Detail from Untitled, 2008 by Richard Misrach

Join Aperture for its 2010 Benefit and Auction on November 1st honoring photographer Richard Misrach; collector, philanthropist, former Aperture Trustee Steven Ames; and gallerist Julie Saul. This year’s auction will be Aperture’s largest ever with opportunities to bid on an exciting roster of prints by Diane Arbus, Bruce Davidson, Susan Meiselas, Joel Meyerowitz, Curtis Mann, Mickalene Thomas, Paul Strand, James Welling, Hank Willis Thomas and Kehinde Wiley among others.

Directly following the Benefit and Auction, the first-ever SNAP! Benefit Party and Emerging Artists Silent Auction hosted by SNAP!, Aperture’s Young Patrons Program will feature music spun by special guests DJs, an open bar, and great raffle prizes. The Emerging Artists Auction includes rising photographers such as Timothy Briner, Jen Davis, Adam Krause, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Will Steacy and many more.

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Click here for more details and to purchase tickets to the 2010 Benefit and Auction

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photograph by Matthew Nedbalsky

A new initiative by the New York Photo Festival, Capture Brooklyn is a juried exhibition of contemporary photography that seeks to capture the spirit and essence of Brooklyn as a way of promoting and celebrating New York-based photographers.  The jury this year will be Mike Foley, Founder of Foley Gallery; Susanne Konig, Director of The powerHouse Arena; Teresa Rad, Director of Art Production at TBWA\Chiat\Day – New York; and Doug Rickard, Founder & Editor in Chief of AmericanSuburbX.com

Three top prize winners will be selected, and 80 photographs chosen from submissions will be exhibited at The powerHouse Arena in Dumbo, Brooklyn.  The show’s official opening will coincide with this year’s Dumbo Arts Festival (September 24-26), and the exhibition will continue until October 15, 2010.

Act now! The submission deadline is August 29, 2010

Capture Brooklyn
September 24 – October 15, 2010

The powerHouse Arena
37 Main Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 666-3049

Click here for more information about Capture Brooklyn.

Photo by Zwelethu Mthethwa

Flak Photo has announced the three lucky winners of its Zwelethu Mthethwa Book Giveaway in partnership with Aperture. Congratulations to Barbara Fischer (Australia), Dustyn Allen (USA) and Henry Macario (Brazil) who were selected at random from over 280 Flak Photo facebook entries to win a copy of Zwelethu Mthethwa’s acclaimed monograph published by Aperture. Thank you to Flak Photo for supporting this important book. You can learn more about Flak Photo’s book giveaways and profiles on emerging photographers by visiting the Flak Photo website.

Click here to purchase your copy of Zwelethu Mthethwa’s self-titled monograph

cover photo by Zwelethu Mthethwa

Zwelethu Mthethwa was recently featured on Flak Photo’s (http://www.flakphoto.com) Weekend Series (a weekly feature highlighting new photo essays, book projects and gallery exhibitions) and now Flakphoto has partnered with Aperture to give away three copies of Zwelethu Mthethwa’s new monograph to facebook fans.

Mthethwa’s recent self-titled monograph and exhibition Inner Views at The Studio Museum in Harlem have received widespread critical acclaim. The New York Daily News writes that Mthethwa’s images of domestic life, the landscape and labor issues in urban and rural South Africa demonstrate “The power that homes can have on our souls” and The New York Times writes the work provides “A refreshingly intimate look at South African life.”

To enter Flakphoto’s book give away, browse the Flak Photo Gallery and post a link to one of your favorite photographs in the comments of Flak Photo’s books give away page before August 1st at 11:59pm. Three fans will be randomly selected from the submitted posts to receive their complimentary copies.

Click here to learn more about Zwelethu Mthethwa’s self-titled monograph

Click here for more information on Flakphoto’s book give away

The deadline for Aperture’s Portfolio Prize is noon tomorrow, Wednesday, July 14th! This annual open call for submissions provides a great opportunity for photographers to have their work seen by Aperture’s editors. One first prize winner will receive a $5000 cash prize, an exhibition at Aperture Gallery and more! First prize winner as well as runners up will be featured on Aperture’s website and will be announced in Aperture’s widely read newsletter.

