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On site: Best of Show, AIPAD 2011 Photography Exhibition

In Art Fair, Black and White Photography, Exhibits, Gallery, Photo Print Collector, Photographer on March 21, 2011 at 6:36 pm

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Lauren E. Simonutti, “Admission”, 2011

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After viewing the hundreds of quality images throughout this year’s AIPAD photography show, it is a fool’s task to pick the one artist that stands out. However, the impact of the images produced by Lauren E. Simonutti leave no doubt as to the importance of her work:

The problem with madness is that you can feel it coming but when you tell people you think you are going crazy they do not believe you.  It is too distant a concept.  Too melodramatic.  You don’t believe it yourself until you have fallen so quickly and so far that your fingernails are the only thing holding you up, balanced with your feet dangling on either side of a narrow fence with your heart and mind directly over center, so that when you do fall it will split you in two.  And split equally.  So there’s not even a stronger side left to win.

Over three and one half years I have spent alone amidst these 8 rooms, 7 mirrors, 6 clocks, 2 minds and 199 panes of glass.  And this is what I saw here.  This is what I learned.

As shared by Simonutti’s gallerist, Catherine Edelman, the viewer learns  the work is an essential tool for the artist in managing a very challenging life. That being said, all viewers are rewarded in a very special way by these intricate creations and the emotions they evoke.

For more information and images: Catherine Edelman Gallery

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On Site: Best of 2011 AIPAD Show, Armory, NYC, Part 2

In Art Fair, Black and White Photography, Exhibits, Gallery, Photo Print Collector, Photographer on March 20, 2011 at 8:18 am

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Gilbert Garcin, “La tour d’ivoire – Ivory tower”, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto

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Yesterday, we highlighted the “must see stops” on your U.S. gallery tour of the AIPAD photography show. Today, the choices were that much more difficult, as the international representation was broader this year and the quality of exhibits very good.

Best AIPAD Show International Gallery Displays:

  • Stephen Bulger Gallery, (Toronto)  The Garcin series is provocative and so well executed.
  • Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, (Paris) The “touch of Europe” complete with display call outs is quite enjoyable.
  • Michael Hoppen Gallery, (London) A great selection from a deep inventory of work.
  • Galeria Vasari, (Buenos Aires) The Grete Stern images are eye catching as are a number of the other images on display.
  • Picture Photo Space, (Osaka) A reminder that amidst the tragedy in Japan there is a history of beauty and excellence upon which to build a future.

Sunday is the last day of the show … so enjoy!

For more information: AIPAD

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On Site: Best of 2011 AIPAD Show, Armory, NYC, Part 1

In Art Fair, Black and White Photography, Exhibits, Gallery, Photo Print Collector, Photographer on March 19, 2011 at 8:52 am

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O. Winston Link, “Birmingham Special, Rural Retreat, VA, 1957”,  Robert Mann Gallery

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Our visit yesterday to the AIPAD show in NYC was most rewarding with a plethora of fine images on display throughout the Armory exhibition center. With over 70 dealers showing examples from their inventory there was much to take in and take notice of …

This is the first of several articles with our impressions and subjective comments on the best of AIPAD.

Today -  Best AIPAD Show U.S. Gallery Displays (alpha order):

Visit this Saturday and Sunday …

For more on the AIPAD show: AIPAD

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Notable: The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD)Photography Show, NYC, March 17-20

In Art Fair, Black and White Photography, Exhibits, Gallerist, Gallery, Photo Print Collector, Photographer on March 9, 2011 at 9:34 pm

by AIPADphotos

The show to see for the best selection of fine art photography and dealers from all over the globe:

More than 70 of the world’s leading fine art photography galleries will present a wide range of museum-quality work including contemporary, modern and 19th century photographs, as well as photo-based art, video and new media.
Show Hours
Thursday, March 17 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Friday, March 18 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 19 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 20 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Tickets are only available for purchase during Show hours.
Each ticket admits one person.
Admission
$40 for run-of-show
Includes exhibition access for Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, plus one show catalogue (as available). Does not include panel discussions.
$25 daily
Only includes exhibition access for Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
$10 daily with valid student ID
Only includes exhibition access for Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
Special Events
$10 per session for Saturday panel discussions
Seating for panel discussions is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

For more information: AIPAD

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Notable: Mad Day Out with the Beatles, Images by War Photographer, Don McCullin

In Art Fair, Black and White Photography, Photographer on December 15, 2010 at 6:12 pm

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Don McCullin

A bit of holiday nostalgia and some great photographs by Don McCullin in Time magazine:

In the summer of 1968, as they were recording the songs that would appear on the “White Album,” the Beatles invited famed war photographer Don McCullin to photograph them. The purpose of the shoot was to provide LIFE magazine with an image it could use on its cover, but McCullin and the band did far more than what the job required, as John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr posed and goofed around in a variety of locations. The shoot has become known in Beatles lore as the “Mad Day Out.” A Day in the Life of the Beatles, published by Rizzoli, collects 100 images from that day.

