TODD HIDO : Bright Black World | Nazraeli Press

Bright Black World  |  TODD HIDO

Cover image: 1798-4172 from the series Bright Black World

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#11599-5811 from the series Bright Black World

Photograph © 2018 Todd Hido

 #11389-3087 from the series Bright Black World

 Photograph © 2018 Todd Hido

#11797-3252 from the series Bright Black World

 Photograph © 2018 Todd Hido

It's been said that Inuits have many words to describe white. As the polar snow caps melt faster than we ever imagined, I wonder how long it will be before we have as many words to describe darkness. 

– Todd Hido

"Todd Hido’s new monograph, Bright Black World. For over two decades, Hido has crafted narratives through loose and mysterious suburban scenes, desolate landscapes, and stylized portraits. He has traversed North America capturing places that feel at once familiar and unknown; welcoming and unsettling. Underscoring the influences of Nordic mythology and specifically the idea of Fimbulwinter, which translates into the ‘endless winter’, many of Hido’s new images allude to and provide form for this notion of an apocalyptic, never-ending winter.

Exploring the dark terrain of the Northern European landscape and regions as far as the North Sea of Japan enchanted Hido, calling him back on several occasions. This newest publication highlights the artist’s first significant foray extensively photographing territory outside of the United States, chronicling a decidedly new psychological geography.

Opening with a (EA: beautiful and moving) text by Alexander Nemerov, Bright Black World comprises 48 plates printed in an oversized format, and featuring two vertical gatefolds and a fold-out poster measuring some 25 x 40 inches. This first printing is limited to 3,000 cloth bound copies.” – Nazraeli Press  
                 

#11857-5754 from the series Bright Black World

 Photograph © 2018 Todd Hido

Pre-Order Here: www.nazraeli.com

Also available as a Special Edition featuring a signed and numbered original photograph, presented with a signed copy of the book in a custom clamshell box. 

#BestPhotoBooks2018

LESLIE JEAN-BART : Memories of Childhood

 

'The Pull from The Sea'

© Leslie Jean-Bart 2018
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'Strolling' and 'Contrasting Views'

© Leslie Jean-Bart 2018

"The sea is magical to me. That is something I became aware of at an extremely early age when my older brother and I started to swim in the ocean where, during the summer in Haiti, we would spend countless hours of absolute delight. These memories have nourished and sustained me somehow. By the sea I can regain my balance, by the sea I can think clearer, by the sea I can create, and by the sea I can be a child again without care what others may think." – Leslie Jean-Bart

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One of my favorite photographers, Leslie Jean-Bart, is featured in the "Portfolio Showcase" exhibition ‘Memories of Childhood’ at Davis Orton Gallery. Also showing are Michal Greenboim,  Kev Filmore and Flynn Larsen. Opening Celebration and Artist Talk Saturday April 7th from 5-7pm.

‘Memories of Childhood’

 Michal Greenboim and Kev Filmore

 Leslie Jean-Bart and Flynn Larsen

April 7th - May 6th, 2018

Davis Orton Gallery

Hudson, NY

LYDIA PANAS : Studio Bizio Edinburgh Scotland

NICHOLE WITH DRAGON FRUIT + LETTUCE 2016

© LYDIA PANAS

FAMILY PICTURES : ITALIAN SERIES 1995

© LYDIA PANAS

QUINN WITH DRAGON FRUIT 2016

© LYDIA PANAS

...for in every woman, there is a girl. – Salma Hayek
                                 

Lydia Panas is a highly respected fine art photographer whose work has been shown in numerous museums, including the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery in London.  Residing in the United States she has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors including a Whitney Museum Independent Study Fellowship and the Taylor Wessing Portrait Competition at the National Portrait Gallery.

The cross section of work exhibited at Studio Bizio spans a period of twenty years and provides viewers with insight into the depth of the artist’s voice.  The works selected for the exhibit are from four separate bodies of work, shown for the first time in the UK.  The works are melancholy with a clear eloquence of the subjects, human or otherwise.  Lydia Panas lives on her family’s rural estate and chooses to photograph her subjects with an earnestness that is all but indistinguishable from love. She has been active professionally as a fine art photographer since the 1980’s. 

