NUEVA LUZ: Ippie Award Nomination

5058A-19617 (Native Americans) Camp Home series
Photograph © Kevin J. Miyazaki

153C–19617 (Quilt), Camp Home series
Photograph © Kevin J. Miyazaki

Isabel resting on the way home after helping her grandfather gathering pasture (quelite) for their goats during drought time. Isabel and her Grandfather, Close to Earth series, 2007. Photograph © Elizabeth Moreno

Ranch house at the Kakiwi Valleys, home of four goat-keeper families. After a good rainy season they fill up with water offering good pasture, but at times they have gone up to six years without rain, pushing the rancheros to migrate to other areas of the sierra. Los Llanos de Kakiwi, Close to Earth series, 2010. Photograph © Elizabeth Moreno

Dinner for 3, Domestic Observations and Occurrences series, 2005
Photograph © Cecil McDonald, Jr.

Frances Before Dinner, Domestic Observations and Occurrences series, 2006
Photograph © Cecil McDonald, Jr.

Nueva Luz Photographic Journal

Nueva Luz is a unique tri-annual photographic journal, featuring work by contemporary fine art and documentary photographers of African, Asian, Latino, and Native American heritage. It was awarded two 2011 and 2009 Ippie Awards for Best Photographic Essay, and nominated for another in 2012. Nueva Luz includes beautifully reproduced portfolios by remarkable photographers, with essays by leading photography curators, critics and authors from around the world.

The above photographers are featured in the new issue:
Nueva Luz, Spring 2012 16#2

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DORNITH DOHERTY: Awarded John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship

Dornith Doherty and her View Camera, Svalbard

In 2010, Doherty traveled to the North Pole to photograph the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, also known as the Doomsday Vault

Pea
Photograph © Dornith Doherty/ All rights reserved

Houston Center of Photography
SPOT MAGAZINE, Spring 2012

Tim Hetherington Cover Photo

Read: An Interview with Dornith Doherty by Elizabeth Avedon

The importance of Doherty’s work is both timely and spiritual. In case of world disaster, seed conservation is of global importance to everyone – from An Interview with Dornith Doherty, Spot Magazine

Houston Center of Photography | SPOT MAGAZINE, Spring 2012

Dornith Doherty has been awarded a 2012 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship. The Foundation has awarded Fellowships to a diverse group of scholars, artists, and scientists in its eighty-eighth annual competition for the United States and Canada. Appointed on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise, the successful candidates were chosen from a group of almost 3,000 applicants...read more about the Guggenheim Award here

TIM HETHERINGTON: Yossi Milo Gallery

Untitled, Liberia, 2005
Photograph by Tim Hetherington (American and British, 1970 - 2011)

Yossi Milo at AIPAD
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Tim Hetherington Photographs
Liberia and Afghanistan

Yossi Milo Gallery
April 12 - May 19 2012

IMAGE 12 | ASMP-NY | Photography Contest

First Prize, Image 06
Stranded: Peri, Route 64, Kentucky
Photograph (c) Amy Stein /All Rights Reserved

IMAGE 12 | ASMP-NY | PHOTO CONTEST
American Society of Media Photographers Competition
Open to Professional and Student Photographers residing in the U.S.
Submit one or more images created after January 1, 2011.
Entry Deadline: May 1, 2012

IMAGE 12 Judges
Elizabeth Avedon, Independent Curator and Correspondent, La Lettre
Holly Stuart Hughes, Editor, Photo District News and PDNonline
Jody Quon. Photography Director, New York Magazine
Marc Sobier, Global Creative Director, Y&R NY
Hosanna Marshall, Art Buyer/ Creative Producer, Sastchi & Saatchi

How to submit an image
View the previous years winning images

ASHOK SINHA: Exacting Proportions

Cabo Polonio, Uruguay
Photograph © Ashok Sinha
(click images to enlarge)

Ft. Collins, USA

Photograph © Ashok Sinha

I met Ashok Sinha at the 2012 ASMP-NY Fine Art Portfolio Review. I was impressed with his entire body of work , as well as his humanitarian work as Co-Founder of the cARTwheel Initiative, which brings the power of art to children living in the aftermath of war and disaster, including their Hands-On Photography Workshops.

