Father and son collaborate on a photographic panorama of humanity.
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 celebrities, such as Robert De Niro,
Muhammad Ali, René Magritte, Janis Joplin, and
Andy Warhol. Schapiro photographs early New York skateboarders while Donoghue documents current Colombian breakdancers. Alternately profound and playful, Schapiro and Donoghue's photographs capture a vast range of human emotion and experience. For this project, Schapiro selected images from the 60s civil rights movement and, with Donoghue, provided photos from today's Black Lives Matter protests and environmental rallies. Apart from numerous stateside locations, their project includes images from India, Italy, Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, and Ecuador. Together father and son provide a touching overview of humanity throughout the world from the 1950s to present day.
Steve Schapiro (1934-2022) was a renowned American photographer and photojournalist who captured some of the most important historical events of the 1960s and 1970s and is also known for his iconic movie stills. His images appeared in publications such as LIFE, Vanity Fair, Newsweek, and Time. His works played an important role in bringing issues such as the civil rights movement, immigration, and narcotics addiction to national attention. Schapiro worked on hundreds of movies, including Midnight Cowboy, The Godfather, and Taxi Driver. Some of his books include Schapiro's Heroes; American Edge, which was voted one of the best photography books of 2000, and The Fire Next Time.
Theophilus Donoghue is a documentary photographer who was mentored by his father Steve Schapiro. Theophilus has a concern for social justice and has worked on projects in tandem with Schapiro about ending gun violence, abolishing the death penalty, and addressing poverty and inequality among other significant issues.
