HASSELBLAD MASTERS of PHOTOGRAPHY 2009 Finalists Exhibition: NYC Oct. 22

Fairgrounds (c) Sean Perry / Fine Art Category
Finalist, Hasselblad Masters Award 2009

Fireman (c) Brad Wilson / Portraits Category
Finalist, Hasselblad Masters Award 2009

The Hasselblad Masters Award is one of the most prestigious awards in the industry, each year celebrating the best in both established and rising photographic talent. Masters Awards are given in recognition of a photographer's contribution to the art of photography and are judged on overall photographic ability, encompassing creativity, composition, conceptual strength, and technical skill.

HASSELBLAD CELEBRATION OF PHOTOGRAPHY
October 22 10 am-10 pm

NYC Oct 22: Hasselblad will be presenting their Hasselblad Masters of Photography 2009 Finalists Exhibition during the Photo Plus Expo in NYC. This all-day event at Milk Studios Penthouse (450 West 15th St, NYC), includes an exclusive portfolio review with Bruce Davidson, Master 2008 photographer August Bradley is giving a exclusive live fashion/portrait photo seminar, Master 2001 photographer Michael Grecco will talk about work flow during a live shooting and throughout the day hands-on demos of Hassy gear, live model shooting and an early look at this year's finalist in each category, 100 images from 100 photographers. REGISTER HERE

Hasselblad Masters of Photography 2009 Finalist GALLERY

Photographs above are two of the 100 finalists in 10 different categories for the 2009 Hasselblad Masters of Photography: Top: Sean Perry/Fairgrounds, Bottom: Brad Wilson/Firemen

Hasselblad Masters of Photography 2009: Hong Kong Exhibition Video

EWA ZEBROWSKI: Another Place

Vedute di Venezia Project
Copyright (c) Ewa Zabrowski /All Rights Reserved

The Girl In The Landscape Project
Copyright (c) Ewa Zabrowski /All Rights Reserved

The Girl In The Landscape Project
Copyright (c) Ewa Zabrowski /All Rights Reserved

In the last few years writers like Robert Frost, Anne Michaels, Joseph Brodsky, and Mark Strand have influenced my way of looking and have brought me inspiration. Reading continually nurtures my artistic practice.

"EWA ZEBROWSKI's thoughtful photographs are like her elegant books - each one is a refined world within itself. Her work imparts in us a quiet and ineffable desire. We wish to be within the world she photographs."– Sam Abell

Books by Ewa Zebronski
Ewa Monika Zebrowski Website

ANDREW PHELPS: Cross–Cultural

From the series "Not Niigata" 2009

Photograph (c) Andrew Phelps/All rights reserved

From the series "Not Niigata" 2009
Photograph (c) Andrew Phelps/All rights reserved

From the series "Not Niigata" 2009
Photograph (c) Andrew Phelps/All rights reserved

Austria, 2004
Photograph (c) Andrew Phelps/All rights reserved

From the series "Not Niigata" 2009
Photograph (c) Andrew Phelps/All rights reserved

When traveling in a foreign place, I tend to be fascinated with both the exotic and the mundane. The two are often one and the same, especially in a place where the gap between old and new is astronomical. In most modern societies, tradition, history, and religion have etched a deep set of rituals and codes which are being tested and expanded as cultural homogenization begins to question set systems and ideologies. My interests in Niigata, and Japan in general, lie within documenting this gap.

ANDREW PHELPS is an American photographer living in Austria. I discovered his work through his blog BUFFET. There's a great INTERVIEW with Andrew Phelps by Daniel Augschöll and Anya Jasbär in Ahorn Magazine here. Andrew Phelps WEBSITE

MICHAEL BÜHLER-ROSE: Constructing The Exotic

Kumari, Alachua, FL. 2006
Copyright (c) Michael Bühler-Rose /All Rights Reserved

The Conversation, Alachua, FL. 2006
Copyright (c) Michael Bühler-Rose /All Rights Reserved

Afternoon in Alachua, Alachua, FL. 2007
Copyright (c) Michael Bühler-Rose /All Rights Reserved

Michael Bühler-Rose, received a Fulbright Fellowship to India and obtained his BFA (2005) from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Tufts University. At present, he is a Graduate Alumni Fellow at the University of Florida (MFA, 2008), critic and Assistant Professor, Department of Photography, at the Rhode Island School of Design. He's an accomplished photographer who has been collected, exhibited, and published internationally. He received a Humble Arts Foundation Grant for Emerging Photographers to support this project.

