Aperture is delighted to announce a talk and book signing with the legendary photographer, Eikoh Hosoe, following Aperture’s recent publication of the trade edition of Hosoe’s groundbreaking Kamiatachi, and the day before the National Arts Club in New York present him with The Medal of Hono Presentation for Lifetime Achievement in Photography.

During the Aperture event, Hosoe will discuss his work in Kamaitachi, as well as other celebrated series, including Barakei, and Man and Woman; the latter is featured in Aperture’s recently published Japanese Photobooks of the 1960 and ‘70s by Ryuichi Kaneko and Ivan Vartanian. Following his talk, Hosoe will mingle with guests and sign copies of both Kamaitachi and Japanese Photobooks of the 1960s and ‘70s.

Wednesday, May 5, 6:00–8:00 pm

Aperture Gallery
547 West 27th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY
(212) 505-5555

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Check out this feature about Shadi Ghadirian on Cool Hunting. Aperture is excited to offer the limited-edition print, Untitled, from the series Like Every Day, 2000-1 (see above). This series was highlighted in an article looking at Iranian photography decades after the revolution, in Aperture magazine issue 197.

Eirik Johnson‘s Sawdust Mountain series, a culmination of four years photographing throughout the pacific Northwest, is currently on view at Aperture Gallery. Johnson gave an interview on location and shared the stories of several of his images from the exhibition. He discussed the spirit of the series, how he tried to convey the way he sees the relationship changing between industries based on natural resources in the Northwest and the communities they created, in a time of economic decline when these communities have had to adjust. Johnson also touched on his process from making the work to the sequencing of the photographs in order to tell a story with a consistent “tonal palette and mood” throughout the series.

The second installment of Eirik Johnson’s interview in which he discusses the portraits in Sawdust Mountain will be available next week! (more…)

Dorothea Lange/Library of Congress

Check out this podcast about Dorothea Lange on NPR.org. Linda Gordon, author of Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits, discusses Lange’s life and work with the FSA during America’s Great Depression. Click here to see her most iconic photograph, Migrant Mother, available as a limited-edition print from Aperture.

Copyright Antonin Kratochvil

Moscow Nights, an exhibition of Antonin Kratochvil’s photographs, is now on view at Leica Gallery. This photo essay documents the scene at nightclubs and parties in Russia’s capital city. You can take a look at Kratochvil’s series Surveillance, published in Aperture magazine issue 179.

Opening reception
Thursday, April 29, 2010
6:00–8:00 pm

Exhibition on view
April 23­–June 5, 2010

Leica Gallery
670 Broadway
New York, NY

Chicago by Brian Ulrich

Art Chicago, the annual international fair of contemporary and modern art, opens this Friday!

Visit Aperture’s Art Chicago booth for exciting new and classic Aperture publications, limited-edition photographs and Aperture Magazine subscriptions.

In addition a panel discussion about  Aperture and the Museum of Contemporary Photography’s ongoing collaboration The Midwest Photographers Project will take place at Art Chicago’s NEXT Talk Shop this Sunday at 3:00pm. Panelists will include artists Curtis Mann and Brian Ulrich, Aperture’s Christina Caputo and MoCP’s Karen Irvine.

Aperture at Art Chicago
Friday, April 30, 2010 – Monday, May 3, 2010
Booth 12-363

The Midwest Photographers Project Panel Discussion
Sunday, May 2, 2010 3:00 PM
NEXT Talk Shop

Art Chicago
The Merchandise Mart
222 Merchandise Mart Plaza
Chicago, Illinois

Click here to view MP3: Midwest Photographer’s Project Volume I

Click here to view MP3: Midwest Photographer’s Project Volume II

Click here to buy a limited-edition of Chicago, by Brian Ulrich. 

Copyright Walead Beshty

Artist Walead Beshty is part of a group exhibition, Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video/Performance, currently on view at the Guggenheim Museum. Beshty’s work, featured in Aperture magazine issue 192, documents the abandoned Iraqi diplomatic mission in former East Berlin. On May 26th, you have the chance to attend an exhibition viewing and reception with Beshty and curators . Tickets are free for students, $7 for members, and $10 for the general public. RSVP, or buy tickets here.

Guggenheim Museum
1071 5th Avenue
New York, NY

David Theodore Lane, 27 years old, Tucson, AZ, $30, (c) Philip-Lorca DiCorcia

The Talent Show, a group exhibition that examines the relationship between artist, subject, and viewer in a world where fame and notoriety compete with the desire for privacy, is now on view at Walker Art Center. Some of the participating artists have been published in Aperture magazine, including Sophie Calle, Peter Campus, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Adrian Piper, Andy Warhol, and Hannah Wilke.

Exhibition on view:
April 10-August 15, 2010

Walker Art Center
1750 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Copyright Carrie Mae Weems

Carrie Mae Weems, featured in Aperture magazine issue 197, has an exhibition opening at Jack Shainman Gallery. Slow Fade to Black includes work in various media: painting, video, and photography. The opening reception is tomorrow night.

Opening reception for artist:
Thursday, April 22, 2010
6:00-8:00 pm

Exhibition on view:
April 22-May 22, 2010

Jack Shainman Gallery
513 West 20th Street
New York, NY