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On Site: Best of 2012 AIPAD Show, NYC, NY

In Art Fair, Black and White Photography, Exhibits, Gallerist, Gallery, Photo Print Collector, Photographer on March 30, 2012 at 1:12 pm

One of the highlights of the season is the AIPAD show at the Armory in New York.

This year there is a great deal to see and do with over 75 photography dealers present.

This show seems more international along with even more vintage prints than contemporary work this year.

Pricing is definitely moving up with $2000 prints a couple of years ago now in the $4000 range.

Rather than give you a tiresome analysis,  may we suggest a few stops on your tour … should you be lucky enough to attend this weekend.

  • Etherton Gallery for Gowin and Callahan prints
  • Gallery 339 for Rita Bernstein and Ion Zupku
  • Throckmorton Fine Art
  • From South America Galeria Vasari
  • Peter Fetterman,Elizabeth Sunday prints
  • Laurence Miller, Ray Metzker composites
  • Scott Nichols Gallery has a lovely Adams “Moonrise” for just $170,000, if that is your taste.
  • Gitterman and Howard Greenberg galleries for their breadth of quality work.

Through April 1 (This Sunday)

For more information: AIPAD Show

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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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Notable: “Don’t Quit Your Day Job”, Hasted Kraeutler, NYC

In Black and White Photography, Exhibits, Gallerist, Gallery, Photo Print Collector, Photographer on August 5, 2011 at 3:11 pm

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David Fahey’s photograph of Helmut Newton

It is a subject close to our heart. Photography dealers/gallerists’ own photographic works. Now, in all its glory see “Don’t Quit Your Day Job” at the Hasted Kraeutler gallery in Chelsea.

The show’s self-deprecating title seems intended to lower expectations. It announces, in effect, that there is nothing earth-shattering to be found here and that the participants themselves harbor no illusions about their efforts. Do they protest too much? Not really. It turns out that great photographer-dealers in the tradition of Alfred Stieglitz are few and far between.

For a review: NY Times

For more information: Hasted Kraeutler

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

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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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On Site: Best of Staff Photo Selections, Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York

In Black and White Photography, Exhibits, Gallerist, Photo Print Collector on January 18, 2011 at 8:04 am

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H. Clarence White, “The Sea”

Over the holidays we visited Howard Greenberg’s famous Gallery to view the staff picks from the gallery’s treasure trove of images.

In the spirit of the season, we sought the “The Best” staff pick.

We thought the portraits picked by Mr. Greenberg were excellent (a tip of the hat to the “boss”) but our favorite was a romantic Clarence White vintage platinum print from 1909, “The Sea”. This print was chosen by Nancy Lieberman.

Congratulations to Nancy.

Note: Exhibit is extended through January 22.

For more information:Howard Greenberg

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On Site: Michael Kenna “Huangshan” book signing at Robert Mann Gallery, NYC

In Black and White Photography, Books, Gallerist on January 3, 2011 at 4:43 pm

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Michael Kenna and Robert Mann

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We had a very nice time seeing the great Michael Kenna again, at the always hospitable Robert Mann Gallery in Chelsea on a blustery pre- Christmas night.

The purpose was a book signing by Michael for his impressive new book “Huangshan”.

For a period of three years, Kenna photographed Huangshan, a range of mountains in Anhui, China, historic for being a source of artistic inspiration for Chinese painters and poets. Kenna offers a beautiful examination, capturing Huangshan’s seemingly infinite range of pine trees and the quiet intervention of its mountain peaks and surrounding mist. The book’s selection of 46 photographs embodies Kenna’s masterful ability to reinterpret iconic sites with his pensive and quietly romantic aesthetic.

For more information on the book and past exhibits: Robert Mann Gallery

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Noteworthy: Ansel Adam’s Plates -$200 Million Gone With The Wind?

In Article, Black and White Photography, Gallerist, Photographer on September 7, 2010 at 9:27 am

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A handout photo shows Rick Norsigian examining one of the photographs he bought at a garage sale. (EPA / August 24, 2010)

We have been following the Ansel Adams “garage sale” plates story since Rick Norsigian appeared on CNN describing his find.

Since that time supporters and team members have started to have second thoughts. We decided to track down Scott Nichols of the well known San Francisco Scott Nichols Gallery who was mentioned in the New York Times article on the controversy.

Scott’s opinion, and he is careful to say it is his opinion, is that the plates were not created by Adams. Instead, it is a good chance they belong to photographer Earl Brooks. He has examined a small sample of Brook’s images brought to him and compared them to the “Adams” plate images and found them identical.

When asked how this level of mistaken analysis could take place, Scott used an analogy:

Norsigian’s team is actually a set of photography “fans”. When the “real ball players” look at this, we can readily see the weaknesses in this argument for authenticity.

For more on the “inside baseball” story: LA Times

Please note Scott has a well timed Yosemite themed show in November.