LYDIA PANOS

Gallery Opening Exhibition

March 15th, 2018, 6-9pm

through April 30, 2018

STUDIO BIZIO

20a Raeburn Place

Stockbridge, Edinburgh EH4 1HU

Director:  Joanna Black

RSVP # 0777-558-3675

Our framer Kate with one of Lydia’s images

New Gallery "Studio Bizio" opens in Edinburgh

I first started corresponding with Studio Bizio Gallery Director Joanna Black in 2011 from seeing her own photographs on a blog post back in the day. Many of you will remember her as a photographer at Review Santa Fe, or top 200 finalist for Critical Mass and the IPA Awards. Congratulations Joanna Black on your new venture!!!

MAGGIE STEBER : Half King Photo Series + The Leica Store San Francisco

from The Secret Garden of Lily LaPalma series

Photograph © Maggie Steber

from The Secret Garden of Lily LaPalma series

Photograph © Maggie Steber

 from The Secret Garden of Lily LaPalma series

Photograph © Maggie Steber

 from The Secret Garden of Lily LaPalma series

Photograph © Maggie Steber

Maggie Steber / The Secret Garden of Lily LaPalma

at The Half King

 

Maggie Steber is presenting "The Secret Garden of Lily LaPalma", a series of photographs that mark a departure from her previous documentary work. Her exhibit opens at The Half King with a talk by the Steber, led by Anna Van Lenten, HKPS Curator, Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2018, 7:00 PM

As Maggie writes, this project is "about the dark side of me that I have, as of late, begun to re-explore. Without meaning to make them so, these photographs reveal my fears and private memories, wrapped up, not always neatly, in my life. The photographs are done spur of the moment. I go from the gut; and the imperfection of these spontaneous moments reflects what I’m after.​"

"I have let loose a part of me, joyously rebelling against the tyranny of the documentary photography that has described me for decades and defined how I am perceived as an artist. I call on all the things I loved growing up: mysteries, grade B horror films, science fiction, the noir, and sensuous forbidden ideas. I watched Hitchcock, Tarentino, Godard, Fellini, Bunuel and Antonioni, read Shakespeare and Eduardo Galeano and Dante’s Inferno, anything that smacked of the surreal, mystery, intrigue, beauty, danger, and outer space. All these ideas have convened and landed me here in the Secret Garden of Lily LaPalma.​"

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Maggie Steber is an internationally known documentary photographer, educator and photo editor whose work has appeared in major magazines, newspapers and book anthologies as well as national and international exhibitions. She has worked in 67 countries specializing in telling the stories of underrepresented people. Best known for her photo essays in National Geographic magazine and her humanistic documentation of Haiti, she published Dancing on Fire: Photographs from Haiti with Aperture. Steber has worked as a picture editor for Associated Press, a contract photographer for Newsweek, and as the Director of Photography at The Miami Herald.

Her work is included in the Library of Congress. Grants and numerous awards include: a 2017-2018 Guggenheim, a 2007 Knight Foundation grant to design prototype for New American Newspaper and website, and a 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Miami Herald coverage of Elian Gonzalez story, first prize Spot News World Press Photo Foundation for Haiti, the Leica Medal of Excellence, first prize Magazine News/Documentary NPPA PICTURES OF THE YEAR and recipient of grants from Alicia Patterson Foundation and Ernst Haas Photography.

Maggie Steber / The Secret Garden of Lily LaPalma
Exhibit Opening and Talk
Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2018, 7:00 PM
Talk led by Anna Van Lenten, HKPS Curator

The Half King Photo Series
505 West 23rd Street, NYC

* Text courtesy of The Half King 

Maggie Steber

The Secret Garden of Lily LaPalma

at The Leica Store

San Francisco

through April 7, 2018

LESLIE JEAN-BART : "Memories and Mysteries" at Wilmer Jennings Gallery at Kenkeleba

Motivation of Imbalance

"Memories and Mysteries"Exhibition at

The Wilmer Jennings Gallery at Kenkeleba

Skip The Worry

from the "Reality and Imagination” series

Leslie Jean-Bart

  The Light Within

from the "Reality and Imagination” series

Leslie Jean-Bart 

"Creativity of the Younger Generation"

Leslie Jean-Bart 

 

Photographers Beuford Smith and Leslie Jean-Bart

  Seeker

from the "Reality and Imagination” series 

Leslie Jean-Bart  

 Photographers Herb Robinson (left) with Leslie Jean-Bart (center)

and Cinematographer Jeffrey Akers

Corrine Jennings, Director Wilmer Jennings Gallery

with photographer Herb Robinson

Charlotte Allan viewing Leslie Jean-Bart's prints

Photo: William Avedon

 Artist Joe Overstreet and Corrine Jennings

with photographer Herb Robinson

 Leslie Jean-Bart (photographs) and Alex Mendoza's (paintings)

"Memories and Mysteries" Artist Reception

Artist Reception 

Photo and Video: Charlotte Allan

 

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Photographer Beuford Smith with Artist Joe Overstreet.

