Of the Refrain
Robert Mann Gallery’s summer exhibition, Of the Refrain, explores the formal repetitions and shared motifs of photographers working with commonplace genres such as portraiture and commercial still life during the first half of the 20th century. Berenice Abbott, Ellen Auerbach, Ilse Bing, Carlotta Corpron, Hazel Larsen Archer, Dora Maar, Barbara Morgan, ringl+pit, and Margaret Watkins are among the artists included in the exhibition.
Jul 25, 2008 at 07:55 - discussion - info+

Zhao Liang 'videos and photo works
This is the second time that we are presenting works by Zhao Liang, after his early video-work “City Scene” which was shown as part of the 2005 group exhibition titled “China: Reflections on the Everyday”.
Jul 24, 2008 at 14:50 - discussion - info+

Michael Dweck Mermaid
Michael Dweck burst onto the photography scene in 2004 with his stunning book The End: Montauk, N.Y. (and related exhibitions) in which he documented the surfing subculture of Montauk, Long Island, evoking a real-world paradise lost. In his follow-up to that success, this summer (June 2008) Dweck returns with his new project Mermaids. The exhibition and accompanying volume feature a dazzling array of photographs in which the photographer explores the theme of the female nude submerged in water.
Jul 23, 2008 at 11:27 - discussion - info+

Street & Studio : An urban history of photography
Street & Studio is a magnificent exhibition of international photography. It presents a fascinating history of photographic portraiture taken on the street or in the photographer’s studio, looking at the differences between these two key locations in which photographers work.
Jul 22, 2008 at 22:01 - discussion - info+

Koh Myung Keun: Windows on Nature
Frey Norris Gallery presents “Windows on Nature,” our second exhibition for South Korean artist Koh Myung Keun. Process unique to Korean artist overlays high- definition photos that create ghost-like multi-prism windows into the natural world, meditations on nature using state of the art technology and advanced plastics. 12 large and small illuminated photo-sculptures on display depict trees, deserts, water, sky and grasslands.
Jul 18, 2008 at 19:21 - discussion - info+

Sophie Elbaz - The others side of the self
L'envers de soi (The others side of the self) includes some of the most significant work from the photographic career of Sophie Elbaz. As a photojournalist for Reuter and Sygma from 1986 to 1985, she covered some major events which shaped her vision, as evidenced in Contre toute attente,a photographic essay on the subject of Bosnian refugees. In 1995, she stopped working for the press and discovered Cuba.
Jul 17, 2008 at 10:23 - discussion - info+

Bastille Day
Ooh la la… Huff Harrington Celebrates Bastille Day Gallery’s July 10 Fête Celebrates France. France and its popular national holiday, Bastille Day, have special significance for Huff Harrington’s Francophile owners, Ann Huff and Meg Harrington. Their shared passion for France was inspiration for opening the gallery and offering remarkable, original French art remains a key point of differentiation.
Jul 16, 2008 at 14:11 - discussion - info+

Yale MFA Photography 2008
Gallery 339 is pleased to present an exhibition by the recent recipients of Yale University’s MFA in Photography: Samantha Contis, Jen Davis, Bryan Graf, Richard Mosse, Bradley Peters, Sasha Rudensky, Sarah Stolfa, Marley White, and Suyeon Yun. The show, which was exhibited initially at Yale and later at Danziger Projects in New York.
Jul 15, 2008 at 13:19 - discussion - info+

Ed McDonald - Lifetime of Power
Ed McDonald is the inaugural Alumni Focus exhibitor, a new series of exhibitions featuring the photography of distinguished alumni from the photography studies program at Daytona Beach College. Ed McDonald’s commercial work has garnered some of the industry’s top awards, both locally and nationally. In 2005, A Lifetime of Power was an Annual Report photographed by Ed McDonald for the Kissimmee Utilities Authority.
Jul 11, 2008 at 13:02 - discussion - info+