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Morris Engel’s groundbreaking feature film Little Fugitive (co-directed with Ruth Orkin and Ray Ashley) is covered at length in Jon Gartenberg’s article “NYC Symphony of Films,” recently published in Framework: The Journal of Cinema and Media.

  Graphics designed from Morris Engel’s “Rebecca, Harlem 1947” photo series appear in the upcoming film Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl directed by Julie Dash. To access an article on the film, please click the following link: TNGG_Creative_Deck_v6_1.24.24.

Two photographs of Henri-Cartier Bresson taken by Morris Engel were displayed in a retrospective on the French photographer at the HCB Foundation in Paris between June 15, 2024 and January 5, 2025. 

The following photograph taken by Morris Engel (ca. 1970) was included in Nicola Erni’s new book Mix and Match: Fashion Photography Meets Contemporary Art, published by Phaidon Press.

Photos of Normandy on D-Day that Morris Engel took as a naval combat photographer are featured in Utah Beach: Fighting our way shore with the 2nd Naval Beach Battalion.

The 2023 Berlin Film Festival unveiled the titles selected for its retrospective section, asking a number of international directors and actors (including Martin Scorsese and Tilda Swinton) to select their personal favorite film which explores the theme of “Coming of Age at the Movies.” Director… Continue reading →

Morris Engel’s innovative hand-made 35mm camera used for his films is featured in his former associate’s Joel Schlemowitz wonderful new book! Joel is a talented filmmaker, professor at The New School and a new father! Experimental Filmmaking and the Motion Picture Camera is an introductory guide to… Continue reading →

Thanks to Jason Hill for posting this page from PM today and his quote, Morris Engel and the Consolidated Sign Co. wish you all a very organized Labor Day! Another one of my father’s photo spreads from PM I don’t remember seeing. ARTIST AS REPORTER Weegee, Ad… Continue reading →

Morris Engel’s photograph, “Boys with Boombox, NYC, 1983” is included in the new show on Hulu, “Little Fires Everywhere” starring Kerry Washington (Mia) and Reese Witherspoon (Elena). Mia is a photo student in art school, and Engel’s photos are used as her own. Episode 6,… Continue reading →