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

Dexter by Richard Renaldi

Exhibitions of Richard Renaldi’s photographic series Touching Strangers,  Fall River Boys and Figure and Ground will be on view this Spring in New York, Philadelphia, Germany and Montpellier, France.

Figure and Ground, which was published under the same title by Aperture, surveys the increasing cultural diversity of contemporary America and its changing landscape, expanding and rephrasing our visual vocabulary for what Middle America looks like. Renaldi’s Fall River Boys, which was shot over the course of nine years, portrays young men coming of age in Fall River, a small New England city, formally a major center of the textiles industry that now presents few opportunities to its residents. The monograph of Fall River Boys is featured in Aperture’s Curated Collection.

Touching Strangers
April 9 – May 28, 2010
Gallery at Hermès
691 Madison Avenue NY, NY

Fall River Boys
April 9-May 2, 2010
Sol Mednick Gallery
The University of the Arts
320 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102

Figure and Ground and Fall River Boys
May 5-July 6, 2010
Robert Morat Gallery
Kleine Reichenstr
Hamburg, Germany

An American Dream – Between fiction and reality
Richard Renaldi: Figure and Ground
July 15-October 3, 2010
Pavillon Populaire in Montpellier
Esplanade Charles-de-Gaulle

Click here to purchase Richard Renaldi’s Figure and Ground

Click here to view more titles from Aperture’s Curated Collection

Visit Charles Lane Press

Thursday, March 4th – Sunday, March 7th, Philadelphia will be the site of The Society for Photographic Education’s 47th National conference, presented this year in collaboration with the photography organization En Foco. Entitled Facing Diversity: Leveling the Playing Field in the Photographic Arts, the conference will examine the state of diversity in the field of photography and the art world and will feature talks by Dawoud Bey, Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Veronica Passalacqua and Kip Fulbeck.

Visit Aperture at Booth # 25 in the exhibition hall all at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown — the event is open to the public.

On Friday, March 5th, from 6:00-9:00 pm, the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center will host a book signing and reception. Artists Hank Willis Thomas, Dr. Deborah Willis, John Willis, Richard Renaldi, Susan Lipper, Justin Kimball, Lisa Kereszi, David Graham and Dawoud Bey will be available to sign books.

For a schedule of the conference’s events and general information click here

Click here to buy Dawoud Bey’s Class Pictures

Click here to buy Hank Willis Thomas’ Pitch Blackness

Click here to buy Richard Renaldi’s Fall River Boys

The work of some of the most important photographers of the twentieth century is currently on view in The Christopher Hyland Collection of Photography, By Way of These Eyes: The Sublime, Exotic and Familiar at the New Britain Museum of American Art in New Britain, CT  from June 6 through September 6, 2009. Tonight marks the opening reception to celebrate the show. Over the last decade, the museum has organized a distinguished series of exhibitions of contemporary photography and this show focuses on a collection of work of twentieth-century photographers amassed by the keen eye of Christopher Hyland. Hyland, founder of one of the world’s leading textile manufacturing firms and a collector since his youth, has put together a body of work informed by his exceptional eye and world travels. The well-known tastemaker and private art collector, based in Chelsea, is an avid supporter of his neighbor, Aperture Foundation. Included in the Christopher Hyland Collection, which features works by the  renowned  artists Herb Ritz,  Henri Cartier Bresson, Robert Maplethorpe, Vik Muniz , Sally Mann, Edward Weston, and Edward Steichen, are works purchased from the Aperture Limited-Edition Photographs program: highlights include Christine, 2003 by Richard Renaldi ; Eva Le Porge, Jock Sturges; Michael Wolf’s tc39 and tc88;  The Edge of Vision Portfolio featuring the work of Bill Armstrong, Richard Caldicott, Manuel Geerinck, Mikko Sinervo, and Nicki Stager; portfolios by Paul Strand and single works by Brett Weston, among others. Exciting programming is scheduled as an accompaniment to the exhibition, with lectures centered on many of the artists Aperture has published through the years: Diane Arbus, Edward Weston, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz. and Sally Mann.  Also of note is the August 13 Art Happy Hour, titled the “The F stops here,” feature Ellen Carey and Bill Armstrong, included in the just published The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography. The New Britain Museum of American Art is a great destination for the photography enthusiast this summer!

