ADOBE LIGHTROOM 5: With Katrin Eismann, Julieanne Kost and Scott Kelby

Image processed with Adobe Lightroom 5 Upright Controls
© 2013 Katrin Eismann. All Rights Reserved

"I am often asked which iPhone apps I use. For Shooting: Camera+, Pure, Bracket Mode, and AvgCamPro. Processing: Pro HDR, Snapseed, PicTapGo. Effects: Afterlight, Rays, Wood Camera, Filterstorm. Sharing: EyeEm and Facebook." –Katrin Eismann

B+H and Adobe® Lightroom® Digital Photography Summit
with Scott Kelby, Julieanne Kost and Katrin Eismann
Jacob Javits Center NYC Mon 6/17 9:30am-5:30pm

Register Here

The Digital Photography Summit is a software and digital technology showcase of the latest trends featuring panel discussions, demonstrations, and surprises from Scott Kelby, Julieanne Kost and Katrin Eismann held at the Javits Center in NYC. RSVP now, this is event is free to the public and you will not want to miss this opportunity for a day-long event celebrating the convergence of software, gear and technology led by three of the most significant voices in digital photography.

The Agenda Includes:
Live Shootout with Scott Kelby
Perfect Workflow for today’s high megapixel advanced DSLR cameras shooting in RAW
Major Software Releases Demonstrated
Latest Technology in Cameras set in a mini trade show
High End Gear giveaways
Special Show Discounts
Gear Trade In-Programs

The Digital Summit will be live streamed for those who cannot attend.  Reserve your reminder for the stream here. Proudly Sponsored by: Adobe,  Canon, Kelby Training, Intel, Elinchrom, Jpegmini, Lexar, Manfrotto, Sigma, Sony,  Squarespace, Teradek,  Tether Tools,  WD, and Westcott. 

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Katrin Eismann is an internationally recognized artist, author, and educator who has been working with digital imaging tools since 1989. Katrin's extensive teaching and speaking engagements address the latest tools and techniques of digital imaging and the impact they are having upon professional photographers, artists, and educators. She speaks German and English and has taught and presented in Europe, Asia, South America, and throughout North America. Currently Katrin holds the Chair of the Masters Digital Photography Department at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Julieanne Kost is Principal Evangelist for Photoshop and Lightrom at Adobe Systems, founder of jkost.com, publisher of the Daily Photoshop and Lightroom Tip (blogs.adobe.com/jkost), host of “The Complete Picture” a bimonthly instructional training program featuring Lightroom and Photoshop on AdobeTV, author of  “Window Seat – The Art of Digital Photography and Creative Thinking” and author of Photoshop CS6 Essential Training with Lynda.com.

Scott Kelby is Editor and Publisher of Photoshop User magazine, Executive Editor and Publisher of Lightroom and Light It magazines, and President of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP). He is Training Director for the Adobe Photoshop Seminar Tour and Conference Technical Chair for the Photoshop World Conference & Expo. He’s the co-host of the highly acclaimed weekly videocast The Grid (a photography talk show), and teaches photography, Lightroom, and Photoshop workshops around the world. Scott is an award-winning author of more than 50 books, including The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers and The Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers, and is currently the world’s #1 best-selling author of books on photography.

(Text courtesy B + H PhotoEvents)

INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS: IPA 2013 Call For Entries • Deadline July 15th

 2013 International Photography Awards Competition

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MOST INFLUENTIAL NAMES IN PHOTOGRAPHY

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IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM: A Handmade Book from 21st Editions

 

 Imogen Cunningham - Veiled Woman, 1910

Imogen Cunningham -  

The Wood Beyond the World, 1910

Imogen Cunningham - The Dream, 1910

In 2012, 21st Editions and the Imogen Cunningham Trust announced, Imogen Cunningham: Platinum / Palladium, the first in a trilogy of books on the work of Imogen Cunningham, one of the most important women in the history of photography.   

And now in 2013, Imogen Cunningham: Symbolist with Poetry and Prose by William Morris, is the second book in this trilogy. The components of this completely handmade book will include:

* 3 loose Imogen Cunningham Estate prints (shown above): Veiled Woman, 1910; The Dream, 1910;  and The Wood Beyond the World, 1910 each printed at approximately 9 1/2 x 12 inches with the Imogen Cunningham chop and Estate stamp.

* 10 bound Imogen Cunningham Estate Prints printed in gum arabic and platinum of Cunningham's early Symbolist work (1905-1915), as shown below. These prints will also include the chop and Estate stamp.

