HENRIK SAXGREN: ULTIMA THULE Talk at the LANDSKRONA FOTO FESTIVAL 2017

Photograph © Henrik Saxgren

Photograph © Henrik Saxgren

Photograph © Henrik Saxgren

Photograph © Henrik Saxgren

Danish photographer Henrik Saxgren's new book ULTIMA THULE, published by GYLDENDAL, is work from the Thuleregion in the Northern part of Arctic Greenland. To order Ultima Thule: www.saxo.com

HENRIK SAXGREN

henriksaxgren.com

LANDSKRONA FOTO FESTIVAL 2017 : Danish photographer Henrik Saxgren will talk about his latest book “Ultima Thule – a photographic journey through the hunting grounds of northern Greenland” at Landskrona Theater, Landskrona, Sweden. Friday, September 15. 4-5PM

 LANDSKRONA FOTO FESTIVAL

landskronafoto.org

AMY ARBUS: The Outsiders

 Loafers

Photograph © Amy Arbus

Cross

Photograph © Amy Arbus

One Long Walk

Photograph © Amy Arbus

AMY ARBUS presents black and white photographs from a new series titled, ‘The Outsiders’. Taken in and around the parks in her New York City neighborhood these riveting new images capture homeless and disenfranchised people. ‘The Outsiders’ began with photographs of the Women’s March in Washington DC and continues to consider the entirety of the arc of social change happening now. Arbus’s new work offers the immediacy of photography’s capabilities to document the moment while reaching deep into the medium’s history and connecting with its Lions. As always, she offers the viewer dazzling technical and formal satisfactions while provoking story, emotion, a sense of place and time and an incomparable relationship between photographer and subject. ‘The Outsiders’ consists of ten new photographs and premiers at this exhibit. –  Schoolhouse Gallery

AMY ARBUS, The Outsiders, Opening September 1, 6-8 pm at the Schoolhouse Gallery, ptown, MA.

AMY ARBUS

The Outsiders
September 1 – 27
Schoolhouse Gallery
Provincetown, MA

www.galleryschoolhouse.com/

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AMY ARBUS  at LACP
October 27 - 29, 2017
Day of the Dead: The Single Narrative Portrait
Los Angeles Center for Photography
Los Angeles, CA
www.lacphoto.org

MEG BIRNBAUM: Losing The Farm

Orange Shirt © Meg Birnbaum

Gone © Meg Birnbaum

Rabbits © Meg Birnbaum

Many Colors © Meg Birnbaum

LOSING THE FARM

"On a spring day in 2015, I entered a call for entry from a local arts organization seeking to match 10 artists with ten farms. The hope being to build community, and educate the public about the local raising and growing of food. The 10 artists, of all mediums, were tasked with telling the story of a year in the life of a small Massachusetts farm. I was matched with ‘Pete and Jen’s Backyard Birds’ a pig, chicken, and turkey farm."

"I learned, among many new things, that unless a person inherits a preexisting family farm it is common practice to lease land from a larger farm that is not able to use all of what they own. Pete and Jen did that and shortly after I started my project they were told that their time was up. The mood and tone of the farm changed to a heaviness that matched the crushing heat."

"I followed the farm through moving day, sadly watching the farm deconstruct day by day. The animals went to market, the greenhouses came down, the fruit trees dug up. The farm was lost."

"Pete and Jen are still farming but in a completely different venue. They are stewards for a community farm owned by the town of Lincoln MA. Jen is the Director of the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project, a beginning farmer training program at Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy." – Meg Birnbaum

Meg Birnbaum is a photographer, graphic designer, and educator living in the Boston area. Her work is held in the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Art, Houston, the Lishui Museum of Photography in China, the Meditech Corporation, and private collections.  

www.megbirnbaum.com

HEATHER EVANS SMITH: Seen Not Heard

Heather Evans Smith Photography

The Horace Williams House

610 Rosemary Street

Chapel Hill, North Carolina
September 3–24, 2017

DAWN WATSON: Message from GRACE at LACP

 © Dawn Watson

© Dawn Watson

© Dawn Watson

“Message from GRACE: Imaginings of an Altered World” 

“…the places are what remain, are what you can possess, are what is immortal. They become the tangible landscape of memory, the places that made you, and in some way you too become them. They are what you can possess and in the end what possesses you.” – Rebecca Solnit, A Field Guide to Getting Lost

Dawn Watson's “Message from GRACE: Imaginings of an Altered World,” was top winner from the Fourth Annual Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) Members’ Exhibition. Her work was selected for solo exhibition by juror Paula Tognarelli, Director of the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, MA.