Smith recently received "The Culture of Legacy Award"

from the Griffin Museum of Photography

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Leslie Jean-Bart and Alex Mendoza
"Memories and Mysteries"

December 6, 2017 – January 20, 2018 

Wilmer Jennings Gallery at Kenkeleba

219 E 2nd St. 

(between Avenues B and C)
New York, N.Y.10009

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 Joe Overstreet and Corrine Jennings established Kenkeleba House

Kenkeleba House was established by Artists Joe Overstreet and his wife, Corrine Jennings, Director of the Wilmer Jennings Gallery (the sister gallery named for Corrine Jennings's artist-father).

"Named for a West African plant believed to possess spiritual powers, Kenkeleba House is dedicated to the exhibition of artworks by African-American, Latino, Asian-American and Native American artists. Kenkeleba House sponsors six to ten exhibitions a year. Educational programs such as artist talks, demonstrations, performances and lectures are often supplement the exhibits. An outdoor sculpture garden enlivens the property. A satellite space, the Wilmer Jennings Gallery, is across the street at number 219.

Kenkeleba House New York

214 East 2nd Street

(between Avenues B and C)

New York, N.Y.10009

212-674-3939

*all snapshots © 2017 Elizabeth Avedon

except where indicated

ANNE BERRY | CHARLES DARWIN | PRIMATES @ 21ST EDITIONS

 Primates © Anne Berry

  Primates © Anne Berry

 Primates © Anne Berry

Like Anne Berry, Charles Darwin believed in the emotional lives of animals. In 1872, he published a groundbreaking study, one of the first of its kind, on animal expressions. Darwin took seriously the notion that dogs, cats, and apes felt joy and experienced fear, if not exactly as humans do, then at least in ways that suggest our kinship. One of Darwin’s more remarkable innovations in this book was his use of photography. He knew how exaggerated illustrations could be. But a photograph would be difficult to ignore. Concerning human empathy especially, the photograph had tremendous cachet. It was a genius move that set the standard for illustrated books of all kinds. Berry’s photographs follow in Darwin’s spirit. Her apes are shy, ardent, sad, serious, inquisitive, and thoughtful. Darwin’s text and Berry’s photography are an essential pairing. They inspire a humanity more worthy of the animals.

Berry spent several years traveling across Europe and America, stopping at small zoos to photograph the primates you see here. The smaller zoos allowed Berry more one-on-one time with her subjects—not an easy thing to do in large zoos where hundreds of sticky toddlers cram against the glass and teachers wrangle their third grade classes from elephants to zebras. Sometimes Berry would wait for days to get the right shot, which meant connecting beyond the glass-as-cage as well as the glass-as-lens. The results were worth the wait. Few photographers have captured (but no, let’s not use that word)—few photographers have communicated the depth and complexity of primate emotions as Berry has. – Collier Brown 

Anne Berry | Charles Darwin

11 bound and 8 loose, signed platinum prints
2 ambrotype presentations

Edition of 17

21st Editions

The Art of the Book

BEN LOWY: FotoFest Biennial 2016

 Walkscape © Ben Lowy

Walkscape © Ben Lowy

Walkscape © Ben Lowy

 Walkscape © Ben Lowy

  BEN LOWY WALKSCAPES

As Seen at FotoFest Biennial 2016

"We live in a time of radical documentation; cameras are within easy reach and CCTVs record our every move. Our landscape and street corners are painstakingly documented. Time and space are mere elements to be observed, recorded and stored away. My response has been to deconstruct and compress all these elements into a kaleidoscope of overlapping imagery. Walkscapes presents both sides of our visual tendencies: the obsessive documentation of the quotidian, and our growing need to retain a modicum of anonymity. The images are made from 30-100 merged pictures taken as I walk down a city block. All are made “in-phone” at the moment of capture."– Ben Lowy

Lowy Images Walkscapes

 "The world is over documented. I aim to compress the space"

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LORETTA AYEROFF: Photography at LACMA, Class Starting September 13th