The photographs were taken at a time when the fissures between the four band members had started to widen. McCullin writes, “I think everything Lennon did was a protest. Every statement he made seemed to come out of anger. There were many contradictions to him. He could write about peace and love, but deep down he was forceful and aggressive. Paul McCartney was much warmer.”

For more photos: The Beatles

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Notable: The Fine Art Photography of Linda Mann

In Art Fair, Black and White Photography, Photographer on December 13, 2010 at 5:00 pm

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Linda Mann, “Snowy Woods Evening”

While visiting an art fair recently, we encountered the work of Linda Mann, a talented artist with a great sensibility for classic Black and White images.

1. What is your objective with your photography?
My current objective is I want to create images that are artful, unique, and possess an emotional depth or feeling.  I enjoy using metaphors and try to show a bit of mystery or something that is not quite clear or complete. Although I do make images mainly for myself, I hope my photographs help other people see something in a different way, think or feel something in a deeper or clearer manner. I believe I have another objective: helping others clarify their feelings and see new ways of observing, being, and expressing themselves.

2. Do you have a favorite topic or subject?
From the beginning of my photographic career, I have only been interested in Fine Art. I am not a photojournalist and have no interest in commercial work or doing weddings or portraits. So my favorite topics and subjects are very traditional. I work extremely slowly so I have always said that I want subjects that do not move, like landscapes, mountains, sand dunes, large rocks and old buildings. As I age, I become more and more fascinated by the texture and patina that objects acquire with the aging process.

3. Who are you influences?
My father, Ralph Neunlist, was a serious amateur photographer who gave me my first camera and lots of encouragement.
I like Ansel Adams, all the Westons, and Edward Curtis. Then I studied the work of women photographers: Imogene Cunningham, Margaret Bourke-White, and Diane Arbus. A current photographer whose work I admire is the Florida based Photographer, Clyde Butcher.

4. What are you trying to accomplish with Black and White?
I shoot and show both color and black and white photographs but I prefer Black and White and knowledgeable people who have seen both, tell me that my Black and White images are stronger.  I prefer it for many reasons. I think that it helps me to feel linked and connected to the traditional  masters of the past who worked mainly in Black and White. Also I like Black and White because it is more removed from reality. It is more abstract, composed more of values and composition, than just the subject. I also think it is more moody and mysterious, again those qualities that I like to convey.

Visit Linda’s work at: Linda Mann

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Notable: Report From Paris Photo 2010

In Art Fair, Article, Black and White Photography, Photo Print Collector on November 22, 2010 at 10:06 am

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‘Deco Stairwell, Havana’ (2010) by Michael Eastman

A very nice wrap up from Francis Hodgson on this year’s Paris Photo in the Financial Times:

The 2010 edition is superficially a good
vintage – although this report is necessarily
written before results are in any way clear.
The spread of imagery seems as wide as
ever. I saw wonderful early French calotypes from the 1840s – the very dawn of
photography – in the care of Robert
Hershkowitz, selected to chime with a
heroic exhibition on that subject at the
Bibliothèque Nationale. And there are
naturally more pictures dated 2010 than you can shake a stick at. Yet this catholic range conceals a definite shift back to steadier virtues than the shrill contemporary pageant of several recent instances of the fair.

This year there is a particular concentration on the photography of eastern Europe, with more rewarding results than the recent similar focus on Iranian photography, which fell very flat. Since eastern Europe has been a powerhouse of photographic invention, it makes for a very rich seam
indeed. Howard Greenberg is offering charming 1930s contact prints by Josef Ehms: the one which seduced me most was a plunging view of a modernist café terrace dotted with white parasols. There are splendid vintage Brassaï prints at Galerie Françoise Paviot from Paris and no shortage of Kertesz in the year of his huge show at the Jeu de Paume.

For more from the article: Financial Times

For more on the art fair: Paris Photo

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On Site: Craig Sterling, Fine Art Photography, Fotoweek DC

In Art Fair, Black and White Photography, Photographer on November 19, 2010 at 1:25 pm

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Craig Sterling, U.S. Capitol Rotunda

We visited Craig’s studio in Alexandria and were struck immediately by the careful composition and elegant tonality of his work. “Inspired craftsman” comes to mind but does not do justice to the visual impact of his varied portfolios.

What draws you to photographing DC architecture?
My foray into photographing DC architecture really began as a challenge … how to show something we have all seen so many times before, but in a different way.   Having lived in the DC area most of my life, I see Washington and its architecture from a totally different perspective than most …   My goal/concept was to show the familiar in an unfamiliar way.  People frequently say after seeing my work … “I have seen that before, but never quite like that.”

