann M. Shumard, Senior Curator of Photographs at the National...
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Celebrating Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
Tomorrow is the 50th Anniversary of the great blues man Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup‘s passing. This portrait of Arthur was taken by Dick Waterman, who recently passed on, and is included in the book I...
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1310 Kitchen in Georgetown Presents Elvis at 21 with Chris Murray
On April 24th, Govinda Gallery Director, Chris Murray, will be presenting an audio/visual presentation of Alfred Wertheimer‘s remarkable photographs of Elvis Presley in 1956. The venue is at the 1310...
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John Sinclair, David Fenton, and John & Yoko
John Lennon and Yoko Ono at the “Free John Sinclair” rally. Ann Harbor, MI, December 10, 1971. © David Fenton The New York Times published activist John Sinclair‘s obituary this past Sunday. They...
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