Dawn Watson writes, "High above the Atlantic, suspended between time zones and uncertain outcomes, sleep comes fitfully. In the dark, the world shifts. Midnight reading offers a distraction but also deeper evidence for concern. Earth’s axis tilts, gravity pulls, seasons change, ice melts, flooding waters rise, or the earth is left parched, the natural world changes beyond recognition. Human activity contributes to these seismic shifts in Earth’s mass and atmosphere. Heightened awareness of our ever-changing world leaves bodies and spirits under stress from this increased vulnerability. Adapt and change to a new way of being or turn a deaf ear and a blind eye to the  comprehensive observations from both elders and science warning of the consequence of denial. “Message from GRACE” offers an inverted reality, present but not yet seen. Delicate details or vast landscapes are familiar yet strange, hold both beauty and decay, alarm and possibilities. How to make sense of our off-kilter politics, environment, relationships? How can we shape our near and distant future?"

“NASA’S GRACE Mission satellites, (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) relay data that has transformed analysis of changes in the Earth’s system. GRACE-FO, scheduled for launch in late 2017, will continue the work of tracking Earth’s water movement to monitor changes in underground water storage, the amount of water in large lakes and rivers, soil moisture, ice sheets and glaciers, and sea level caused by the addition of water to the ocean. These discoveries provide a unique view of Earth’s climate and have far-reaching benefits to society and the world’s population. “https://gracefo.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/overview”

I offer my deep gratitude to juror Paula Tognarelli and the Los Angeles Center of Photography for their dedication to the photographic process and community.

Dawn Watson's "Message from GRACE: 

Imaginings of an Altered World"

August 12, 5-8pm

 Los Angeles Center of Photography

515 Wilcox Ave., Los Angeles, CA

lacphoto.org

A. SMITH GALLERY: Black and White

 William King / Give Peace a Chance

 Mark Coggins / Geisha Confidential

 Leslie Jean-Bart / The Cargo Has Arrived

Francis Crisafio / Holdup in the Hood 1

Black + White

“I’ve been forty years discovering that the queen of all colors is black.” – Henri Matisse

The call to enter was simple. Black and White. The possibilities of what may be entered are limitless. “All the masters shot in black and white,” as Daido Moriyama has put so simply, “but then again, that is all they had.” Today there are so many other choices, and directions photographers can take, but thankfully many continue to embrace the choice toward black and white imagery.

I never get bored looking at images. I’m drawn to all types, all subjects, and all genres. What makes one image more interesting to me than another is hard to define. Finding something, perhaps the smallest detail, is the extraordinary that waits to be discovered.

And so with this call for entry I was not disappointed by the results. From over 1,000 images submitted, I found that there was more than one exhibition that could be edited from the whole. That is what makes jurying so difficult. There are only fifty seats at the table, but there are at least four or five times as many images that exceed expectations, that tell a story better than another, that make you feel strongly about something you may not have noticed before.

When I first viewed William King’s magical photograph of Coretta Scott King (no relation), I knew it had to receive the top Juror’s Award. It just rose above the others both in content and in skill. I had that same strong feeling when viewing Leslie Jean-Bart, Mark Coggins and Francis Crisafio' three Honorable Mention photographs. The images that followed were chosen individually for one reason or another, but not to say they were easy choices – there were so many that had to be left out for reasons of space. The photographs that weren’t “chosen” this time around – try not to take it personally – all of the work was very good. Continue to send your work out into the world as a big wide net. Let it come back to you from sources you couldn’t plan. You can never be sure who will find it, and contact you next.

– Elizabeth Avedon

black + white

Juror | Elizabeth Avedon
Exhibition dates | August 4 to September 10, 2017
Reception | August 26, 2017 from 4 to 8pm

A. Smith Gallery

photographic arts

103 N. Nugent Ave

Johnson City, Texas

Exhibition Online

    

WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY?

 © Claire A. Warden, Ed Friedman Award

 The 23rd Griffin Museum Juried Exhibition

© Suzanne Revy, Director's Award

The 23rd Griffin Museum Juried Exhibition

The 23rd Griffin Museum Juried Exhibition - Ed Friedman Legacy, curated by Hamidah Glasgow, Executive Director and Curator at The Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, Colorado, is in the Main Gallery of the Griffin Museum through September 1, 2017. View all the artist's work: griffinmuseum.org

Jimmy Mack, On Float, Southampton, NY

© Gary Beeber, 2016

Steve D., God Bless America

© Gary Beeber, 2016

Gary Beeber’s series, “Personalities,” is featured in the Griffin Gallery at the Griffin Museum of Photography through September 1, 2017. Beeber began making documentary films of burlesque shows and accompanying side performances. His focus was on people who led unconventional lives.

