ALINE SMITHSON: The Interview

Arrangement in Green and Black #2

Portrait of the Photographer’s Mother © Aline Smithson 

Arrangement in Green and Black #17

Portrait of the Photographer’s Mother  © Aline Smithson  

Arrangement in Green and Black #1

Portrait of the Photographer’s Mother © Aline Smithson  

Elizabeth Avedon: What sparked the idea for your series, Arrangement in Green and Black?

Aline Smithson: The idea was sparked when I came across a small print of Arrangement in Gray and Black: Portrait of the Painter's Mother by James McNeil Whistler at a garage sale.  Whistler has always been one of my favorite painters. Revisiting the composition again made me ponder the possibilities of using it in a photographic series. Within an hour, at two other garage sales, I happened upon a leopard coat and hat,a leopard fabric, a cat painting and a chair that was similar to the one in the painting...and I knew it was a sign to proceed.

My patient 85 year-old mother posed in over 20 ensembles, but unfortunately passed away before seeing the finished series. I am grateful for her sense of humor and the time this series allowed us to be together. 

 EA: Which of the 21 was the first?

AS: The first was the leopard coat and hat and the cat painting. I immediately loved the result and it set my imagination on fire.  I would lie awake at night thinking of combinations and scenarios. I was also working on a couple of other series at the same time. It was a period of immense creativity. 
 

Read more L'Oeil de la Photographie here
 

Fur © Aline Smithson  

Lucy with Mountains from Revisiting Beauty © Aline Smithson

As seen in the 2014 PDN Photo Annual 

I first met ALINE SMITHSON several years ago while I was a reviewer for CENTER's annual Review Santa Fe. I was impressed with all of her work using various subjects and styles. I fell in love with her mysterious black and white series, Inside/Out, and Daughter, a photographic journey from childhood to adolescent to adulthood of her daughter Charlotte; and many of her photographs incorporating her family on their yearly vacations on a lake. 

After a career as a New York Fashion Editor, working along side the greats of fashion photography, including Horst, Mario Testino, Patrick Demarchelier, Arthur Elgort, and Bert Stern, ALINE SMITHSON discovered the family Rolleiflex and never looked back. She has exhibited widely including solo shows at the Griffin Museum of Photography, the Center of Fine Art Photography, the Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, the Lishui Festival in China, the Tagomago Gallery in Barcelona and Paris, and the Wallspace Gallery in Seattle and Santa Barbara. And her latest exhibition, Arrangement in Gray and Black: Portrait of the Photographer's Mother, opened at the Davis Orton Gallery in Hudson New York last week.

Aline radiates her own personal power - she is known as a superstar among her peers. While working full-time on her own photography career, she generously promotes and supports the work of mid-career and emerging photographers daily on her award winning journal, LENSCRATCH; as well as giving workshops at the Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) and jurying exhibitions and portfolio reviews around the country. 

I spoke with Aline recently about her ongoing work projects, her upcoming exhibition and her collaboration with her mother. Read our full Interview on L'Oeil de la Photography here.

EXHIBITION
Photographs by Aline Smithson
Arrangement in Gray and Black: Portrait of the Photographer's Mother
May 16 - June 22, 2014
Davis Orton Gallery
114 Warren Street Hudson, NY 12534 USA
 

Also showing:
Photographs by Meg Birnbaum, Sisters of the Commonwealth
 

MEG BIRNBAUM: Sisters of the Commonwealth

Frieda B Fabulous 2013 © Meg Birnbaum

Amanda Tyan-Whip 2012 © Meg Birnbaum

Eunice X and KrisTall Mighty 2012 © Meg Birnbaum

"I discovered the Boston Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in a local magazine. I had never seen anything quite like them before but I knew I wanted to meet and photograph them. I was already fascinated by costuming -the empowerment and permission it gives you to explore other sides of yourself. The Sisters have shown me new ways to think about social activism and giving and I am honored to put their images out into the world. The reception at the Davis/Orton gallery was lively, giving me the opportunity too meet new people and start new conversations." –Meg Birnbaum

"There are 3,000-plus Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence worldwide, with 18 sisters, novices, postulates, and aspirants in the Boston area. For three years, I have walked in gay pride parades with them, screamed encouragements alongside them at Boston’s annual AIDS Walk, accompanied them to fancy fundraising dinners at city hotels, brought friends to their monthly Drag Bingo charity events, and sailed with them while they've sold raffle tickets on Boston harbor cruises....Read and View Meg Birnbaum's Photo Portfolio on L'Oeil de la Photographie

EXHIBITION

Photographs by Meg Birnbaum
Sisters of the Commonwealth
May 16 - June 22, 2014
Davis Orton Gallery
114 Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534

