A Moment. Master Photographers: Portraits
Michael Somoroff

A Moment. Master Photographers: Portraits, is a body of work Michael Somoroff made thirty-five years ago. He took it upon himself to photograph in-depth his heroes and mentors, the master photographers of the twentieth century. Michael Somoroff had been introduced to their work, and subsequently to many of the photographers themselves, by his father, the preeminent still-life photographer Ben Somoroff.

In honor of each of these photographers mentoring Somoroff, he bagan a series of portraits of his heroes including Brassaï, Ralph Gibson, André Kertész, Jacques Henri-Lartigue, Arnold Newman, Helmut Newton and others. Each was caught at the quintessential moment, thereby defining a period of photography that was unique… the climax of the analog photographic experience.

The book contains a vast array of cutting edge artists photographed formally as well as behind the scenes who informed Somoroff’s art and craft.

—Diana Edkins, 2012

A Moment. Master Photographers: Portraits
Michael Somoroff

Forward by Julian Sander, essays by William A. Ewing, Michael Somoroff and artist biographies by Diana Edkins
2012 published by Damiani, Bologna
Hardcover 138 pages, with 34 tritone and 52 color and black-and-white plates
35 x 28 cm