According to Time Magazine’s LightBox, “The very day after the 2011 LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph ended, this year’s guest curators—National Geographic photographer Vincent Musi and Washington Post visuals editor David Griffin—started to put together the slate of artists who will appear [for the 2012 iteration.]” This weekend, the visions of Musi and Griffin come to fruition as Charlottesville, Virginia plays host to LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph 2012.

LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph returns June 7 through 9. Pinned as a “celebration of photography, created by photographers, for those who share a passion for the still image,” LOOK3 is sponsored by BD, National Geographic magazine, and Canon USA, and hosted this year along Charlottesville, VA’s Downtown Mall. The Festival features exhibits and on-stage appearances of three “INsight” photographers, as well as exhibitions, outdoor projections, workshops and interviews over three days and nights.

INsight artists Alex Webb, Donna Ferrato, and Stanley Greene will be featured in 2012, three artists who have met the standards of having produced a significant body of work, and who are understood to possess the capacity to inspire others in the field. The weekend’s masters talks will be given by Ernesto Bazan, Hank Willis Thomas, Lynsey Addario, Bruce Gilden, Robin Schwartz and Camille Seaman, as well as Aperture Foundation’s Executive Director Chris Boot, whose more than 25 years in photography has yielded countless books commissioned, edited or published since 1984.

Aperture will be further present, assembling a special exhibition, Aperture at Sixty Library, which will showcase highlights from Aperture’s many years of publishing—first through the eponymous magazine then, starting in the 1960s, through books—that will reflect on one of the most comprehensive and influential libraries in the history of photography.

LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph
June 7 through 9, 2012
Downtown mall and other venues
Charlottesville, Virginia

Chris Boot MASTERS TALK
June 8, 2012, 11am
The Paramount Theater

Aperture at Sixty Library
June 7 through 17, 2012
200 Water St

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›› La Lettre de La Photographie profiles exhibitions at the festival by Hank Willis Thomas, Alex Webb, Bruce Gilden, Stanley Greene, and many more. NYTimes‘ LENS blog takes a closer look at Thomas’ work, LA Times‘ Framework interviews Mitch Dobrowner, whose work is also featured at Look3, and Time‘s LightBox speaks with guest curators Vincent Musi and David Griffin.

Aperture magazine Co-Publisher Dana Triwush with Sylvia Plachy

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A full house within the Levi’s© Photo Workshop on Thursday evening was expanded by over 30,000 people on Facebook who experienced Bruce Davidson’s guided tour through his last 50 years of photography. The Q&A portion of the evening was lively, with Workshop programming director Emma Reeves fielding questions both in person and online. Bruce has clearly influenced many generations of photographers, and it was wonderful to see a vibrant and diverse crowd gathering to celebrate him and his work. After a brief book signing the Workshop staff presented Bruce with a Falcon candid camera from their vintage camera rentals area, which he’d told them was one of the first cameras he ever used. He’s tracking down film for it now, always in pursuit of the next photograph.

Slideshow photographs courtesy of Brandon Remler.

Curator and co-founder of Humble Arts Foundation, Jon Feinstein recently gave Aperture’s interns a special tour of the exhibition 31 Women in Art Photography presented by Humble Arts and Affirmation Arts. Humble Arts Foundation is an organization devoted to emerging artists of all ages and backgrounds that are making interesting and innovative work. 31 Women in Art Photography, which was recently on view at Affirmation Arts until April 10th, was Humble Arts Foundation’s second annual exhibition of women’s work and in part addresses disparities between the number of women in the field of photography compared to the number of women photographers given opportunities to exhibit.

Feinstein co-curated the show with curator and editor of Aperture’s Words Without Pictures, Charlotte Cotton. The show features work by women photographers at different stages in their careers including Aperture published photographer Robin Schwartz as well as Sarah Palmer, Emily Shur, Ann Woo and more.

Click here to find out more about Aperture’s Work Scholar Program

Click here to view Charlotte Cotton’s Words Without Pictures

Click here to view Robin Shwartz’s Amelia’s World

Following Art Week, Exposures presents a short listing of exhibitions now on view in New York.

copyright Robin Schwartz

In honor of Women’s History Month, Humble Arts foundation in association with Affirmation Arts will present its second edition of 31 Women in Art Photography, a five-week exhibition with 31 of the most innovative women in new art photography. The exhibition, curated by Charlotte Cotton and Jon Feinstein, will present an eclectic mix of new talent, culled from open submissions. The show features Robin Schwartz, whose publication Amelias World was published in Aperture’s Tinyvices-curated book series, Sarah Palmer, Emily Shur, Paula McCartney among others.

31 Women in Art Photography
On view through April 10, 2010

Affirmation Arts
523 W. 37th Street
New York, NY, 10018

Buy Robin Shwartz’s Amelias World

copyright Ruben Natal-San Miguel

Photographer and curator Ruben Natal – San Miguel will be exhibiting his series Concrete Jungle at the gallery Kris Graves Project, presenting five years of street photography that celebrates inner city life in New York.

NY, NY: Concrete Jungle
On view through April 10, 2010

Kris Graves Projects
111 Front Street, Suite 224
Brooklyn, NY, 11201

copyright Michael Corridore

Aperture Foundation is proud to present the series Angry Black Snake, photographs by 2008 Aperture Portfolio Prize winner Michael Corridore, please join us for artist reception at the Aperture Foundation this Thursday, March 11th.

