Crime scene photographer Weegee exhibition at the International Center of Photography. Weegee: Murder Is My Business will be on view from January 20 to September 2 2012, International Center of Photography, 1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street.
Jeans is the first publication that concentrates on the early work of the Swiss photographer, Karlheinz Weinberger. An extra-large format, this new book, published by the Swiss Institute in New York, is a facsimile of the artist’s self-made portfolio. Jeans focuses on the artist’s fascination for men in blue jeans, an article of clothing whose scarcity in post-war Switzerland and close association with America implied more than a fashion statement.
During the 1970’s Lukas Strebel travelled to Spain to meet and photograph Salvador Dali. He took with him ‘Antoglyph’, the kitchen table which appears regularly in his images. "Forty years ago, I went travelling with a table. It was an incredible, animal-like object and I carried it around, taking its photograph in different landscapes," says the artist. Having been initially refused entrance Lukas gave Dali’s maid a copy of the photograph ‘meus volatus magicus supra Antoglyphum’ and asked her to appeal once more. On the strength of this image he was granted entrance. Cruelly, the day of the appointed shoot Lukas was called back to Switzerland for national service. About the above photograph: "I set up my camera on a tripod, took the table out into the water and climbed on. Then I jumped up while my girlfriend pressed the button. We had just one roll of film: in those days, you couldn't check you had got the shot, so I only found out when I returned to my darkroom two weeks later." An exhibition of Strebel's work is on view at the Print Space in London until January 3, 74 Kingsland Road.
Photography by Abbey Meaker, from an upcoming book in collaboration with Jason Levins entitled NOW YOU KNOW I CRIED.
Lee Friedlander (b. 1934) has been tackling the challenge of self-portraiture throughout his prolific career. What began as an unorthodox investigation of the genre has become a masterful engagement spanning five decades. A new book of self portraits, entitled In The Picture: Self Portraits, 1958-2011, includes hundreds of previously unpublished pictures. Produced to the highest production standards and featuring over 400 duotone images—from his first self-portraits, taken with cable release in hand, to recent images of the photographer with his family and extended network of friends—In the Picture explores Friedlander’s various guises throughout a rich and colorful life.
[An] idealization of youth....goes hand in hand with an overall sense of sadness and desperation felt by the artist. With the encroaching global problems facing the youth today, wars, famines, economical downturns, a hope for a better future becomes an idealization in itself. Starting January 11, the Green Art Gallery in Dubai will be presenting a solo show of new works by Turkish photographer Nazif Topcuoglu. Innerscapes will be on view from January 11 to March 5 2011, Green Art Gallery, Al Serkal Ave. D28, Dubai.
Riga, Latvia based photographer Ivars Gravlejs' work will be on view at Plat(t)form 2012 at the Fotomuseum Winterthur in Germany from January 27 to January 29. This is the sixth Plat(t)form event featuring the portfolios of young emerging European photographers. As in the previous year, Fotomuseum Winterthur has invited 42 photographers to present their work for two hours to the public and a selected team of experts.
Rare photos of the corrupt Empress Dowager Cixi of China's Qing dynasty (1644–1911) on view at the Smithsonian until January 29.
Weegee & Warhol at last! Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles now on view at the MoCA until Febuary 27.
Just a rose in a mason jar to remind me that i'm not alone. Just a rose in a mason jar to one day call you all my own. Text and photo by Sabrina Melanson.
Following the success of his first 3D breast book
OHWOW announces the publication of Tim Barber's Untitled Photographs. In Untitled Photographs, Barber presents a collection of images spanning his fifteen years behind the lens. From portraits to landscapes to narrative scenes, Barber approaches all of his subject matter with a palpable delicacy. Expanding on amateur aesthetics, these images can feel as much like spontaneous documentation of the artist's adventures as careful compositions. The line between autobiography and fiction is as ethereal as the overall tone of the work. In the case of Barber's photography, ambiguity is seductive and the lure of fantasy eclipses the security of literality. Book signing Friday, December 16, 2011 6-8pm at OHWOW book club - 227 Waverly Place, New York.
Daisy Lowe and others get naked for London based Mari Sarai's new book entitled Naked. "I wanted to express that the nudity of a woman is not limited to fulfilling men's erotic desires. She is worthy of respect. A naked woman can possess her own style, independence and strength." - Mari Sarai
Swedish photog Lina Shenynius shoots an editorial for the second issue of nudie mag Ne Te Promene Donc Pas Toute Nue, which roughly means We Don't Walk Around Naked. "An erotic scrapbook, something like a nude moodboard or maybe just the naked pictures I would love to have on my walls."
Gary Winogrand
The Getty presents 30 photographs from the Museum’s permanent collection made in Los Angeles between 1945 and 1980. Both iconic and relatively unknown works are featured by artists whose careers are defined by their association with the city, who may have lived in Los Angeles for a few brief but influential years, or whose visit inspired them to create memorable images. Works by Robert Cumming, Joe Deal, Judy Fiskin, Anthony Friedkin, Robert Heinecken, Anthony Hernandez, Man Ray, Edmund Teske, William Wegman, Garry Winogrand, Max Yavno and others are loosely grouped around the themes of experimentation, street photography, architectural depictions, and the film and entertainment industries. In Focus: Los Angeles, 1945–1980 will be on view from December 20 to May 6, 2012.
Special edition zine created for a screening of Harmony Korine's film Caput starring James Franco. Zine includes black and white and color photography by Harmony Korine and Adarsha Benjamin. Find it here.
Steven Kasher Gallery presents Gilles Larrain: Idols featuring 35 never before exhibited large-scale photographs of New York’s most wildly colorful, often scandalous denizens of style that he shot during the revolutionary early 1970s. Original copies of the book are coveted collectors items; a new edition by powerHouse will be launched simultaneously with this exhibition. On view until December 23 - 521 west 23rd street, New York.
Photograph by Bartosz Ludwinski
Photographer Rinko Kawauchi on the shortlist for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2012. Kawauchi is nominated for her publication Illuminance, published by Editions Xavier Barral (France, 2011). In her work, Kawauchi creates an imaginary space where the fantastical is possible— evoking moments of dreams, memory and temporality. The images in her book Illuminance, the results of both commissions and personal projects, span fifteen years of her practice and have the ability to turn the mundane into the extraordinary and poetic.