Last chance to catch Helen Sear's beautiful montages of portraits and landscapes at KLOMPCHING GALLERY in DUMBO. The artist combines photography, drawing and digital techniques to create delicately layered images that provoke the viewer to question traditional modes of viewing photographic imagery.
INSIDE THE VIEW — HELEN SEAR
January 8 — February 27
KLOMPCHING GALLERY
111 Front Street, Suite 206
Brooklyn, NY11201
Gallery Hours: Wed — Sat, 11am — 6pm
Judith Joy Ross
Monday, February 23rd @ 2pm
Kennedy Building, Room 406
621 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA
Ben Alper from The Exposure Project needs your help. We received an email from the project asking for any financial assistance to fund the next publication. Our own, Rona Chang, was selected among the large number of entries to be one of their participants!
Over the last few weeks, we at The Exposure Project have started the involved process of organizing our next publication. We received an inspiring amount of exceptional work during our latest call for entries period and couldn't be happier with the selected photographers. It has always been our goal to continually expand the breadth of this project and unite a diversity of vision, process and philosophy within contemporary photography. Issue 4 marks our largest and most ambitious collaboration to date. But we need your help!
As it stands right now, we are lacking the necessary funds for the production of issue 4. In light of that, we are asking you to take a moment to consider donating to The Exposure Project. There is no minimum donation and all the proceeds will benefit the publication and distribution of issue 4. I am fully aware that economic times are hard right now, however, any contribution, no matter how small, would greatly benefit this project. Your generous contributions will be noted and printed in the back of the publication.
In addition, anyone who donates $50 + will receive an editioned, 8.5 x 11 print of their choice. You can view the available editions here. So, if you're interested in offering your support, visit our Donations page!
If you are unable to donate, we would greatly appreciate your help in spreading word in any way you can. We sincerely appreciate all of the support and enthusiasm we have received over the years and couldn't have done it without all of you!
Best,
Ben Alper
The Exposure Project
The Center for Documentrary Studies at Duke awarded Jennette Williams the CDS/Honickman First Book Prize. Icon Mary Ellen Mark judged the competition.
Find out more at: www.cds.aas.duke.edu and www.pdnonline.com.
And make sure to check out Jennette Williams' photographs from "The Bathers", by clicking here.
Jennifer Williams is part of a group show at Platform Gallery in Seattle that runs through March 28, 2009. The show is titled "Cut - Contemporary Collage" and picks up on the renewed interest in collage. If you you are in Seattle this is a great show to check out.
Platform Gallery
114 Third Avenue South,
Seattle, Washington
February 19-March 28, 2009
But you can also see the work of Jennifer Williams in New York, starting next week:
"Quality Service"
Feb. 24-28th (opening feb. 24th 6-8)
The Cooper Union
6th and 7th floors
7 East 7th Street
New York, NY 10003
glob
2008
25" x 44"
handcut digital prints collaged on watercolor paper
©Jennifer Williams
And you can revisit our conversation with Jen, by clicking here.
Karla Turcios
The Open City Series
Wynwood Project Space
2200 NW 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL
On view now through March 7, 2009
From the press release:
Honduran born visual artist Karla Turcios unveils her latest series at the Wynwood Project Space from now through March 7. The Open City presents Turcios' exploration into the global phenomena of rapid urbanization. Through the use of intricate multi-layered images and themes, the exhibition showcases the vanishing ethnic cultural expressions of neighborhoods in transition.
The first image by Tiana Markova-Gold I ever saw was from her Haiti series. And I was mesmerized. Without the caption I knew this was Haiti and I was captivated by this depiction of a country much overlooked & the poetic style of photography that brought paintings of Gauguin to mind.
Like in the work of Juliana Beasely, one can feel the empathy and respect Tiana has for her subjects.
© Tiana Markova-Gold
Nymphoto: Tell us a little about yourself.
Tiana Markova-Gold: I live in Brooklyn with my boyfriend, in a neighbourhood that I really love, but that’s changing a lot as it gets more and more gentrified. I’ve lived there longer than anywhere else in my life, but I’ve also lived in Vermont, in San Francisco and Oakland and briefly in the Caribbean. I’ve traveled a lot….I’ve spent time in Central America, South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Africa, Europe… My life has been full of many adventures, a lot of struggle and a lot of incredible experiences.