* 1 frontispiece nude self-portrait of Imogen Cunningham.

* Poetry and Prose by William Morris, with an introductory note by John Wood, printed letterpress on handmade Twinrocker paper.

* Hand-bound by master binder Sarah Creighton

Should you want a copy of this title for your collection, the price is $8500. A deposit is required: contact Pam or Steve  #508-398-3000

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Imogen Cunningham Retrospective

Kulturhuset, Stockholm 

May 24 - September 8

A retrospective of Imogen Cunningham's work will open on May 24th in Stockholm at Kulturhuset. This exhibition, in collaboration with the Fundación Mapfre and La Fábrica, brings together approximately two hundred photographs, some unpublished and rarely seen, from the Imogen Cunningham Trust as well as several museums. Works from Imogen Cunningham: Symbolist are part of this exhibition including The Wood Beyond the World, 1910; Self Portrait, 1906; and Marsh at Dawn, 1905-1906.  
 

ANDERSON + LOW: An Intimate Journey with Chinese Gymnasts at Fahey/Klein

 Anderson + Low

Dong Zhengdong from the Project Endure, 2009/2010

 Anderson + Low

Gymnasium from the Project Endure, 2009/2010

 Anderson + Low

 Beam Training from the Project Endure, 2009/2010

 Anderson + Low

Huang Huidan from the Project Endure, 2009/2010

Anderson + Low

 Warming Up from the Project Endure, 2009/2010

ANDERSON + LOW
ENDURE: An Intimate Journey with the Chinese Gymnasts

FAHEY / KLEIN GALLERY

May 23 - July 6, 2013

Artist Reception: May 23, 7 – 9 PM

Fahey/Klein Gallery presents "ENDURE: An Intimate Journey with the Chinese Gymnasts", the first exhibition in the western world of this project from contemporary photographers, Jonathan Anderson and Edwin Low. The exhibition is comprised of large-scale color photographs taken over a two-year period documenting the elite Chinese gymnasts, their challenging and dedicated training program, their character, and the team's training facilities in Beijing.

Athletics, endurance, and the process of training have inspired Anderson + Low for over twenty years, but it wasn't until 2009 that the duo was granted exclusive and completely unique access to photograph the Chinese gymnasts.   Nobody has been given this access, and the results are as unprecedented as they are extraordinary. Over the following two years, Anderson & Low would work to create a documentary series that reinvents traditional sport imagery. Whereas conventional sport photography primarily focuses on the winning moment, or an instance of heartbreaking defeat-Anderson & Low's images explore the mental and physical process of training itself, and the structure and discipline the young gymnasts endure. The images capture powerful moments of stillness and transcend into a study of the human condition in microcosm, an examination of the purest human emotions under intense pressure. Although the images have a distinctly contemporary feel, athletics, training, and competition are among the most ancient and earliest depicted themes. Anderson & Low's images reference classic Greek and Roman forms, and the ancient ideal of the trained athlete. Their photographs examine the tension between the athlete's ideal and the very real limitations of the human body.

Anderson + Low state that the goal of the project is to celebrate the extraordinary athletes they have spent years photographing alongside, and of whom they remain in awe. They use the word "Endure" in a triumphal sense, celebrating these gymnasts' stamina, endurance, dedication, character and through this they celebrate the human spirit as a whole. Their images avoid judgment; instead, the detailed scrutiny in these images conveys the physical and mental experiences of the athletes, and the photographers' feeling of respect and admiration towards the athletes' strength, grace, power and determination. This became evident to the photographers when they first witnessed the athletes training in their massive gymnasium in early 2009, "We experienced profound emotion, intimate and powerful, made all the more intense by this primal response being so unexpected. It was, and still is, unforgettable; until that moment, we had not known that sport could still make us feel something so simple, as though it was the first time we have ever seen people train." (ENDURE, Serindia Contemporary Publications, 2012)

Since 1990, Jonathan Anderson and Edwin Low have been collaborating creatively as Anderson + Low. Their work has been exhibited internationally, and belongs to many public and private collections including: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Victoria + Albert Museum, London; National Portrait Galleries (United Kingdom and Australia); National Gallery of Australia; Museum of Fine Art, Houston; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, and La Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris among many others. A limited edition book of "Endure" was recently released by Serindia Publications (2012). Jonathan Anderson and Edwin Low live and work in London, United Kingdom. (Courtesy Fahey/Klein)

Edwin Low and Jonathan Anderson, October 2012

Untitled (Kit The Swordsman), The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Photo © Elizabeth Paul Avedon / All rights reserved

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.

