A selection of Photo Notes, Dutch conceptual artist Hans Eijkelboom’s ongoing series of work from around the world, will be exhibited in East Hampton this summer. Approximately forty Photo Notes, each an addition of three, will be chosen and curated by the artist. Although the subject matter will be a cross-section of work from various locales, the focus will be on Photo Notes shot in New York.

Opening reception: Saturday, June 28, 6:00-8:00 p.m

Exhibition on view: June 28-August 16, 2008

Harper’s Books, 66 Newtown Lane, Suite 4, East Hampton, New York

Eijkelboom’s most recent publication is Paris-New York-Shanghai (Aperture, 2007).

Aperture Production Manager Sarah Henry just recently returned from Hong Kong, where she was on press for three upcoming titles: Michael Wolf’s Transparent City, Susan Meiselas’s Nicaragua, and Issue 193 of the Aperture magazine. All three titles printed at Sing Cheong Printing Co., a printer with whom Aperture has had a long relationship. Michael Wolf, who currently lives in Hong Kong, also spent a week at the plant, in order to oversee the printing of his new book.

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Aperture Foundation, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and FilmAid International invite you to join us for:

WORLD REFUGEE DAY

Friday, June 20, 2008 5:00-8:00 p.m

Aperture Foundation, 547 West 27th Street, 4th Floor between 10th and 11th Avenue

© Zalmaï

Opening Remarks by Lesley A. Martin, Publisher, Aperture Books; Pierre Bertrand, Director, UNHCR; Caroline Avakian, Director of Communications & External Relations, FilmAid International

Guest Speakers

Zalmaï , acclaimed photographer and former Afghan refugee, will discuss the work in his upcoming book Silent Exodus: Portratis of Iraqi Refugees in Exile

Abraham Awolich, one of the “lost boys of Sudan,” now co-director of the New Sudan Education Initiative [NESEI], will talk about his life and work and what we can do together to move toward peace.

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Don McCullin, The Beatles, 1968. Courtesy and © Don McCullin/Contact Press Images

On the 40th anniversary of one of the most politically tumultuous years in history, Aperture magazine is pleased to present an online version of an article that first appeared in issue 171. With some of the most iconic images from that era and an essay by Fred Ritchin, the question remains: To what extent is photography still relevant today?

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Image: © Kesha Bruce, Sweet Sisters #1, from En Foco’s New Works #11

New Works #12
En Foco’s New Works Photography Awards is an annual program selecting U.S. based photographers of Latino, African, Asian, and Native American heritage through a national call for entries.

New Works acts as a creative incubator, enabling artists to create/complete an in-depth, photographic series exploring themes of their choice, and providing the infrastructure for a professional exhibition of their new work in the New York area.

Deadline: July 7, 2008

Juror: Deborah Willis, Curator, Author, Photographer and Chair of the Photo & Imaging Dept at NYU/TISCH

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New Yorks #11 is on view through July 5 at El Taller Boricua Galleries

This year, for the first time ever, more people on Earth live in cities than in rural areas. A billion of these urban dwellers are living in slum conditions, often in makeshift homes, without access to basic infrastructure. How does a photographer tackle such enormously complex subject matter? For his ambitious new project, Jonas Bendiksen decided to hone in on twenty stories, five families in four different slum neighborhoods, in Kibera, (Nairobi); Dharavi, (Mumbai); Jarkata; and Caracas.

Bendiksen’s resulting project, The Places We Live, opened last week at Oslo’s Nobel Peace Center. This multimedia exhibition, comprised of rear-projections, allows viewers to enter the homes and environments that Bendiksen photographed. Audio of his subjects telling their stories, in their own voices, is piped in from above, adding further context. The result was immersive and effective, driving home the point that this is how a billion people live today and that each has his/her own story to tell, of everyday life, and events both big and small.

You can purchase the newly available book here.

If you can get to Charlottsville, Virginia, this weekend, visit the Look3 Festival of the Photograph, going on now. The featured photographers are Mary Ellen Mark, Joel-Peter Witkin, and James Nachtwey. Now in its second year, Look3 transforms Charlottsville’s historic downtown into a living image with outdoor screenings, exhibitions, conversations, and special events. Created by artists, their mission is to celebrate the careers of legendary photographers, emerging talent, and to feature the best work from the past year. While you’re there, look for Aperture magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Melissa Harris.

Last night, Aperture hosted a party for a first look at our diverse and compelling list of Fall 2008 titles and a sneak preview of Spring 2009. See who joined in celebrating the upcoming season of Aperture books and limited-edition photographs.

Photographer Caroline Stern, Aperture magazine managing editor Mike Famighetti, photographer Robin Schwartz (featured in one of the upcoming volumes of Tiny Vices), Don Burmeister from Safe-T Gallery, and Michael Kahn

Photographers Richard Renaldi and Seth Boyd; Sarah Coleman from PDN

Ruben Natal-San Miguel, collector and blogger showing his friends the incredible upcoming book from photographer Jonas Bendiksen, The Places We Live. Check out the double gate-folds!

Aperture publicist Christina Caputo, Aperture’s Chairman of the Board, Celso Golzales-Falla, Magnum photographer Paul Fusco of the upcoming release Paul Fusco: RFK

Andrea Smith, Aperture’s Director of Communications talks with artists Walter Martin and Paloma Munoz of the upcoming release Travelers

Peggy Roalf of the D.A.R.T. newsletter, photographer Elena Dorfman and Lesley A. Martin, Aperture publisher

New book from Aperture making headlines: Paul Fusco: RFK has been featured in Publishers Weekly, The New York Times Magazine, CNN, and FOX News.

Paul Fusco: RFK, published during the fortieth anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination in Los Angeles while campaigning for the Presidential nomination, is the long-awaited follow-up to Fusco’s acclaimed RFK Funeral Train, a body of work heralded as a contemporary classic. This historical new publication features over seventy never-before-seen images, many selected from the untapped treasure trove of slides that comprise the Library of Congress’s Look magazine Collection.

The new book will be published in September. Included are a tribute by Edward M. Kennedy and essays by Evan Thomas, Norman Mailer, and Vicki Goldberg.

Hear Fusco talk about his experience in this slideshow from The New York Times.

The work is now on view at Danziger Projects.

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