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Notable: Photo La Exhibition

In Art Fair, Black and White Photography, Exhibits, Gallerist, Gallery, Photo Print Collector, Photographer on January 12, 2012 at 12:02 pm

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 Anthony Friedkin, Woman by the Pool, Beverly Hills Hotel

Its that time again. Stop by and see top gallery offerings at Photo La:

Photo l.a. returns to the historic Santa Monica Civic Auditorium for its 21st edition January 12 – 16, 2012. Continuing the discourse on photography’s place in the fine arts, photo l.a. provides galleries from around the globe a platform for the exhibition of vintage masterworks and contemporary photography, as well as video and multimedia installations. This exciting juxtaposition creates the unique environment that characterizes photo l.a.

Over the past twenty-one years, photo l.a. has exhibited more than three hundred galleries, private dealers and publishers and has presented more than one hundred and fifty lectures and collecting seminars to the public. Our continued efforts to create a dynamic experience for our patrons has not only increased our loyal fan base, but has attracted over eleven thousand interested collectors, curators and dealers of photography each year.

JANUARY 12 – 16, 2012

For more information: Photo La

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Preview: Vivian Maier, Howard Greenberg Gallery, NYC

In Black and White Photography, Exhibits, Gallery, Photographer on January 6, 2012 at 1:56 pm

 


Vivian Maier

It is amazing the amount of domestic and international press that has been generated for a previously unknown street photographer: Vivian Maier. When you see the quality of the images from a large repository of her work, you begin to see what the excitement is about …

An eccentric nanny from Chicago, who often used a pseudonym, Vivian Maier’s street and travel photographs were recently discovered in an auction of her possessions from an abandoned storage locker. Always with a Rolleiflex around her neck, she managed to amass more than 2,000 rolls of film, 3,000 prints, and 100,000 negatives which she shared with virtually no-one during her lifetime. Maier’s black and white photographs – mostly from the 50′s and 60′s – are indelible images of the architecture and street life of Chicago. She rarely took more than one frame of an image and seemed to concentrate on children, women, the elderly, and indigent. The breadth and depth of Maier’s work also reveals a series of striking self-portraits as well as prints from her travels to Egypt, Bangkok, Italy, and the American Southwest.

December 15, 2011 – January 28, 2012

For more information: Howard Greenberg

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Favorites: “Best of the Best” Emerging Fine Art Photographers of 2011

In Art Museum, Article, Black and White Photography, Exhibits, Gallery, Photo Print Collector, Photographer on January 2, 2012 at 2:15 pm

Lauren E. Simonutti

The most popular article in our 2011 fine art photography coverage was the list of photographers we chose as the “Best of the Best” for 2010. The interest in this group of evolving artists at different stages in their careers exceeded our expectations many times over … but provides us encouragement to put together “the list” yet again for 2011.

The contributors to this website viewed thousands of fine art prints, attended dozens of galleries, museums and fairs throughout the year. To boil all that activity into a single brief list is obviously a difficult (but enjoyable) task and should foster days of discussion by visitors to BWGallerist.

So with that, here is the the 2011 “Best of the Best” list in no particular order:

1. Rita Bernstein

2. Hiroyasu Matsui

3. Mariana Cook

4. Michael Kirchoff

5. Tami Bone

6. Juliet Harrison

7. John Mack

8. Kelly Fitzgerald

9. Gary Salazar

10. Lauren E. Simonutti

We thank these artists for their continued progress and integrity of their work.

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On site: “Moments de Curiosite”, Kisa Kavass, Red Filter Gallery, Lambertville, NJ

In Black and White Photography, Exhibits, Gallery, Photo Print Collector, Photographer on December 1, 2011 at 12:28 pm

Nesting

Kisa Kavass, “Nesting”

A portrait photographer from a different world, Kisa Kavass has a singular sensibility when it comes to places and people.