THE FENCE: Boston Photo Exhibition along the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway

 

The Fence 2013, Boston

John Delaney's series,  Hoboken Passing, The Fence 2013, Boston

More About John Delaney's Hoboken Passing here

The Fence, 2012 exceeded all expectations

 photo by Stefan Falke

The Fence 2013, Boston

THE FENCE

A Summer Long Special Boston Outdoor Exhibition

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway

now to Sept 1, 2013

United Photo Industries, Photo District News (PDN), Brooklyn Bridge Park & Flash Forward Festival have joined forces to curate and produce THE FENCE - the annual summer-long outdoor photo exhibition that in its first year, drew more than 1 million visitors during its 10 week run at Brooklyn Bridge Park in 2012.

The work featured on THE FENCE in 2012 exceeded every expectation, captivating audiences of all ages, and this year THE FENCE has expanded! In addition to our 1000ft long photographic installation on display in Brooklyn Bridge Park, we partnered with Boston's Flash Forward Festival, in producing a special curated version of THE FENCE, now displayed along the Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston. Photographers of all levels were invited to submit their best image series that capture the essence of "community" and fit into one more of the competition categories: Home, Streets, People, Creatures, Play. (Courtesy of United Photo Industries)

JOHN DELANEY: Kazakh Golden Eagle Nomads at Photo-Eye Gallery, Santa Fe

Eagle Hunter #9, 2008 

Gelatin-Silver print. Photograph © John Delaney

Silent Watcher, 1998

 Gelatin-Silver print. Photograph © John Delaney

 The Three Horsemen, 1998

Gelatin-Silver print. Photograph © John Delaney

 John Delaney in his traveling Studio

The method and style of my photography is very traditional. I travel with a large format wood view camera and a portable studio tent. My traveling studio not only controls the light but also serves as a common meeting ground in which my subjects present themselves. The goal is to create a portrait that reveals something beneath the obvious: a sense of grace, nobility, or humanity. – John Delaney

Nomad Girl w/ Falcon, 2008   

Gelatin-Silver print. Photograph © John Delaney

"Every year soon after the first snowfall these majestic men will mount their horses and head up into the mountains in search of prey. They will lose their eagles on any unsuspecting fox, rabbit, and even wolf. The Kazakhs capture their eagles while young, often directly from their  cliff side nests. They take only the female, which are larger and more aggressive than the male. The eagles stay with the hunter for about seven years, during which time man and bird live in symbiosis, bound in survival. With a wingspan of over 7 feet and talons that can easily crush bone, these majestic predators make formidable allies. In the more isolated valleys of the Altai Mountains this hunt still provides needed food and furs for harsh winters. And it has become a treasured tradition and right of passage for the Kazakh men."– John Delaney

Shot in Mongolia in 2008, John Delaney's Golden Eagle Nomads centers on the relationships between the nomadic Kazakh people and their golden eagle hunting companions. Though their nomadic lifestyle and hunting traditions date back to the 5th Century (and possibly earlier), the Kazakh's way of life is now threatened by an encroaching Western influence and globalization. Delaney's photographs capture the unique and complex symbiotic relationship between the Kazakh people and these powerful birds. Delaney was honored with the 2008 Lucie/International Photography Awards 'Discovery of the Year' for this series and was Master Printer for Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Bruce Davidson, Patrick Demarchelier, Steven Klein, among others. His work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally.

JOHN DELANEY: Golden Eagle Nomads 

Exhibition: May 17 – July 12

Artist Reception: June 5,  5‐7 pm 

Artist Talk: June 5, 6 pm 

Photo-Eye Gallery 

376 Garcia Street • Santa Fe, NM

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

My Mother, The Continental Divide, USA, 1940's

Happy Mothers Day

To Everyone Who Is A Mother

or Ever Had A Mother...

SCENES FROM THE SOUTH, 1936-2012: An Exhibition at Howard Greenberg Gallery

Bill Burke, Lewis, Vote, Kool, Valley View, Kentucky, 1976

Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York 

William Gedney, Kentucky, 1972

Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York

 Peter Sekaer, Billboard, Amarillo, Texas, 1939

Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York

 

Walker Evans, Houses and Billboards in Atlanta, Georgia, 1936

Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York

Joel Meyerowitz, The South, date unknown 

Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York

Howard Greenberg Gallery

Scenes from the South, 1936-2012

May 9-June 1, 2013

Work by Berenice Abbott, Bill Burke, Edward Burtynsky, William Christenberry, Bruce Davidson, William Eggleston, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, William Gedney, Dorothea Lange, Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Peter Sekaer, and emerging artists Caroline Allison, Mikael Kennedy, Joshua Black Wilkins, and J.R. Doty. The exhibition is curated by Susan Sherrick, an independent curator based in Nashville.

