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Steve Schapiro: Being Everywhere

January 22 – March 21, 2026

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Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick, and Henry Geldzahler, New York, 1965, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick, and Henry Geldzahler, New York, 1965

Silver Gelatin Photograph

Signed, titled, dated, numbered on label verso 

 

Available Sizes: 

16 x 20 inches, Ed. of 25 

30 x 40 inches, Ed. of 12 

40 x 60 inches, Ed. of 8 

 

Bowie, Blue, New Mexico, 1975 , Archival Pigment Print

Bowie, Blue, New Mexico, 1975 

Archival Pigment Print

Signed, titled, dated, numbered on label verso 

 

Available Sizes:

16 x 20 inches, Ed. of 25 

30 x 40 inches, Ed. of 12 

40 x 60 inches, Ed. of 5

Chicago South Side, 1960, Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 25 

Chicago South Side, 1960

Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 25 

Signed, titled, dated, numbered verso 

16 x 20 inches

Claes Oldenburg (alternative), New York, 1962, Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 25

Claes Oldenburg (alternative), New York, 1962

Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 25

Signed, titled, dated, numbered on label verso

16 x 20 inches 

Martin Luther King Jr. Marching for Voting Rights with John Lewis, Reverend Jesse Douglas, James Forman, and Ralph Abernathy, Selma (color), 1965, Archival Pigment Print 

Martin Luther King Jr. Marching for Voting Rights with John Lewis, Reverend Jesse Douglas, James Forman, and Ralph Abernathy, Selma (color), 1965

Archival Pigment Print 

Signed, titled, dated, numbered on label verso 

 

Available Sizes: 

16 x 20 inches, Ed. of 25 

30 x 40 inches, Ed. of 12 

40 x 60 inches, Ed. of 8

Freedom Now, “Summer of ’64”, 1964

Freedom Now, “Summer of ’64”, 1964
Silver Gelatin Photograph
Signed, stamped, titled, dated, numbered verso

 

Available Sizes:

20 x 16 inches, Ed. of 25

40 x 26 ¾ inches, Ed. of 12

60 x 40 inches, Ed. of 8

Migrant Workers on Bench, Arkansas, 1961, Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 25 

Migrant Workers on Bench, Arkansas, 1961

Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 25 

Signed and numbered verso 

11 x 14 inches

 

 

Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) Shadowboxing with Monopoly, Louisville, Kentucky, 1963, Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph 

Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) Shadowboxing with Monopoly, Louisville, Kentucky, 1963

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph 

Signed verso 

13 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches 

Musician Backstage, Apollo Theater, New York (playing chess), 1961, Silver Gelatin Photograph 

Musician Backstage, Apollo Theater, New York (playing chess), 1961

Silver Gelatin Photograph 

Signed, titled, dated, numbered verso 

 

Available Sizes:

16 x 20 inches, Ed. of 25

30 x 40 inches, Ed. of 12

40 x 60 inches, Ed. of 8

 

Shooting Dice, c. 1960s, Silver Gelatin Photograph 

Shooting Dice, c. 1960s

Silver Gelatin Photograph 

Signed, titled, daetd, numbered on label verso 

 

Available Sizes:

20 x 16 inches, Ed. of 25 

40 x 30 inches, Ed. of 12

60 x 40 inches, Ed. of 8

 

The Worst Is Yet To Come, New York, c. 1968

The Worst Is Yet To Come, New York, c. 1968
Silver Gelatin Photograph
Signed, titled, dated, numbered on label verso

 

Available Sizes:

16 x 20 inches, Ed. of 25

26 ¾ x 40 inches, Ed. of 10

40 x 60 inches, Ed. of 8

Yves Montand on Fifth Avenue, New York, 1961

Yves Montand on Fifth Avenue, New York, 1961
Silver Gelatin Photograph
Signed, titled, dated, numbered on label verso

 

Available Sizes:

16 x 20 inches, Ed. of 25

30 x 40 inches, Ed. of 12

40 x 60 inches, Ed. of 8

Andy Warhol, Gerard Malanga and Mary Woronov, Hollywood High School, 1966, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Andy Warhol, Gerard Malanga and Mary Woronov, Hollywood High School, 1966

