Veteran Time Magazine photojournalist Anthony Suau will be in attendance for the opening of his show Hard Rain {From Memory to History} this Saturday at Fovea Exhibitions in Beacon, NY. This show offers a profound look at world conflicts spanning Bucharest, Ethiopia, the war in Chechnya, Mexico, Rwanda and Iraq. Suau’s work takes a critical eye to how these events are recognized by the world at large and are recorded in history, conscious of the roles played by politicians and media. Be sure to check out the U.S. debut of this powerful show from a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer.

Click here to buy Fear This: A Nation at War by Anthony Suau through Aperture.

Exhibition on view: Saturday, February 14-Saturday, May 3, 2009

Opening reception: Saturday, February 14, 2009  4:00-8:00 p.m.

Fovea Exhibitions
143 Main Street, New York
(212) 645-1701

As part of International Center of Photography’s 2009 Year of Fashion, now on view from the Condé Nast archives is Edward Steichen: In High Fashion, The Condé Nast Years, 1923-1937.  The collection features 175 vintage photographs from Steichen’s career and is the first comprehensive look at both his fashion and celebrity portraiture, including many works that have never been exhibited. As chief photographer for Vanity Fair and Vogue, Steichen was met by much criticism from Alfred Steiglitz and followers who claimed his commercial editorial work was detrimental to the fine art field. However, Steichen’s work inarguably marks a shift toward Modernism and revolutionized Fashion Photography. Kick off Fashion Week in New York by checking out never-before-seen work from this world-renown icon.

Click here to buy a Limited-Edition Portfolio of Edward Steichen prints through Aperture.

Edward Steichen: In High Fashion, Condé Nast Years 1923-1937
January 16-May 3, 2009

International Center of Photography
1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street, New York
(212) 857-0000

The Space of the Work and the Place of the Object
January 11–March 22, 2009
SculptureCenter
44-19 Purves Street
Long Island City, New York
(718) 361-1750
The Space of the Work and the Place of the Object is a group exhibition that considers the status of the art object within the context of its production. The artists in this exhibition all make objects that reflect the facts and fissures of their production. Each artwork is concerned with the conditions in which art and meaning are made and circulated, turning them to their own advantage, or sometimes ignoring or disrupting them. Other participating artists include Melanie Gilligan, Gabriel Kuri, Michael Rakowitz, Blake Rayne, Karin Schneider, Simon Starling, and Carey Young.

To Be Determined
January 24–March 7, 2009
Andrew Kreps Gallery
525 West 22nd Street.
New York, New York
(212) 741-8849

Walead Beshty is also featured in To Be Determined, a group exhibition hosted by Andrew Kreps Gallery in Chelsea. This group show is centered around artists who use the medium as a subject of exploration to expand the conventional definition of and stretch the limits of photography. Portraiture and self-portraiture, archiving, and typology, as well as free-form fiction are at the core of their exploration of the medium. The exhibition also features works by Anne Collier, Phil Collins, Liz Deschenes, Roe Ethridge, Annette Kelm, Peter Piller, Josephine Pryde, Eileen Quinlan, and Torbjørn Rødland.

Manhattan Bridge, 1922, Eugene de Salignac

Manhattan Bridge – Centennial Exhibition 1909 – 2009
January 22–February 28, 2009
Keith de Lellis Gallery
1045 Madison Avenue, #2
New York, New York
212 327 1482

From 1906 to 1934, municipal worker Eugene de Salignac took thousands of incredible photos of Manhattan as the city was reborn as a modern metropolis. Through his remarkable images, he documented the creation of the city’s urban structure and infrastructure that make New York the metropolitan capital it is today. Although, his striking photos have been used as illustrations in films and books, little credit was given to the man behind them. However, in 2007 in collaboration with New York City Municipal Archives and senior photographer Michael Lorenzini, Aperture published the book New York Rises: Photographs by Eugene de Salignac, celebrating his incredible work.
Now on view at Keith de Lellis Gallery is an exclusive selection of some of his vintage cyanotype prints. These images of towering bridges, soaring buildings, trains, buses and boats lyrically portray the remarkable transformation of New York City into a modern-day metropolis.

Also available from Aperture, a limited edition platinum print of the Brooklyn Bridge from 1914.

Contemporary Artist Christian Marclay has been chosen as the fifteenth recipient of the Larry Aldrich Award a prize that every year honors an American artist whose work has had a significant impact on contemporary visual culture during recent years. He receives $25,000 and the opportunity for an exhibition at The Aldrich Museum in 2011. Christian Marclay’s visual art practice, which includes video installations, sculpture, photography and collage, reflects on the relationship between sound and image. His piece Double Doors (The Electic Chair) was part of an exhibition titled Voice and Void at the Aldrich Contemporary Museum as part of the 2006 Hall Curatorial Fellowship Exhibition.