In the words of Aperture books publisher Lesley A. Martin, “Corridore’s project, Angry Black Snake, is an exercise in minimalism. Each image has been pared down to the barest of elements—urgent gestures and barely traceable figures cloaked in smoke and dust. Yet each image pulses with palpable emotional tension, telegraphed by these barest of representational sketches and the subtle shifting colors of the clouds that descend upon each scene like a flimsy curtain.”

Angry Black Snake
Opening reception Thursday, March 11, 6:00 – 8:00 PM

Aperture Foundation
547 West 27th Street, 4th floor
New York, New York

Photo by Barbara Crane

During this exciting week of art fairs and special events, be sure to stop by booth P-6 at the PULSE Contemporary Art Fair New York where Aperture will be featured. We will be selling limited edition prints and books from such artist’s as Jowhara Alsaud, Barbara Crane, Robin Schwartz, Shadi Ghadirian and many others! Come by to chat with Director of Limited-Edition Kellie McLaughlin and to take advantage of Aperture exclusives.

Thursday, March 4-Sunday, March 7, 2010

Admission required

Booth # P-6
330 West Street
New York, New York

PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, now being held in Miami’s Ice Palace, features an enhanced and expanded presentation of international galleries and programming. Visit Aperture’s booth to see new limited-edition books and prints by artists Silvio Wolf, Jonathan Torgovnik, Robin Schwartz, and many more. Held annually in New York and Miami, PULSE bridges the gap between mainstream and alternative fairs, providing participating galleries with a platform to present new works to a strong and growing audience of collectors, art professionals, and art lovers.

PULSE Miami
Thursday, December 3, 2009 –Sunday, December 6, 2009
The Ice Palace
1400 North Miami Avenue
Miami, Florida

Fair Hours:
Thursday, December 3
1:00–8:00 pm

Friday, December 4
10:00 am–7:00 pm

Saturday, December 5
10:00 am–8:00 pm

Sunday, December 6
10:00 am–7:00 pm

Click here for more information about this event.

This Sunday, November 8th the B&H Event Space presents Amelia’s World: Animal Affinity, a discussion from photographer Robin Schwartz. Published in Aperture’s Tiny Vices series, Amelia’s World is centered on Robin’s daughter Amelia and her tender interactions with assorted animal friends. The portraits featured in this project transcend snapshots, as Amelia’s youthful innocence allows for intimate connections with exotic creatures both domestic and wild. Robin will speak about the evolution of the work and her personal creative process.

Click here to purchase your copy of Amelia’s World through Aperture

Click here to view a limited-edition print from Robin Schwartz

Amelia’s World: Animal Affinity Presented by Robin Schwartz
Sunday, November 8, 2009  1:00—3:00 PM
B&H Photo Video
420 Ninth Avenue, New York
(212) 239-7500

Photographer Robin Schwartz’s daughter and subject of her Aperture book, Amelia’s World (Aperture, 2008) from the Tinyvices series, celebrated her 10th birthday last Wednesday. Happy Birthday Amelia!

And coming soon – an exclusive limited-edition print from Robin Schwartz, only on aperture.org. More details in the very near future!

Photo © Tim Barber

Opening Reception:
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 7:00–10:00 pm

Exhibition on View:
Wednesday, February 18–Saturday, March 14, 2009

Fuse Gallery
93 2nd Avenue
New York, New York
(212) 777-7988

New York curator and photographer Aliya Naumoff has brought together a group of artists working in a range of disciplines from photography to sculpture with one common bond – a love of animals. Part of the proceeds will go to benefit the ASPCA to help treat and care for animals in need.

Participating artists:
Andy Kehoe, Ricky Powell, Dennis Mcnett, Nick Zinner, Kenzo Minami, Danielle Levitt, Tim Barber, Adam Wallacavage, Jeaneen Lund, Gordon Hull, AJ Fosik, Kenneth Cappello, Spike Jonze, Meryl Smith, Kristen Schaal, Hisham Bharoocha, Benjamin Bertocci, Scott Campbell, Derek Watson, Karen O, Robin Schwartz, and Ryan McGinley.

Click here to view the work featured in Animalania.

Click to see Acid Drop, photographs by Kenneth Cappello, essay by Aaron Rose, from the book series Tinyvices, curated by Tim Barber.

Click  to see Amelia’s World, photographs by Robin Schwartz, essay by Francine Prose, from the book series Tinyvices, curated by Tim Barber.

Schwartz’s work is also featured in Undercover: Disguise & Deception In (some) Contemporary Art at Arts Guild of Rahway, now through March 13, 2009.

©   Jaimie Warren

Tinyvices Book Party

Thursday, October 16, 2008

6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Aperture Gallery
547 West 27th Street, 4th floor
New York, New York

This Thursday, join Aperture as it co-hosts the launch of Tinyvices: Vol. 1-5. This new series of monographs, published by Aperture in a limited-edition of 1,000 copies each, features five of the most promising photographers found on the widely popular website tinyvices.com.  The featured photographers are Kenneth Cappello, Allan MacIntyre, Jason Nocito, Robin Schwartz, and Jaimie Warren, who will all be present at the event. Tim Barber, founder and curator of tinyvices.com, will be in attendance as well.

For more about the books, click here.