Silver Gelatin Photograph
Signed, titled, dated, numbered on label verso

 

Available Sizes:

16 x 20 inches, Ed. of 25

30 x 40 inches, Ed. of 12

40 x 60 inches, Ed. of 8

Barbra Streisand, Pearl Earring, Los Angeles, 1967, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Barbra Streisand, Pearl Earring, Los Angeles, 1967

Silver Gelatin Photograph
Signed, titled, dated, numbered on label verso

 

Available Sizes:

20 x 16 inches, Ed. of 25

40 x 30 inches, Ed. of 12

60 x 40 inches, Ed. of 8

Brooklyn CORE Car Stall-in, 1964, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Brooklyn CORE Car Stall-in, 1964

Silver Gelatin Photograph
Signed, titled, dated, numbered on label verso

 

Available Sizes:

16 x 20 inches, Ed. of 25

30 x 40 inches, Ed. of 12

40 x 60 inches, Ed. of 8

Bus, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2001, Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 25 

Bus, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2001

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 25 

Signed, titled and numbered verso 

11 x 14 inches

 

Chock Full O'Nuts Lady, New York, 1962, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Chock Full O'Nuts Lady, New York, 1962

Silver Gelatin Photograph
Signed, titled, dated, numbered on label verso

 

Available Sizes:

16 x 20 inches, Ed. of 25

30 x 40 inches, Ed. of 12

40 x 60 inches, Ed. of 8

East Harlem Club, New York, 1961, Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 25

East Harlem Club, New York, 1961

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 25

Signed, titled, dated, numbered verso 

11 x 14 inches

Press Release

Steve Schapiro

Being Everywhere

January 22nd through March 21st

Exhibition Reception: Thursday, January 22nd, 7pm - 9pm

      

Fahey/Klein Gallery is honored to present Steve Schapiro: Being Everywhere, an exhibition of photographs by one of the most significant American photojournalists of the 20th century. The exhibition celebrates Schapiro’s extraordinary six-decade career and his singular ability to bear witness to history as it unfolded.

Being Everywhere takes its title from the documentary (directed by Maura Smith) chronicling Schapiro’s life and work, a phrase that perfectly encapsulates both the scope of his archive and the ethos that guided his practice. From the American Civil Rights Movement to Hollywood film sets, from intimate portraits of cultural icons to quiet human moments on the margins of society, Schapiro’s photographs form a sweeping visual record of modern American life.

Beginning in the early 1960s, Schapiro worked as a freelance photographer for publications including Life, Time, Newsweek, among many others. His images from this period documenting voter registration drives in the South, the March on Washington, and the Selma to Montgomery march are among the most enduring photographs of the Civil Rights era. Traveling extensively with writer and activist James Baldwin, Schapiro captured both the gravity of the movement and the moments of humanity, love, and community that sustained it.

In the 1970s and 1980s, Schapiro extended his “fly-on-the-wall” approach to Hollywood, producing behind-the-scenes photographs on the sets of iconic films including The Godfather, Taxi Driver, Midnight Cowboy, and Chinatown. These images, like his documentary work, are marked by an unguarded intimacy and an instinctive sense of narrative.

Across all genres, Schapiro’s photographs are both objective and interpretive. Simultaneously historical documents and emotional touchstones. His images do not simply record events; they invite viewers to feel the weight, urgency, and humanity of their moment. As David Fahey, co-founder of Fahey/Klein Gallery, has written, Schapiro’s work “addresses collective feelings—past and present—in our culture and society,” a quality that makes his photographs as resonant today as when they were first made.

Steve Schapiro: Being Everywhere is a testament to a life spent looking closely, with compassion, curiosity, and unwavering commitment to visual truth. Together, the photographs in this exhibition reveal an artist who was not merely present at history’s pivotal moments, but deeply engaged in them by someone who understood that bearing witness is both a responsibility and an act of love.

Steve Schapiro (1934–2022) lived and worked between New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. His work is held in numerous private and public collections, including The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), The Art Institute of Chicago, the Smithsonian Institution, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the J. Paul Getty Museum.

Press Photographs Available on Request

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