Previous recipients of the Larry Aldrich Award include Elizabeth Peyton (2006), Kara Walker (2005), Catherine Opie (2004), David Hammons (2003), Fred Wilson (2002), Mark Dion (2001), Doug Aitken (2000), Janine Antoni (1999), Ann Hamilton (1998), Charles Ray (1997), Robert Gober (1996), Bruce Nauman (1995), Cindy Sherman (1994) and Elizabeth Murray (1993).

Shuffle is another Marclay project available through Aperture which also addresses the ways that music and sound impact our experience of the world.

Lawnmower, Pittsburgh, 2004 © Paul Graham

A Conversation with Photographer Paul Graham
Monday, February 9, 7:00 pm
Visual Arts Theater
School of Visual Arts
333 West 23 Street
New York, New York
212 592 2011

FREE

The School of Visual Arts and Dear Dave magazine present photographer Paul Graham in dialogue with New York Times writer Philip Gefter.

British-born Paul Graham is recognized for his innovative and experimental contextualization of images and his unique way of assigning meaning to simple aspects in life. His latest work, A Shimmer of Possibility, which will be on view at MoMA from February 4–May 18, 2009 is a selection from a series of photographic works, illustrating the photographer’s particularly tender observation of daily life. Each simple, but structurally inventive series of images, focuses on one subject and each image builds upon the next to create a narrative, which allows us to get a glimpse into unanticipated moments in the lives of each individual.

The dialogue is the first in series of writer Philip Gefter’s conversations exploring contemporary photography among noted artists, critics, curators and editors.

A collection of his essays will be published in April by Aperture as Photography After Frank.

Starting this Friday are three chances to meet photographer Hank Willis Thomas get a book signed and hear him speak about his work in New York. The first recipient of the Aperture West Book Prize, Hank will be signing copies of his first monograph, Pitch Blackness, at the ICP Museum Store this Friday, February 6. This book features his highly provocative series B®ANDED, which addresses the commodification of African-American male identity. Deborah Willis, Hank’s mother, will also be at ICP signing copies of her work Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photographs.

As part of the Eye on the Strand Contest series, Aperture is pleased to announce a special talk and book signing with Hank next Tuesday.

An exhibition titled Pitch Blackness, featuring never-before-seen work will open at  Jack Shainman Gallery Thursday, February 12.

Click here to buy a limited-edition print from Hank Willis Thomas through Aperture.

Hank Willis Thomas and Deborah Willis Booksigning
Friday, February 6, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
International Center of Photography Museum Bookstore
1133 Avenue of the Americas, New York
(212) 857-9725

Eye on the Strand Event with Hank Willis Thomas
Thursday, January 29, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Strand Bookstore
828 Broadway, New York
(212) 473-1452

Hank Willis Thomas: Pitch Blackness

Exhibition on view: Thursday, February 12-Saturday, March 14, 2009

Opening reception: Thursday, February 12, 2009  6:00-8:00 p.m.

Jack Shainman Gallery
513 West 20th Street, New York
(212) 645-1701

Clockwise from top left: Lorna Simpson (Chuck Close, 2006); Keith Calhoun (image via Open Society Institute); Chandra McCormick (image via Open Society Insitute); Carrie Mae Weems, self-portrait, “I looked and looked and failed to see what so terrified you,” from her multimedia installation The Lousiana Project; Dawoud Bey, self-portrait; Deborah Willis (image via duke.edu); Hank Willis Thomas, portrait by Rashid Johnson.

Photographer Sylvia Plachy will be delivering a Keynote Address at Duke University, as part of a workshop for Doc U Arts Institute this Friday. Plachy’s photography has been featured in nearly every major publication, earned her many awards, and have been exhibited in solo shows at galleries and museums around the world. Her first book, Sylvia Plachy’s Unguided Tour, won the International Center of Photography’s Infinity Award for Best Publication in 1990. In  Self-Portrait With Cows Going Home, (Aperture, 2004), Plachy shared her personal history of central Europe in photographs and text, and her most recent publication, Goings on About Town: Photographs for The New Yorker, features photographs from the legendary section in The New Yorker magazine .

This event is open to the public and is a fantastic opportunity to hear insight from one of photography’s greats.

Listen to Syliva discuss her photography with Frank Stasio of WUNC- North Carolina Public Radio.

Click here to see the newly released Aperture limited-edition photograph from Plachy,  After the Dance, Jacob’s Pillow, 2005.

Sylvia Plachy: Keynote Address
February 6, 2009 7:00 pm
Richard White Auditorium
East Campus, Duke University
Durham, North Carolina