Ashok is a first generation immigrant from Kolkata, India, currently based in New York City. He is a self-taught photographer and has worked in more than thirty countries on various freelance assignments. He earned a Masters degree in Science from Columbia University and a MBA from New York University and spent a decade as an entrepreneur followed by a career in corporate America before moving in to photography. His work has appeared in National Geographic, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Financial Times, LIFE.com, etc... He has won awards from Photo District News, Lucie Foundation, Association of Photographers UK, World Photographic Arts, and the BBC. He has exhibited at the Mixed Greens Gallery (NYC), Umbrella Arts Gallery (NYC), Art for Change Gallery (NYC), Association of Photographers Gallery (London) and New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery (New Orleans). His work is owned privately around the world and in the permanent collection at the Center for Fine Art Photography in Ft. Collins, Colorado. His commercial works are licensed worldwide by Getty Images.

Ashok Sinha Website
The cARTwheel Initiative

Bring Art to Children : Hands-On Photography Workshops

SUZANNE PAUL: A Moment in Houston

Dick Wray Abstract Expressionist Artist
Photograph © Estate of Suzanne Paul

Edward Albee, 1999 Playwright
Photograph © Estate of Suzanne Paul

Angelbert Metoyer Contemporary Artist
Photograph © Estate of Suzanne Paul

A Moment in Houston / Photographs by Suzanne Paul
Installation photograph by Theresa Escobedo, Deborah Colton Gallery

Walter Hopps Director, Menil Collection
Photograph © Estate of Suzanne Paul

The late Walter Hopps [legendary Founding Director of the Menil Collection, Houston, Texas] stated, "Suzanne Paul should be recognized as one of the finest photographers to come out of Houston. Her essential medium is black and white photography, and her most important subject matter is portraiture. Not all photographers are skilled printers of their work. Paul is a superb printer achieving areas of deep black in line with her instinct for the chiaroscuro lighting of the subject. Having been the subject of one of Paul's portraits, I have experienced the directness and honesty of her work. She has caught an unidealized view of who I am."

La Lettre de la Photographie 4.2.2012

View Portfolio on La Lettre

There is a belief in many cultures that the camera is capable of stealing the human soul or spirit. Suzanne Paul's camera may not steal the soul, but it certainly captures it and the spirit within. – Clint Willour, Collector and Director of the Galveston Arts Center

The late Suzanne deYoung Paul (b. 1945 - d. 2005), a pioneer female photographer in Houston, was best known for her intuitive portraits of the art world. Being the first female photographer to have a solo exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and many other prestigious exhibitions including The Fort Worth Art Museum, Galveston Arts Center, private galleries and museums, Paul became known for her portraits of such well known artists as Julian Schnabel, Mel Chin, Andy Warhol and playwright Edward Albee. In addition she photographed Houston curators and patrons such as Walter Hopps, Anne Wilkes Tucker, Jim Harithas, Alison De Lima Greene, Alfred Glassell and Edward Mayo. Several of her photographs are in the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.

FotoFest and the Deborah Colton Gallery present an exhibition of portraits by Suzanne Paul “A Moment in Houston” that include twelve gelatin silver prints. "Suzanne Paul left us with a compelling visual documentation of our City’s art history and in doing so, of humanity itself."– Deborah Colton

FotoFest 2012 Exhibitions
Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston

Suzanne Paul: A Moment in Houston
Focus on Russia I, Olga Tobreluts; Focus on Russia II, Oleg Dou
Jonas Mekas, Contemporary Photographers from China
and Jay Rusovich to April 28, 2012

Special thanks to

La Lettre de la Photographie 4.2.2012
Clint Willour • Deborah Colton Gallery
Sean Perry Photographs
Theresa Escobedo • Susan May Tell

AIPAD 2012: The Armory, New York City

AVEDON | LEITER

(l) William Burroughs, writer, New York City 7.9.75, in original plexi frame. Photograph by Richard Avedon. Rick Wester Fine Art (206). (r) Wall of Saul Leiter black+white photographs. Howard Greenberg Gallery (204)

Margit Erb with Saul Leiter Photographs
Howard Greenberg Gallery (204)

Untitled, Liberia, 2005

Photograph by Tim Hetherington (American and British, 1970 - 2011)
Yossi Milo Gallery (203)

(Troops at) Korengal Valley, Kunar Province, Afghanistan, 2008
Photograph by Tim Hetherington (American and British, 1970 - 2011)
Yossi Milo Gallery (203)

"Hetherington took these photographs over one year in 2007-2008. His year in Afghanistan also became the basis for the documentary Restrepo, which he co-directed with Sebastian Junger. The film was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award in 2011 for Best Documentary Feature."

