Issue No. 162

1. WOLFGANG SUSCHITZKY: MAN WITH A CAMERA

   Although born in Vienna, Wolfgang Suschitzky came to be known as one of the most English of photographers, in large part for his indelible images of London’s Charing Cross Road in the 1930s. Over the course of seven decades, including a parallel career as a notable cine- matographer, Suschitzky brought a rare command of form, insight into character and awareness of social conditions to an elegant and emotive body of work.

2. ALEXEY TITARENKO: NOMENKLATURA OF SIGNS

   According to his website, Titarenko’s series Nomenklatura of Signs “was created at the crossroad of two different epochs, the totali- tarian regime and Mikhail Gorbachev’s perestroika.” Delicately balanced between 2 162 B&W TOC.qxp_BWM 33 DeDienes-Pg- 6/15/23 2:19 PM Page 6 2022 Contest: Looking Back–Looking Forward: tragedy and a perhaps illusory optimism, these deft collages offer a witty, profound and still relevant visual-historical narrative.

3. PEDRO MEYER: “I PHOTOGRAPH TO REMEMBER”

   Long respected as one of the most accom- plished documentary photographers in history, the forward-looking Spanish artist shares recent work that reflects his enthusiastic embrace of digital tools and techniques, through which he continues to expand the expressive visual and thematic capabilities of the medium.

4. STU LEVY’S GRID-PORTRAITS: TRAVERSING TIME AND SPACE

   There are portrait photographers, and then there is Stu Levy, whose grid-portraits will challenge your expectations about this familiar genre. Levy began making these thought- provoking image constructs in the mid- 1980s. Combining different locations and shooting on different days, he achieves a fuller portrayal of his subjects while capturing time and space in a completely original fashion.

5. TCM’S EDDIE MULLER: HIS FAVORITE FILM NOIR STILLS

   Eddie Muller, Turner Classic Movies’ Noir Alley host and founder of the Film Noir Foundation, is a longtime collector of vintage film noir stills, which were used to help pro- mote the cinematic genre from the 1940s–1960s. In this exclusive interview, he shares insights on what makes a great noir still, how they were made and utilized, and how they can provide us with a deeper appreciation of these dark film classics.

6. SPOTLIGHTS

   DARIA TROITSKAIA
   MARJORIE GURD
   JAMES HUNT
   FABRICE STRIPPOLI
   JACQUI TURNER
   ROBI CHAKRABORTY

7. SINGLE IMAGE SPOTLIGHTS

   ARVID FIMREITE
   JOHN KUHN
   DOUG TESTA
   JENN LAWRENCE

8. OPENING SHOT

9. BACKSTORY

10. ALL THE KING’S WOMEN

11. REARVIEW MIRROR

12. EXPOSURE SECTION