October 2-November 24, 2009
Michael Bühler-Rose | Constructing the Exotic
Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, St. Augustine

Michael Bühler-Rose Website
Whitewall Magazine: Construction of the Exotic

PELLE CASS: Selected People

Frog Pond, Boston Common
Copyright (c) Pelle Cass /All Rights Reserved

Celeste's Friends
Copyright (c) Pelle Cass /All Rights Reserved

Football, Cypress Field, Brookline, MA
Copyright (c) Pelle Cass /All Rights Reserved

Each of the pictures in the series Selected People is a composite of around a hundred or more exposures of unposed people taken over periods that range from five minutes to several days. With the camera on a tripod, I take dozens of pictures. Back in the studio with Photoshop, I leave in exactly the figures I choose, always in the precise position of the original scene. I organize the figures in my scenes by the color of their clothing, by mood, age, attractiveness, gesture, position, race, or even just by oddness. The result is both the product of imagination and a document of fact.

Pelle Cass was awarded a Yaddo residency for 2010 to work on his Selected People Project. Cass was named a 2009 Critical Mass Top 50 photographer by Photolucida, Portland, OR. Pelle Cass Website

TOD PAPAGEORGE: Digital In Rome

Largo Carlo Goldoni

Copyright (c) Tod Papageorge /All Rights Reserved

At The Trevi Fountain
Copyright (c) Tod Papageorge /All Rights Reserved

In The Pantheon
Copyright (c) Tod Papageorge /All Rights Reserved

Tod Papageorge and friend
Photograph: Deborah Flomenhaft

Tod Papageorge is the Walker Evans Professor of Photography and Director of Graduate Studies in Photography at the Yale School of Art. This summer he spent six weeks in Rome as the American Academy in Rome Photographer in Residence using a digital camera, a Leica M8.2, for the first time. The American Academy of Rome's website has posted a recent Interview with Tod Papageorge by AAR Mellon Professor Corey Brennan. Read the entire Interview here. More Rome Project Photographs here

More Tod Papageorge links and video clips

HIROSHI WATANABE: Kabuki Players

  Marina Ema & Kazusa Ito, Matsuo KabukiPhotograph (c) 2003 Hiroshi Watanabe

Chikako Suga, Matsuo KabukiPhotograph (c) 2003 Hiroshi Watanabe

 Maiko Takaku, Matsuo Kabuki
Photograph (c) 2003 Hiroshi Watanabe

Rikuto Tada, Matsuo Kabuki
Photograph (c) 2003 Hiroshi Watanabe

Update: 2015

HIROSHI WATANABE  

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photo-eye Gallery
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HIROSHI WATANABE
September 11 - October 31, 2009
CATHERINE EDELMAN GALLERY, CHICAGO
Hiroshi Watanabe Books + Hiroshi Watanabe Website

JASON FLORIO: Makasutu Mecca In The Forest

Makasutu, Gambia (c) Jason Florio/All rights reserved

Makasutu, Gambia (c) Jason Florio/All rights reserved

Makasutu, Gambia (c) Jason Florio/All rights reserved

I have been arrested by the Taliban...ridden into far-flung Afghan valleys in search of nomads with mujahideen as my security, dressed as a woman to cross a border, was at the foot of the Twin Towers as they collapsed, enjoyed the 'comforts' of a Cuban hospital, hunted bats in Surinam, chatted with Somali pirates over Coke and biscuits and danced like a fiend in Beirut nightclubs...among other things.

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JASON FLORIO was born in London and relocated to the USA in 1987. He moved to NYC to pursue photography after seeing Richard Avedon's In The American West exhibition. Jason's Makasutu: Mecca In The Forest Project

Jason Florio Website

DOUGLAS STOCKDALE: Insomnia

Insomnia Shanghai Heights (c) 2009 Douglas Stockdale/All rights reserved

Photograph (c) 2009 Douglas Stockdale/All rights reserved

Photograph (c) 2009 Douglas Stockdale/All rights reserved

An exploration of the feelings of detachment, disassociation, and loneliness that can occur when one leaves their family and home due to the need to travel alone. These feelings can be intensified when the travel also includes multiple time zones, different cultures and customs, changes in food and diet and other physical or emotional differences.

