here is a link to a small gallery on the edges of williamsburg brooklyn called cccp run by a friend of mine, john, who is always looking for emerging artists. do contact him if you’re looking to show in a small funky gallery setting. let him know you saw this posting here.
jene
wandering around new york galleries on wed after an all day sitting at soho photo looking at the lighting system they have and are thinking of replacing as they have received a proposal from the contractor who painted the gallery this past summer. what an improvement over the dingy, paint peeling walls and ceiling. for an art photography gallery to look that run down i thinks reflects on the artist who show there.
i guess i should say the photographers who show there. this distinction i make with my work being art as opposed to just photographs. i create my pictures while i think most photographers capture theirs. i’ve always thought that the proof in my work was the print, that’s where i spend most of my time in creating, not that taking the picture isn’t just important because it is.
i did stop by Madame X, 95 houston St, nyc, ny to see Catlin Mitchells semi nude fashion exhibit. Madame X seems an appropriate place for the show except for the lighting but the decor of red wall paper and golden couches, can we say whore house look, seemed to the welcome the exhibit. i did look to introduce myself to Catlin who was not hard to find in her silver sequined dress, but didn’t have time to talk, who ever does at ones opening, greeting guest, friends and what not. love her carbon prints on cold press paper.
speaking of artists and galleries in the evening i continued around the corner to ward-nasse gallery where i have four prints hanging to re-lable two of them with the awards they have received, Blue the 2009 Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3) and Ascending the 2009 International Photography Award. because there is an opening reception at ward-nasse this saturday 10/17/09 at 7pm for this lovely young artist who paints hearts. She usually sells out and has a large following. i sold two prints at her last show. woohoo.
the next sunday 10/18/09 mary and i are showing our work in Hoboken at the Monroe Center for the Arts for their open studio tour, 12 noon to 5 pm affair.if you’re in the neighborhood stop by or better yet make the trek to the center and say hello. we are showing some of our bump, wedding and children laboroflovepixs hoping to drum up some more business.mary makes sure there’s lots of wine and popcorn, don’t ask. she will also be bring some of her wearable art, which women seem to like, as that’s what the conversation always seems to move to at our gallery openings etc.
where does our life go? mary the energizer bunny and me, i get tired just watching her, are getting ready next month for a friends art/gallery shop opening on 231 Bedford Ave in williamsburg Brooklyn called Barking Lizard. some of the art works there are fabulous. do stop by and take a look.
Save The Date! October 27, 7 PM
Talk and Presentation
“Fred Stein: Art of the Street/Art of Intimacy ”
Paris 1930’s, New York 1940’s, Portraits
Peter Stein, the son of noted photographer Fred Stein will be giving a talk and video/slide presentation about his father on October 27, 2009, at the Soho Photo Gallery located at 15 White Street, between West Broadway and Avenue of the Americas. There will be a reception starting at 6 pm. The program will begin at 7 pm.
Street scenes of Paris in the years just before the German occupation, and New York during and just after World War II, capture the vitality and pathos of these two vibrant cities His portraits of intellectuals, artists, and statesmen reveal the unique character of the men and women who shaped the political and cultural events of the 20th century.
Educated as an attorney at German universities and deeply involved in anti-Nazi politics from his youth, Stein was forced to leave his country in 1933. Unable to practice law in his adopted country, France, he made a vocation out of his photographic skill. In 1941, before the occupation of Paris, Stein and his family again escaped the Nazis by emigrating to New York City where he worked as a freelance photographer until his death in 1967 at the age of 58.
Stein, whose works were recently on exhibition at the International Center of Photography (NYC), is represented in collections of The National Museum of American Art (Smithsonian), The National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian), the ICP, The Jewish Museum (NYC), The Center for Creative Photography (Tucson), and museums, galleries, and private collections around the world.
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Peter Stein is a Professor of Cinematography in the Graduate Film Program at New York University. He has photographed over 50 feature films and television movies for the last 35 years.
Visit Soho Photo
Soho Photo Gallery has been showcasing a broad spectrum of imagery by emerging and veteran photographers since 1971. The Gallery is in New York’s historic TriBeCa district, three blocks south of Canal Street between West Broadway and Sixth Avenue. Subways: #1 to Franklin Street or the A, C, E, W, N, R or #6 to Canal Street.
what a small world. i know it doesn’t seem that way as we jump on a crowded subway car at rush hour, well maybe it does.there is a TED talk that shows exactly where we are in the cosmos which is informative. it’s given by jill tarter who is the head of SETI titled ‘are we alone?’ a question which has always interested me since lying on top of my garage looking at the stars.
