MARK LAITA: Amaranthine, Sea, and Serpentine

Black Pakistan Cobra, 2010
Photograph (c)Mark Laita. Courtesy Fahey|Klein Gallery

Photograph (c)Mark Laita. Courtesy Fahey|Klein Gallery

Fahey|Klein Gallery will exhibit three new bodies of work from photographer Mark Laita: Amaranthine, Sea, and Serpentine. "In Amaranthine, Laita expertly documents over 100 species of birds from several natural history museums’ ornithological archives. Serpentine is a collection of images of the seductive and mythological snake. And in Sea, his photographs reveal the ethereal and otherworldly nature of sea life. Sea, will be published by Abrams in the Fall/ Winter of 2011."

Fahey|Klein Gallery
July 28 - September 3

SARA JANE BOYERS: Finding Chinatown

Stacked Chairs, Hanford CA 2009
Photograph (c) Sara Jane Boyers

Pork Delivered, Downtown NYC 2006
Photograph (c) Sara Jane Boyers

I am fascinated by the light, vibrance and history of the Chinatowns. The vitality of each living, changing community and the general welcoming nature of those who pass through inspire me always. –Sara Jane Boyers

"Sara Jane Boyers began this series, Finding Chinatown, in San Francisco in 2001, home to the oldest Chinatown in America and the largest Chinese community outside of Asia. This initial examination awakened Boyers’ childhood memories of visiting the Los Angeles Chinatown near her father’s downtown office, and inspired her to begin a tour of Chinatowns across North America. Over the past decade Boyers has photographed fifty Chinatowns in the United States and Canada."

Finding Chinatown | Photographs by Sara Jane Boyers
July 30 – September 3, 2011
CRAIG KRULL GALLERY, Santa Monica

JEFF JACOBSON: The Last Roll + Melting Point

Photograph (c) Jeff Jacobson

Photograph (c) Jeff Jacobson

Shanghai, China, 2002 from the series Melting Point
Photograph (c) Jeff Jacobson

"In his book, Melting Point (Nazraeli Press, 2006), Jeff Jacobson writes of over 20 years observations of what he describes as “a meltdown period, when old norms of politics, religion and even photography are changing…. In working from the paradox of a curious melding of beauty and fear these photographs emerged.” Of Melting Point, Mark Feeney in the Boston Globe writes: “For all his theatricality, Jacobson is as much realist as expressionist. In strictly visual terms, these images are highly arresting. Seen also in technical terms, they become objects of wonder.”

from the series The Last Roll. Photograph (c) Jeff Jacobson

"In 2004, Jeff Jacobson was diagnosed with lymphoma...As Jeff recovered, “my photographic universe expanded to the yard, the street, the river and into Woodstock.” In 2006, Kodak announced it had discontinued the film, Kodachrome, that Jeff had used throughout his career. He purchased and stored as much film as he could. “Coming to the twin realizations that my time on the planet and my supply of film are both finite had a liberating effect on me.” Since then, Jeff has concentrated on what he holds most dear: his family, home and the earth. The Last Roll is a project that is just about complete and will be the content of his next book. Many of the images from this series will be seen for the first time at the Davis Orton Gallery."

Jac0bson's photographs are in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis MN, George Eastman House, Rochester NY and the Smithsonian Institute, among others. His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Fortune, Time, Geo, Stern and Life. Jeff Jacobson Photography

Melting Point and The Last Roll

August 5– September 4
Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson NY

BAI HUA: Observable Imagination

from the series Observable Imagination

Photograph (c) 2011 Bai Hua/All Rights Reserved
(click images to enlarge)

from the series Observable Imagination
Photograph (c) 2011 Bai Hua/All Rights Reserved

from the series Observable Imagination
Photograph (c) 2011 Bai Hua/All Rights Reserved

Photographer Bai Hua, was born and raised in Haikou Shi, in the Hainan Province of China. He studied Art and Design at the Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai, before recently completing his Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Digital Photography at The School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Hua describes himself as a naturally curious person. Driven by this curiosity in his series Observable Imagination, he describes the person in each photograph as performing a double role, as both the terminal of observation and the starting point of imagination. I was very impressed viewing Hua's very large prints (40" X 71") from this series, one of which is chosen for an upcoming group exhibition curated by Michael Foley (details below).

