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A Weekly Column By Mike Johnston
James Karales' most famous picture: Selma To Montgomery March (clouds), 1965. Karales' estate is represented by Howard Greenberg Gallery, NYC.Prints are available
Good morning!
An important photographer passed away last Monday, and I'd like to pay my respects before we get into this Sunday's column. My personal opinion is that some of the best photographers in this country are little-known, simply because they lack the vanity and aptitudes necessary for self-aggrandi...sorry, self-promotion. James Karales, who died of cancer at 71 last week, was one of those photographers who trust that their work will speak for them, and who therefore do little to push themselves. As aLOOKmagazine staff photographer from 1960 until 1972, Karales was one of the major photographers of "that tumultuous decade," the '60s.The New York Timescalled his pictures "quietly sober," and critic Vince Aletti noted inThe Village Voicethat his work had &...

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