The Christopher Hyland Collection of Photography, By Way of These Eyes: The Sublime, Exotic and Familiar
Saturday, June 6—Sunday, September 6, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, June 12, 2009 5:00—7:00 pm
New Britain Museum of American Art
56 Lexington Street
New Britain, CT
(860) 229-0257

The second annual New York Photo Festival taking place in Dumbo, Brooklyn, Wednesday, May 13, through Sunday, May 17. This year, the four main exhibition pavilions are curated by William A. Ewing, director of Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland; Chris Boot, head of the London-based publisher Chris Boot, Ltd.; Jody Quon, photography director at New York magazine; and Jon Levy, director of the London-based publisher Foto8. Visit Aperture’s booth in the powerHouse arena to see our latest books and limited-edition photographs. On Thursday evening, May 14, a special book signing and party will take place at the powerHouse arena, starting at 9:00 p.m., with many Aperture artists present to sign their books, including Catherine Chalmers, Michal Chelbin, Doug DuBois, Philip Gefter, Jacqueline Hassink, Charles Lindsay, Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz, Richard Renaldi, Lyle Rexer, Robin Schwartz, Jonathan Torgovnik and more. For the second year, each day the festival will feature Aperture Presents, a series of panel discussions at St. Ann’s Warehouse.

Aperture Presents Events include:

Artist-Publisher: Mass Produced for Mass Dissemination Thursday, May 14, 5–6 pm

The Edge of Vision: Abstraction in Contemporary Photography: Moderated by Lyle Rexer
Friday, May 15, 5–6 pm

Cuddle (with Bill Hunt)
Saturday, May 16, 5–6 pm

Photography After Frank, A Conversation Between Philip Gefter and Andy Grundberg
Sunday, May 17, 5–6 pm
FREE with Festival Admission

New York Photo Festival
St. Ann’s Warehouse
38 Water Street
Brooklyn, New York
(718) 254-8779

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Party and Book Signing at powerHouse arena with Aperture artists:
Thursday, May 14, 9:00 pm

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 –Sunday, May 17, 2009

The New York Photo Festival Headquarters
37 Main Street
Brooklyn, New York
(347) 853-7447

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Richard Renaldi will speak about his first monograph, Figure and Ground (Aperture, 2006), featuring portraits and landscapes taken across the United States. Renaldi’s precisely rendered compositions form a collective portrait of America’s changing social landscape. This will also coincide with the release of his newest publication, Fall River Boys (Charles Lane Press, 2009).

Monday, February 23, 2009
6:30 pm

FREE

New York Public Library
Mid-Manhattan Branch
455 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York
(212) 340-0849

Aperture limited-edition photograph Christine, 2003  is now 15% off!

Last night, Aperture hosted a party for a first look at our diverse and compelling list of Fall 2008 titles and a sneak preview of Spring 2009. See who joined in celebrating the upcoming season of Aperture books and limited-edition photographs.

Photographer Caroline Stern, Aperture magazine managing editor Mike Famighetti, photographer Robin Schwartz (featured in one of the upcoming volumes of Tiny Vices), Don Burmeister from Safe-T Gallery, and Michael Kahn

Photographers Richard Renaldi and Seth Boyd; Sarah Coleman from PDN

Ruben Natal-San Miguel, collector and blogger showing his friends the incredible upcoming book from photographer Jonas Bendiksen, The Places We Live. Check out the double gate-folds!

Aperture publicist Christina Caputo, Aperture’s Chairman of the Board, Celso Golzales-Falla, Magnum photographer Paul Fusco of the upcoming release Paul Fusco: RFK

Andrea Smith, Aperture’s Director of Communications talks with artists Walter Martin and Paloma Munoz of the upcoming release Travelers

Peggy Roalf of the D.A.R.T. newsletter, photographer Elena Dorfman and Lesley A. Martin, Aperture publisher