Mary and i picked a photo out of the first batch put up, we both loved the colors and composition of this rather abstract image. it reminded me of a padlocked door i found in panama so i told mary why not pick it, which she did.
the small part of the world was that photographer picked my photo.
her name is christine finkelson and we both print on some of the same hahnemuhle papers. and i think but i am not sure but christine might be over 23 years old.
looking at the hot shot crowd makes me feel old for an ’emerging photographer’ but there were some of us there. mostly the crowd seemed right out of collage and comfortable with the single bar scene. but hey i’ve been wrong before.
we got out of there alive and had dinner around the corner and maybe made a few friends along the way. not a bad evening at all
last night we went down to hey hot shot print exchange. this is something i’ve always been interested in doing. i remember some online photo groups i’ve belonged to where some members exchanged prints amongst themselves. i always thought this was a pretty neat way of learning what’s out there. i even tried doing this when i was on musecube but nobody seemed interested i doing it except one fellow nik walking bear, but oddly when i left the cube he wasn’t interested in continuing the conversation any more. oh well
to me my photography doesn’t exist unless i have a print in hand. what else is there? we can see pixels on the screen but once the power goes out what’s left? not much. but a print is something solid, while the image just sits on the paper well maybe more in the nooks and crannies of the paper, i like texture on my paper but i print on matt papers, a personal preference. it’s the print that exist as the art form, that might explain my thin negatives.
hey i shoot digital now so don’t have to worry about that. i do miss the feel of wet film in my hands as i am a very tactile person and always loved handling film. but it’s so time consuming developing boring agitating looking at the clock etc. oh did i mention the smell of the fixer?
well i digress from the subject at hand. the print
now the people running the swap weren’t very organized, first set back, lost microphone, so communication with the crowd began with cupped hands moving later to a megaphone which wasn’t much of an improvement but at least they could be heard over the crowd noise. there wasn’t much of a plan, maybe they were overwhelmed by the number of people attending, the print i picked up was labeled 81 and my number was 67.
one of the things i learned touring theater show was how to make the venue i was in then work the best it could be for the show we were performing. it had to work, the producer wasn’t going to give back the money and the artist was there wanting to be paid after the show, so my job was to make the venue work for the production. i learned soon enough ‘no show no check.’ simple enough.
but some people seem to get lost in the details which this seemed to be the case. they put out the first selection of images and the whole heard swooped down like Harpies on the photos. both mary’s and my images were gone right away but i didn’t see who took them, i always like to see who likes my work.
i got to the front in time to see a small black and white print of the world trade center taken from the williamsburg waterfront and looking down the line at the only one other print struck my eye of a hood ornament but i can back the the simplicity of this print. it’s by a photographer Geralyn Shukwit whom i’ve looked at her web site and it works for me. while she and i do way different stuff that doesn’t mean i don’t like what others do. it really keeps me interested in the craft and art of photography.
we found this organization on our trip to cambodia thru another photographer’s gallery. one nite looking for a place to eat we wandered around town as we do so often in visiting cities and came across this photography gallery next door to the FCC in Siem Reap.
it was John MeDermott’s Gallery full of infrared photography which i love of Angkor Wat. we went in and i bought a small print, something we could carry. while paying for the item i told the salesperson that i was a photographer to which she replied that john liked meeting other photographers and did i have a web site. i gave her my card and off we when to dinner.
arriving back at our hotel, The River Garden, we were informed i had a call and they would call back. yes it was john, he invited us down to the gallery to meet and chat.
mary asked the question about a cambodian charity because as americans we have so much that others don’t have. that brought up Kenro Izu work and about the children’s hospital. so this is how we learned of this group.
here are two events that i am donating prints to.
one of my favorite motion studies
another from the same session
Night of the Apsara – Washington DC Night of the Apsara – Washington DC
The pleasure of your presence is requested at the “Night of the Apsara”, an evening in support of the Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC) in Cambodia. The night will include dinner, cocktails, music, dancing and a silent auction. All tickets and donations may be partially or fully tax deductible. The event will be held on Saturday, October 17, 2009, 6:00pm – 12:00am at La Maison Française, Embassy of France. 4101 Reservoir Rd, NW, Washington, DC 20007.
Tickets:
$80.00
10th Annual Fundraising Event – New York 10th Annual Fundraising Event – New York
Friends of Friends Without A Border New York invite you to join them in an evening of celebration to benefit the Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC) in Cambodia. The night will include Cambodian cuisine, music performed by the Monorom band, a dance performance, and a silent auction. All tickets and donations may be partially or fully tax deductible. The event will be held on Saturday, October 24, 2009, 6:00pm – 12:00am at Cathedral of St. John Banquet Hall, 353 E. Clinton Ave, Tenafly, NJ 07670
Tickets:
$75.00
i don’t know what print will be at what auction, i’ll leave that up to them to decide.
jene
yes i’ve finally started cleaning my closet of all the things i’ve collected over the years, you know those must have items like my jimmy olsen camera, the Graflex Crown camera. It’s so cool to shoot with because everything is thought out.