Also showing: Photographs by Aline Smithson

ALAN KLEINBERG: Out All Night

 Caroline Kennedy, 1978

Photograph © Alan Kleinberg

 

Original mock- up of portraits book for Kleinberg made by Marvin Israel

Photographs by Alan Kleinberg

Outlet Gallery's John Silvis with Alan Kleinberg and Susan Forristal,

Hanging the show, May 7, 2014

Carolina Herrera, Studio 54 owner Steve Rubell and Rod Stewart at Studio 54

Photograph 1979 © Alan Kleinberg

I’ve known Alan Kleinberg since I was a teenager in art school in the late sixties. At that time he was one of New York’s most sought-after hairdressers from the prestigious Kenneth salon, working with top fashion photographers and models for Vogue, Glamour and other magazine shoots.

Working with notable photographers such as Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, and Saul Leiter, Kleinberg learned how to handle a camera and develop his own film. He credits Leiter in particular, along with Louis Faurer, with influencing his approach to photography and his interest in human subjects.

He later went on to wear many hats. He was Producer on Jim Jarmusch’s independent art house film, Down by Law; also as Producer, he was a nominee for a Grammy Award with David Byrne, directing the one hour Talking Heads compilation music video “Story Telling Giant” and an MTV Award for “Close to the Edit”. His company, Big Z, was formed with the Academy Award winning film director, Zbigniew Rybczynski, created many innovative music video’s.

I’ve never seen Alan without a camera, usually a Leica. He shoot’s in black and white and everything he shoots is great. His extensive archive is a treasure-trove of the coolest history of New York from the 1970’s through today. 

Alan Kleinberg’s debut exhibition opened at the OUTLET Gallery in Bushwick with 29 black and white images from his vast archive of New York City’s downtown scene during the 1970’s....Read more here on L'Oeil de la Photographie

OUT ALL NIGHT

Photographs by Alan Kleinberg
May 9 - June 1, 2014
Outlet Fine Art Gallery
253 Wilson Avenue Brooklyn NY

ANDERSON+LOW: Black Sand Surfers in Taiwan

Black Sand: Surfers In Taiwan

Published by Lucky Panda Press (March 2014)

Rinaldo Lee

Eddie Chen

 Anderson + Low  

Black Sand: Surfers in Taiwan

"Black Sand is a continuation of Anderson + Low's ongoing studies of sport and of sport as a reflection of both individual and cultural diversity and aspiration; it is an exploration of the new Taiwanese surfing culture."

"The volcanic black sand beaches, the grey sky of the typhoon season and a lead-colored sea provide a natural monochrome backdrop for this new series.The only color in the photographs is found in the surfer's skin and the vibrant design of their surfboards and surfing attire. the resulting images are the antithesis of the archetypal surfing image." –Publisher

ABOUT ANDERSON + LOW

EA: Where did you two meet?

Jonathan Anderson: We met in a photographic facility in London 25 years ago October the 12th this year. We’ve been working as the team 'Anderson + Low' for over twenty years.   

Edwin Low: We submitted some work for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. It was quite unique because it was the first time they accepted Photography as an art form in the Royal Academy. The rest is history.  

Jonathan Anderson: We thought we’d better take ourselves seriously and carry on, so that's where it all started.

ELIZABETH AVEDON: On TIME Magazines 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2014 List

  

TIME Magazines 'Best Twitter Feeds of 2014' list

And thanks for the pretty fine compliments from TIME's Mia Tramz!  

 

"Choosing TIME’s Annual List of the 140 Most Influential Twitter Feeds is never easy, with tens of thousands of contenders, but it’s especially difficult as a greater volume of people, organizations and even bots find innovative ways to stand out. This list contains a wide range of personalities, all chosen by TIME editors from diverse subjects like politics, sports, culture and technology."(TIME.com)

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LAUREN HENKIN: The Park at Foley Gallery

 

The Park 31 © Lauren Henkin

"One photograph stuck with me the most (This Park #31). There was something about the way the branches coexists with the building’s reflection.  There was a harmony between the built and the natural that I hadn’t expected to see in New York. I became very aware, and very sensitized to the architecture that lives on the periphery of the park.  And scale—the extreme differences between the buildings and us...." read more here

The Park 4 © Lauren Henkin

"For me, it’s as much about seeing the light on the softball field as it is about the softball. It’s as much about the deep grooves in the rocks as it is about the rock-climbing.  It’s as much about the sun on your back as it is about sunbathing. My work is not so much about subject.  It’s about developing an intimate relationship with a viewer so that there can be some kind of emotional response to the photographs...." read more here

Read my Interview with Lauren Henkin

on L'Oeil de la Photographie here

Lauren Henkin: The Park   

April 30-June 8, 2014

Foley Gallery

 97 Allen Street, NYC

The Park 35 © Lauren Henkin

FEATURE SHOOT: 101 Photo Industry Professionals You Should Follow on Twitter

Do you want to keep up with what’s happening in the Photo Industry? Then this list of 101 Photo Industry Professionals is for you. I'm honored to be included at #54 with such a heady group!