© Rocio de Alba / Honor Thy Mother

Rocio de Alba’s ongoing series, “Honor Thy Mother,” is featured in the Atelier Gallery at the Griffin Museum of Photography from June 6st through September 3rd, 2017. de Alba poses in a series of humorous and processed self-portraits, which shows us different contemporary mothers in current modern families. Read more: griffinmuseum.org/show/honor-thy-mother/

© Janet Holmes, Clarice

Griffin Museum Instagram Exhibition

The 23rd Juried Exhibition: Ed Friedman Legacy Show assembled 84 images as part of the virtual Instagram Exhibition juried by Hamidah Glasgow. More: Griffinmuseum.org/

Donate and Support the Griffin

The Griffin Museum of Photography, a non-profit organization dedicated solely to the art of photography, is celebrating their 25th Anniversary this year! As a public charity The Griffin Museum is dedicated solely to the language of photography. Through the many exhibitions, programs and lectures that they  produce, they strive to encourage a broader understanding and appreciation of the visual, emotional and social impact of the photograph. Through its network of eight galleries and 40-60 exhibitions, the Griffin Museum is at the cusp of cultural and artistic innovation in photography-all tirelessly overseen by the Griffin's brilliant Director, Paula Tognarelli. Ms. Tognarelli not only plans and over see's all 8 galleries exhibitions rotating at all times, but juries exhibitions and reviews portfolio's around the world, as well as mentoring grammar school children and all of the photography community at large all times! Whew! I'm exhausted imaging what a day in the life of Paula Tognarelli is all about.

PLEASE  DONATE  HERE

In October, The Griffin Museum of Photography with collaborators SoWa Boston, Boston University, Lesley University, Art New England and Gallery Kayafas, brings FlashPoint Boston, a photography festival, to Boston. Donate here

Also in October, there will be "The Fence", lectures, workshops, panel discussions, portfolio reviews 

and the Griffin's Focus Awards.

 

The Griffin Focus Awards will be presented to:

Elizabeth Avedon (Lifetime Achievement!)

Paul Messier (Beacon)

American Photography Archives Group (Spotlight) 

and Beuford Smith (A Culture of Legacy)

CLAMPART: Where Water Comes Together

 Alex Gencarelli | Untitled (Breath)

 Peter Nicholson | Untitled (from the series “What Cheer?”)

Tianqiutao Chen | Untitled (from the series “The Last Post”)

Rhode Island School of Design 2017 MFA Graduate Show
July 20 – 28, 2017

Opening Reception:
Thursday, July 20, 2017
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

C L A M P A R T
247 West 29th Street, NY
+1 646.230.0020
info@clampart.com

clampart.com

ENTER PORTRAITS: South x Southeast Gallery. Deadline July 15, 2017

Photograph © Elizabeth Paul Avedon

TIC TOC.....TIC TOC

DEADLINE JULY 15TH, 2017

TIME TO ENTER!
 

PORTRAITS

PORTRAITS
Juror: Elizabeth Avedon
Deadline to Enter: July 15th, 2017

South x Southeast Gallery
 Exhibition: November 1 - December 15, 2017

https://www.sxsephotoexhibitions.com

 

Enter your portraits, self-portraits, and likenesses. As Juror, I'm looking for committed artists  with a clear voice; a narrative flow; an image that takes me on an unknown journey. I'm always interested in beauty, curiosity, nerve, illusion, and the magic of photography. Sponsored by Nancy McCrary, South x Southeast PhotoGallery Enter here

Enter Here

TIC TOC.....TIC TOC

DEADLINE JULY 15TH, 2017

TIME TO ENTER!
 

PORTRAITS

PORTRAITS
Juror: Elizabeth Avedon
Deadline to Enter: July 15th, 2017

South x Southeast Gallery

  Exhibition: November 1 - December 15, 2017

https://www.sxsephotoexhibitions.com

BLACK / WHITE : A Smith Gallery Juried Results

Juror Award

William King / Give Peace a Chance

Juror Honorable Mention

Leslie Jean-Bart / The Cargo Has Arrived

Jurors Honorable Mention

Mark Coggins / Geisha Confidential

Juror Honorable Mention

Francis Crisafio / Holdup in the Hood 1

Juror | Elizabeth Avedon

Exhibition dates | August 4 to September 10, 2017

Reception | August 26, 2017 from 4 to 8pm

A Smith Gallery Photographic Arts

103 N Nugent Avenue

Johnson City, Texas

view all black/white images here

The Best of LensCulture, Volume 1

The Best of LensCulture, Volume 1 (Schilt Publishing, 2017)

 © Justine Tjallinks

© Gareth Bragdon

© Matic Zorman

"The language of photography continues to get more interesting and more complex as it becomes the most universal medium of communication worldwide.” – Jim Casper, founder of LensCulture

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LensCulture's first book, The Best of LensCulture, Volume 1 (Schilt Publishing, 2017) features contemporary photographers from all over the world, discovered during four of LensCulture’s annual competitions. Not only are these photographers geographically diverse, but their work encompasses many different genres.

