Untitled Explosion #CFX18 by Geoffrey H. Short

Following the success of the first reGeneration project in 2005, which surveyed fifty emerging photographers from around the world, reGeneration2 brings together eighty up-and-coming artists from thirty countries working in the medium of photography. Selected by curators from The Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland from hundreds of entries submitted by the world’s top Photography schools, the compiled works look to the future of the medium as well as showcase artists whom will be redefining it.

Aperture published the US edition of reGeneration and will be releasing reGeneration2: Tomorrow’s Photographers Today in the fall of 2010. An exhibition of images from reGeneration2 recently opened at The Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne this weekend and will remain on view through September.

reGeneration2
June 16th – September 26th, 2010

The Musée de l’Elysée
18, avenue de l’Elysée
1014 Lausanne – Switzerland
Tél. ++41 21 316 99 11

Now on view at A.M. Richard Fine Art is the group exhibition “Polaroid: Instant Joy”. The show attempts to provide an overview of those who have used instant film to push limits and embrace unpredictability. One of the artists, Chuck Close, was featured in Aperture magazine issue 160 and Aperture published his book of daguerreotypes, “A Couple Ways of Doing Something” in 2006. Ellen Carey, who was recently published in “The Edge of Vision” (Aperture, 2009) is also included in the exhibition.

Polaroid: Instant Joy
June 19–July 31, 2010

A.M. Richard Fine Art:
328 Berry Street, 3rd Floor
Brooklyn, NY

Distressed Holy, 2002/2010

Happening now is the 6th Berlin Biennial for contemporary art. Included in the exhibition is work by artist Shannon Ebner, who uses language and landscape to create her photographs. Check out Aperture magazine issue 188, featuring her work. The Biennial takes place at several locations throughout the city.

6th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art
June 11-August 8, 2010

Berlin Biennale:
Auguststraße 69
D-10117 Berlin

Photo by Bobby Davidson

Join Aperture this Thursday, June 24th for the opening reception of States of Flux, a summer show of student work from Parsons The New School for Design’s BFA and MFA photography programs. The reception will be hosted by SNAP! the Aperture Young Patrons Program and marks Aperture’s ongoing mission to support the work of promising young artists.

States of Flux was conceived as an examination of ways in which an emerging generation of artists are contending with forces of rapid technological change, new found potential for immediate mass distribution and consumption of images, as well as the burden of almost-immediate, unplanned (or planned) obsolescence of the photograph. The show’s artists are engaged in discourse about post-photographic realism while picturing the complexity of contemporary reality.

States of Flux Opening Reception
Hosted by SNAP! The Aperture Young Patrons Program
Thursday June 24, 2010 6:00 – 8:00 PM

Aperture Gallery
547 West 27th street, 4th floor
New York, NY, 10001

“The Dissolve”, SITE Santa Fe’s eighth biennial, opens this weekend with some great events. Tonight is a performance by Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company with OpenEnded Group, featured on the cover of the current issue of Aperture magazine. Full price tickets are available online, for $10. For the discounted student and senior rate of $5, call (505) 989-1199. SITE Santa Fe members at Friend and Family levels get in free, with advance reservation. The biennial runs through January 2, 2011.

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company with OpenEnded Group:
Saturday, June 19, 8:00 pm

The Lensic Performing Arts Center:
211 West San Francisco Street
Santa Fe, New Mexico

The summer issue of Aperture magazine #199, is now on newsstands.

Here are some of the features:

Artist Robert Gober’s selection of Diane Arbus’ lesser-known images, which he considers to have had an impact on his own work.

New panoramic iamges by Josef Koudelka, taken in northwestern Italy.

Photographer Paul Graham and writer/curator Aaron Schuman discuss Graham’s sequencing and point of view.

An examination of the OpenEnded Group’s use of technology, movement, and light.

A look at the reciprocal relationship between photography and performance, including images by Melanie Bonajo, William Lamson, and Lilly McElroy.

Richard Learoyd, who makes images with a camera obscura, is interviewed by Peggy Roalf about his influences and process of working.

Environmentalist and photographer Kelly Poe documents landscapes inspired by letters from incarcerated ‘eco-terrorists’.

Stephen Dupont’s collaboration with U.S. Marines combines his photographs with notes written by his subjects, answering the question “Why are you a Marine?”

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Guy Tillim, Adrian Pacasi, Pedro Gitali and Jose Arao, 2002

The Walther Collection opens today with an exhibition of work by African and German artists. “Events of the Self: Portraiture and Social Identity” is comprised of four projects, shown in nine different galleries. The group exhibition in “the White Box” will include photographs by Guy Tillim, featured in Aperture magazine, issue 193. The galleries are open by appointment only.

The Walther Collection:
Reichenauer Straße 21
Neu-Ulm, Germany

Submit to Hey, Hot Shot! A Jen Bekman Project, Photography Competition by Thursday, June 17th and win a collection of Aperture Books. This year’s guest curator, Aperture’s own Lesley A. Martin, Publisher of Aperture’s Book Program, and a HHS! panelist will be reviewing all entries submitted and will select one photographer to receive an incredible selection of books. View more information here!

Featured books included are: Words Without Pictures by Charlotte Cotton, Sawdust Mountain by Eirik Johnson, Winter Stories by Paolo Ventura, Photography After Frank by Philip Gefter, Legacy by Joel Meyerowitz, Explosions, Fires, and Public Order by Sarah Pickering and the trade edition of  Kamaitachi by Eikoh Hosoe

Since its inception in 2005, Hey, Hot Shot!, an international photography competition, has provided one hundred and twenty-nine photographers from all over the world with unrivaled exposure, support and recognition. This year marks the 5th anniversary of the competition and the 7th anniversary of Jen Bekman Gallery. Prizes include a $5,000 honorarium, inclusion in a two-week exhibition and five Curator’s Choice Awards.

See past winners here including Nina Berman, Aperture Portfolio Prize runner-up Alejandro Cartagena, and Cara Philips, to name a few.

Apply Here. Good Luck!

Join Aperture at the annual Le Book Connections and Productions trade shows this week, bringing creatives from the fine art and commercial arenas together in a single, world-class networking event.  Le Book’s Connections and Productions are custom-made trade shows for fashion, photography, and advertising creatives worldwide. Connection’s will showcase over a thousand portfolios by photographers, illustrators and stylists and Productions will highlight the very best in production.

This event is invitation only. Registration is required for attendance.

Le Book Trade Show
Connections
Tuesday, June 15th – Wednesday, June 16
Register for Connections here
Productions
Thursday, June 17 – Friday, June 18
Register for Productions here

The Puck Building
295 Lafayette Street
New York, New York