American photographer David Armstrong (1954-2014), best known for his intimate black-and-white portraiture, is recognised as a member of the 'Boston School' of photography, a group of artists who studied in the city from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s.

This publication marks the first posthumous exhibition catalogue of Armstrong's work. Organised and edited by the David Armstrong Archive, the catalogue is published to coincide with exhibitions at Kunsthalle Zurich in 2024 and LUMA Arles in 2025. The book focuses exclusively on his never-before-published contact prints, featuring 286 images reproduced at a 1:1 scale. The prints, from between 1974 and 1994, showcase many of his iconic portraits of friends in Provincetown, Boston, and downtown Manhattan, including those of Nan Goldin, Cookie Mueller, Mark Morrisroe, Rene Ricard, Gary Indiana, Jack Pierson, Tabboo! (Stephen Tashjian), Christopher Wool, Philip-Lorca DiCorcia, Teri Toye, Greer Lankton, Johnny Thunders, and others.

About the Author

David Armstrong (1954-2014) was born in Arlington, Massachusetts. In the 1970s, he attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and Cooper Union in Manhattan, where he studied painting and photography. He is known for his intimate black-and-white portraits of friends, boyfriends, and the community of artists that surrounded him in Massachusetts and New York. He eventually became recognized as part of the Boston School, a group of avant-garde artists that includes Philip-Lorca DiCorcia, Nan Goldin, Mark Morrisroe, Jack Pierson, Tabboo!, and Gail Thacker. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Armstrong worked as a fashion photographer, often against the backdrop of his Brooklyn brownstone. He died in Los Angeles, California.

Book Information
ISBN 9781917651332
Author David Armstrong
Format Hardback
Imprint MACK
Publisher MACK