Steve Schapiro and Theophilus Donoghue: seventy thirty

Seventy Thirty is a photo project by Steve Schapiro and his son Theophilus Donoghue that explores their shared passion for humanism and social activism. The project features 70% Schapiro's photographs and 30% Donoghue's, capturing a vast range of human emotion and experience from the 1950s to the present day. The images are shot in monochrome with an occasional dash of color and include iconic figures such as Alec Guinness, Allen Ginsberg, Muhammad Ali, Robert De Niro, René Magritte, Janis Joplin, Andy Warhol, and the Velvet Underground.

Format: Hardback
Length: 144 pages
Publication date: 15 September 2022
Publisher: Damiani

Seamlessly woven together, the book explores their shared passion for humanism and social activism, using the photograph as a means to foster intimate connections and explore meaningful truths – a lesson Steve learned studying with illustrious photojournalist W. Eugene Smith.

The dynamism of the images and the inventive sequencing make this not just a book of great photographs, but a great photography book full of energy and verve. A fitting tribute to Shapiro's legacy.

Famed photojournalist Steve Schapiro and his son Theophilus Donoghue have collaborated on seventy thirty, a photo project that is 70% Schapiro, 30% Donoghue. Seventy thirty depicts the various faces and expressions of humanity, from metropolitans to migrants, unseen homeless to conspicuous celebrities, such as Alec Guinness, Allen Ginsberg, Muhammad Ali, Robert De Niro, René Magritte, Janis Joplin, Andy Warhol, and the Velvet Underground. Schapiro photographs early New York skateboarders while Donoghue documents current Colombian breakdancers. Father and son both capture philosophically poignant moments that rouse reflection. Schapiro includes his classic photo "Man on Iceberg," which was the opening double-page spread of a Life story on existentialism. In a similar fashion, Donoghue contributes his contemplative "Hindsight Intersection," which was recently featured in ARTSY's 2021 Artists in Support of Human Rights Watch benefit auction.

Shooting in monochrome with an occasional dash of colour, Schapiro and Donoghue portray the proud and lofty as well as the humble and humorous. Alternately profound and playful, Schapiro and Donoghue's photographs capture a vast range of human emotion and experience. Like his father, Donoghue is equally talented.

Weight: 1234g
Dimension: 349 x 359 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9788862087766