Bai Hua Photo Website

Gallery Exhibition | Curated by Michael Foley
October 21-Nov 12, 2011 | 209 East 23rd St, NYC

BOJUNE KWON: Neurosis In The City

Photograph (c) Bojune Kwon/All Rights Reserved
(click images to enlarge)

Photograph (c) Bojune Kwon/All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) Bojune Kwon/All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) Bojune Kwon/All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) Bojune Kwon/All Rights Reserved

In spite of the flood of people that inhabit the city, I am often struck by the difficulty of finding happiness and making real connections with others. However, I find myself getting used to a feeling of indifference to others, and think that it might be natural that people do not make every effort to know each other in this environment. My images of people, without clearly visible facial expressions, explore what I see as the nature of a city and our existence within it. I am interested in the neurosis that the modern city has generated. –Bojune Kwon

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Bojune Kwon is a freelance and fine-art photographer with a professional background in commercial photography. He was born in South Korea and majored in Photography at Kyungil University in Korea. He recently completed his Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Digital Photography at The School of Visual Arts and is now based in New York City.

Bojune explained how he creates his images, "Each photograph is made up of a composite of about a hundred images taken in the same place. To capture the various facial expressions, I usually took six hundred photographs for one image." This work will be on display in an upcoming group exhibition curated by Michael Foley.

Bojune Photography Website

October 21-Nov 12, 2011
Gallery Exhibition | Curated by Michael Foley
209 East 23rd St, NYC

LENS CULTURE: International Exposure Awards Exhibition in Dumbo

Photograph (c) Jessica Hines, from the series My Brother’s War
Grand Prize, Portfolio Category

Photograph(c)Martine Fougeron, from the series Tête-à-Tête: After-Prom 09
Grand Prize, Single Image Category

Photograph (c) Julia Fullerton-Batten, Dressing Gown, 2009
Honorable Mention

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Lens Culture International Exposure Award-winners on display at VII Photo:
31 Contemporary Photographers

"An eclectic and diverse group show of award-winning photographic work by 31 photographers from 12 countries will be on display at VII Photo. An international jury of seven photography experts selected the winning photographs from more than 6,500 photographs submitted by photographers in 47 countries." Jim Casper, founder of the Awards, said: "The winning photos represent a truly multifaceted snapshot of contemporary photography as it is being practiced in various cultures around the world today.”

Portfolio Category Award Winners: Grand Prize: Jessica Hines, 2nd Prize: Carolle Benitah, 3rd Prize: Louisa Marie Summer. Single Image Category Award Winners: Grand Prize: Martine Fougeron, 2nd Prize: Albertina d’Urso, 3rd Prize: Anne Berry. Honorable Mention Awards (in alphabetical order): Susan Bank, David Carol, Ellie Davies, Frank Day, Bruno De Cock, Margaret de Lange, Dan Dubowitz, Joachim Froese, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Kevin Greenblat, Daisuke Ito, Mary Shannon Johnstone, David Lazar, Sebastian Liste, Adam Magyar, Rania Matar, Justin Maxon, Bill McCullough, Marcia Michael, David Rochkind, Julian Roeder, Evzen Sobek, Miki Soejima, Ian Teh, Jan von Holleben

VII Gallery
28 Jay Street, Dumbo-Brooklyn, NY
July 14-September 2

KAI WANG: INTERSECTION

Photograph (c) Kai Wang /All Rights Reserved
(click images to enlarge)

Photograph (c) Kai Wang /All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) Kai Wang /All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) Kai Wang /All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) Kai Wang /All Rights Reserved

For the first few days after I arrived in New York from Taipei, I was in an almost hallucinatory state—the combined effect of jet lag and unfamiliarity with a city for which I had always had a long‐distance affection. I was overwhelmed by all the sights I knew only from movies, TV, and photographs.–Kai Wang

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After finishing his bachelor’s degree in psychology and working as a professional photographer in Taipei for years, Taiwan-born Kai Wang moved to New York City to refine his artistic vision.

