(© Martha Swope, Courtesy Humane Society)
The Humane Society of New York will honor legendary photographer Martha Swope at a benefit photography auction, to be held at the DVF Studio (440 West 14th Street), on Tuesday, April 27 beginning at 6pm.
Swope will be honored with an exhibit of her work taken while she was official photographer for the New York City Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and Broadway. Among her photographs are iconic images of artists such as Mikhail Baryshnikov, Jerome Robbins, Balanchine, Suzanne Farrell, and Liza Minnelli.
Jamie Niven will preside over a live auction of images by such renowned photographers as Milton H. Greene, Annie Leibovitz, Gosta Peterson, Mary Ellen Mark, Deborah Turbeville, Sylvia Plachy, Gregory Colbert, Raymond Meier, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Hiro and Nick Brandt.
For more information, visit www.humanesocietyny.org.
