The Ice Cream Parlor, 2004

Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf is a key European figure in both fashion and fine art photography. Olaf will be at Aperture to discuss and sign his new Aperture monograph, Erwin Olaf, which brings together for the first time three of the artist’s series: Rain, Hope, and Grief. Each richly colored and sleekly composed image offers a sly reinterpretation of Norman Rockwell-like iconography and characters, manifesting a nostalgia that both burlesques and wryly celebrates America of the 1950s and ’60s.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 6:30 p.m.

Aperture Gallery
Exhibitions of his work are currently on view:

Erwin Olaf: Still Living Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), North Carolina

Erwin Olaf: Rain, Hope, Grief & Fall Hague Museum of Photography

View and buy book here.

You can already feel Autumn on the way in New York and Aperture’s Fall season of books is in full swing. Now available for sale are the titles listed here, Erwin Olaf, Paul Fusco: RFK, The Places We Live, photographs by Jonas Bendiksen, Parrworld: Objects and Postcards, by Martin Parr, and Invasion 68: Prague, photographs by Josef Koudelka coinciding with the exhbiition soon to be on view at Aperture Gallery and Pace MacGill Gallery. To see upcoming titles view our Fall Preview.

Several artists who have been featured in Aperture publications have been selected as honorees for the 2008 Lucie Awards! The Lucies are an annual awards ceremony conducted to honor and award the best in the field of photography. According to their mission, the Lucies were created, “to salute the achievements of the world’s finest photographers, to discover new and emerging talent, and to promote the appreciation of photography.” Of the nine honorees, five of them have books published by Aperture. These honorees include:

-Richard Misrach: Lifetime Achievement

-Susan Meiselas: Achievement in Photojournalism

-Sara Terry: Humanitarian Award (for The Aftermath Project)

-Josef Koudelka: Achievement in Documentary

-Erwin Olaf: Achievement in Advertising

The award ceremony will take place October 20, 2008 in New York City. For more information, click here.

Congratulations to all the honorees!