Mountain View, Edris Drive

Los Angeles: Dedicated To Raymond Chandler

Photograph © Loretta Ayeroff

Pool and Cactus

The Motel Series, Desert Hot Springs, Ca

Photograph © Loretta Ayeroff

Hollywood and Highland, From My Car

Photograph © Loretta Ayeroff

Orange Umbrella

The Motel Series, Desert Hot Springs, Ca

Photograph © Loretta Ayeroff

"If I lived in L.A., I wouldn't miss this class!"–Elizabeth Avedon

Outdoor Photography at LACMA 

With Loretta Ayeroff

Create a body of work, inspired by LACMA’s collections. Simplify camera controls and design principles to best express your vision. Includes 4 daytime on-campus photo shoots and 1 twilight (late afternoon) class. All camera formats welcomed. The class will be guided by fine art and editorial photographer, Loretta Ayeroff.

5 Saturdays: September 13, 27, October 11*, 18, 25. LACMA, classes meet on the Los Angeles Times Central Court | 10 am–1 pm; *except the October 11th class will be held from 5 to 8 pm. Bring your camera manual to the first class. Parking fees included in tuition; limited enrollment. Tickets: #323-857-6010. Online here

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"Loretta Ayeroff is an editorial and fine art photographer based in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times; Los Angeles, California, New West, and Westways Magazines, amongst other publications. She has taught photography at UCLA Extension; Otis College of Art+Design, Continuing Education Dept., where she ran the AFA Photography Certificate Program for several years; currently teaching at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Loretta has coordinated documentary film series for Otis College of Art+Design and The J. Paul Getty Museum. Her personal work is in several permanent collections, including the Palm Springs Art Museum, where she was included in “Backyard Oasis: The Swimming Pool in Southern California Photography, 1945-1982” part of the 2012 Getty Trust Initiative “Pacific Standard Time: Art in Los Angeles, 1945-1980.” She considers the camera her best friend."

Loretta Ayeroff Website

Sid Caesar, Men Series, 1985

Photograph © 1985 Loretta Ayeroff

Ansel Adams, Men Series, 1980

Photograph © 1980 Loretta Ayeroff

The Men Series Website

SUSAN MAY TELL: Appalachia and The Rust Belt

Appalachian Mist, Altoona Pennsylvania, 2012

Photograph (c) Susan May Tell

Mama's Kitchen, Elkins, West Virginia, 2012

Photograph (c) Susan May Tell

Replica, Elkins, West Virginia, 2012

Photograph (c) Susan May Tell

The Spirit of Brownton, Brownton, West Virginia, 2012

Photograph (c) Susan May Tell

Steel Mill Memories, Steubenville, Ohio, 2012

Photograph (c) Susan May Tell

"SEEN AND FELT: Appalachia, 2012" is a portfolio of photographs of contemporary rural Appalachia and the Rust Belt: West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The photos were taken with Tri-X (b+w) film in my Leica during a summer journey in 2012. The prints are gelatin silver. – Susan May Tell

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A few summer's ago, Fine Art Photographer Susan May Tell disappeared for several months. I'm used to hearing from or read about Susan everywhere and often. As a former freelance photo-journalist for The New York Times (eventually covering the Middle East), Life Magazine, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Agence France Presse, Crain’s New York Business, the Washington Post, and finally on staff for The New York Post covering Sports, May Tell knows her way around "Photography." Now, as ASMP-NY’s Fine Art Chair, she organizes and moderates some of the best Fine Art Photography Conversations in New York, including an extraordinary evening with panelist's Howard Greenberg (Howard Greenberg Gallery owner), Jeff Rosenheim (Curator of Photographs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art), and Brian Wallis (Chief Curator at the International Center of Photography). Involved in all aspects of creating the successful ASMP-NY's Fine Art Portfolio Reviews twice a year, May Tell also advises about great photo exhibitions around town in her monthly Newsletter.

But one summer she just vanished. No emails, no phone calls, no news on Facebook. Months went by. Silence. More silence. And then slowly, a few posts letting us know she was in the darkroom with hundreds of rolls of film. And months after that, a few emails to say she was (still) editing hundreds or more images. Much later, she posted the results on her website of her 4,000 mile road trip through Appalachia (!) sleeping in campsites and sometimes sleeping in her car. You can read an excellent Interview with Susan May Tell that explains all about it. It's an informative and great read...begin HERE

Susan May Tell

and

An Interview with Susan May Tell

and check out her moving Series: 

"A Requiem: Tribute to the Spiritual Space at Auschwitz"