Recipient of awards for his work, Wang is sought after for his high level of technical expertise. He specializes in product and still life photography, as well as architectural subjects and interiors. He recently completed his Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Digital Photography at The School of Visual Arts and is now based in New York City as a commercial photographer. This work will be on display in an upcoming group exhibition curated by Michael Foley (details below).

Kai-Wang Photography

October 21-Nov 12, 2011
Gallery Exhibition | Curated by Michael Foley

209 East 23rd St, NYC

DAVID FAHEY: Hasted Kraeutler Gallery

Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Coyocán, Mexico City, 1982
Photograph © David Fahey

Fahey/Klein Gallery owner David Fahey's beautiful portrait of Photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo is hanging in the current exhibition, Don't Quit Your Day Job, showing work BY Gallery owners. Also included are Brian Clamp, Janet Russek, and Jack Shainman, among others. A must see if you are in NYC this summer.

Don't Quit Your Day Job

Hasted Kraeutler Gallery, New York
July 7 - August 19

MARJORIE SALVATERRA: Clark | Oshin Gallery

Gwen, 2010
Photograph © Marjorie Salvaterra

Screaming Man, 2011
Photograph © Marjorie Salvaterra

“...a fine line between sanity and insanity...”– Virginia Heckert, Associate Curator of Photography at The Getty Center

“When most girls were reading Judy Blume, I was reading the DSM," says Salvaterra. "It lists all the psychological disorders and their symptoms. Diagnosis is made on the number of symptoms. And yet, it is easy to go through the list of symptoms for the various disorders and think, ‘that could be me.’ Are we all a little crazy -- at least at certain moments in our lives? Is it nurture vs. nature? Some believe people are either born sane or insane. Others believe we are all born perfect and it's the things that happen in our lives that damage us. I tend to believe the latter. In each portrait, I am looking for that line in each person: the part of ourselves that we tend to hide, the part that scares us, the part that is usually saved for the people closest to us - the ones that know our secrets.”

Marjorie Salvaterra Exhibition through July 7

Clark | Oshin Gallery at The Icon

NICHOLAS VREELAND: NY Leica Gallery

Nicholas Vreeland Exhibition
Informal Artist Talk, May 21, 3-5 PM
Leica Gallery, NY

plans for the opening wall

Return To The Roof of the World
Photographs by Nicholas Vreeland
Curated by Elizabeth Avedon
April 22 - June 4

Leica Gallery • 670 Broadway • NYC
La Lettre de la Photographie: Nicholas Vreeland
www.nicholasvreeland.com

LEICA GALLERY: Return To the Roof of the World | Photographs by Nicholas Vreeland

(right) Khyongla Rato Rinpoche and (left) Photographer and Buddhist monk, Nicholas Vreeland, in front of Vreeland's portrait of HH The Dalai Lama taken with a 5x7 Deardorff camera in Dharamsala, India in 1979.

(left) Pyramid, Tibet, 2003. (top right) Road To Reting, Tibet, 2003. (bottom right) Devotee's Welcome Rinpoche, Tibet, 2003. Photographs (c) Nicholas Vreeland (click images to enlarge)

(center) Prostrating, Amdo, Tibet, 2003
Photographs (c) Nicholas Vreeland

(center) Formal Greeting, Gen Gendun Gyatso and Khyongla Rato Rinpoche, Labrang Tashi Kyil, Amdo, Tibet, 2003. Photographs (c) Nicholas Vreeland (click images to enlarge)

Exhibition Walls
Leica Gallery, New York April 22 - June 4

(left) His Holiness The 14th Dalai lama, 1979. (right) Serkong Tsenshab Rinpoche (b.1914, d.1983), Dharamsala, India, 1979. Photographs (c) Nicholas Vreeland (click images to enlarge)

“I used to consider myself an aspiring photographer,
however I became a Buddhist monk.”– Ven. Nicholas Vreeland