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Alex Soth: Dog Days Bogota

Susan Forristal | Martin Luther King
Photographs by Steve Schapiro and Paul Schutzer, Monroe Gallery (419)

Eric Miles, photo-eye Auctions

Photographer Bill Eppridge

Meet one of Life Magazines greatest photographers!
Monroe Gallery (419)

Susan May Tell | André Kertész

Collector John A. Bennette

John A. Bennette and Susan Forristal

David Scheinbaum | Scheinbaum & Russek (207)

(background) Janet Russek and their daughter, Andra (right)

AIPAD
Park Avenue Armory through April 1

Photographs/Snapshots above © Elizabeth Avedon
Please ask permission before reposting

KEITH CARTER + DORNITH DOHERTY: Houston's McMurtrey Gallery

Gaillardia, 2011
Photograph © Dornith Doherty

Red Yucca, 2011
Photograph © Dornith Doherty

Habitat, 2011
Photograph © Keith Carter

Cruise Ship, 2011
Photograph © Keith Carter

Poppy, 2010
Photograph © Dornith Doherty

Cache: "In this new body of work, Dornith Doherty explores the role of seed banks and their preservation efforts in the face of climate change, the extinction of natural species and decreased agricultural diversity. Traveling from the Arctic tundra of the Svalbard Archipelago to the Sonoran desert in Arizona since 2010, this new exhibition includes large format photographs of key global seed banks as well as archival pigment prints and digital chromogenic lenticular prints of x-ray collages of seeds and plants."

Read my 2011 Interview with Doherty after her travels close to the North Pole to photograph the Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Imagining Paradise: "Imagining Paradise reflects a new world in Keith Carter's visionary universe. With decreased eyesight following a medical condition Mr. Carter explains: "...my current visual world is now flat and two dimensional, similar to looking at a medieval painting, and scattered with black holes, mottled shapes, sparkles, and occasional light shows..." Keith Carter's new photographs of paradise are inspired by a deterioration of the real that Keith has turned into an ideal: "Using traditional silver-rich film and photographic papers, along with arcane chemistry and non-traditional technique, I am paying homage to the mystery of binocular vision and the history of the medium itself.""

McMurtrey Gallery, Houston

March 24 - April 21, 2012

Look for the upcoming April 2012 issue of
SPOT MAGAZINE | Houston Center for Photography
"An Interview: Dornith Doherty with Elizabeth Avedon"

SLOW EXPOSURES 2012: Call For Entries

First Place Award: Seeker by Vicki Hunt, Roswell, GeorgiaSlowExposures 2011 Exhibition

Untitled #15 by Jessica Hines as seen in The New Yorker Photo Booth
SlowExposures 2010 Exhibition

The 2011 SlowExposures: Jurors, Reviewers and Photographers. Top row, l to r: John A Bennette; Jerry Atnip, John Bennette, Sylvia Plachy, Elisabeth Biondi, Nancy McCrary, Gabrielle Larew; Sylvia Plachy, David Simonton, and Magdalena Sole; Exhibition crowd, on right, Alex Novak. Bottom row, l to r: Slow Exposure Co-Directors, Chris Curry and Nancy McCrary; Peter Essick; Sylvia Plachy and Jessica Hines; Elisabeth Biondi, Nancy McCrary and Steve Harper; and snapshots by Elizabeth Avedon (click to enlarge!)

CALL FOR ENTRIES
SlowExposures 2012 10th Annual Juried Exhibition
Celebrating Photography of the Rural South

You are invited to submit work for the Tenth Anniversary SlowExposures Photography Exhibition in Pike County, Georgia. As always, selected images capture the diversity, contradictions and complexity of the rural American South. We are pleased to welcome Brett Abbott, Photography Curator of the High Museum of Art and Julian Cox, Founding Curator of Photography of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco as our 2012 jurors.

SlowExposures is held during the last two weekends in September. Located in the rural countryside one hour from Atlanta's Hartsfield Jackson airport, the show is renowned for its intimate, relaxed environment where photographers and photography lovers gather to learn, share, and have fun. This year in honor of our tenth anniversary, we are pleased to welcome back many of our past jurors who have graciously agreed to lead seminars and staff our portfolio review. –Christine Curry and Nancy McCrary, Show Chairs

Information: www.SlowExposures.org.