Insomnia: Hotel Noir Web Journal

The Photo Book Web Journal
Douglas Stockdale Website

KEVIN BUBRISKI: Pilgrimage

Tamang Girlfriends, Yarsa Village, Nuwakot, Nepal, 1984
(c) Kevin Bubriski/All rights reserved

Tamang Women, Gatlang Village, Rasuwa, Nepal, 1984
(c) Kevin Bubriski/All rights reserved

Pilgrimage: Looking at Ground Zero
Photographs by Kevin Bubriski / Powerhouse Books

KEVIN BUBRISKI, an American documentary photographer, is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Fulbright Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Asian Cultural Council. Bubriski's work has been exhibited internationally and is in the permanent collections of New York's Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the International Center of Photography; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven; the Center for Creative Photography, Tucson; and the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. Bubriski spent nine years living and photographing in Nepal while also photographing in nearby India, Tibet and Bangladesh. This work can be seen in his books, Portrait of Nepal and Power Places of Kathmandu.

Bubriski's book, Pilgrimage: Looking At Ground Zero, images shot following 9/11 in the streets surrounding Ground Zero in NYC, was recently reviewed in The Photo Book by Douglas Stockdale here. "In these photos, the World Trade Center is nowhere in evidence, except in the stunned expressions on the faces of the people now confronting the sight of its obliteration."
Power House Books
Kevin Bubriski Website
Fine Art Photography Masters: Bubriski Portfolio

RICHARD RENALDI: Figures and Ground

Curtis, 2007 (c) Richard Renaldi/All rights reserved

Jared and Glen, 2007 (c) Richard Renaldi/All rights reserved

Irina and Children, 2008 (c) Richard Renaldi/All rights reserved

RICHARD RENALDI graduated from New York University in 1990 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography. He is now one of the most renowned young portrait photographers working today. His first book, Figure and Ground, was published by Aperture. "Renaldi’s work melds two classic photographic genres—portrait and straight landscape—into a single descriptive frame that speaks as much to a sense of the indi­viduals before the lens as it does to the spaces they inhabit. The omnivorous film-plane of Renaldi’s 8-by-10 camera embraces not only the individuals directly in front of it, but the environment that encompasses them as well. If there is truly a center to the American social landscape, it can be found here, in Renaldi’s precisely rendered portraits." (Aperture Foundation)
Richard Renaldi Books and Website

JEFFREY AARONSON: Borderland

Saguaro Cactus, AIO Highway, Arizona, 2007
(c) Jeffrey Aaronson/All rights reserved

Border Patrol, All Terrain Vehicles, Laredo, Texas, 2008
(c) Jeffrey Aaronson/All rights reserved

Sister Maria, Palomas, Arizona, 2007
(c) Jeffrey Aaronson/All rights reserved

The border between the United States and Mexico is a construct beginning at the Pacific, snaking through the southwest desert and ending in the Gulf of Mexico. The borderland, the zone existing near the frontier, is an area of messy vitality by virtue of the collision of cultures living within it's boundaries. To live in the borderland is to live at the end of the country, the last place before another place starts.

JEFFREY AARONSON was born in Hollywood, California and lives and works in Santa Barbara. He traveled the border of the United States and Mexico, "a region of low-rise towns and deserts dotted with saguaro cacti and aluminum trailers", in search of cultural phenomena. Aaronson's work has been exhibited at Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich and N.Y., Photo Miami, Houston Center for Photographys 27th Anniversary Members Exhibition (Juror´s Commendation from Katharine Ware), David Floria Gallery, Aspen, Colorado and Scope Basel. He was a 2009 Critical Mass Finalist, nominated for the 2009 Santa Fe Prize 2009, won the 2002 Graphis Award from American Photography, among several others. Jeffrey was one of 100 photographers invited to participate in Review Santa Fe 2009. Please click on images to see the photographs enlarged.