JEFF JACOBSON: The Last Roll [Of Kodachrome]

 Diner, Lone Pine, California, 2009

Photograph © Jeff Jacobson

 Mt. St. Helens, Washington, 2008

 Photograph © Jeff Jacobson

 Motel 6, Kansas City, Kansas 2009

 Photograph © Jeff Jacobson

"For 35 years, photographer Jeff Jacobson has worked exclusively with Kodachrome film to create images of people and landscapes, mostly made in America, that push the boundaries of photojournalism to present a more poetic and subjective view of the world. Jacobson has described his approach to his photography as rooted in the world but having "one foot in the real world, and one foot somewhere else." His photographs, which are sometimes difficult to decipher, can be beautiful, dreamlike, theatrical, artful, meditative, or quirky, reflecting the artist's personal approach to his work."

"The work in The Last Roll was not a pre-planned concept, but rather evolved out of the blue as a result of timing. In December of 2004, Jacobson was diagnosed with cancer. He underwent chemotherapy treatment, and his life temporarily stopped. While recovering at his home in the Catskills, he was at first too weak to leave the house so he started shooting inside (something he would never have imagined doing previously), out the window, and as he regained his strength outside the house in his backyard, on the street, and by the river. After six months he took his first trip on a plane to resume photographing the rest of America."
 
"In 2009, while still working on the The Last Roll, Kodak announced that it was discontinuing the production of Kodachrome film. The last roll of the film that Jacobson had used throughout his career was processed in 2010. While grappling with his own mortality, Jacobson was working in a medium that had already ended."

"In his personal statement Jacobson writes: "A few days before Christmas, 2004, I was diagnosed with lymphoma. Some present. After each chemotherapy session I retreated to our home in the Catskills to recuperate. I began photographing around the house, as I was too sick to go anywhere else. As my strength returned, my photographic universe slowly expanded. Shortly thereafter, Kodak discontinued production of Kodachrome. I loved Kodachrome. It helped shape my photographic vision. I filled my refrigerator and wine cooler with the stuff and kept shooting. I have outlived my film. A few days before Christmas, 2010, I exposed my last roll."

"The Last Roll is Jacobson's attempt to answer his question "what do you do when you are presented with your own physical and creative mortality?" This beautiful and compelling body of photographs provides a nuanced, first person depiction of a cancer patient's changing perspectives on life, death, art and the world at-large. The colors in Jacobson's photographs of deer basked in car headlights, a lake at dusk, cranes in flight, a tree splattered with blue paint, Mt. St. Helen's, his wife looking out the window, a self portrait, are more muted than in his previous work as he moves into a deeper place of self reflection. Jacobson refers to photography as the fulcrum of his life, no matter what else is going on, and this feeling is celebrated in The Last Roll. The photographs are accompanied by a poem written by Jacobson's wife Marnie Andrews." (Courtesy of Daylight Books)

JEFF JACOBSON: THE LAST ROLL

THE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK

Exhibition through June 16, 2013 

The Last Roll  

Daylight Books, 2013. Printed in Iceland by Oddi Press 

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THE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK
is located in upstate New York in the heart of the Catskill Mountains

PHOTO L.A. 2013: Le Journal de la Photographie in PRINT! Edition Zero

Parking © Alex Kummerman
Le Journal de la Photographie in Print!

From "The Diary of Alex Kummerman"

Le Journal de la Photographie, April 26, 2013

"For the opening of Paris Photo LA 2013, we have decided to release a printed copy of the Journal de la Photographie. Alex Kummerman, Co-founder and Chairman of the Journal took it with him to Los Angeles and did some snapshots of its birth and delivery in the amazing Paramount Studios."(Le Journal)

I'm so honored my "Interview with Lise Sarfati" (now updated) is the cover of Le Journal de la Photographie's first printed edition. 

Save me one!