Submit today!

Click here for more information on submitting to Aperture’s Portfolio Prize

Click here to view past winners and runners up of the Aperture Portfolio Prize

Ten/Ten by Jowhara AlSaud

Newly available from Aperture’s Limited Edition print program is a new image from artist Jowhara AlSaud.  Ten/Ten from AlSaud’s Out of Line series explores censorship in Saudi Arabia and it’s effects on visual communication through a practice of transforming personal photographs with line drawings, circumventing and commenting on some of the cultural taboos associated with photography and the personal portrait.

AlSaud’s work has recently been seen in several group exhibitions including the Edge of Arabia show at the 2010 Berlin Biennial. Upcoming exhibitions include solo shows in Kuwait and Amsterdam as well as a group show at the Shanghai Biennale.

Click here to read more about new limited edition print Ten/Ten by Jowhara AlSaud.

AlSaud was also a 2007 Aperture Portfolio Prize Runner-Up. Don’t miss your chance to submit now, deadline is July 14th!

Pinacate by Sarah Palmer

The Center for Photography at Woodstock’s 2010 Photography Now exhibit Either/And, curated by Aperture’s Lesley A. Martin, is currently on view. Culling from submissions of artist’s work, the exhibit considers “What defines contemporary practice?” in two parts.

The first part of the exhibit entitled The New Skew opened this weekend and highlights conceptual works that challenge photographic traditions by artists Erica Allen, Gabriel Garcia Roman, Matthew Gamber, Sarah Palmer, Jordan Tate, Rachel Bee Porter, Charles Shotwell, Amy Stevens, Sam Falls and Laura Wulf.

Part two of the exhibit, which opens July 26th, is entitled The New Docugraphics and brings together artist’s Cynthia Bittenfield, Jennifer Wilkey, Brook Reynolds, Natan Dvir, Eric White, Heather O’Brien, Thomas Gardiner, Tony Chirinos, Mike Mergen, whom explore personal and timely issues and events within a documentary framework.

On view during both shows will be a digital slideshow of images from their counterparts.

Photography Now: Either/And

The New Skew
June 12 – July 18
The New Docugraphics
July 26 – August 29
Opening reception Saturday, July 24th from 5:00-7:00 pm

The Center for Photography at Woodstock
59 Tinker Street
Woodstock, New York
845-679-9957

Thank you to Photo District News for throwing a fabulous party atop Tribeca Rooftop celebrating the the winners featured in the 2010 PDN Photo Annual issue. This year’s issue recognized a number of Aperture books and affiliated photographers  including Jonathan Torgovnik’s Intended Consequences; Doug DuBois’ All the Days and Nights; The Edge of Vision, by Lyle Rexer; Paolo Ventura’s Winter Stories, Eirik Johnson’s Sawdust Mountain; Joel Meyerowitz’s Legacy; and Robert Adam’s Summer Nights, Walking, as well as photographer Gabrielle Stabile who is part of the Aperture Green Cart Project.

Check out the fun had by all, thanks to Fujifilm Instax Cameras! Pictured above: Casey Kelbaugh of Slideluck Potshow, Editor of PDN Conor Risch, Photographer Wyatt Gallery, Andrew Hetherington of Whats the Jackanory, Photographer Gillian Laub and Aperture’s Lesley Martin, Photo Editor of Time Magazine Paul Moakley, Michelle Dunn Marsh, Photographer Paolo Ventura and Aperture’s Denise Wolff, including Photo Annual Winners Gabrielle Stabile, Rachel Barrett and Jon Smith.)

Click here to view PDN’s online gallery of works featured in the 2010 issue.

Aperture is now accepting submissions for the fourth annual Aperture
Portfolio Prize, which is both an international photography competition and
the best way for photographers to get their work seen by Aperture’s editors.

Deadline: July 14, 2010

Winner receives:
-$5,000 cash prize
-online portfolio showcase
-exhibition at Aperture Gallery and Bookstore

Sponsored by Polaroid.

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View past winners here!