PHOTOGRAPHERS HELPING HAITI: Opening Night Preview March 4 NYC

André Kertész (angel), Chez Lui, 1983
Photograph (c) Susan May Tell /All Rights Reserved

André Kertész, Chez Lui, 1983
Photograph (c) Susan May Tell /All Rights Reserved

Striding With Giacometti

Photograph (c) Cynthia Matthews /All Rights Reserved

This is Our Queens
Photograph (c) Michelle Kawka, 2009/All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) Deidre Schoo /All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) Aaron Lee Fineman /All Rights Reserved

The Met
Photograph (c) Joseph Mondello /All Rights Reserved

More than 100 prints donated by ASMP (American Society of Media Photographers: New York Chapter) members will be on sale for $100 each, 100% of all sales goes directly to Doctors Without Borders.

Susan May Tell donated two of her portraits (at top) of Hungarian-born Master Photographer, André Kertész (1894 – 1985), known for his groundbreaking contributions to photographic composition and developing the photo essay. He is recognized today as one of the seminal figures of photojournalism. May Tell photographed Kertész on four different occasions and was also photographed by him in return with her own camera.

Other prints available are from John Dolan, Aaron Lee Fineman, Deborah Gilbert, Robert Hooman, Michelle Kawka, Salem Krieger, Stephen Mallon, Philip Mauro, Margaret McCarthy, Viviane Moos, Clayton Price, Gilberto Tadday, and many more! Curated by Elizabeth Avedon.

More Images For Sale HERE and HERE

ASMPNY Booth #503 at the VERGE ART FAIR
March 5- 7 The Dylan Hotel 52 East 41st Street, NYC

100 PRINTS | $100 | 100% of SALES TO DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS

Port-au-Prince, Haiti 2010
Photograph (c) Gilberto Tadday /All Rights Reserved

The recent earthquake has made thousands of people victims in Haiti. Exclusive photos of the situation in the capital of Port-au-Prince right after the tragedy were recorded (here) by photographer Gilberto Tadday. Tadday donated several of these images to ASMP: NY's March 5-7, 2010 Print Sale, 100% of the proceeds goes to Doctors Without Borders. Photograph (c) Gilberto Tadday /All Rights Reserved

Ta Prohm, Angkor, Cambodia

Photograph (c) Viviane Moos /All Rights Reserved

Ground Zero 2001
Photograph (c) Robert Hooman /All Rights Reserved

Ground Zero 2001

Photograph (c) Robert Hooman /All Rights Reserved

More than 100 prints donated by ASMP (American Society of Media Photographers: New York Chapter) members will be on sale for $100 each, 100% of all sales goes directly to Doctors Without Borders.

Prints available include Viviane Moos' photograph above, Ta Prohm, Angkor, Cambodia, an 8x12 image - signed on verso - archival metallic chromogenic prints on Kodak Endura Professional Archival Metallic paper. Also available are Stephen Mallon's photographs of the salvage of Flight 1549 (piloted safely onto New York's Hudson River by Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger), black and white portraits of Hungarian-born Master Photographer Andre Kertesz by Susan May Tell, among so many others. Curated by Elizabeth Avedon.

The VERGE ART FAIR donated this ASMPNY Booth: Friday & Saturday, March 5-6 from 2-8 pm, Sunday, March 7 from 12-6 pm, The Dylan Hotel, 52 East 41, NYC

PHOTOGRAPHERS HELPING HAITI

Opening Night Preview Reception $20 March 4, 6-10 pm

More Images For Sale HERE and HERE

PHOTOGRAPHERS HELPING HAITI: ASMP: NY March 5-7 Benefit for Doctors Without Borders

from Brace For Impact: The Aftermath of Flight 1549
Photograph (c) Stephen Mallon /All Rights Reserved

from Brace For Impact: The Aftermath of Flight 1549
Photograph (c) Stephen Mallon /All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) Aaron Lee Fineman /All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) Salem Krieger /All Rights Reserved

More than 100 prints donated by ASMP (American Society of Media Photographers: New York Chapter) members will be on sale for $100 each, 100% of all sales goes directly to Doctors Without Borders.