As a girl, I grew up hearing and reading stories that created a mood and an inquisitiveness about the natural world. It was not until a few years ago that I began to understand the importance of these stories, folklore and fairy tales and their purpose in the processes of human histories. These stories that we were enchanted with and still exist deep within our souls reveal a relationship with forces not understood, the shadows of intuition. Through my photography I return to the imagination and curiosity I experienced as a child. I was a creator as a child and I needed to become a creator again. We have all had stories told to us in childhood that are pushed back into the recesses of our mind. My images are meant to remind the memory of those stories and to ignite new stories. I encounter spaces filled with shadows and light filtering through natural surroundings and old structures that carry their own history. This is the journey, beginning with the concept and ending with the viewer becoming a creative participant. We walk the forest path and feel the rush of the wind with the same sharpened sight and awareness as the wild creatures do. This series is a compilation of work from various stages of my studies into the world of stories and the importance of curiosity and creativity in all that we act upon.

Dec. 1 – Jan. 22

For more information: Red Filter Gallery

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Preview: Ralph Gibson Photos, Lumiere, Atlanta, Georgia

In Black and White Photography, Exhibits, Gallery, Photographer on November 23, 2011 at 2:23 pm

Ralph Gibson, “Hands In Conversation”

One of our favorite galleries for visiting and viewing photographs is Lumiere in Atlanta. With a good selection of vintage photographs and a current exhibit always worth your time, you should plan a visit. Now they are featuring a great photographer: Ralph Gibson.

Ralph Gibson (1939), Born in Los Angeles, California, is a photographer best known for his photographic books. His images often incorporate fragments with erotic and mysterious undertones, building narrative meaning through contextualization and surreal juxtaposition. Gibson studied photography while in the US Navy and then at the San Francisco Art Institute. He began his professional career as an assistant to Dorothea Lange and went on to work with Robert Frank on two films. Gibson has maintained a lifelong fascination with books and book-making. Since the appearance in 1970 of THE SOMNAMBULIST, his work has been steadily impelled towards the printed page. To date he has produced over 40 monographs, his most current projects being “State of the Axe” published by Yale University Press in Fall of 2008 and “NUDE” by Taschen (2009). His photographs are included in over one hundred and fifty museum collections around the world, and have appeared in hundreds of exhibitions. He has worked exclusively with the Leica for almost 50 years. Gibson currently lives in New York and travels frequently to Europe and Brazil.

For more information: Lumiere

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On Site: Mark Cohen, “Grim Street Photos”, Banana Factory, Lehigh Valley, Pa

In Art Fair, Black and White Photography, Exhibits, Gallery, Photographer on November 22, 2011 at 8:09 pm

From Grim Street

Mark Cohen

A very nice exhibit of body abstract portraits by veteran photographer Mark Cohen. Often headless, faceless figures are presented for the viewer to study.

“Grim Street” is a selection of original photographs by influential street photographer Mark Cohen. Made in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s on the streets of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the assembled images offer a complex and surprising portrait of the city and its citizens. Cohen has called these pictures “grab shots,” referring to how he shot from the hip with his camera prefocused. The resulting photographs—usually captured through chance encounter and with an unexpected flash—present the viewer with a compelling spectrum of often headless characters reacting to Cohen’s camera as they go about their day. Looking back at significant photographers who were shown during the organization’s early years,

A native of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Mark Cohen rose to prominence as a photo-grapher with a solo exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art in 1973. The recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and two Guggenheim Fellowships, Cohen’s work is included in numerous public collections, and is currently the subject of a survey exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Mark Cohen: Strange Evidence, on view until March 13, 2011. A selection of his photographs was included in Blue Sky’s 1978 group exhibition, Some Twenty Odd Visions, and in a companion catalogue of the same name. Cohen’s Grim Street was published by powerHouse Books in 2005.

Currently on exhibit through January 16

For more information: Mark Cohen

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On Site: Transferred: Alternative Processes in Photography, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory, Old Town, Alexandria, Va.