© Tiana Markova-Gold
NP: How did you discover photography?
TMG: I was always interested in photography, as far back as I can remember…my mother was always taking photographs and when I was a small child she made super 8 films. I took some photography classes when I was a teenager, but I was a dancer so I didn’t really think about pursuing photography in a serious way…it wasn’t until a few years after I stopped dancing that I started to focus on photography. I was traveling a lot and taking photographs, just snapshots for myself….a woman I knew was an editorial intern at a magazine and when she saw some pictures I had taken on one of my recent trips she asked if she could bring them in to show the picture editors at the magazine. It was the first time I had considered that photography might be something I could do professionally.
© Tiana Markova-Gold
NP: Where do you find inspiration?
TMG: I think a lot of my work is, at least on some level, inspired by a need to understand or make sense of things I struggle with in my own life. It’s like I’m making a map to help me find my way through the world, through the web of experiences and relationships that is my life, and in doing that, maybe help illuminate the way for somebody else.
I am also deeply inspired by the innate beauty in the human spirit. I want to recognize and acknowledge that spirit, especially in situations where it is not always so obvious…as Karim Ainous said (when speaking about a film he co-wrote), “It is about a faith in the human being, no matter what. When he is an outlaw, when he is stealing, when he is making love.”
Sometimes I am inspired by my anger or frustration with things I see happening…I take photographs to try to make people look at what is going on; to expose things people are not aware of or not paying attention to.
I’m also just very curious about the world and the people living in it….
© Tiana Markova-Gold
NP: How do your projects come about?
TMG: I began the sex workers project while I was in the full-time photojournalism program at ICP. I had to do a lot of footwork before I was able to actually begin taking pictures. I did a lot of research and contacted many people and organizations providing services to sex workers in New York City. I also spent a lot of time in neighbourhoods that were known for street prostitution. The first woman I photographed in Hunts Point was someone I just walked up to on the street one evening and started talking to.
© Tiana Markova-Gold
NP: What's next?
TMG: In January I’ll be in Asia for three weeks on a photography fellowship from the Johnson & Johnson Foundation.
I’ve just begun working on a new project about women and violence….Initially I’m focusing on women fighters…I don’t want to say much more because it’s just beginning and I’m not sure yet exactly where it will go.
NP: Thank you so much!
Please visit www.tianamarkova.com to see more of Tiana's work.
From Places of Escape, ©Lisa Kereszi
Advertising Photographers of America is presenting the next installment of Apple Image Maker Lecture series with the talented, Lisa Kereszi.
APA|NY and Apple Image Maker lecture with Lisa Kereszi
Wednesday February 18th, 2009 - 6:30 to 8:00 PM
SoHo Apple Theater - 103 Prince St @ Mercer, NYC
Free to attend, seating is limited
We are having a bit of trouble getting "Nymphoto Op-Ed" off the ground. However we are not ready to give up, because we think it is important to add another angle to Nymphoto and more importantly we would like to keep the discussion going.
The discussion about the female artistic experience. We want to hear your rants, your praises, your suggestions. Emily Shur wrote about what it is like to be a professional photographer today. Candace Gottschalk spoke about combining art & motherhood, Jane Tam followed suit and spoke about family, priorities and finding your way after college.
Ellen Rennard addressed the continuing gender gap in the art world.
Write to us at contact(at)nymphoto.com; tell us how you navigate the art world, how you survive as as a professional photographer, how you find assignments. Speak up about what you think needs to change, what you think is changing, about what you think all of us can do to contribute.
Or simply write a review of a show that you recently saw.
We are looking forward to hearing from you - and so will the blog's readers.
In case you missed it:
To read Liz Kuball's piece on Tierney Gearon for Ahorn, click here.
To find Ellen Rennard speaking about the persistence of sexism in the photography world, visit her blog: www.ellenrennard.blogspot.com.
To see work by & read about Talia Chetrit, visit www.1000wordsphotographymagazine.blogspot.com.
And LAY FLAT 01: REMAIN IN LIGHT is now available for sale, here.