Work available includes Stephen Mallon's photographs of The Salvage of Flight 1549 (...piloted safely onto New York's Hudson River by Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger), black and white portraits of Hungarian-born Master Photographer Andre Kertesz by Susan May Tell, Brazilian photographer Gilberto Tadday's recent images in Haiti, among so many others. Curated by Elizabeth Avedon.

The VERGE ART FAIR donated this ASMPNY Booth: Friday & Saturday, March 5-6 from 2-8 pm, Sunday, March 7 from 12-6 pm The Dylan Hotel, 52 East 41, NYC

PHOTOGRAPHERS HELPING HAITI

Opening Night Preview Reception $20 March 4, 6-10 pm
More Photos For Sale HERE and HERE

PAULA McCARTNEY: Bird Watching

Aqua Tanager
Photograph (c) Paula McCartney /All Rights Reserved

Northern Cardinal
Photograph (c) Paula McCartney /All Rights Reserved

Song Sparrow
Photograph (c) Paula McCartney /All Rights Reserved

I decided to...photograph the idealized scenes that I fantasized about, where songbirds decorated the trees as I moved through the landscape.

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I'm so pleased to see Princeton Architectural Press has published Paula McCartney's first monograph, Bird Watching. “These are gorgeous images, and in that sense, they are worthy of their subjects. She’s not laughing at us by drawing us into her fantasy, rather, she’s playfully reminding us that all photographs indulge in certain fictions...she takes us on a journey that is educative and inspiring”.—Darius Himes, editor, Radius Books.

Paula McCartney will discuss her work with Darius Himes (Founding Editor of Radius Books), together with a book signing, on Saturday March 6, 1:00 pm—2:00 pm KLOMPCHING Gallery, DUMBO

EXHIBITION

KLOMPCHING GALLERY
March 4- April 23, 2010

THE MUSEUM OF UNNATURAL HISTORY: CLAMPART

Struggle
Photograph (c) Amy Stein /All Rights Reserved

Katie at Natural History Museum, 1997
Photograph (c) Blake Fitch /All Rights Reserved

Animalia, 2009
Photograph (c) Nicole Hatanaka /All Rights Reserved

Storage, 2009
Photograph (c) Nicole Hatanaka /All Rights Reserved

CLAMPART Gallery

THE MUSEUM OF UNNATURAL HISTORY
Feb 25–April 10

The artists included in The Museum of Unnatural History exhibition are Richard Barnes, Justine Cooper, Jason DeMarte, Blake Fitch, Jill Greenberg, Nicole Hatanaka, Harri Kallio, Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon, Lori Nix, Matthew Pillsbury, Elliot Ross, Amy Stein, and Marisol Villanueva. My Interview With Richard Barnes

31 WOMEN IN ART PHOTOGRAPHY IN MARCH

Sugar Cane, Maui, Hawaii
Photograph (c) Emily Shur /All Rights Reserved

Snowbound series, Wish
Photograph (c) Lisa M.Robinson /All Rights Reserved

Cave
Photograph (c) Ann Woo /All Rights Reserved

Bird Watching (cardinal)
Photograph (c)Paula McCartney /All Rights Reserved

31 Women In Art Photography: March 6 – April 10, 2010

An exhibition celebrating 31 of the most innovative women in new art photography. Curated by Charlotte Cotton and Jon Feinstein. Presented by Humble Arts Foundation and Affirmation Arts.
Affirmation Arts 523 W. 37th Street NYC

The exhibition, an eclectic mix of new talent, culled from open submissions, includes photographs by Erica Allen, Amelia Bauer, Claire Beckett, Gilda Davidian, Jessica Eaton, Naomi Harris, Carmen von Kende, Anna Krachey, Yvonne Lacet, Erika Larsen, Jessica Mallios, Alison Malone, S. Billie Mandle, Paula McCartney, Rachelle Mozman, Yamini Nayar, Sarah Palmer, Kristine Potter, Heather Rasmussen, Justine Reyes, Lisa M. Robinson, Irina Rozovsky, Sasha Rudensky, Victoria Sambunaris, Robin Schwartz, Emily Shur, Brea Souders, Rachel Sussman, Kirsten Kay Thoen, Carson Fisk-Vittori, and Ann Woo.

