a life of making - yolanda cuomo

Officine Fotografiche Rome, Italy
May 22 - June 19th, 2026
Curated by Annalisa D’Angelo
Exhibition Design: Yolanda Cuomo

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INTRODUCTION

  1. Finding Via Roma, 2025

  2. Vico Equense, 1977

  3. Santorini, 1977

  4. Vico Equense, 1979

  5. Vico Equense, 1977

  6. Praiano, 1980

  7. Find Via Roma, 2025

  8. Vico Equense, 1980

  9. Vico Equense, 1977

  10. Syracuse, New York, 1976

  11. Vico Equense, 1984

  12. Naples, 1974

  13. Vico Equense, 1971

  14. Vico Equense, 1984

  15. Poster for Moonstruck at Cinema Armida, Sorrento, 1980

  16. Camera found by my mother on the beach in Vico Equense, 1968

  17. Stills from I Was Named for My Grandmother, 1979

  18. Paris, 1977

PROCESS

  1. Pantone chips for The 213 Most Important Men in My Life, 2021

  2. Let’s Make a Book of This: Studio Visit with Yolanda Cuomo, The New Yorker, 2013

  3. The 213 Most Important Men in My Life, Jean Pigozzi, Damiani, 2021

  4. ME + CO, Jean Pigozzi, Damiani, 2017

  5. Marked up proofs for SHADE: A Tale of Two Presidents, Little Brown, 2018

  6. Obama, Pete Souza, Little Brown and Company, 2017

  7. Covers and process collage, 1986- 2026

  8. Book minis for Access to Life, 2009

  9. Process collage

  10. Community collage, 2026

REPORTAGE

  1. War ships arrive one week after 9/11, Yolanda Cuomo, 2001

  2. Diane Arbus surprinting Susan Meiselas, 2001

  3. Make ready of Diane Arbus–The Dream surprinting Steve McCurry, 2001

  4. Quote from Gianni, age 9, 2001

  5. The Dream, Diane Arbus, 1959

  6. New York September 11, Magnum Photos and powerHouse, 2001

  7. Jacket for Robert Capa / Photographs, Robert Capa, Aperture, 1996

  8. Poster for New York September 11, 2001

  9. Poster for Don’t Blink in Robert Frank’s home on Bleeker Street, 2015

  10. Tar Beach: Life on the Rooftops of Little Italy, Susan Meiselas, Damiani, 2020.

  11. Love and Lust, Donna Ferrato, Aperture, 2005

  12. Facing New York, Bruce Gilden, Cornerhouse Publications, 1992

  13. Haiti, Bruce Gilden, Dewi Lewis Publishing, 1996

  14. After The Off, Bruce Gilden, Dewi Lewis Publishing, 1999

  15. Access to Life, Magnum Photos, Aperture/Magnum Photos/The Global Fund, 2009

  16. Hands On: A Passionate Life of Looking, Larry Fink, powerHouse, 2024.

  17. Magnum America: The United States, Magnum Photos, Thames & Hudson, 2024.

  18. Installation shot of Josef Koudelka: Invasion 68 Prague, Aperture Gallery, 2008

  19. Installation shot of Matt Black: American Geography, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany, 2020 

  20. Posters for American Artifacts, Matt Black, 2024

  21. Posters for American Artifacts, Matt Black, 2024

  22. Magazine for American Geography, Matt Black, Thames & Hudson, 2020

  23. Exhibition guide for Matt Black: American Geography, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany, 2020

  24. Disco Night Sept. 11, Peter van Agtmael, Red Hook Editions, 2014

  25. Runway, Larry Fink, powerHouse, 2000

  26. Front and back cover of A Life in Pictures, Steve McCurry, Bonnie McCurry Mondadori, 2018.

  27. Paolo Pellegrin, Paolo Pellegrin, Magnum Photos, 2012

  28. Telephone Philosophy #3

  29. Poster for Havana, 2002

  30. Poster for Don’t Blink: A Film By Laura Israel, 2015

  31. Cover of Farewell to Bosnia, Gilles Peress, Scalo, 1994

  32. Poster for No Kings Rally Susan Meiselas, 2025

  33. Poster for No Kings Rally Susan Meiselas, 2025

SOUND TUNNEL

  1. The Rhythm of the Saints, Paul Simon, 1990

  2. Press sheet from Dylan, Jerry Schatzberg, ACC Art Books, 2018

  3. 21 Form, Master Ren Guang Yi, Photography by Alan Bandes, 2023

  4. The Art of the Straight Line: My Tai Chi, Lou Reed, HarperOne, 2023

  5. Press sheet from Springsteen Liberty Hall, Nicki Germaine, 2023

  6. Springsteen Liberty Hall, Nicki Germaine, 2023

  7. Inner sleeve of Rage to Live Album, 1990

  8. Lighting sketch for Laurie Anderson, 1999

  9. Poster for Moby Dick, Photography by Frank Micelotta, Laurie Anderson, 1999

  10. Bright Red, Laurie Anderson, 1994

THE TRIFECTA

  1. Yolanda and Gianni in Naples, Photography by Adrien Brody, 2018

  2. Design of poster for Back to 1942, 2012

  3. Sylvia Plachy in Vico Equense, Photography by Yolanda Cuomo, 1989

  4. Telephone Philosophy #1

  5. Unguided Tour, Sylvia Plachy, Aperture, 1991