Why Black and White?
I have always loved the classics … painting, sculpture, films and architecture.   In short … less is more … color can be so literal.  In my opinion, black and white imagery leaves more to the imagination … it has a feeling of timelessness … It takes you back … It stirs your imagination.  I think people in general have a greater response to black and white vs. color.  I strive to set a mood for my images by printing in a tonality that helps create a sense of intimacy … thus drawing the viewer into the image.

Who are your inspirations and what is it that you build upon in their work?
Having studied photography in the early 70s on the west coast, Ansel Adams had tremendous influence on the technical aspect of my craft.  Visually, creatively and esthetically, I have always been drawn to the work of Brassai and Atget, especially their night images.  Their influence is evident in my night time images of DC architecture as well as the work I have done in Italy and Paris.  Today, I would say the work of Michael Kenna inspires me most.  I love his simplicity and elegance. Kenna’s work is so far removed from the landscapes of Ansel Adams and Edward and Brett Weston.  Just an opinion, but I think the traditional landscape in the genre of Adams and Weston is for now dormant.

What is your current direction with your photography?
I am striving for more simplicity … less complexity of composition … Of course in black and white!  I have been focusing lately on “the passage of time,” utilizing water and sky as subject matter.  I think my work will always be more about creating a beautiful image as opposed to creating something of concept only.  For me, beauty trumps concept!

For more of his work: Craig Sterling

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On Site: The Best Photography Exhibit of Fotoweek DC, 2010

In Art Fair, Black and White Photography, Exhibits, Gallery, Photographer on November 15, 2010 at 6:41 pm

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After viewing some excellent work in and around DC, we happened on the Multiple Exposures co-op gallery in Old Town, Alexandria and were very moved by the evocative images  exhibited.

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Janet Matthews “At Rest”

Janet Matthews

Beautiful, luxuriant images created with alternative print processes.

The photographic image is a starting point that I can continue to explore through other processes. I use a hybrid approach, combining digital with more traditional methods such as film, wet darkroom and, more recently, processes used in the 19th century. Image capture is achieved through a variety of means including digital cameras, toy cameras that use film, and flatbed scanners. I enjoy using hands-on methods to make many of my final prints.

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Blake Stenning, “Cathedral”  Series

Blake Stenning

His Fredrick H. Evans, “Sea of Steps” homage, caught us by surprise with its excellent play of light.

I have always been a very visual person, and from my earliest days observed the natural world around me with wonderment and fascination. Shapes and patterns engage my eyes, and my mind then gives order to these forms, creating new compositions. For me, photography is an inherent extension of how I see, and it enables me to capture and reproduce what I have envisioned.

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Karen Keating, “Close To Home” Series

Karen Keating

The intimacy and timelessness of her photos belies a disciplined photographic technique.

Karen’s love of photography stems from the documentary/street photography genre. Using available light, black and white medium format film and two cameras – the Hasselblad and the plastic "toy" Holga – Karen observes the everyday rituals and routines of people in foreign countries.  These "street portraits" are the foundation of her portfolios from Bulgaria, Africa, Honduras, and, most recently, Cuba.

All three artists offer a viewer plenty to look at, feel and think through at an aesthetic level. Congratulations to them all on their success to date.

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On Site: James D. Steele, Fotoweek, DC

In Art Fair, Black and White Photography, Photographer on November 11, 2010 at 12:25 pm

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James D. Steele from series “Bodyscapes”

Visiting the studio of James D. Steele and viewing his work is like dipping into the history of fine art photography. He has executed his original interpretations along side work created solely through his artistic sensibility.

First and foremost, I photograph what interests me. I don’t photograph what doesn’t interest me. Most of my work is black and white landscape and figure studies executed with both traditional and digital materials.
I love work that has a sense of light. Great photographs have a depth and luminosity that makes them come off the paper. Regardless of the subject, that is what I try to achieve in my work.
Photography is a combination of vision, craft, and editing. As photographers, we take far more photographs than will ever reach the walls. One of the great strengths of the photographic medium is the freedom to explore a subject much as a painter might create sketches. Over the years that I’ve been a photographer, there have been many changes to the technology. Various papers and developers have come and gone. Materials that were available even a few years ago are no longer available. The
emergence of digital imaging and all the accompanying technology that goes with it have had a fundamental impact
on the world of photography.
While I come out of a strong traditional darkroom background, the vision that resulted from my traditional work has
made it possible for me to easily incorporate digital workflows into the creation of my work.

Visit his site to sample from the diverse portfolio offerings and just “enjoy” his craftwork and creativity.

For more: James D. Steele

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