For information on his current show: Scott Nichols Gallery

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Notable: Joanna Taub Steichen, After Swimming Pool Fall, Dies at Age 77

In Black and White Photography, Gallerist, Photographer on August 25, 2010 at 3:14 am

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From her book “Steichen’s Legacy”

We received a very nice tribute notice from the Howard Greenberg Gallery on the passing of their special friend of many years, Joanna Steichen, wife of the famed photographer. Their notice is reproduced in part below:

It is with great sadness that we send this release about Joanna Steichen. She was an extraordinary woman.
Joanna Taub Steichen, 77, psychotherapist and writer, who became the editor, curator and manager of the work of her late husband, the eminent photographer Edward Steichen, died accidentally after a fall in the swimming pool at her summer home in Montauk, New York on July 24, 2010.

Joanna Taub was born in Greenpoint Brooklyn in 1933, educated at St. Agnes Episcopal School for Girls in Albany and graduated from Smith College in 1954. Her first job after graduation was as a copywriter for Young & Rubicam in NYC where she was introduced to world-renowned photographer Edward Steichen by his brother-in-law, the poet Carl Sandburg. The infatuation was instant and mutual.

In 1960, they married. She was 27. He was 80. After her husband’s death in 1973, Mrs. Steichen earned a masters degree in social work from Columbia University and spent her professional life as a psychotherapist in private practice.

Joanna Steichen was the guardian and gatekeeper of Steichen’s work and his legacy. In 1979, the centenary of Steichen’s birth, she announced an initial gift of 5,000 negatives and prints to the George Eastman House, even though Steichen had been the first director of the photography department at the Museum of Modern Art and creator there of the most successful photography exhibit in history, The Family of Man.

We appreciate her support for the arts, as well as her charity work …


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Noteworthy: Are You Ready For a Portfolio Review? Advice For Fine Art Photographers

In Article, Black and White Photography, Gallerist on July 2, 2010 at 9:11 am

Michael Foley

Courtesy Michael Foley

We have been a big supporter of the portfolio review process for emerging artists. We have attended many sessions over the past year and talked to dozens of reviewers and artists that have participated in the review process. One of the leading lights in guiding emerging artists is Michael Foley of the Foley Gallery in Chelsea. When we attended one of his panel discussions last year he made a number of concrete suggestions learned from years in the fine art photography dealer world (including a stint with Howard Greenberg).

One of the areas of concentration for Foley is artist participation in the portfolio review process. His suggestions are found in a new PDN article:

Foley has found that photographers benefit from spelling out a goal for the work—whether they want it to be a gallery show, a photo essay or a book.  “If you have articulated in writing what you want to be doing and what the work is about for you, you can talk about the work with a reviewer.”
Foley says some of his students strive to write about their work in flowery or academic language, but that’s not the point. “The artist statement to me fundamentally provides background about a body of work. It gives me details about the subjects, who they are or where they are; technical info if it’s important –like it’s taken with a Diana camera or produced with a specialized printing or Photoshop technique. But I think it [the statement] should ultimately answer one question: ‘Why do I do the work that I do?’ I need to know that about you as a portfolio reviewer.”

The insight we have gained from the portfolio review process is that being prepared is essential in attaining a “return on your investment” of time and considerable dollars spent on the review process.

For more from Michael Foley: PDN

For our checklist in preparation for a review: BWGallerist On Portfolio Reviews

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Best of Show: Ion Zupcu, FotoFest curated exhibitions, Houston, Texas

In Art Fair, Black and White Photography, Exhibits, Gallerist, Photo Print Collector, Photographer on April 5, 2010 at 3:29 pm

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Ion Zupcu from “Discoveries of the Meeting Place” exhibit

We tried to see as many of the FotoFest themed exhibits as possible along with the Meeting Place exhibit of previous talent “discovered” at the fair. After seeing hundreds of very diverse and impressive prints we kept coming back to a series by Ion Zupco exhibited just across the walkway form the Doubletree FotoFest HQ.

Selected by Madeline Yale, Houston Center for Photography, Ion Zupcu presented a mesmerizing selection of his series on cubes, rectangles and square objects. Harking back to the likes of Josef Albers, his current evolution of still-life, monochromatic images has evolved over the years into a whole different level of physical and visual interpretation. His use of delicate contrast, patterns and textures draws the viewer in to a different dimension of experience.

From his bio:

Up to that point he had been producing primarily landscape photography. However, he now went back to
his initial interest in still-life work, and began spending long hours shooting, studying, and mastering the subject matter. His first fully-realized series of photographs in this genre was in 1999 with a group of images simply titled, Flowers. Several other bodies of work soon
followed, including photographs depicting bottles, fabric, and eggs, among other objects.To this day Zupcu insists on printing and toning all of his work himself.

In our brief conversation with the artist, we could hear the Eastern European accent (Romania) along with the determined focus brought about by a life that most Americans would find challenging.

We congratulate Ion on his being chosen “Best of Show” and invite you to see more of his work: Ion Zupcu

Sample Galleries: Clampart, Gallery 339, The Halstead Gallery

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