Four Years Ago: Filtered

Four years ago Nymphoto's second show titled "Filtered" opened on Smith Street.


Filtered © Nymphoto

Sandra Bermudez @ Vivian Horan

Bootgarden © Sandra Bermudez

NYU/ICP graduate Sandra Bermudez multi media body of work from the past 5 years will be exhibited at Vivian Horan Fine Art starting May 8, 2008.

Illusion: Sandra Bermudez
Vivian Horan Fine Art
May 8-July 15, 2008
35 East 67th Street
New York, NY

Anne Hardy @ Bellwether

See British artist Anne Hardy's first New York solo show at:

Bellwerther Gallery
April 15-May 17, 2008
134 Tenth Avenue (Bet, 18th & 19th Street)
New York, NY

Zoe Strauss - New and Selected Work

Photographs New and Selected Work on Exhibition and For Sale by Zoe Strauss

Sunday May 4, 2008 1 pm to 4 pm
Front St. and Mifflin St.
Under 1-95
Philadelphia , PA

Rain or Shine

www.zoestrauss.blogspot.com

Sarah Anne Johnson wins Grange Prize

Winnipeg artist/ photographer Sarah Anne Johnson wins the inaugaral Grange Prize of $50,000 and plans to buy a small cabin in the woods near Lake Winnipeg. The Grange Prize is the largest given in Canada for photography.

Jill Freedman - Power to Shock

The New York Times published an interesting article about reemerging photographer Jill Freedman yesterday, titled "Through Wegee's Lens" written by Niko Koppel. The piece is accompanied by a slide show of Ms. Freedman's work from the 60's through the 80's -- shot in New York City.
Amy Stein also muses about the article and Miss Freedman's work in her posting don't "Don't Call It a Comeback" --nice L.L. reference ;) -and how fragile a photographer's career can be, even if the artist has immense passion and talent.

Regarding Arcadia: Rural Viewpoints

Herd © Maria Passarotti

Also mark your calendars for the opening reception of Regarding Arcadia - Rural Viewpoints by Angela A'Court, James Isherwood and (Nymphoto's very own) Maria Passarotti.

Opening Reception
Thursday May 8, 2008
6-8 PM
Susan Eley Fine Art
46 West 90th Street
2nd Floor
New York, NY

Everyone Gets a STAR

If you are in the Syracuse, NY area in the next month, don't forget to check out Jane Tam's BFA Thesis exhibit.


(via Jane Tam)

Everyone Gets a STAR
A BFA Exhibition of Photography
Opening Reception: May 3, 2008 6-9 pm Devalan Art Center 501 W. Fayette Street
Syracuse, NY

and you can still purchase prints directly from Jane, via her store.

Annie Griffiths Belt: A Camera, Two Kids and A Camel

If you are in Minneapolis on May 8, 2008 or in Seattle May 11 & 12, 2008 you can attend a National Geographic Live Event and see the work and hear about the life experiences of photographer and mother of two, Annie Griffits Belt.

From the National Geographic website:

One of the first female staff photographers hired at National Geographic, Annie Griffiths Belt’s assignments have included stories about Jerusalem, the spectacular ancient ruins of Petra in Jordan, England’s Lake District, Lawrence of Arabia, and the Badlands region of South Dakota. When her children (daughter Lily and son Charlie) were born, she took them right along on her assignments, turning what some might see as an obstacle into an opportunity. “In some of these cultures, I’m a bizarre character—a woman from another world, traveling without a chaperone,” she explains. “The fact that I’m a mother provides common ground.” In a presentation based on her new National Geographic book, A Camera, Two Kids, and a Camel, Belt shares the secrets of her peripatetic life, and relates intimate moments and touching stories, along with her portfolio of emotionally rich photographs.

Hear Annie Griffiths Belt narrate a slide show of her work.

Buy tickets here: www.nationalgeographic.com/nglive/ticketinfo/

Women in The Arts

While perusing the Magnum Blog I came across a posting from last year in regard to the Inge Morath Award. In this post from March 8, 2007 Magnum also linked to the Magnum mulitmedia essay Woman's Day.
A discussion in the comments section ensued that examined the implication of singling out the contribution of women to photography. It is an interesting read and sheds some light on this complex issue, one that we have struggled with at Nymphoto as well: we do not like the idea of exclusivity per se and 'shutting out' one gender, on the other hand to us it is fact that women still face much bias and additional obstacles -- not just in photography - and thus Nymphoto hopes to address some of the issues and give support to its members (and female photographer in general).
See the post & comments here.