SlowExposures 2011 + La Lettre 1 + LaLettre 2

MATTHEW AVEDON: Music + Fashion Interview

Matthew Avedon An Interview for Massimo Dutti

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Matthew Avedon / DNA Models, Major Models/Paris
Photographed by Gemma Edo for Massimo Dutti

Matthew Avedon/Vogue Italia Photographed by Dawidh Orlando

Matthew Avedon Film
Directed by Hunter + Gatti for Massimo Dutti Polyrhythms
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Matthew Avedon Film by Hunter + Gatti for Massimo Dutti
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A Talk With Matthew Avedon
Massimo Dutti Journal: #169

What are your passions?

While I have many interests, my main passion in life is working as a musician. I am an active member of the New York Jazz community and play gigs as many nights of the week as possible! I have my own group that plays Jazz Manouche in the style of Django Reinhardt and we call ourselves the Hot Club Time Machine, I also play some more modern things with my group the Matthew Avedon Trio, and I also play with an amazing New Orleans Jazz band called Jessy Carolina and The Hot Mess. On top of that I try to collaborate with as many musicians in other styles as I can. The life of a working musician can be very hard, and demands a lot of discipline but it is so creatively fulfilling that I wouldn't want to be doing anything else; except working for Massimo Dutti of course!

Obvious question: What is the weight of the name of the most admired photographer your grandfather?
 
Obviously my last name holds a lot of weight in the fashion industry and there's no getting around that. My grandfather played a very important role in shaping the aesthetics of modern fashion and how it presents itself, and his work as a creative force is undeniable. As a model on the other side of the camera I am understandably always asked about my grandfather, and all I can say is that as a man I didn't know him very well, but as an artist I deeply respect his contribution to photography.

Have you ever thought about taking a camera?
 
I have never seriously thought of taking up photography, it's not where my heart is so I wouldn't want to attempt it just because I have a famous last name. I leave that legacy to my younger brother Michael Avedon (michaelavedon.com) who is extremely talented and getting better every day! 

What about design? 
 
For me design is not something you do separate from everything else. Design is a way of approaching the world, everybody designs the world they live in as best they can. I have however considered working as a designer specifically as a job and it's something I think I would be quite good at, but right now I want to pour all my energy into improving as a musician, so I leave the design world to more capable hands.

New York or Paris?
 
I am a born and bred New Yorker and very proud of it! Paris is great and I love visiting, but New York will always be my home even though it has changed so much since I was a kid. It's the curse of the city that people who grow up here have a really hard time adjusting to living anywhere else and that is very true for me!

 What is your favorite part in the world where do you like to go?
 
I am very lucky that my job takes me all over the world and I get to see so many great places, the problem is I never get to stay for very long! Barcelona has always been a very fun place for me to visit and I have a few friends living there; anyone who has been there knows what a party town it can be. Through work I've spent so many years traveling around Europe and I've actually not had a chance to see that much of America besides California and a few other places, so soon I plan on taking a good long road trip across the country. I'm particularly looking forward to visiting New Orleans where the music scene is really amazing!

MENTORS: SVA Graduate Photography Exhibition

Photograph © Connor Hughes

Photograph © Gabriela Machuca

Photograph © Grace Prunoske

Photograph © Amy Utter

Mentors, an exhibition of works by the School of Visual Arts most promising graduating BFA Photography students, inspired by their relationships with leading members of the New York City Arts Community. Last years Mentors included Vince Aletti, Elinor Carucci, Yosi Milo, Adam Fuss and Elisabeth Biondi, among countless other forces in Photography, so I was especially honored to be invited as one of 2012's.

Stephen Frailey, chair of the BFA Photography Department, Editor-in-Chief of Dear Dave, and Curator of the Mentor Exhibition, explains, “We are always seeking to provide our students with opportunities that support their growth as professional artists. Working with these mentors offers our students an invaluable learning experience, one that inspires them to take their work further.”

It was a great experience for me to work with a talented new photographer, Gabriela Machuca; at first getting to know her work, and then exchanging ideas and insights towards her final exhibition choices. In the end I'm very proud of her series, as well as all of the other participants. Drop by and view these emerging photographers work.

Mentors
March 16 – 31, 2012
Visual Arts Gallery, 601 West 26 Street, New York