HASSELBLAD MASTER AWARDS WINNERS

Photograph (c) Lyle Owerko /All Rights Reserved

20/01/2010: With submissions from almost 3,000 photographers, ten photographers have been awarded the coveted title of Hasselblad Master.

Congratulations to the 2009 Hasselblad Masters Awards Winners!

Up-and-Coming: Lyle Owerko, NYC, USA
Wedding: Joao Carlos, NYC, USA
Portrait: Claudio Napolitano, Miami, USA / Caracas, Venezuela
Fashion: Dirk Rees, London, UK
Product: Mark Holthusen, San Francisco, USA
Fine Art: Quentin Shih, Beijing, China
Architecture: Stephan Zirwes, Stuttgart, Germany
Landscape: Bang Peng, Hong Kong
Editorial: Nina Berman, NYC, USA
General: Mark Zibert, Toronto, Canada

Read more about the competition HERE, with two of my favorite finalists, Sean Perry and Brad Wilson.

NEW BOOK: The Pictorial Consequence

Self Portrait (c) Caio Fernandes /All Rights Reserved

An Existence (Almost) Missed
Copyright (c) Caio Fernandes /All Rights Reserved

Brazilian artist, Caio Fernandes, is sometimes described as a Realist painter, "though the sheer intensity of his work sets him apart from most contemporary Realist painters. With a highly individualistic style of painting, Caio reveals the raw physical characteristics and inner tensions of his subjects."

Fernandes published his work on Blurb only a month ago, and already collector's from all over the world have purchased his book, The Pictorial Consequence: 1999 to 2010. Follow Caio's exceptional world on his blog, Mein Welt. More About Caio Here.

THE PICTORIAL CONSEQUENCE: 1999 to 2010

BLURB BOOK OF THE WEEK: My Brother's War

Preview Jessica Hine's Book My Brother's War

Photograph (c) Jessica Hines /All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) Jessica Hines /All Rights Reserved

Thank you, Blurb!

BLURB BOOK OF THE WEEK!

THE DALAI LAMA MEETS THE PRESIDENTS

His Holiness the Dalai Lama and President Barack Obama

Photograph (c) Sonam Zoksang /All Rights Reserved

President Barack Obama Meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Official White House photograph by Pete Souza 2.18.10

H.H. the Dalai Lama in Front of The Capitol
Photograph (c) Sonam Zoksang /All Rights Reserved

President George Bush and Nancy Pelosi meet with H.H. the Dalai Lama
Photograph (c) Sonam Zoksang /All Rights Reserved

H.H. the Dalai Lama with U.S. Secretary of State, Dr. Condoleezza Rice
Photograph (c) Sonam Zoksang /All Rights Reserved

President Obama met with H.H. Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, at the White House today. Every U.S. President has met with H.H. The Dalai Lama since he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.

The International Campaign For Tibet

MIRA ZAKI: Wanderlust

Florence, Italy
Copyright (c) Mira Zaki /All Rights Reserved

Melbourne, Australia
Copyright (c) Mira Zaki /All Rights Reserved

Paris, France
Copyright (c) Mira Zaki /All Rights Reserved

New York photographer, Mira Zaki, describes herself as a "wanderlust food and travel photographer trying to get to as many countries as humanly possible and sampling all the cuisine along the way!"

MIRA ZAKI WEBLOG
MIRA ZAKI WEBSITE

LENS CULTURE: International Exposure Awards

Lens Culture International Exposure Awards

Jim Casper of "Lens Culture" wrote a lovely piece today on his blog about Jessica Hine's book, "My Brother's War" and my design. (Now in LensCulture's Feb 2010 Archive) He wrote:

Photobook: Young Soldiers and Traumatic Stress after War

"Here's another success story that came out the Lens Culture International Exposure Awards 2009. Photographer Jessica Hines won an honorable mention in our global photography competition -- and thus an opportunity to publish a photobook at Blurb.com. She took this as inspiration and teamed up with Elizabeth Avedon (the designer of many of Richard Avedon's stunningly beautiful photography books, and his daughter-in-law) to publish this blockbuster of a book. It's a remarkable photobook that conveys an important political message as well as the compelling story of a personal tragedy that confronts some difficult, universal truths. Brilliant combination of great photography, thoughtful text, and excellent book design. Highly recommended!" Thank you, Jim!