  6. Sylvia Plachy in Vico Equense, Photography by Yolanda Cuomo, 1989

  7. Self Portrait With Cows Going Home, Sylvia Plachy, Aperture, 2005

  8. Poster comp for Unguided Tour, Sylvia Plachy, 1991

  9. Soundtrack included in Unguided

  10. Tour, Tom Waits, 1991

  11. Sylvia Plachy in Vico Equense, Photography by Yolanda Cuomo, 1989

  12. Cover proof of Unguided Tour, Sylvia Plachy, 1991

  13. Shrimpton & Gilligan fashion brochure, Photography by Sylvia Plachy, 1987

  14. Slip case design for Holy Cats by Andy Warhol’s Mother, Panache Press at Random House, 1987

  15. Folded and gathereds from PrePop Warhol, Random House, 1988

  16. Stats of Andy Warhol receipts from the Imperial Hotel (Tokyo) and the Gloucester Hotel (Hong Kong), 1956

  17. Cover design idea for Pre-Pop Warhol, 1988

  18. Book dummy for Pre-Pop Warhol, 1988

  19. Contact sheet of Andy Warhol in Pre-Pop Warhol

  20. Mini book dummy of Pre-Pop Warhol, 1988

  21. Cover of Pre-Pop Warhol, 1988

  22. Video of pages from Pre-Pop Warhol

  23. 66th and Bergenline, Photograph by Diane Arbus, c. 1962

  24. Vinyl test of banner for Diane Arbus Revelations, SF Moma, San 

  25. Fransisco, 2003

  26. Contact sheet showing double exposure of Times Square and Diane Arbus’s eyes, 1957

  27. Contact sheet showing double exposure of Times Square and Diane Arbus’s eyes, 1957

  28. Contact sheet showing double exposure of Times Square and Diane Arbus’s eyes, 1957

  29. Installation shots from Diane Arbus Revelations, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2005

  30. Diane Arbus Revelations, Random House, 2003

  31. Poster for Diane Arbus Revelations, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2005

  32. Telephone Philosophy #2

THE TEACHERS

  1. Strata, 2026

  2. When White Turns to Pink, Yolanda Cuomo, 1977

  3. Early Animations, Vibrato, Don’t Take My Picture, The Princess, Yolanda Cuomo, 1977-80

  4. Notebook, 1979

  5. Alexey Brodovitch, Grand Palais, 1982

  6. Mademoiselle Design Comps, 1981

  7. Mademoiselle Design Comps, 1981

  8. Marvin Israel and Guru in NYC, Photograph by Amy Arbus, 1982

  9. Blad for Performance, 2008

  10. Polaroid Story Boards for Calvin Klein Obsession ad, Richard Avedon, 1985

  11. Logo for Twyla Tharp Dance, 2003

  12. Baby Gianni at Studio, 1992

  13. When Push Comes to Shove, 1992

  14. Poster for Surfer at the River Styx, Twyla Tharp Dance, 2003

  15. Twyla Tharp, Twyla Tharp Dance, BAM, 1984

  16. Collage of In The Upper Room, Twyla Tharp Dance, Photography by Richard Avedon, 1985

  17. Design Comp of In the Upper Room, Twyla Tharp Dance, BAM, 1987

  18. Invitation for 1988 Benefit Performance, Twyla Tharp Dance, 1988

  19. Twyla Tharp NFT, Design by Luca McLaughlin, 2021

  20. Collage of Contact Sheet, Photography by Richard Avedon, Twyla Tharp, 1985

  21. Dances for the Twyla Box, 2017

  22. Dances for the Twyla Box, 2017

  23. Selection from Mordant Rhymes for Modern Times, Ann Salwey & Fran Bull, Salwey/Bull, 1990

  24. Vue magazine ideas, 1985

  25. Fran Bull (choose your own title), Damiani Books, 2019

  26. Mordant Rhymes for Modern Times, Ann Salwey & Fran Bull,, 1990

  27. Yolanda Cuomo in studio at 225 Lafayette Street, Sylvia Plachy, 1985

  28. Mechanical of Vue magazine cover, 1986

  29. First issue of Vue magazine, Village Voice, 1986

  30. “Poof! Your Skirt is Full!,” Sylvia Plachy, Vue, 1986

  31. Color Proof of “Masculine/ Feminine,” Nan Goldin, Vue, 1986 

  32. Fashion collage for Vue, Photography by Jeremy Dine, 1986

  33. Compilation book of Vue magazine, 2016

  34. Wedding invitation for Yo and Joe, 1985

  35. Germania, Hans Haacke, 1993

  36. Ripped, Hans Haacke, 2004

  37. Animation stills, Robert Breer, 1954

  38. Spread from Mademoiselle magazine, Paula Greif, 1981

  39. Spread from the first issue of The Movies Magazine, Marvin Israel, 1983

  40. Spread from Harper’s Bazaar, Alexy Brodovitch, 1935

  41. Cover from Portfolio, Alexy Brodovitch, 1979

  42. Cover of Harper’s Bazaar, Ruth Ansel, Photograph by Richard Avedon, 1965.

  43. Spread of Harper’s Bazaar, Photography by Richard Avedon, Ruth Ansel and Bea Feitler, 1965

  44. “Art is the only way to escape...” Painted on the side of the Joyce Theater, NYC, Twyla Tharp, 1992

  45. Painting from Fran Bull (choose your own title), Damiani Books, 2019

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