Aperture is pleased to participate in the first international level festival of photography to be based in New York, NYPH08, a joint initiative of powerHouse books and Vll Photo Agency.

Highlights include The Ubiquitous Image an exhibition curated by Lesley A. Martin (Publisher, Aperture Books) and Aperture Presents, a daily panel series with artists and curators.

Visit the Aperture booth in the powerHouse Arena!

Aperture Presents
Daily from 5:00-6:00 p.m.
St. Ann’s Warehouse
Brooklyn, New York
Thursday, May 15
In Conversation – Martin Parr and Erik Kessels on their obsessions with found photography, and their work involving it.

Friday, May 16
Curating 2.0 – Panel discussion featuring a new generation of photo curators, with Tim Barber of tinyvices.com; Jen Bekman of HeyHotShot.com and 20×200; and Laurel Ptak of iheartphotograph.com.
Saturday, May 17
The Secret Life of Images – Lesley A. Martin in conversation with artists Joachim Schmid and Penelope Umbrico, from the exhibition The Ubiquitous Image.
Sunday, May 18
Picturing Iraq – A discussion on the context of war photography today with critic Vicki Goldberg, photographers Nina Berman and Claire Beckett, and other panelists to be announced. Moderated by Michelle Dunn Marsh, Deputy Director of Aperture.

Tags: Lesley Martin, New York Photo Festival

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