Danziger Gallery

Danziger Projects is one of several galleries in New York that show photography, but it has carved out a special niche for itself through its smart exhibitions of both contemporary and historic photographs.
The gallery has been around for almost twenty years, first in Soho and, since 2004, in the Chelsea gallery district.
The work shown is a mix of classic work by now-​deceased photographers (Harry Callahan, O. Winston Link), together with work by younger artists and a smattering of great commercical work (like Ezra Stoller’s sparkling, crystal clear architecture photos).
One of the contemporary photographers that Danziger shows goes by the name of The Sartorialist. He takes beautiful, and quite elegant, photos of people he spots on the street in New York and elsewhere all over the world. The photos mix street photography and fashion.
You can view photos from the gallery’s current and previous exhibitions on the gallery’s web site. But even better is the blog that Danziger writes called «The Year in Pictures.»

Danziger has an eye for the quirky and the extraordinary and he’s also a sensitive and intelligent writer about the medium. If you think photography is boring, take a look at his essay about subway photography:
Or read his essay titled «The First Mugshot,» about portrait photos taken of one of the conspirators in the Lincoln assassination:
Photography is a weird, beautiful, fascinating medium. This gallery, and the accompanying web site and blog, are a great way to explore it.