Jeffrey Aaronson Website
Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich

MARCIA MARTIN: Lucies Nature Award

Stillness (c) Marcia Martin/All rights reserved

Leaf and Sparkles (c) Marcia Martin/All rights reserved

MARCIA MARTIN won an International Photography Award (The Lucies) in the Nature category for her Portfolio of Floating Leaves. Martin is represented by Contemporary Works. Marcia Martin Website

JOSEF HOFLEHNER: Photographs

Ocean Pools, Taiwan, 2009 (c) Josef Hoflehner/All rights reserved

Santa Monica Pier, Ca, 2009 (c) Josef Hoflehner/All rights reserved

J O S E F H O F L E H N E R.C O M

STEVE McCURRY: Revealing The World

Jodhpur, India, 2004 (c) Steve McCurry/All rights reserved

Weligama, Sri Lanka (c) Steve McCurry/All rights reserved

Africa, 1986 (c) Steve McCurry/All rights reserved

...what matters most is that each picture stands on its own,
with its own place and feeling

"STEVE McCURRY, recognized as one of the world's finest image-makers, has won many of photography's top awards. Best known for his evocative color images, McCurry endeavors to capture the essence of human struggle and joy in the finest documentary tradition. Many of his photographs have become modern icons." (from Magnum Photos). An exhibition of color photographs "The Unguarded Moment" is currently at the Open Shutter Gallery in Durango, Colorado until Oct. 1. The upcoming Special Anniversary Issue of "FOCUS" profiles photographer Steve McCurry.

Steve McCurry Website and Blog

Magnum Photos Portfolio
FOCUS Preview

DAMION BERGER: In The Deep End

Kayta, Stade Nautique Ranier III, Monaco
(c) Damion Berger/All rights reserved

Hula Hoops, Le Roccabella, Monaco (c) Damion Berger/All rights reserved

The human body submerged underwater and illuminated by an ever-changing quality of light provide all the elements for a playful ballet seemingly detached from gravity

In 1995, Londoner DAMION BERGER was offered an assistant position with Helmut Newton while he was still at boarding school in England, a turning point in his life. Assisting both Mr. Newton and moonlighting as a student of Business at the International University of Monaco, eventually led him to New York to study Photography at Parsons School of Design. His work has been featured in PDN, American Photo, Hotshoe, B & W Magazine, The Sunday New York Times and the British Journal of Photography. Editioned Gelatin Silver prints are on view at Bonni Benrubi Gallery, 41 East 57th Street, NYC. Damion Berger was one of 100 photographers invited to participate in Review Santa Fe 2009.

Damion Berger Website
Bonni Benrubi Gallery: Hot Fun In The Summer Time to September 5th

PAUL McDONOUGH: NYC in 35mm b/w

Priest With Dark Glasses, NYC, 1970
(c) Paul McDonough/All rights reserved, Courtesy Sasha Wolf Gallery

Blind Man, Old Woman, Hari Krishnas, NYC, 1972
(c) Paul McDonough/All rights reserved, Courtesy Sasha Wolf Gallery

5th Avenue Parade, Group of Men and Boy, NYC, 1969
(c) Paul McDonough/All rights reserved, Courtesy Sasha Wolf Gallery

Photograph by Garry Winogrand of Tod Papageorge
helping a lady across the street, with Paul McDonough on the right

PAUL McDONOUGH documented life in New York City in 35mm black and white during the late 60's and early 70's. His images capture the "improv theater" feel the city streets had at that time. His introduction into the photography scene, including workshops with Garry Winogrand, came through fellow photographer Tod Papageorge. It's probably fair to say Papageorge influenced McDonough to get into photography after his earlier career as a studio painter. They had known each other literally since kindergarten and grade school. When Tod was 12, his family moved to a house just across the street from Paul's.

In the late 60's and 70's, you would find McDonough, Tod Papageorge, Garry Winogrand and Joel Meyerowitz in the Museum of Modern Art cafe deep in discussion. Before the 2000 MOMA expansion that now brings visitors in by the hordes, the MOMA cafe and sculptor garden was the nicest place in NYC to hang out over coffee. Beautifully designed by Philip Johnson, it had just the right atmosphere. On any given day you could find yourself sitting next to Cartier-Bresson at one table and sculptor Claes Oldenburg at another.

McDonough has been the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. His work is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, the New York Public Library, the Dreyfus Corporation and many other public and private collections. He's taught photography at Yale University, Pratt Institute, Cooper Union, Parsons School of Design and Fordham University. Expect Paul McDonough's book New York, 1968-1978 to be published by Umbrage Editions in 2010.

He is represented by Sasha Wolf Gallery