Feature Shoot included "feeds that are informative, entertaining, and most importantly that offer us a window into the interests and inspirations of some of the most creative people in the photo world. Whether at the pinnacle of their careers or just starting out, the overriding common thread of those that made the list is that they all share a passion for photography and want to share their knowledge and findings with their followers."

The list is in no particular order.

1. Donald R. Winslow / @donaldrwinslow Editor at News Photographer magazine for NPPA. Teaches at John Cabot University & John Felice Rome Center.  2. David Campbell / @davidc7 Visual storytelling, politics, social media. Secretary to World Press Photo 2014 contest jury.  3. Kathy Ryan / @ryan_kathy  Director of Photography at The New York Times Magazine.  4. Ken Geiger / @kengeiger Deputy Director of Photography at National Geographic Magazine and Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer.  5. Michael Wichita / @MichaelWichita Director of Photography for AARP Media in DC.  6. Vaughn Wallace / @vaughnwallace Deputy Photo Editor at Al Jazeera America.  7. Kira Pollack / @KiraPollack Director of Photography and Visual Enterprise at TIME and Executive Producer of Red Border Films. 8. Alessia Glaviano / @AlessiaGlaviano  Senior Photo Editor at Vogue Italia and L’Uomo Vogue.  9. Patrick Witty / @patrickwitty Director of Photography at WIRED.  10. Judith Wesch / @judith_photo Photo Editor at Le Figaro. 11. Yumi Goto / @Yumi_Goto Independent photo documentary/reportage project researcher, coordinator, consultant, editor and curator. 12. Rodrigo Orrantia / @rodrigoorrantia Photography curator, focusing on art photography publication and exhibition projects at DMB and Lucid-ly.  13. Santiago Lyon / @slyon66 Vice President and Director of Photography at The Associated Press.  14. Helen Trompeteler / @htrompeteler Assistant Curator of Photographs at The National Portrait Gallery. 15. Charles Guice / @CharlesGuice  Founder of Charles Guice Contemporary, which features modern and contemporary art, film/video and new media by nationally and internationally recognized visual artists.  16. Fiona Rogers / @Fiona_Rogers  Cultural and Education Manager, Magnum Photos London, and Founder of Firecracker, an online platform supporting European women photographers.  17. Patrick Baz  / @Patrick_Baz MENA Photo Manager for Agence France-Presse; has covered all major Mideast conflicts and crises—Bosnia, Somalia and Afghanistan.  18. Wayne Ford / @wayneford Designer/Creative Director—visual identity and communication.  19. SMBHmag / @BarryWHughes Editor at online photography magazine, SMBHmag (SuperMassiveBlackHole).  20. Emma Bowkett / @emmalbowkett Photo Editor at the Financial Times FT Weekend Magazine.  21. Elizabeth Orcutt / @PixEditor Deputy Picture Editor at The Times, academic artist (photography), PhD student and lecturer at Falmouth University.  22. Brad Smith / @BradSmithSI Director of Photography for Sports Illustrated.  23. Rebecca Mcclelland / @rlmcclelland Group Photo Editor at New Statesman, PCP Associate Lecturer Photo UCA, and Creative Director Ian Parry Scholarship.   24. Matthew Leifheit / @matte_mag Photo Editor at VICE and Editor-in-Chief of MATTE Magazine.    25. Ángel Luis González / @bohoe Founder and Director of PhotoIreland and The Library Project.  26. Stuart Pilkington / @stupilkington Art photography curator and curator of ‘The Swap.’  27. Matt M. McKnight / @mattmillsphoto Photo editor, news junkie, and freelance photojournalist.  28. Scott Braut / @scottbraut VP of Content for Shutterstock and Offset.   29. Louise Clements / @mazmanian  Artistic Director of QUAD & FORMAT International Photo Festival.   30. Cheryl Newman / @cherylnewman1 Photo Director at Telegraph magazine. 31. Jennie Ricketts / @jennieric  Picture editor for the Observer Magazine c.1996-2004. Launched jenniericketts.com photography gallery in 2006.  32. Prison Photography / @brookpete Freelance scrawler, photography, prisons, and social justice. Writer for Raw File blog, WIRED photo blog, and BagNews Notes.  33. Sacha Lecca / @sachalecca Senior Photo Editor at Rolling Stone.   34. Emily Shornick / @EmilyShornick Photo Editor at NY Mag’s The Cut.  35. Conor Risch / @c_risch Senior Editor for PDNonline.   36. Manuela Oprea / @Takeoff  Photo Editor at Bloomberg Markets Magazine. 37. Katrin Eismann / @SVADigitalPhoto Artist, author, educator, digital photography fiend.  38. Geordie Wood / @geordiewood Photographer and Photo Editor at The FADER.   39. Olivier Laurent/ @olivierclaurent Associate Editor at the British Journal of Photography and new TIME LightBox Editor.  40. Bruno Decock / @brunodecock Documentary photographer and International Photo Editor for Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors without Borders (MSF).  41. Clint Alwahab/ @calwahab Photo editor at CNN and photographer.  42. Becky Senf / @RebeccaSenf Photography curator at Phoenix Art Museum.  43. Leslie K. Brown / @LeslieLKB Curator, photo historian, educator, PhD candidate in History of Photography.  44. David Griffin / @dgriffin56 Visuals Editor of The Washington Post, former Director of Photography of National Geographic Magazine.  45. aphotoeditor / @aphotoeditor Former Director of Photography at Men’s Journal and Outside Magazine. Publisher/Editor of A Photo Editor.  46. Elizabeth I. Johnson / @elizabethij Senior Photo Editor and typist for CNN Photos.  47. Pamela Chen / @pc Senior Photo Editor at National Geographic Magazine.  48. Mary Vignoles / @MVignoles Photo Editor at Los Angeles Times.  49. JamesEstrin / @JamesEstrin Co-Editor and Senior Staff Photographer at New York Times Lens Blog.  50. Pancho Bernasconi / @DailyLuca Director of Photography at Getty Images.   51. Oliver Lang / @oggsie Mobile photography curator, Instagram commercial and cultural consultant.  52. Sophie Wright / @wrightsophie Cultural and Print Room Director at Magnum Photos.  53. Rebecca Douglas-Home / @BeccaDH Picture Editor, London.  54. Elizabeth Avedon / @elizabethavedon Independent photography curator and writer.  55. Susan Bright / @SusanBrightNYC Curator and writer, NYC.  56. Tony Bell / @bellyboy69 Picture Editor at the Observer.  57. ANTON / @PhotoAnton Photographer, founder of Photographers Dining Club, producer of ‘Analogue Tribes’ short films.  58. Katy Barron / @KBarronPhotos Independent photography curator and consultant, London.  59. Andy Adams / @FlakPhoto Editor, producer, publisher at FlakPhoto.com  60. Anne McNeill / @impgalleryanne Director of Impressions Gallery, not for profit contemporary photography gallery, Bradford.  61. Sarah McDonald / @PhotoFramed Curator at Getty Images and writer specializing in historical and press photography. 62. Mia Diehl / @MiaDiehl Photography director of Fortune Magazine.  63. Larissa Leclair / @LarissaLeclair Founder  64. Luanne Dietz / @LuanneDietz Photo Editor at The San Francisco Chronicle. 65. Jennifer Schwartz / @Crusade4Art  Creator/director of Crusade for Art, a non-profit dedicated to building artists’ capacity to create demand for their work.  66. Andy Greenacre / @andygreenacre Picture Editor at The Telegraph Magazine.  67. David Bram / @dbram Editor of Fraction magazine.  68. Julie Grahame / @aCurator Publisher and editor of aCurator.com, a full-screen online photography magazine.  69. Gerry Brakus / @gerrylb Ex-Deputy Picture Editor of The Independent. Acting Photography Editor of New Statesman.  70. Ryan Grimley / @RLGrimley Currently picture desk intern at Wallpaper* Magazine and holds the fort at Darwin Magazine.  71. Gary Hershorn / @GaryHershorn Photojournalist and Photo Editor freelancing after 29 years working for a global news agency.  72. Daria Scolamacchia / @dariascola Editor at Fabrica.  73. Keith W. Jenkins / @keithwj Director of Photography for National Geographic Digital and former head of multimedia at NPR.  74. Kate Barrett / @kateelisabee Associate Photography Editor at Wallpaper* Magazine.  75. Stellazine / @StellaKramer Photo Editor and creative consultant working with photographers to help their careers.  76. Jon Levy / @FOTO8 Foto8 connects documentary photographers, authors and audiences creating interactive displays, photography exhibitions, books and magazine publications.  77. Brian Storm / @BrianStorm Founder and Executive Producer of MediaStorm.  78. Jen Bekman / @jenbee Founder and CEO of 20×200.  79. Lesley A. Martin / @lamartin Photobooks and other good things. Digi-curious, print passionate.  80. Josh K Lustig / @joshklustig Assignments Editor at Panos Pictures and publisher of Tartaruga Press.  81. Greg Whitmore / @G_Whizzz Picture Editor at The Observer.  82. Delphine Bedel / @delphinebedel  Photographer, lecturer, photobook publisher, curator and Founder of Monospace Press, Amsterdam Art/Book Fair.  83. Christine Santa Ana / @christinecurate  Independent photography curator, Pop-Up Exhibitions with Of The Afternoon.  84. Shawn Waldron / @shawnwald Senior Director, Conde Nast Archive.  85. Jörg M. Colberg / @jmcolberg Writer, photographer, teacher.  86. David Drake / @ffotodavid Curator, writer and producer, Director of ffotogallery.  87. Hamidah Glasgow / @HamidahGlasgow Executive Director of The Center for Fine Art Photography, Colorado.  88. Susan Spiritus / @SusanSpiritus Owner/Director of Susan Spiritus Gallery, representing emerging and mid-career photographers since 1976.  89. Ashley Byford-Bates / @ashb_bates Global Head of Reuters Pictures and Archive Products.  90. Micha Bruinvels / @michabruinvels Manager Contests at World Press Photo.  91. Teru Kuwayama / @terukuwayama Hoover Institution fellow, Senior TED fellow, Ochberg fellow at Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma, and Knight fellow at Stanford.  92. Amy Yenkin / @AmyYenkin Director of the Documentary Photography Project at the Open Society Foundations.  93. Max Houghton / @MaxHoughton8 Senior Lecturer in Photography at London College of Communication.  94. Chiara Palazzo / @cvpalazzo Assistant Picture Editor at The Telegraph.  95. Eric Baradat / @Ebaradat Photo Editor-in-Chief of Agence France-Presse.  96. Donna Cohen / @donnatova Photo Editor at Bloomberg Businessweek magazine.   97. Lars Boering / @larsboering Managing Director of FotografenFederatie of the Netherlands, art dealer at Lux Photo Gallery, teacher and consultant.  98. Chelsea Matiash / @cmatiash Photo Editor at Wall Street Journal.  99. Jordan G. Teicher / @teicherj Covers photography for Slate. 100. Tom Gifford / @graphitegrey Senior Creative Artworker at Table19.  101. Tabish Khan / @LondonArtCritic Reviewer of art and museum exhibits for Londonist, and weekly top 5 on FAD.

FLASH FORWARD FESTIVAL BOSTON: May 1-4 Celebrating Emerging Photographers

 FLASH FORWARD FESTIVAL, Boston May 1–4, 2014

FESTIVAL: Based out of the Fairmont Battery Wharf, the FlashForward Festival offers an in-depth experience through organized networking events and educational programming that brings internationally respected industry professionals together to share their knowledge. Programming includes curated indoor and outdoor exhibitions, galleries throughout Boston, a Harbor-Walk exhibition, lectures, panel discussions, and nightly events. FlashForward Festival

PANEL: The Long & Winding Road
What it Takes to Choose and Sustain a Long-Term Photography Project

Moderator: Stella Kramer, Pulitzer Prize-winning Photo Editor and Creative Strategist. Panel: Edie Bresler, Photographer and Artist;  Michael Sharkey, Portrait Photographer and Filmmaker; and Manjari Sharma, Fine Art Photographer. (Photograph © Manjari Sharma)

From the series Flying Henry by Rachel Hulin

TALK: Imagined Worlds and Personal Narrative with Rachel Hulin

PANEL: Publish Your [Photo] Book: Go Mainstream or Self-Publish

Moderator: Elizabeth Avedon, Independent Curator and Book Designer. Panel: Janette Beckman, Editor, Author and Photographer; Craig Cohen, Executive Publisher of powerHouse Books; and Robert Herman, Fine Art Street Photography and recent Author.

16 Photographs At Ohrdruf: Documentary by Matthew Nash

TALK: How I Learned To Love Accountant and Fight Lawyer

TALK: Innovations in Multi-Platform Visual Storytelling

with Sadie Quarrier, Senior Photo Editor, National Geographic Magazine

Flash Forward Festival, Boston

Set within the Boston cityscape, the four-day festival is based out of the Fairmont Battery Wharf, offering an in-depth experience through organized networking events and educational programming that brings internationally respected industry professionals together to share their knowledge. Programming includes curated indoor and outdoor exhibitions, galleries throughout Boston, a Harbor-Walk exhibition series featuring work from local galleries, along with lectures, panel discussions, and nightly events.

The Magenta Foundation: Established in 2004, The Magenta Foundation is Canada’s pioneering non-profit arts publishing house. Magenta was created to organize promotional opportunities for artists, in an international context, through circulated exhibitions and publications. Projects mounted by Magenta are supported by credible international media coverage and critical reviews in all mainstream-media formats (radio, television and print). Magenta works with respected individuals and international organizations to help increase recognition for artists while uniting the global photography community.

Through its successful emerging photographers program, Flash Forward, Magenta’s expansion into Boston has allowed the organization to set a standard for community collaboration while developing both a domestic and international presence vital to the success of artists. Magenta’s diversification and growth will continue through engaging programming slated for Pittsburgh and the United Kingdom.

FLASH FORWARD FESTIVAL 

 May 1–4, 2014
Complete schedule of Events here

Fairmont Battery Wharf, Boston

Many thanks to MaryAnn Camilleri, Founder of The Magenta Foundation; Director of The Flash Forward Festival and her Team....

MONA KUHN: PRIVATE at AIPAD

Photograph © Mona Kuhn

"I wanted to approach what is truly strange, beautiful and disorienting about the desert. Aside from vast landscapes and intimate nudes, for the first time I also photographed a few desert animals as metaphors. I was intrigued by their mysticism, like desert shamans, they have an instinct of their own. They know well their place and function in that vast space. Like the California pale moths that fly into the light. Or a black widow tattooed on a woman’s hand. I photographed a majestic black condor, then I photographed a Nephila’s golden spider web. Animals seem to understand nature's balance and survive better than humans in the desert." – Mona Kuhn   

Photograph © Mona Kuhn

"I usually start a new series with colors. I knew I wanted a little bit of that golden sand skin tonality. I wanted black as it has a certain sense of mortality. You are constantly testing your endurance in the desert, the limits of how long you can stay out there or how debilitating it is to be at 100 and some degrees. Your system really slows down and you can’t think straight. So the whole series is about our vulnerability in that environment as a metaphor to life."

Two galleries will be previewing Mona Kuhn's upcoming series titled “Private” at AIPAD; Jackson Fine Art and M+B. Steidl is printing the accompanying book in May, to come out in early Fall as part of Paris Photo.

Mona Kuhn: PRIVATE

AIPAD, NY

Jackson Fine Art – Booth #102 and
M+B Gallery – Booth #423
Park Avenue Armory
643 Park Avenue (67th St.) 

Mona Kuhn: Acido Dorado
4 April – 10 May 2014
Flowers Gallery
82 Kings Road
London, England

Lee Friedlander once said: 

“The desert is a wonderful, awful, seductive, alluring stage

 on which to be acting out the photography game.”

Read My  

Interview With Mona Kuhn 

in L'Oeil de la Photographie here

AIPAD 2014: Touring With Students

 Monroe Gallery's Sidney Monroe, Booth #421

SVA Photography student, Mo Walbrook, Monroe Gallery

Steven Kasher Gallery, Booth #205

SVA Student, Pelham Goddard, KlompChing Gallery

KlompChing Gallery, Debra Klomp and Darren Ching, Booth #216

Chris McCaw, series Sunburned

Yossi Milo Gallery, Booth #

Photograph by Saul Leiter

Howard Greenberg Gallery, Booth #401

AIPAD Photography Show

through Sunday, April 13, 2014

The Park Avenue Armory, NYC

more later...

UP, CLOSE + PERSONAL: Curated by Ruben Natal-San Miguel

Up, Close + Personal is a group exhibition curated by Ruben Natal-San Miguel based on a photography series of his by the same name. The exhibition aims to explore the relationships of several artists to their close, intimate and very personal with their art creations.From the truly shocking to the most subtlety beautiful approach, Up, Close + Personal highlights the most popular themes of our ongoing contemporary and most current culture.

Participating Artists: Mona Kuhn, David Carol, Alex Prager, Sheri Lynn Behr, Phil Toledano, Amy Elkins, Dawoud Bey, Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Timothy Briner, Luis Carle, Michal Chelbin, Adrian Chesser, Jon Feinstein, Rafael Fuchs, Dana Hoey, Lisa Levy, Jennifer Loeber, Ruben Natal-San Miguel, Eric Ogden, Cara Phillips, Carlo Van der Roer, Ariana Page Russell, Tyler Shields, Bayete Ross Smith, Trey Speegle, Zoe Strauss, Bill Sullivan, Hank Willis Thomas, Betty Tompkins, Michael Wolf.

Up, Close + Personal

April 4 – May 13

Fuchs Projects

56 Bogart St. Studio 1E, Bushwick, Brooklyn

BASEBALL ZEN: Willis Hudlin Pitched Babe Ruth's 500th Homer

My great-uncle, Cleveland Indians Willis Hudlin, 

pitched Babe Ruth's 500th homer

Willis Hudlin, Cleveland Indians 

1935 Diamond Stars Baseball Cards #79

"But what happened on the field was only a small part of that unforgettable day. They stopped the game when they made the announcement that Charles Lindbergh had landed in Paris.''

Willis Hudlin, an outstanding pitcher with the Cleveland Indians in the late 1920's and 1930's and the victim of Babe Ruth's 500th home run, died August 5, 2002 in Little Rock, Ark. He was 96.

A right-hander noted for his sinker, Hudlin yielded Ruth's 500th homer -- and his 30th of the season -- on Aug. 11, 1929, in Cleveland's League Park. Lou Gehrig hit his 27th homer that day, too, but Hudlin was the winning pitcher in a 6-5 complete-game effort.

Long after he retired, Hudlin told of the confusion that came with his connection to Ruth's prowess. ''I can't tell you how many letters I've received through the years asking me what kind of pitcher I was to let Babe Ruth hit 500 home runs off me,'' he told Walter Langford in the Society for American Baseball Research's 1987 Baseball Research Journal. ''Actually, Babe only hit a total of five home runs off me, so I guess that wasn't too bad considering that he hit 714 before he quit.''

Pitching 15 of his 16 major league seasons with the Indians, Hudlin had a record of 158-156. With Wes Ferrell, Mel Harder and later Bob Feller, he was a mainstay of the Cleveland pitching staff in the Depression years and won at least 15 games in five separate seasons. In 2001, he was selected as one of the top 100 players in Indians history when the franchise celebrated its 100th anniversary.

George Willis Hudlin, a native of Wagoner, Okla., was my mother's uncle. He made his major league debut with the Indians in 1926 and remained with them until 1940, when he went to the Washington Senators, then finished the season with the St. Louis Browns and the New York Giants. He was a flight instructor during World War II, then finished his career with the Browns' 1944 pennant winners. All except one of his victories came as an Indian. Hudlin was a pitching coach for the Detroit Tigers in the late 1950's and then a scout for the Yankees.

The game that Hudlin remembered most vividly came in his first full major league season, when his record was 18-12. Hudlin relieved against the Yankees in the first inning at Cleveland on May 21, 1927, with the Indians trailing by three runs. He allowed only one more run, pitching the rest of the way in the Indians' 5-4, 12-inning victory. But what happened on the field was only a small part of that unforgettable day.

Obituary written by RICHARD GOLDSTEIN for The New York Times, Published: August 17, 2002 here

THE ARTIST IN A PROFESSIONAL WORLD: Moderated by David J. Carol

Joe With Fish, Baffin Island, 1997

Photograph David J. Carol

 Boy In Lake, Maine

Photograph David J. Carol

Payton and Rachel, Peabody, Ma. 2011

Photograph Paris Visone

Battle of Antietam, Maryland

Photograph Eliot Dudik

The Artist in a Professional World: 

Three Photographers, Three Perspectives

How does one manage to make a living as a photographer and still stay true to their personal vision? The three photographers, all at different stages in their careers and all taking different paths, have one thing in common. They have never forgotten why they became photographers in the first place, to make pictures for themselves. The panel will include Paris Visone, Eliot Dudik and David J. Carol. Each photographer will present their work and talk about how they balance the commercial and personal aspects of their lives and careers. Following the presentations there will be a panel discussion moderated by David J. Carol that will include a Q&A with the audience. Books of the photographers work will be available for purchase.

PenumbraFoundation.org

April 29, 7:00pm – 8:30pm

RSVP@penumbrafoundation.org 

to reserve your seat here

CRUSADE FOR YOUR ART: The Must-Have Book for Fine Art Photographers

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“Jennifer Schwartz is a guardian angel for photographers. Crusade for Your Art is a passionate call to arms for image-makers around the world to get your work out there and in front of people like me. This is how you do it. Don’t let anyone else tell you otherwise.” – Michael Foley, Michael Foley Gallery, New York

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The fine art photography world can feel impenetrable, and without a roadmap, the process of getting your work in front of the right people is daunting. Making the work is just the first part of the equation. Artists need to think strategically about who their target audience is and how to attract them. They need to create a strong, consistent, professional brand through social media and their website. They need to develop a plan and timeline to thoughtfully launch new work that involves strategically reaching out to appropriate galleries, publishers, and online outlets. It sounds like a lot of work. It is.

Crusade For Your Art: Best Practices For Fine Art Photographers helps you navigate the fine art photography world and determine the best course for your work. With insight and instruction on every aspect of the fine art photography world, as well as contributions by over twenty-five top industry curators, gallerists, editors, and photographers, this guide gives you all the tools you need to make your mark on the art world.

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“In “Crusade For Your Art: Best Practices For Fine Art Photographers, Jennifer Schwartz has written one of the most comprehensive guides to date for both the professional and emerging fine art photographer to navigate the current world of Photography. With contributions from leading photography museum, gallery and photo directors, the expert advice given is instrumental in creating what every photographer needs to know to navigate the current art market. I absolutely love this guide. It covers all bases! I whole-heartedly recommend this masterful guide to the photographic community.” – Elizabeth Avedon

“Jennifer Schwartz demystifies the steps towards a long and invested career as a photographer. An overdue and necessary resource for us all.” – Brian Ulrich, Photographer 

“Crusade For Your Art: Best Practices For Fine Art Photographers is a must-read for anyone who works in the fine art photography realm. Photographers at all stages of their careers and practice will be well-served to read this guide cover-to-cover, and photography collectors and enthusiasts can also learn a lot within these pages that will help them better understand an artist’s business. Jennifer Schwartz answers hundreds of the most common questions and hundreds more that people are probably scared to ask. Who would think to write out a step-by-step guide on how an artist can best use Twitter? Jennifer Schwartz did. The contributing authors offer advice based upon years of experience and countless hours of observation.  Jennifer Schwartz takes the mystery out of the fine art photography world by outlining the business and taking the photographer through the entire process of creating and sharing photographs. As the author says, it’s a lot of work, but this book removes one of the biggest tasks of all — identifying what needs to be done.” – Bevin Bering Dubrowski, Executive Director, Houston Center for Photography; and Editor of Spot Magazine, Houston, TX

Jennifer Schwartz, Executive Director of Crusade for Art, is educating photographers to higher levels of professional development through her new book, Crusade For Your Art: Best Practices For Fine Art Photographers. 100% of the profits from this publication will go to Crusade for Art, a non-profit organization whose mission is to build artists’ capacity to create demand for their work.

LANDON NORDEMAN: Canine Kingdom with Curator Elisabeth Biondi

Handler with dog, Ploiesti, Romania, 2012

Photograph by Landon Nordeman

Borzois, 134th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, 2010

Photograph by Landon Nordeman

Standard Poodle, 128th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, 2004

Photograph by Landon Nordeman

Landon Nordeman’s series, “Canine Kingdom,” takes us inside the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, now running for 138 years. To mark the exhibit’s opening (March 12, 7:30pm) at The Half King in New York, Photography Curator Elisabeth Biondi and Nordeman will screen a slideshow, and talk about the stories and context of Landon’s images.

Landon Nordeman began shooting The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in 2004. The project is ongoing. In addition to photographing personal projects, Nordeman is a contributing photographer for The New Yorker and Saveur. He shoots for commercial and editorial clients around the world. His photographs have been exhibited at the Howard Greenberg Gallery, NYC; The Houston Center of Photography; The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing; and are in the collection of The Museum of Fine Arts Houston.

Photography curator, Elisabeth Biondi, has influenced all of us through her powerful career at four of the most influential magazines in the world. Biondi joined The New Yorker Magazine as Visuals Editor in 1996, just a couple of years after photography had first been introduced into the 75-year-old magazine. From her background at Geo, Stern, and Vanity Fair, she brought her masterful eye to The New Yorker, helping to create their award winning use of photography.
 

I spoke with Elisabeth about working with Nordeman, her career and her little dog, Boris...read my full piece on L'oeil de la Photographie

 Canine Kingdom
Photographs by Landon Nordeman
March 12, 2014 - May 11, 2014
The Half King 505 West 23rd Street NY

 

Elisabeth Biondi's dog, Boris

Photograph by Matt Leifheit

"I’m definitely a dog person, and always knew that one day, when I did not spend the week in an office, I would have a wire-haired dachshund (Dachshund translates to “badger dog” in German. They were used for hunting badgers in their dens). After I stopped working at The New Yorker, I quickly got little Boris, a wire-haired dachshund, from a kennel in Woodstock. He was one of six born during Wimbledon Week and all the puppies got tennis player's first names. Mine is named after Boris Becker, so of course he had to be mine. He is funny, sweet, and stubborn; loves, children, other dogs and does not have a mean bone in his body." –Photography curator, Elisabeth Biondi

 Read my full piece on L'oeil de la Photographie

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