first need to focus camera, then either put in 120 roll adapter or the 4×5 film holders, pull the b/o slide them click the shutter, insert the b/o slide ,either turn the film slide holder or advance the film roller. set up new picture begin with focus on subject. yes i’ve screwed this sequence up a few times.
it reminds me of ZEN photography when one needs to really pay attention to what your doing, ‘be here now’ as the saying goes. but my life is going pretty fast in the digital realm and i have so many film cameras, my hassy, my contax, my yashica em, and canon f1.
i posted this on craigslist here in New York and have a few interested people but who knows. i’d like to find a good home for my friend and have it help creating some more wonderful pictures. it is so hard to part with things i love.
while we were at NYPH’09 we stopped in to read the list of people doing the Portfolio reviews for the festival. when i was looking over the previews of the festival i saw they were providing these and i said to myself, ‘jene youtt you’ve been there and have always come away feeling worst than when you began.’
it’s not that they are so bad for people i’ve had encouraging words spoken about my work as being different, but i’ve also heard from gallery owners ‘i don’t know who to sell this work to.’ my work doesn’t seem to fit into a commercial mode nor too much of a fine art market.i do manage to sell an image here and there though.
i’ve also been to portfolio reviews where nobody came around to see our work. i am not shy and went looking for who was suppose to be looking at our portfolios. i got just a passing glance but i did embarrassed them enough to have them look at the people around me. how dare they treat us so, and for this we pay a hefty fee.
but back to the subject, mary looked at the list and said we should copy them down to add to our press list. good idea, so that’s what she began to do. i put my backpack on the table gave her a pad and off she went. a young photographer put his portfolio box down on the table next to me which attracted my attention.
he looked as if his dog had just died. i empathized with him and started up a conversation asking him how the review went? he said he was disappointed in the response he got. his work covers a lot of different areas which he had included in his portfolio. he had scheduled to talk with a gallery owner and said she had ripped him apart. i’ve been there and done that so i knew how he felt.
i tried to be upbeat about reviews and said it’s hard to know what people are looking for. i did tell him that i though reviewers were looking for single themes. i’ve had the same thing happen to me at Soho Photo they want to see a submission of a single subject done different ways? i’ve been rejected by this selection committee a couple of times all for different reasons but it doesn’t really matter for what. rejection still hurts.
what to me is the cruelest is when they don’t take the time to explain to you what they don’t like about your work. they get embarrassed by the confrontation. i’ve heard some of the silliest rejections about my work. one of the funniest was ‘nobody on the committee felt like dancing after reviewing your portfolio.’ i tried to keep a straight face but the absurdity of the comment got to me. my comment to that was ‘and if i took pictures of barns they’d want to go to the country?’
a young woman came over to us at the table, she knew the other photographer and they gathered their stuff and jackets and off they went. when you are young and biological and with a pretty woman some of these everyday hurts get forgotten for a time. it’s odd how we humans only seem to remember these small nicks in our egos forever.
oh well, here’s to the next portfolio review.
mary came over finished and we went about the rest of our day, holding hands, being glad to be with each other.
i continue to sell images at ward nasse gallery, a fine art gallery, mostly painters, in the heart of new york’s Soho section at 178 Prince street, nyc, ny and i’ve never sold anything at soho photo a photo gallery. i’ve sold three images at ward nasse so far this year and have another pending inquiry.this copy below goes to a new home.great work mia.
Sunrise
as we,mary and i were wandering NYPH’09 we both said some of the photos exhibited would never make it past the members jury for show at soho photo and we laughed. i am sure these members are trying to keep the soho gallery pure, what ever that is, but i think their shows lack creativity. there are some excellent crafts people there for sure, but nobody comes down to the gallery to see them. the only people who do come there don’t buy anything. i love it when someone buys my work because it opens up new wall space to put something else up.
if i don’t write about these experiences right away they are lost in grey matter. this is about some of the giveaway mags i found at the festival. this isn’t a complete coverage just my own pics and eye so it’s very subjective.so i’ll just list them as they are in a pile on my desk and let you the viewer make a decision if you want more info.
my fav is eyemazing because of their over size and coverage of whom they featured. but hey you make up your own mind they are all good from their own perspective.
some of the galleries not participating in NYPH’09 but in the neighborhood that had outstanding exhibits were Hossein Farmani’s Farmani Gallery which has an excellent show now, Jesse Diamond’s ‘Drive‘ through June 12,09 and down the hall at Watermill Brooklyn Gallery i saw a Berlin based artist Jonnde Voigt series of large format vertical-rectangular diptychs which amazed me with their fine detail.
so this is what i do wandering around photo festivals, so much right brain activity, well not sure which brain or if i even have one at times, but i get pulled in my others view of the world and really inspired by their vision. i am just an old kid at heart.
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