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The Edge of Vision:
Abstraction in Contemporary Photography
Panel Discussion

Friday, May 15, 2009
5:00 pm

FREE with Festival Admission

New York Photo Festival
St. Ann's Warehouse
38 Water Street
Brooklyn, New York
(718) 254-8779

From the beginning, abstraction has been intrinsic to photography, and its persistent popularity reveals much about the medium. The Edge of Vision: Abstraction in Contemporary Photography, curated by Lyle Rexer, and on view at Aperture Gallery, showcases the work of more than twenty contemporary photographers who base their practice in some form of abstraction. Join us as Rexer and several featured artists debate a host of approaches to the abstract photographic experience, including the chemistry of traditional photography, the mediation of lenses, the direct capture of light without a camera, temporal extensions, digital sampling of found images, radical cropping, and other deliberate destabilizations of photographic reference. This panel moderated by Lyle Rexer, features artists Jack Sal, Silvio Wolf, and Penelope Umbrico. The panel will be followed by a book signing of Rexer's recent Aperture publication The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography.

The second annual New York Photo Festival, founded by Daniel Power and Frank Evers, is an initiative of powerHouse Books. For the second year, the festival features Aperture Presents, a series of panel discussions curated by Aperture's editors. Panels will take place every day from 5 to 6 pm. Visit our booth in the powerHouse arena to see new books and limited-edition photographs exclusively from Aperture.

Exclusive Aperture discount: Receive 10% off all NYPH tickets when purchased through the NYPH website. Use coupon code "APERT10" during checkout to receive this special discount.