LensCulture WebLog / Feb 2010 Archive

LensCulture Blurb Book
Jessica Hines Blurb Book

PRESIDENTS DAY: Monroe Gallery, Santa Fe

Senator John F. Kennedy Campaigning with his Wife in Boston
Photograph Carl Mydans © Time Inc.

Navy CPO, Graham Jackson, Playing "Going Home" as President Roosevelt's Body is Carried, Warm Springs, GA, April 13, 1945. Photograph © Ed Clark /All Rights Reserved

Richard Nixon giving a Victory Speech, 1968
Photograph Lee Balterman © Time Inc

The Lindy Hop, The Savoy, Harlem, 1939

Photograph © Cornell Capa /All Rights Reserved

The Monroe Gallery of Photography, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, specializes in classic black & white photography with an emphasis on humanist and photojournalist imagery. It was founded in 2001 by Sidney and Michelle Monroe, following 20 years of gallery experience in New York City. The gallery features work by more than 50 renowned photographers and also represents a select group of contemporary and emerging photographers. Gallery Photographers

THE MONROE GALLERY

ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG INTERVIEW: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao "Gluts"

An Interview With Robert Rauschenberg Book Cover
Elizabeth Avedon Editions | Vintage Contemporary Artists Series
Back Cover: Robert Rauschenberg. Metal Assemblage, Swaddle Glut, 1986
Front Cover: Photograph (c) Richard Avedon /All Rights Reserved

Robert Rauschenberg, Greek Toy Glut (Neapolitan), 1987
Metallo Asemblato (c) Estate of Robert Rauschenberg

Robert Rauschenberg, West-Ho Glut, 1986, Metallo Asemblato

(c) Estate of Robert Rauschenberg

I think of the "Gluts" series as souvenirs without nostalgia. What they are really meant to do is give people an experience of looking at everything in terms of what its possibility might be. –Robert Rauschenberg

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The following text is from An Interview With Robert Rauschenberg by American Art Critic, Barbara Rose, published under the imprint "Elizabeth Avedon Editions | Vintage Contemporary Artists" by Random House (Here):

BR: There's a lot of recycling and reuse in your work. You believe that you don't have to throw something away just because it's old. There's always a possibility for a use. This isn't a common idea. People are really into "new" today.

RR: The only thing I like to keep out of a work, no matter what the materials are, is the history of the process of putting it together. I don't bring that into it. I think of the "Gluts" series as souvenirs without nostalgia. What they are really meant to do is give people an experience of looking at everything in terms of what its possibility might be.

BR: Your art has certainly always been available. You don't need to have an enormous background on Rauschenberg's history to relate to his work. There is always something there to which anybody can relate. That's why it's popular. You may not contrive to be popular, but you are.

RR: When I see the sorts of things you are referring to, I try to destroy them. I'm sure that I haven't been able to avoid developing some "classic" qualities, and I don't mind them being hidden. I just object to their being the subject.

BR: You prefer a composition that is not obviously a composition.

RR: I prefer not to brag about it's sophisticated anatomy.

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BR: I have watched you work, and it is an interaction–it is your encounter, and you interact with this material or this image or whatever, but you never plan your work. There is no plan or sketch. It's absolutely pure process. Which comes, I believe, from abstract expressionism. It's the process. You don't know until it's finished what it is, and it's done when you've decided that that's it–I think that's an aspect of your work.

RR: Actually, when I'm painting, I think that my mental attitude is to drive with the brakes on, and when I sense a funny smell, then I turn off the ignition.

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RR: For me, Tibet was a living relationship with people. It was a reaffirmation of the fact no matter what the language is or the customs are, there is a general love between human beings. I know it sounds simplistic, but you could see it in Tibet. Some places it's harder to break through that. These people–perhaps because the air is so thin, or their life is so hard, or because they are so religiously rich–have love all over the place. I mean, every step, no matter how cold it is or how hot or how muddy, is still part of the palette of friendship.

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February 12 - September 2, 2010
ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG GLUTS
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao