SUSANA RAAB: Any Season

Finger-Lookin' Good, London , Kentucky
Photograph (c) Susana Raab /All Rights Reserved

Chicken in Love, Athens, Ohio
Photograph (c) Susana Raab /All Rights Reserved

Rennaissance Fair, Crownsville, Maryland
Photograph (c) Susana Raab /All Rights Reserved

The Unfortunate Result of the Demise of the Public Phone Booth, Metropolis, Illinois Photograph (c) Susana Raab /All Rights Reserved

The festival is ongoing, but the party is over
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SUSANA RAAB is a documentary and editorial photographer who "creates warm, and often quirky images of people and places, familiar and strange. She approaches subjects with a generous spirit and sense of humor. She's received wide recognition for her work including the IPA/Lucie Awards, Light Awards, American Photography24, Photo District News, The Camera Club of New York, PhotoEspana, The White House News Photographer's Association, The Ernst Haas/Golden Light Awards, PhotoLucinda's Critical Mass, and the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities."

Susana Raab PHOTO BLOG / SUSANA RAAB WEBSITE

MAASAI MARATHON: NYC Eco-Warriors

Kenyan's (click for bio's) Samson Parashina, Martin Sunte, and Parashi Ntanin in NYC to run the Marathon

Samson Parashina, Edward Norton, Parashi Ntanin, Andrew Wolff, Martin Sunte, Luca Belpietro, Founder of Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust

Parashi Ntanin with Dung Beetle

Kenyan Running Shoes

Huge Strangler Fig Tree, Sacred to the Maasai, in the Chyulu Forest

Maasai are natural runners, it is a part of their culture and tradition as warriors, so it seemed very organic to have some of these new generation ‘eco-warriors’ come brave the NY streets for their community–Edward Norton

NOVEMBER 1, 2009, actor Edward Norton and three Maasai Warriors from Kenya, will lead a team of 30 runners in the New York City Marathon to raise awareness and funds for the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust
MAASAI MARATHON

JOCHEN BRENNECKE: really new york

hop on, hop off / New York Sightseeing
(c) 2009 Jochen Brennecke-HyperArt.com /All Rights Reserved

break / the lunch
(c) 2009 Jochen Brennecke-HyperArt.com /All Rights Reserved

hang on sloopy / Sloopy Hang On
(c) 2009 Jochen Brennecke-HyperArt.com /All Rights Reserved

step / pink
(c) 2009 Jochen Brennecke-HyperArt.com /All Rights Reserved

NEW YORK / PHOTO BLOG / JOCHEN BRENNECKE

HALLOWEEN TREAT: Vintage Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix with Texas psychedelic group The Moving Sidewalks.
Center, Lead singer Billy Gibbons, pre-ZZ Top, Fort Worth, Texas, 1968

BILLY GIBBONS founded the '60's Texas psychedelic group The Moving Sidewalks. They came into prominence opening for The Jimi Hendrix Experience during Hendrix's first American tour. Billy was still in high school when Hendrix, one of the greatest electric guitarist in rock history, named Gibbons his favorite guitar player on "The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson". Billy went on to ZZ Top fame (Sharp Dressed Man, Legs). Photographer unknown. l to r: Tom Moore, Jimi Hendrix, Don Summers, Billy Gibbons (pre-ZZ Top), Dan Mitchell. Happy Halloween!

AMY STEIN: Halloween In Harlem

Untitled (Hulk) (c) Amy Stein /All Rights Reserved

Untitled (Witch and Cowboy) (c) Amy Stein /All Rights Reserved

Untitled (Ghoul) (c) Amy Stein /All Rights Reserved

Untitled (Spiderman) (c) Amy Stein /All Rights Reserved

I lived in the neighborhood for two years so I know the best street corners

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AMY STEIN was raised in Washington, DC and Karachi, Pakistan. She holds a BS in Political Science from James Madison University, an MS in Political Science from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland and an MFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts, NYC. Stein teaches photography at Parsons School of Design and the School of Visual Arts, NYC.

Amy's first book, Domesticated, reviewed by The New Yorker, won best book award at the 2008 New York Photo Festival and was featured at this year's LOOK3 photo festival. In 2006, Stein was a winner of the Saatchi Gallery-Guardian Prize for her Domesticated series. In 2007, she was named one of the top fifteen emerging photographers in the world by American Photo magazine and she won the Critical Mass Book Award.

Current Exhibition Through October 31st
Amy Stein: Domesticated
CLAMPART
521 West 25th St, NYC

Upcoming 2010 Solo Exhibitions:
Harvard Museum of Natural History, Domesticated, Cambridge, MA
Perth Centre for Photography, Stranded, Perth, Australia
Australian Center for Photography, Domesticated, Sydney, Australia

Amy Stein's Photography Blog

Amy Stein Website

JOSE LUIS RODRÍGUEZ: Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009

Camera: Hasselblad 503CW
The Storybook Wolf (c) José Luis Rodríguez /All Rights Reserved

JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ won this year's Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 Award, beating 43,135 entries from 94 countries and in over 17 categories. "In Spain, the population of Iberian wolves is thought to number 1000-2000 in the north, with a few isolated populations in the south. José Luis risked a slow shutter-speed to reveal the moonlit sky and conjure up the atmosphere of the place. He switched from using his Nikon D2X to a Hasselblad for the exact framing he had in mind." The 2010 competition launches in January. (UK Natural History Museum)

José Luis Rodríguez Gallery

ERIKA DIETTES: Drifting Away

Clothing of the Disappeared
Photographs (c) Erika Diettes /All Rights Reserved

"The rivers of Colombia are the world´s largest graveyard."

In DRIFTING AWAY my intention is to draw attention to the victims of forced disappearances of the Colombian armed conflict. The project is a response to a number of press reports and news broadcasts which explain how the paramilitaries and the guerrillas torture people, mutilate them and make them disappear by throwing their bodies into a river. This is the source of the saying "the rivers of Colombia are the world´s largest graveyard".

To create an expression of this horrible situation, I decided to submerge pieces of clothing or personal objects of the victims in turbulent water, and then photograph them. I print these photographs on glass to convey the feeling of the ethereal and fragile character of life in those parts of our country.

These very large glass photographs are then displayed upright in the ground, like translucent tombstones in a cemetery. This way people can walk in and around them, and begin to experience the grief of loss. It has been very difficult for the families of the disappeared to feel the healing power of grief, especially since there is often no certainty whether one of the disappeared is actually dead or alive.

I started in Bogotá by looking for clothing or objects belonging to people who had disappeared. Then I continued my search in other areas of conflict, including Eastern Antioquia, Caquetá and Medellín, amongst other places.

During these macabre visits I was able to talk to the families of the victims, who are indeed the voice of all Colombia, clamouring not only for the respect for life, but also for the right to be able to bury their dead. — Erika Diettes

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I first met Colombian photographer Erika Diettes several years ago when she was exhibiting her very moving project SILENCIOS. Silencios was an ambitious project Erika compiled of portraits and testimonials of the Jewish population in Colombia that had survived the concentration camps of Nazi Germany during World War II. Please read more and view photographs of Erika's human rights projects on her website.  

Erika Diettes

2012 Update:

SUDARIOS + Capilla de Los Remedios

Santo Domingo. República Dominicana + Sep 4 - 30, 2012

 

Oct 22-25, 2009 • Exhibition: Drifting Away
Newark Arts Council Building • 744 Broad St • 6th floor • Newark NJ 07102
View Gallery Installation

SEAN PERRY: Celestial Triptych

HASSELBLAD 501CM
Hasselblad Masters of Photography Finalist 2009

Camera: Hasselblad 501CM
9 West 57th Street (c) Sean Perry /All Rights Reserved

Camera: Hasselblad 501CM
The Sentinels (c) Sean Perry /All Rights Reserved

Camera: Hasselblad 501CM
Astor Place Tower (c) Sean Perry /All Rights Reserved

SIGMA DP2
Sigma DP2 Gallery

Camera: Sigma DP2
Celestial series (c) Sean Perry /All Rights Reserved

Camera: Sigma DP2
Celestial series (c) Sean Perry /All Rights Reserved

Camera: Sigma DP2
Celestial series (c) Sean Perry /All Rights Reserved

Sigma Corporation of America asked Sean Perry and three other professional photographers to shoot with their DP2 14-mega pixel digital camera and submit their three best images for exhibition. Laurence Matson, master digital printer and DP2 User Group guru, printed the final images. Sigma On-line Gallery

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I’m delighted that Sigma included me in their exhibition for PhotoPlus Expo 2009. I was asked along with Chip Forelli, Paula Lerner, and Stephen Mallon to make pictures with a Sigma DP2 for a few weeks - the only request being "make something awe-inspiring"... no pressure in that, right? I have photographed with the same camera for almost 10 years, a Hasselblad 501CM and though I almost always work in black in white, I like to play with color.

Saul Leiter and Jeff Brouws just kill me with inspiration.

After reading about the philosophy behind the DP2 I thought this would be a meaningful challenge and was honestly not disappointed. I believe the camera has a beautiful response to light and liked the rendering and palette so much I decided to make color images for the show - a loose triptych that echoes a celestial feel. I’m looking forward to sharing the photographs, they were a joy to make. I hope you find them playful and unexpected.
–Sean Perry

SEAN PERRY WEBSITE

PhotoPlusExpo Exhibits Oct. 22- Oct.24
Sigma DP2 Gallery and Hasselblad Masters of Photography Finalist 2009

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

JANELLE LYNCH: Riu Llobregat

Copyright (c) Janelle Lynch /All Rights Reserved

Copyright (c) Janelle Lynch /All Rights Reserved

Copyright (c) Janelle Lynch /All Rights Reserved

With this body of work, Riu Llobregat, I continue the process of exploring and mapping themes of absence and loss as I have done over the last decade in the landscapes of the United States and Mexico.

JANELLE LYNCH received her MFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts. Her work has been exhibited at the George Eastman House Museum, Rochester, NY, the Festival International de Mode et de Photographie à Hyères, France, and Foto Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A solo exhibition of these photographs, Riu Llobregat, opened at 3 Punts Galería in Barcelona this past September. She used a Deardorff 8-x-10 inch field camera and color negative film to make this work. Lynch was one of 100 photographers invited to participate in Review Santa Fe 2009.
Janelle Lynch Website

ROSS BLECKNER: Birds

Copyright (c) Ross Bleckner

ROSS BLECKNER PAINTINGS HERE

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

ALINE SMITHSON: Unexpected

Copyright (c) Aline Smithson /All Rights Reserved

Copyright (c) Aline Smithson /All Rights Reserved

Copyright (c) Aline Smithson /All Rights Reserved

I look to tell stories that are familiar, yet unexpected. The poignancy of childhood, aging, relationships, family, and moments of introspection or contemplation continue to draw my interest.

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 Oswald Gallery, and Wallspace Gallery in Seattle. Aline has been Gallery Editor for Light Leaks Magazine and curated a number of exhibitions for galleries and on-line magazines. She was nominated for the Excellence in Teaching Award in 2008 and 2009 and the Santa Fe Prize for Photography in 2009 by the Santa Fe Center for Photography.

Smithson's series INSIDE/OUT explores the human experience–motherhood, puberty, childhood, work, aging, death, loss–by using masks to create a more universal image and explore what part of a person comes through the mask, what they can and care to project. Plates To Pixels Interview

Aline Smithson WEBSITE
Aline Smithson's Photography blog: LENSCRATCH

RACHEL PAPO: Serial No. 3817131

Serial No. 3817131 #85
Photograph (c) Rachel Papo/Courtesy of ClampArt, New York City

Serial No. 3817131 #7
Photograph (c) Rachel Papo/Courtesy of ClampArt, New York City

Two 2nd Class Boys (Vlad and Vadim), St. Petersburg, Russia, 2007 (#3)
Photograph (c) Rachel Papo/Courtesy of ClampArt, New York City

2nd Class Girls, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2007 (#6)
Photograph (c) Rachel Papo/Courtesy of ClampArt, New York City

Serial No. 3817131 represents my effort to come to terms with the experiences of being a soldier from the perspective of an adult. My service had been a period of utter loneliness, mixed with apathy and pensiveness, and at the time I was too young to understand it all.

RACHEL PAPO was born in Columbus, Ohio and raised in Israel. She began photographing as a teenager while attending a reknowned fine-arts high school in Haifa. At eighteen she served in the Israeli Air Force as a photographer which inspired her current project titled after her own service number–Serial No. 3817131. Her project Desperately Perfect was shot in the renowned Vaganova Ballet Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Rachel was selected as a finalist in the running to be the 2009 Deeper Perspective Photographer of the Year, with Serial No. 3817131, as part of the 2009 International Photography Awards, and is nominated for a Lucie Award. The winner will be revealed at the Lucie Awards gala ceremony, at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, on October 19, 2009. Serial No. 3817131 was also selected as a 2nd place winner in the 2009 International Photography Awards, in the People: Culture pro category. Images from Desperately Perfect were selected to appear in the 2009 American Photography 25 anniversary annual book. Rachel will be speaking Oct. 18th at the En Foco and Lucie Foundation ARTIST TALK. Represented by ClampArt Gallery. Rachel Papo Website. Serial No. 3817131 Website.

UPDATE 10/20/09

Congratulations to Rachel Papo on winning The Lucie's 2009 Deeper Perspective Photographer of the Year Award.

VANESSA SOMERS VREELAND: Mosaics

Vanessa Somers Vreeland Mosaic

Vanessa Somers Vreeland: An Illustrated Talk on Mosaics Through the Ages
John Cabot University–Via della Lungara 233–00165 Rome
October 15, 2009– 19.00. RSVP 066819121

VANESSA SOMERS VREELAND trained with professor Odoardo Anselmi, art director of the Vatican Mosaic Studio in Rome and taught at Corning Museum of Glass, Penland School of Crafts, and the Columbia Museum of Art. She has had gallery shows in Paris, Rome, London, Brussels and North Africa. Vreeland's artistic path to mosaics began with painting on canvas, then on glass. She independently developed a fused glass mosaic technique and also works in marble and cold glass in traditional Roman style.

Vanessa edited My Colorful Life, an autobiography of her remarkable aunt, British Portraitist Juliet Pannett. Pannett had her own seat in the House of Commons, from which she sketched Britain's political milestones - including the debates on the Profumo affair in 1963 and Winston Churchill's last appearance in 1964. When Juliet died in 2005, she left a legacy of commissioned portraiture throughout Britain including 22 portraits in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Vanessa Somers Vreeland Mosaics, Marrakech, Morocco 2009

A film by Director Fabienne Strouve
Play Video Here
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FREDERICK VREELAND, former U.S. Ambassador and U.S. Senior Diplomat to Rome and wife Vanessa's Key To Rome: A Guide Book reflects the Eternal City's layers of cultural history, from ruins of antiquity and Christian Rome to the splendor of the Renaissance and the Baroque. "Their book guides travelers through layers of time, exploring major sites and revealing insider secrets. Written in a brisk, anecdotal style, this beautifully illustrated handbook is packed with photographs, historical drawings, sidebars, foldout maps, and floor plans. The guidebook's site descriptions are framed by historical timelines and punctuated by special "must-see" highlights. A comprehensive reference section at the back details day trips of interest, a guide to Italian food, specialty shops, "Rome by Night," and "Rome for Kids," as well as transportation, hotel and restaurant suggestions."