Return To The Roof of the World
Photographs by Nicholas Vreeland
Curated by Elizabeth Avedon
April 22 - June 4
Leica Gallery • 670 Broadway • NYC

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La Lettre de la Photographie: Nicholas Vreeland
www.nicholasvreeland.com

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Leica Gallery

Limited Edition Prints available
16x20: edition of 25
20x24: edition of 20
30x40: edition of 10

SATURDAY: Art + Photography

ASYA GEISBERG GALLERY: Chelsea
First Class / Second Class: March 31 - May 7

Glamour Break Diva, 2009
Photograph (c) Ruben Natal-San Miguel

Blass & Co. (Bill Blass, Nancy Kissinger, Mica Ertegun and Duane Hampton at the Seventh on Sale benefit, New York City), 1995 Photograph (c) Miles Ladin

Nan Kempner at the International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show, 1995
Photograph (c) Miles Ladin

Wrestling Dalton, 2006
Photograph (c) Chris Verene

First Class/Second Class: Curated by Asya Geisberg and Leah Oates, includes Chris Verene, Rebecca Morgan, Miles Ladin, Devin Troy Strother, Ruben Natal-San Miguel, Holly Jarrett, Conor McGrady, and Brian Shumway. Asya Geisberg Gallery 537B West 23rd St NYC

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STEVEN KASHER GALLERY: Chelsea
Phyllis Galembo / Maske: March 2 - April 2

Zambia, 2007
Photograph (c) Phyllis Galembo

Reflection in the window – the illusive John A Bennette, NY Photography Collector and SlowExposures PhotoFestival Curator at the Steven Kasher Gallery, 521 West 23rd NYC

Zambia, 2007
Photograph (c) Phyllis Galembo

Phyllis Galembo: Maske, an exhibition featuring recent photographs by Phyllis Galembo, large-scale color prints presenting African and Haitian figures in indigenous masquerade costume. Steven Kasher Gallery, 521 West 23rd NYC

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FINCH + ADA: Chelsea
The Pleasure Is All Mine: March 24 - April 8

Photograph (c) Jonathan Levitt

from the series "Spring Fever"
Photograph (c) Aline Smithson

Photograph (c) Toby Burrows

Photograph (c) Dolly Faibyshev

The Pleasure is All Mine: Curated by Elizabeth Barragan & Kathleen Mahoney-Cobb, includes Toby Burrows, Bill Durgin, Dolly Faibyshev, C. Finley, Maciek Jasik, Jan von Holleben, Jonathan Levitt, Diane Russo, Aline Smithson, Rachel Styer, Justin Walker, Rachael Warner, Jill Waterman and Logan White. Finch & Ada, 548 W. 28th St., Space A, Ground Floor, NYC

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ALLEGRA LaVIOLA GALLERY: Lower East Side
Jennifer Riley / Fire-Fangled Feathers: March 23 - April 30

Hermitage, 2011
Painting: Jennifer Riley

2011 Pastel Drawings
Drawings: Jennifer Riley

“Fire-Fangled Feathers”, painter Jennifer Riley maintains her exploration of line, color, shape and space in a series of new paintings and pastels. Allegra LaViola Gallery, 179 East Broadway NYC

MARGARET McCARTHY: Late Night Animals

LATE NIGHT ANIMALS 1

Photograph by Margaret McCarthy

LATE NIGHT ANIMALS 3

Photograph by Margaret McCarthy

LATE NIGHT ANIMALS 5
Photograph by Margaret McCarthy

"This series began as a visual journal; I found myself drawn to the humor, wackiness and pathos in the spectacle of wild animals as guests on late night talk TV. The animals are often brought on as TV guests with the best of intentions: to educate the mass TV audience. Often these species are perilously close to extinction. I found myself wondering: does our culture handle the vanishing of a species by giving them 15 minutes of fame before they are gone for good? In these pictures, I try to speak to our conflicted reactions about co-existing with wildness and the natural world, and the irony of a culture that seems to love these animals to death but can't seem to leave them alone." – Margaret McCarthy

LATE NIGHT ANIMALS
Raandesk Gallery thru April 23
16 W. 23rd St, NYC