Image: From “McCarren Park Pool Locker Room” by Amy Touchette. Known for her “portrait profile” series, Amy Touchette’s most recent work is dedicated to the vulnerable subject of young women at Greenpoint, Brooklyn’s McCarren Park Pool locker room. This work is being displayed as part of We Live in Brooklyn,
Image: Henry Horenstein, “Loretta Lynn,” 1975. Henry Horenstein will give a lecture at The Annenberg Space for Photography as part of their Iris Nights Lecture Series, focusing on his series Honky Tonk: Portraits of Country Music and other experiences from his career. Country music is both an important subject and
Amy Stein and Jill Greenberg are both included in the Humble Arts Foundation’s online exhibition, “New Cats in Art Photography”
Image: An outtake from the “Monkey Portraits” series by Jill Greenberg. One of Jill Greenberg’s monkeys–actually one of Jill Greenberg’s chimpanzees (which technically makes him an ape)–graces the cover of last week’s edition of Newsweek. The image is certainly an eye-catching way to illustrate the cover story about the potential
Image: Jen Davis, “December 18, 2009.” Jen Davis’ “Webcam” series is included in the exhibition “The Play and Staging of the Self: Five Photographers on Identity” at Sous Les Etoiles Gallery in New York City. [The exhibition] explores the construction of identity and its ongoing evolution, with a special emphasis
Image: Marc Yankus, “Ancient,” 2008. Marc Yankus’ self-published photobook, The Point of Secret, is included in an exhibition of publications curated by Rebecca Senf for INFOCUS, the Photography Support Organization of the Phoenix Art Museum. The purpose of the exhibition is to explore the range of ways that artists are
Image: James Bidgood, “Willow Tree (Bruce Kirkman),” mid-1960s. The Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art recently acquired Willow Tree by James Bidgood from ClampArt for their permanent collection. The photograph will be on display from August 14 – September 28, 2014, as part of the exhibition Permanency: Selections
Image: Adrain Chesser, “Back of the Truck,” 2006-2012 Adrain Chesser is a self-taught photographer whose first critical success came with “I have something to tell you,” a personal exploration of what it meant to disclose a life-altering diagnosis of AIDS. Adrain gave a fantastic and very emotional TEDx talk in
Image: Copyright Jesse Burke, “Time Out,” 2013, Digital C-print. Jesse Burke is one of twelve artists selected to participate in “Documentary: 19th Annual Photography Exhibition” (August 1 – 29, 2014) at the Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW) in Seattle. This annual exhibition is one of the most anticipated shows in our
Image: Copyright Henry Horenstein, “Ponderosa,” Near Pikeville, Kentucky, 1974, Gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet). Photographs from Henry Horenstein’s series “Honky Tonk: Portraits of Country Music” will be on view at Endicott College’s Walter J. Manninen Center for the Arts through October 17th, 2014. Honky Tonk is a
Image: Manjari Sharma, “Maa Kali,” 2013 Work from “Darshan,” a series of photographs by Manjari Sharma depicting Hindu gods and goddesses is being displayed as a part of Photoville’s project, The Fence. Now in its third year, The Fence is a 1,000-foot-long outdoor photographic installation that draws 1.5 million visitors
Michael Lundgren’s work is included in “Where There’s Smoke” at Fraenkel Gallery. “Where There’s Smoke” gathers together four artists who subvert the viewer’s sense of how a photograph can and should operate, both conceptually and perceptually. This is no mere photographic deconstruction, however; a metaphorical intent ricochets through the works.
Image: Manjari Sharma, “Lord Brahma,” 2013. The Aperture Foundation’s “Summer Open” exhibition features 103 prints from 97 different artists selected by Executive Director, Chris Boot, from over 860 submissions, and is organized by visual category. One of the selections, under the ‘Flowers’ category, is our own Manjari Sharma’s Lord Brahma
Image: Lori Nix, “Anatomy Classroom,” 2012, Archival pigment print Recent Guggenheim grant winner Lori Nix has work included in a group show about interiors at Flowers Gallery, July 17th – August 30th, 2014. Lori Nix creates her subject matter to photograph dangerous and catastrophic scenes. Through models and dioramas, she
Brian Finke is on press in South Korea overseeing the production of his fourth monograph, “US Marshals,” from powerHouse Books (Hardcover, 128 pages, 10.25 x 10.25 inches, ISBN: 978-1-57687-711-1, $35 + shipping). The publication of this book coincides with Finke’s fifth solo exhibition at ClampArt from November 20 – December
Images: Jen Davis, “Fantasy No. One,” 2004, Archival pigment print; Manjari Sharma, “Ben,” 2011, Archival inkjet print; Collin LaFleche, “Matt, Will, Henry and Ray,” 2007, Chromogenic print. Jen Davis’ “Fantasy No. One”; Manjari Sharma’s “Ben”; and Collin LaFleche’s “Matt, Will, Henry and Ray” are currently featured in Sasha Wolf Gallery’s
Image: James Bidgood, “Pan,” late 1960s, Digital C-print. James Bidgood’s image “Pan” is on display as part of a group show at the ONE Archives Gallery & Museum at the University of Southern California. The exhibition, titled “The Classical Nude and the Making of Queer History,” investigates the centrality of
Image: Rafael Soldi, “I’m Here, You’re There,” 2011, Archival pigment print Rafael Soldi’s solo show of photographs will be on display at the Atelier Gallery at the Griffin Museum of Photography from July 10 – August 31, 2014: The exhibition “Sentiment” in the Atelier Gallery is the first solo exhibition
Arriving in New York as a very young photographer in the late 1970s, Jeannette Montgomery Barron experienced the art scene of the city as both an insider and an outsider. The Collezione Maramotti created a fantastic video walk-through of Barron’s exhibition, on view through July 31, 2014, complete with a
The solo exhibition, “Frank Yamrus: I Feel Lucky,” opens at Valley Variety in Hudson, New York, on Saturday, June 21, 2014, with a reception for the artist open to the public from 6.00 – 9.00 pm. In celebration of Gay Pride Month, Valley Variety is pleased to present “I Feel