AMY ARBUS: ICP Book Signing April 26

 Join Amy Arbus for a signing of her new book, After Images, at ICP

ICP Book Signing: Amy Arbus "After Images"
ICP Store, 1133 Avenue of the Americas
Friday, April 26, 6:00pm–7:30pm 

 

Amy Arbus's fifth book, After Images, is an homage to classic paintings by Picasso, Modigliani, and Cezanne among others. A boxed edition from Schiffer Publishing, it contains 24 color plates and a conversation between Arbus and Larry Fink. After Images is perhaps her most visually arresting photographic series to date. Arbus's chiaroscuro lighting and lush colors produce emotionally dark trompe l'oeil portraits. The photographs are a discussion of what occurs in the lens between the real, the represented, and how memory influences perception. ICP Chief Curator Brian Wallis writes, "her astonishing pitch-perfect pictures say as much about the sweetly treasured past of painting as they do about the unpredictably hybrid future of photography."

Please note that due to professional obligations, photographer's book signing dates may change without notification. Limit of two signed copies per customer. Pre-orders and reserve orders are not guaranteed but every effort is made to fulfill orders. Books must be purchased from the ICP Store. If purchased before date of event, please bring your receipt. For more information, call 212.857.9725. This event takes place during voluntary contribution hours at the museum. (Source: ICP)

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GARRY WINOGRAND: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Exhibition and Catalog

 John F. Kennedy, Democratic National Convention, Los Angeles, 1960

Garry Winogrand, posthumous digital reproduction from original negative; Garry Winogrand Archive, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona; © The Estate of Garry Winogrand, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

 Los Angeles, ca.1980–83

Garry Winogrand, gelatin silver print; Garry Winogrand Archive, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona; © The Estate of Garry Winogrand, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

 Richard Nixon Campaign Rally, New York, 1960

Garry Winogrand, posthumous digital reproduction from original negative; Garry Winogrand Archive, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona; © The Estate of Garry Winogrand, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

 Los Angeles, 1980–83

Garry Winogrand, posthumous digital reproduction from original negative; Garry Winogrand Archive, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona; © The Estate of Garry Winogrand, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

Garry Winogrand  Exhibition Catalog

(SFMOMA/Yale University Press)

The exhibition catalog, Garry Winogrand, serves as the most comprehensive volume on Winogrand to date and the only compendium of the artist's work. Five new essays, and nearly 400 plates, trace the artist's working methods, major themes, and create a collective portrait of Winogrand.  

Leo Rubinfien provides an extensive overview of Winogrand's life and career. Erin O'Toole, assistant curator of photography at SFMOMA, considers the Winogrand archive at the Center for Creative Photography and matters relating to the ethics of posthumous printing of the artist's work; she also writes introductions to each of the three main plate sections. Sarah Greenough, senior curator of photographs at the National Gallery of Art, considers the magazine culture that gave birth to Winogrand's early work and the emergence of the museum context that fostered his ideas in the 1960s. Sandra S. Phillips, senior curator of photography at SFMOMA, writes about Winogrand's relevance for contemporary photography. Susan Kismaric, former curator in the Department of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, offers a selected bibliography, full chronology, and annotated checklist that enables the reader to tell who among Winogrand's various editors has been responsible for the selection of any photograph, and when.  

Photographer Tod Papageorge, the Walker Evans Professor of Photography in the School of Art at Yale University, and Winogrand's intimate friend, protégé, and sometime editor, writes of his early years in New York when he met Garry Winogrand and became one of his closest friends. Papageorge curated Winogrand's 1977 exhibition, Public Relations, at the Museum of Modern Art. His own photographs have been exhibited and published widely, including Passing Through Eden (Steidl, 2007), American Sports, 1970: Or How We Spent the War in Vietnam (Aperture, 2007), OPERA Città. (Punctum Editions, Rome 2010) and Core Curriculum: Writings on Photography (Aperture, 2011). 

In the exhibition catalog Papageorge writes, "Before long, Garry and I were photographing together....moving up and down Fifth Avenue between Forty-second and Fifty-seventh Street, picture scouts loosely spread along a block or two, the flow of office workers, shoppers, tourists, cops, would-be world-beaters, and les belles dames sans merci presenting whole schools of potential actor-subjects shifting, rushing, pushing, expressing incalculable, evanescent patterns of gesture and movement. We each found a place in it, and a reason. For me, the challenge was to stop and hold that streaming flood of movement in a clear, coherent picture. Garry, for his part, was more compelled by the exchanges and story lines of the human comedy he encountered (and, with his rapid eye and mind, intuited or imagined), bringing his camera so quickly to and from his eye that he appeared to be scratching his nose. Up and down, back and forth: we were all in it nearly every moment, but Garry Winogrand was in it and in his very element."

