Take a look at the refreshing portfolio, Highfliers, shot by Ryan McGinely in today’s New York Times Magazine profiling some of the upcoming winter Olympians. I have to say, although he gets flak in certain circles for his carefree style, shall we say, I just really dig his work.
This is something I’m still unsure about posting, but here I go.
I always talk about my self portraits as a form of therapy. Well, here I am, in true form, confronting my camera, letting it all out. Seeking guidance. Feeling hurt. Alone. And documenting it.
I have to say, I did feel a bit better after taking these images.
Instruments of Empire at the Caption Gallery in Dumbo is a show you don’t want to miss. The combination of Amy Stein’s Stranded Series with Brian Ulrich’s Dark Stores series is a beautiful seamless blend where the images look like they were made to be shown together.
©Amy Stein
©Amy Stein
©Brian Ulrich
©Brian Ulrich
The opening was stellar- jam packed with a who’s who in the fine art photo world. I was happy to finally meet in person Shen Wei and Jen Davis, two photographers whose work I have been closely following.
Shot filmaker Tze Chun for Hyphen Magazine last fall.
Check out his feature film Children of Invention.
This is what ran:
Shot this for Time Out last month
I made the Chelsea rounds last night and thought I’d share some of the incredible work I saw.
© Timothy Briner
I started out at Daniel Cooney to see Timothy Briner’s show, Boonville. It’s open til Feb 27 and well worth the visit. Beautiful silver gelatin prints and a stunning example of a well executed singular vision.
© Alex Prager
Next up was Alex Prager who I love at Yancey Richardson Gallery with a series titled “Week-end”. Her work is eye-candy to me.
©Paolo Ventura
Then off to Hasted Hunt Kraeutler for Paolo Ventura’s Winter Series. Incredible to see the photographs together with the original illustrations and the model figures he used.
©James Danziger
After hitting up those must see’s I moved on to the opening circuit and went to Danziger Projects to see the opening of James Danziger’s show curated from his blog The Year in Pictures. It was a smorgasbord of images displayed in a salon setting featuring Jowhara AlSaud, Chan-Hyo Bae, Thomas Bangsted, Mandy Corrado, Stephen Gill, Joseph Holmes, Alejandra Laviada, Greg Miller, David Schoerner, Patrick Smith, Tommy Ton, Scout Tufankjian, Oliver Warden, Katherine Wolkoff, and Tsukasa Yokozawa.
© Helen Maurene Cooper
And finally went to the Hendershot Gallery for the opening of the show ‘Trying Them On’ curated by Jon Feinstein featuring Claire Beckett, Helen–Maurene Cooper, Andrea Robbins and Max Becher, and Michael Bühler-Rose. This was one of those events that was so packed that you ended up being there to schmooze as opposed to seeing the art. They also served fancy mixed drinks, score!
Was happy to run into Deidre Schoo, Kris Graves, Greg Miller, Elizabeth Barragan, Rachel Hulin, Will Stacey and Zach Gross out and about.
For those unfamiliar, my sibs and I get together every year and host an annual ‘Brunch with the Hermans.’ We had several in New York but this year we took it out west to San Fransisco. I’ve done a time lapse video the past few times, below is from last week. Enjoy!
Click HERE to see the one from 2008.
Check out some fast approaching deadlines for annual competitions:
Deadline Jan 29th.
Categories for entry include Editorial, Books, Advertising, Graphics/Promotional, Unbuplished/Personal Work/Fine Art and Student Work
Judges: Gail Buckland, author, lecturer, curator and authority on photography – Scott Dadich, Creative Director Wired Magazine – Janet Froelich, Creative Director Real Simple Magazine – Luke Hayman, partner Pentagram – Steven Kasher, owner Steven Kasher Gallery, Michael Norseng – Photo Director Esquire Magazine – Kira Pollack, Director of Photography Time – Mark Helfin, AI-AP Director and Fred Woodward, AI-AP Chairman Emeritus, Design Director GQ.
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PDN PHOTO ANNUAL
Deadline Jan 25th
Click HERE for a list of all the judges.
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CENTER has one deadline for all its photo competitions.
REVIEW SANTA FE
Juried. Event dates: June 3-6, 2010
20 images, artist’s statement résumé.
Deadline for entries: January 27, 2010
PROJECT COMPETITION
Awards a fine-art or documentary body of work.
20 images, artist’s statement résumé.
$5,000 award, exhibition, and more prizes.
Deadline: January 27, 2010
PROJECT LAUNCH
Awards a body of work-in-progress.
10 images, artist’s statement résumé.
$3,000 award, exhibition, and more
Deadline: January 27, 2010
CENTER’S CHOICE AWARDS
Single image awards in three categories.
1-4 images (no statement).
Exhibition, printing services, and more
Deadline: January 27, 2010
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Communication Arts
Deadline: March 26
From the site: Enter the most prestigious competition for creativity in photography, the Communication Arts Photography Competition. Any photograph first printed or produced within the last twelve months prior to the deadline is eligible. Selected by a nationally representative jury of distinguished designers, art directors and photographers, the winning entries will be distributed worldwide in the Communication Arts Photography Annual and on commarts.com, assuring important exposure to the creators of this outstanding work.
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Deadlines:
DESIGN (including PHOTOGRAPHY/ILLUSTRATION) JANUARY 22, 2010
INTERACTIVE JANUARY 29, 2010
ADVERTISING FEBRUARY 5, 2010
ADC HYBRID/ADC DESIGN SPHERE FEBRUARY 26, 2010
STUDENT JANUARY 29, 2010