For those of you who don't know, LensCulture is a global network and online magazine. For new, emerging and established photographers– it means exposure. THE place to be seen. "For almost 10 years, LensCulture has become one of the most authoritative resources for contemporary photography – currently reaching a monthly audience of over 2 million people around the world. They have been committed to discovering and promoting the best of the global photography community. They look for exciting work from every continent, and from diverse points of view: documentary, fine art, nature, photojournalism, activism, street photography, sports, fashion, poetic, personal, abstract and human. LensCulture International Exposure Awards, now in their 5th year, are granted yearly to discover, reward, and promote new, emerging, and established photographers from around the world."

"The range of work in this book is wide and diverse—from portraits to street photography, photojournalism, personal stories, documentary, fine art, fictional narratives, poetic beauty and abstraction. Their images will take you on a tour of the world and introduce you to people, cultures, historic events and the wonders of nature. Their imagery will also help you appreciate the richness of photography itself as a powerful creative language in all its variety. Who are the people practicing this profound universal language with “fluency” in our image  saturated world today? This book attempts to answer that question. The editors of this volume believe it takes the critical eyes of curators and experts in the field to discover and celebrate true excellence, finding those images that stand out from the crowd and deserve our considered attention."

"The photographers were discovered through four international photography competitions sponsored by LensCulture in the past year. These awards attract entries from photographers all over the world—individuals who have chosen the medium of photography as the best way to communicate and share their experiences, personal visions and points of view. This book is designed as a resource for inspiration, a reference guide, and a point of departure that will allow you to discover amazing photographs and stories." 

The Best of LensCulture, Volume 1

Design: Heijdens Karwei, Amsterdam.
ISBN 978 90 5330 862 2

Schilt Publishing 

www.lensculture.com

  © Martin Venezky, Barbara Levine

© Frank Herfort

Many thanks to Schilt Publishing for much of the text and images. And to LensCulture's Jim Casper for his enormous efforts in discovering and showcasing the world’s best new, emerging and established contemporary photographers and multi-media creators, and bringing them into our lives.

The 23rd Griffin Museum of Photography Exhibition Juried by Hamidah Glasgow

 

 Photograph © Emily Hamilton Laux
Beauty Versus Beauty series about biodiversity 

  Photograph © Emily Hamilton Laux

Beauty Versus Beauty series about biodiversity

"Director's Choice Award"

23rd Griffin Museum Exhibition Catalog
Buy a copy here

Jurist: Hamidah Glasgow, Executive Director and Curator

The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado

The Griffin Museum of Photography's
23rd Annual Juried Show
Ed Friedman Legacy Exhibition

"In my mind and through my eyes, this exhibition is an expression of life, creativity, and ultimately, of love.” 

– Hamidah Glasgow, Jurist 

Selected Artists: Anne-Laure Autin, Zeren Badar, Hannah Bates, Clare Benson, Richard Boutwell, Alexandra Broches, Robert Calafiore, Lauren Ceike, Rebecca Clark, Lisa Cohen, Virgil DiBiase, Kev Filmore, Randi Freundlich, Preston Gannaway, Randi Ganulin, Amy Giese, Leonard Greco, Joe Greene, Frank Hamrick, Robert Johnson, Gregory Jundanian, Brian Kaplan, David Kelly, Richard Kent, Barbara Kyne, Emily Hamilton Laux, Susan Lirakis, Joshua Littlefield, Ward Long, Joyce P. Lopez, Molly McCall, Alyssa Minahan, Astrid Reischwitz, Suzanne Revy, Amy Rindskopf, Michelle Rogers Pritzl, Charles Rozier, Claudia Ruiz-Gustafson, Joshua Sarinana, Michael Seif, Wendy Seller, Karen Sparacio, Tema Stauffer, John Steck Jr., Robert Sulkin, Jane Szabo, Jerry Takigawa, Sal Taylor Kydd, David Underwood, Claire A. Warden, David Weinberg, Nina Weinberg Doran, Stuart Zaro, Ryan Zoghlin, Mary Zompetti. read more here 

The 23rd Griffin Museum Juried Exhibition

- Ed Friedman Legacy - 

Hamidah Glasgow, Jurist

July 6 – September 1, 2017

Opening Reception: July 13, 7-8:30 p.m

Griffin Museum of Photography‎

67 Shore Road, Winchester, MA 01890

http://griffinmuseum.org

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Congratulations! The Griffin Museum Turns 25!