GARRY WINOGRAND

SF MOMA Exhibition

March 9 - June 2, 2013

Tod Papageorge Artist Talk filmed at SFMOMA March 7, 2013

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 GARRY WINOGRAND 

 Exhibition Catalog

Edited by Leo Rubinfien; With contributions by Sarah Greenough, Susan Kismaric, Erin O'Toole, Tod Papageorge, and Sandra S. Phillips 

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Garry Winogrand: Co-organized by SFMOMA and the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. San Francisco March 9–June 2, 2013 (Source: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art http://www.sfmoma.org)

PHOTOGLOBAL: The School of Visual Arts Emerging International Photographer Grants

 The African Queen © Namsa Leuba

Hadri, 2010, from “The Meat Tree”©Andrew Moynehan

The School of Visual Arts in New York City has announced the availability of two $35,000 tuition grants for emerging international photographers to it's PhotoGlobal program.

PhotoGlobal is a one year international program for young and advanced photographers to share in the vast creative opportunities that New York City offers, and provides the photographic community of the School of Visual Arts as a portal for that experience. The goal of this post-baccalaureate certificate program is to provide critical rigor and develop an individual's work through critique, lectures, museum and gallery seminars and a dialogue with faculty and the other participants.

Ten finalists will be announced on May 1, with the two foundation grant winners on May 15. For details on the full program and to enter, go to: SVA PhotoGlobal .

Founder: Stephen Frailey. Seminar Leader: Marc Joseph Berg. Critique Faculty: Peter Garfield. For additional information please contact: Tel: 212 592 2357 photoglobal@sva.edu / http://www.sva.edu/special-programs/photoglobal

MAGGIE STEBER+CARLOS RENÉ PEREZ: Collaborate at New York's Leica Gallery

Sleeping Beauty, 2008

 Photograph © Maggie Steber

Madje Steber sleeps in her bed with her stuffed kitty at Midtown Manor her home in Hollywood, FL. in 2008.  Dementia and the medications she takes to fight memory loss, causes Madje to sleep most of the day and night.

 

Cilla and Maggie, Mexico, 1992

Photograph © Carlos Rene Perez

Maggie Steber and Carlos Rene Perez collaborate in a combined exhibit, Presence and Absence. The personal nature of both presentations acts as a common bond and theme and deals with issues of isolation. A secondary bond is that until the mid-nineties the two photographers had lived together for over two decades and their continuing friendship creates a system of support and influence.

Maggie Steber’s exhibit, Rite of Passage, is an intimate recording of her mother’s voyage through the melancholy of dementia.  An only child of an only parent, Steber oversaw her mother’s care for nine years.  She used photography as a therapeutic tool to survive this longest goodbye. The fact that Steber never intended to share the work publicly makes the intimacy far more pronounced. Steber has worked in 63 countries as a freelance magazine photographer. While working as Director of Photography of The Miami Herald, the paper’s photo staff won a Pulitzer and were twice finalists for this coveted award. Her extensive work in Haiti in the 1980s and 1990s was published in an Aperture monograph entitled Dancing on Fire. Steber’s work is included in many private and museum collections as well as the Library of Congress.  She has been a recipient of grants from the Alicia Patterson Foundation, the Ernst Haas Foundation and the Knight Foundation.

In a remarkable contrast, the diversity of Carlos Rene Perez’s work exemplifies the role of the photographer as artist.  During almost 20 years of Leica Gallery’s existence, Perez has been a regular contributor to its calendar. With this exhibition, An Artist’s Life, he shows a remarkable multiplicity of style, vision and technical control, all along maintaining a truly personal perspective. His work spans 45 years beginning with traditional street photography but then veering off to fanciful tabletop toy adventures, and on to gilded masterworks inspired by Renaissance illuminations. In recent years he's been influenced by Edward Hopper's paintings focusing on the solitary experiences and encounters of individuals in intimate and introspective moments. Perez has consistently exhibited his fine art photography in New York and Texas and is in many private collections across the United States.  Commercially he's worked with Associated Press, USA Today and US News & World Report; Pratt Institute and Columbia University; New York Presbyterian and New York University Medical Centers; Bloomberg News; and 20 years covering New York fashion shows. (courtesy of the Leica Gallery, NY)

Presence and Absence

Maggie Steber and Carlos Rene Perez

 April 19 - June 1, 2013

Leica Gallery • 670 B'way • New York