Photo by Mitch Epstein,  Amos Coal Power Plant, Raymond, West Virginia 2004, Courtesy the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., N.Y.

Reframing the American Landscape PEOPLE PLACES POWER, an exhibition opening January 14th at Davidson College in North Carolina, surveys recent photography by artists Dru Donovan, Mitch Epstein, Gail Albert Halaban, David Hilliard, Lisa Kereszi, Ryan McGinley, Andrew Moore, Alex Prager, Richard Renaldi, Victoria Sambunaris, and David Taylor among others. The exhibition considers American energy production and consumption from a number of angles including the social, political, personal and economic dynamics that play into this nationally pertinent issue. The exhibition kicks off with an artist talk with renowned photographer Mitch Epstein and author Susan Bell on their ongoing internet and public art project whatisamericanpower.com on Thursday, January 13th.

PEOPLE PLACES POWER
On view January 14th – February 25th, 2011

VAN EVERY/SMITH GALLERIES
Belk Visual Arts Center Davidson College 315 North Main Street
Davidson, North Carolina

See below for new upcoming exhibitions opening abroad in Europe:

Photo by Will Steacy

Will Steacy, who is a current contributor to Aperture’s ongoing initiative the NYC Green Cart Comission, has a new solo show The Montropolous Beast opening at Christophe Guye gallery in Switzerland this week. The Montropolous Beast, titled after a Zora Neale Hurston quote, brings together new and old works by the young artist whose photographs of America’s inner cities fall somewhere between photojournalist documentation and the poetics of romanticized realism. This will be Steacy’s first solo show abroad.

Will Steacy: The Monstropolous Beast
November 17th, 2010 – January 15th, 2011
Opening Tuesday, November 16th, 6-8pm

Chrisophe Guye Galerie
Dufourstrasse 31, 8008
Zurich, Switzerland

Photo by Robin Schwartz

Things Fall Apart a group show curated by acclaimed photographer Amy Stein and featuring an exciting roster of photographers opens November 20th at Berlin’s Pool Gallery. The exhibit brings together works by photographers Robin Schwartz, who was published in Aperture’s Tiny Vices books series, Lisa Kereszi who recently spoke on Aperture magazine panel 10 Things You Should Know About Magazine Publishing Today, Justine Reyes who spoke in Aperture’s NYPH ’10 panel series, Zoe Strauss, Juliana Beasley, Stacy Mehrfar, and Amy Stein herself. This exhibit considers the ways these disparate artist’s works comment on a collective understanding of the fine balance in our contemporary world between order and safety and a looming sense of chaos or danger. Things Fall Apart is Steins curatorial debut at Pool Gallery although she has exhibited at the gallery before.

Things Fall Apart Curated by Amy Stein
Works by Juliana Beasley, Lisa Kereszi, Stacy Mehrfar, Justine Reyes, Robin Schwartz, Zoe Strauss, Amy Stein
Opening reception November 19th, 2010, 6-9pm
On view November 20th 2010 – January 15th 2011

Pool Gallery
Tucholskystrabe 38 10117
Berlin, Germany

The annual PDN PhotoPlus International Conference and Expo kicks off this week in New York at the Jacob K. Javitz Center. This three day event features a full schedule of talks, seminars, workshops and presentations of the latest imaging products and services. For the duration of the conference hundreds of exhibits and booths from leading industry publications, manufacturers, organizations, galleries and more will be open for browsing. Visit Aperture magazine at booth #643 to preview the Winter issue, for back issues and to receive special discounts on subscriptions. Thursday afternoon join co-publisher Michelle Dunn Marsh, VP, Bonnier Group Gregg Hano, Photographer Lisa Kereszi and Photo Editors Sacha Lecca and Whitney Johnson at the convention center for panel discussion sponsored by Aperture and Freestyle Photographic Supplies entitled 10 Things You Should Know About Magazine Publishing Today.

PDN PhotoPlus International Conference + Expo
Aperture Booth #643, Expo Hall
Thursday, October 28, 2010 – Saturday, October 30, 2010

10 Things You Should Know About Magazine Publishing Today
Thursday, October 28, 2010, 3:45 – 5:45pm

Registration required.
Receive FREE admission to the Expo Hall by clicking here.
Admission charged for conference sessions.

Jacob K. Javitz Convention Center
655 West 34th Street
New York, New York