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.