Donate to this non-profit Museum dedicated to Photography

DONATE and  SUPPORT The Griffin HERE

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NOTES • I met photographer Emily Hamilton Laux, whose image is on the cover of the Griffin's 23rd Juried Exhibition catalogue, at the Center for Photography at Woodstock Portfolio Reviews in May. Her work was chosen for The Griffin's "Director's Choice Award." • The Griffin Museum's 25th Anniversary Logo Design is by Meg Birnbaum.

LENSCULTURE: Street Photography Awards 2017

If you can smell the street by looking at the photo, 

 it’s a street photograph – Bruce Gilden

Show them your Streets 

The 3rd annual LensCulture Street Photography Awards 2017 invite you to share your vision of the world’s streets! They want to discover today’s finest photographers capturing exceptional moments of life in all of its vibrant forms. Engage with the global photography community with your very best images: thei audience reaches over 2.5 million people around the world, and winners and finalists receive career-changing recognition for their work. In addition to international exposure, prizes and benefits include: an exhibition in San Francisco, projections at international photo festivals, $22,000 in cash awards and much more.

For the first time ever, they are waiving fees for anyone who enters a single image. They truly want to discover the most talented image-makers and believe that EVERY photographer deserves the opportunity for exposure and recognition without restriction. Show them your streets today!

Get a free Submission Review

Enter a series or 5+ images in the LensCulture Street Photography Awards 2017 and get a free submission review! We believe that every photographer who enters deserves thoughtful feedback on their work. That’s why we have recruited over 100 of the top photo editors, educators, portfolio reviewers, curators, and other industry professionals to give you constructive feedback on your photography plus recommendations for improving your practice.

 

SAN FRANCISCO EXHIBITION | FREE SUBMISSION REVIEW | INDUSTRY RECOGNITION | INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL EXPOSURE

 

 

OPEN FOR ENTRIES: ALL GENRES OF STREET PHOTOGRAPHY: STREET PORTRAITS | URBAN CULTURE | STREET FASHION | ROAD TRIP | STREET ART | TRAVEL | ARCHITECTURE | BLACK & WHITE | IPHONE | ABSTRACT | GRAPHIC

 

LensCulture Street Photography Awards link

MAGIC MIRROR: Reflection + Perception in Photography at Daniel Cooney Fine Art

 Cecil Beaton

Charles James Dresses, 1948

 Melvin Sokolsky 

 Morris Engel 

Amos Mac 

Magic Mirror is an exciting exhibition of photographs that use reflections and mirrors as key elements in the aesthetic and conceptual composition of the image. Perception is a compelling concept whether one is referring to physically seeing a visual distortion or referring to the idea of how one perceives their own reflection.  

The topic allows for a large range of ideas, genres and concerns to be expressed as photographers have been drawn to the dynamic visual effect of reflections through out history. In this exhibition we have many unlikely cohorts such as 19th Century French photographer Felix Jacques Moulin and contemporary artist Allen Frame. Moulin's racy female nude posed in front of a mirror for a full view of her derriere contrasts with Frame's image of two young men admiring themselves in tank tops and tight jeans.

Cecil Beaton's classic 1948 color image of Charles James ball gowns reminds us of old world glamour while Corey Grant Tippin's 1974 Polaroid of Potassa De La Fayette exhibits the chic attitude and style of that era. Then Lyle Ashton Harris brings us up to date with his photograph of M Lamar checking his look in a public restroom mirror.

Taking a look at the world around us with striking landscapes and cityscapes are Lisette Model, Lee Friedlander, Morris Engel, Andre Kertesz and Daniel Kukla with a lush color image of the night desert. Fashion photographers have long used reflections as a way to energize their work such as Melvin Sokolsky's iconic "Bubble" photographs with the model posed in a transparent plastic orb that reflects it's surroundings and William Klein's infinitely reflected model in Paris.

MAGIC MIRROR

Reflection and Perception in Photography

June 22 - July 21, 2017 

 DANIEL COONEY FINE ART

508 - 526 West 26th Street, Suite 9C, New York

dan@danielcooneyfineart.com

Opening reception: Thursday, June 22!

Thanks to Dan Cooney for the text and photos!