In Art Fair, Black and White Photography, Exhibits, Gallery on November 17, 2011 at 3:26 pm

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DC Fotoweek continues to bring together very nice events in the nation’s capital. This year was no different with lots of new and old gems to be found. One example was an alternative process show at the Target Gallery:

Transferred: Alternative Processes in Photography is a juried photography exhibition that focuses specifically on artists using alternative photography processes. The juror, Regina Deluise, is a photography professor with the Maryland Institute College of Art. Deluise is considered an expert in the field of alternative processes in photography.

Now through Nov. 27

For more information: Target Gallery

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On site: ArtsQuest InVision Photo Festival, Bethlehem, Pa

In Art Museum, Black and White Photography, Exhibits, Gallery, Photo Print Collector, Photographer on November 11, 2011 at 4:13 pm

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Judy Linn, “Patti Smith”

There is a new photo festival in the Northeast. InVision has already had its seminars but the exhibits go on all month. Shoot up from Philly or out from NYC and check it out:

41 different exhibits on display throughout the region.

Exhibitions including:
Mark Cohen – Grim Street Series
Theo Anderson – "Cowboy" selections from the ongoing project Cadillac
Vicki DaSilva – Light Painting Projections
David Rehrig and Frank Smith – "Allentown State Hospital: A Different View"
Rick Holt, Olaf Starorypinski and Bruce Ward of the Banana Factory

For more information: InVision Photo Festival

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Preview: Check Out All That Is Going On At Paris Photo This Year

In Art Museum, Black and White Photography, Exhibits, Gallery, Photo Print Collector, Photographer on November 10, 2011 at 3:07 pm

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117 Galleries from around the world are here to show the best in vintage and contemporary photography:

Paris Photo will celebrate its 15th anniversary at the Grand Palais – a major step ahead for the renowned international event.

Galleries from some 23 countries will present the best of 19th century, modern and contemporary photography in the heart of the French capital. To complete this panorama of worldwide photography, a selection of 18 publishers will have a dedicated space in the fair.

Paris Photo will celebrate African photography from Bamako to Cape Town, unveiling the creative wealth of historic and contemporary African artists.
These exciting developments put forward the new energy that Paris Photo is displaying by reinventing itself. Four programmes will articulate Paris Photo’s new identity: Institutions’ recent photography acquisitions, the platform, Private Collection from Artur Walther, focus on the Photography Book and launching of the Paris Photo – Photo Book Prize.

For more in formation: Paris Photo (slow link)

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Preview: “Retrospective”, John Andrulis, Red Filter Gallery, Lambertville, NJ

In Black and White Photography, Exhibits, Gallery, Photo Print Collector, Photographer on October 24, 2011 at 7:57 pm

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Ballet Dancer, John Andrulis

The photographer John Andrulis has been prolific in his book publishing efforts and now brings a sweet sample of his 20 plus year career to the Red Filter Gallery

John Andrulis was born and raised in central New Jersey and attended the University of the Arts in Philadelphia to study photography. In addition to studying at the University of Montana where he did his graduate work in photojournalism, his return to the East Coast prompted his photo view to be aligned more with Henri Cartier-Bresson’s style of decisive-moment fine art photography. Trips up and down the Jersey Shore between Manhattan and Cape May provided Andrulis plenty of material year round and eventually the cultural and historical experience necessary to produce ten books, among them “The Jersey Shore (Summer),” “The Jersey Shore(Winter)” ,”Manhattan – Black and White Narrative” and “Philadelphia – Documentations”.

While Andrulis’ subjects range from landscapes to portraits, the one theme present in each image is his attention to passing time and how it changes the image composition. Whether it is a seasonal change from lush summer landscapes to bare snow, or the dipping head and torso of a ballerina, Andrulis’ awareness of the changes of time clearly show within the frame.

October 27 through November 27, 2011

For more information: Red Filter Gallery

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