Delpire season is upon us.

Tonight Aperture Gallery launches the New York City run of Delpire & Co., opening their W27th street space to the public, showcasing a rich, multimedia exhibition celebrating the revered curator, editor, publisher, and overall champion of photography, Robert Delpire.
In the next several weeks, a comprehensive retrospective of Delpire’s career will be exhibited across four venues in New York City: Aperture Gallery, The Gallery at Hermès, Cultural Services of the French Embassy, and La Maison Française. Concurrent with Delpire & Co., Pace/MacGill and Howard Greenberg will have exhibitions on view in celebration of Robert Delpire’s life and work.

Here’s what you can expect to see throughout New York City:

Aperture Gallery

On view: May 9 through July 19

Highlights: Classical and seminal publications by now-iconic photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, William Klein, Robert Frank (see: “The Americans”), Josef Koudelka, and Sarah Moon. Delpire’s work with magazines will also be featured, including the very first issue of Neuf (founded by Robert Delpire at the ripe age of 23), and Nouvel Observateur Spécial Photo, as well as advertising projects for diverse clients from Cacharel, Citroën, L’Oréal, and the French Ministry of Culture.

Cultural Services of the French Embassy

On view: May 11 through June 6

Highlights: The embassy will be exhibiting the original French editions of beloved illustrator Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are and Crocodile Tears.

The Gallery at Hermès/Fondation d’entreprise Hermès

On view: May 11 through July 19

Highlights: Robert Delpire’s famed Photo Poche series is on view, as well as prints from contemporary photographers such as Harry Gruyaert, Jehsong Baak, Michel Vanden Eeckhout, Michael Ackerman, Francesco Zizola, Raymond Depardon, Robert Doisneau, Paolo Pellegrin, Marc Riboud.

La Maison Française of New York University

On view: May 18 through July 19

Highlights: This exhibition focuses on the Poche Illustrateur series, celebrating notable illustrators such as Roman Cieślewicz, Honoré Daumier, Etienne Delessert, Guy Peellaert, and Saul Steinberg.

› In addition, two supporting exhibitions will be on view; Sarah Moon at Howard Greenberg Gallery, featuring new work, and Pace/MacGill Gallery will exhibit works by prominent photographers such as Robert Frank, Josef Koudelka, Duane Michals, Paolo Roversi, and Alfred Stieglitz.

› Visual Supplement: This week in the magazine The New Yorker ran photographs by Sarah Moon and Lee Freidlander, both of which are part of exhibitions celebrating the work of Delpire. Online, The New Yorker presents a stunning and concise slideshow summary of books and photographs from among the displays at Aperture, Hermès, Pace/MacGill, and Howard Greenberg.

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Delpire & Co. is coproduced by Rencontres d’Arles, la Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Delpire Editeur, and Aperture Foundation.Delpire & Co. has been made possible with the support of the National Endowment for the Arts, Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, Etant donnés: The French-American Fund for Contemporary Art, the E.T. Harmax Foundation, and with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Robert Frank’s infamous body of work, The Americans, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the book’s publication opened this week at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City . The show, titled Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans, features the most in-depth look at arguably the most important photo book published since World War II and includes over 100 photographs, 17 books, 15 manuscripts and 22 contact sheets as well as a short film made by Frank for this exhibition. This show explores not only the roots of America as captured by one of photography’s legends, but also functions as an exploration on the photo book itself as the viewer can take note of Frank’s intentional sequencing and organization. For all those interested in the photo book, this show is not to be missed! The Museum will also host many events including An Evening With Robert Frank, already sold out, in which the artist will be in conversation with curators Jeff L. Rosenheim and Sarah Greenough about his career in photography and film. Through the month of October, the Met will screen films from the artist as well, click below to view schedule of showtimes.

Click here to view a full schedule and descriptions of programming for Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans at the Met.

Philip Gefter, author of Photography After Frank, speaks to NPR’s Daily Picture Show about the pivotal influence of Robert Frank in the field. Click here to stream audio. Gefter also wrote a piece titled Robert Frank’s America, published on The Daily Beast, click here to read more.

Click here to purchase your copy of Photography After Frank through Aperture.

An Evening With Robert Frank
Friday, October 9, 2009, 6:00 PM
Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans
Tuesday, September 22, 2009—Sunday, January 3, 2010
Galleries for Drawings, Prints, and Photographs and The Howard Gilman Gallery, 2nd floor
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue, New York City

Join author Philip Gefter at SF Camerawork in San Francisco as he discusses his latest title Photography After Frank, a collection of essays published by Aperture. Gefter traces the evolution of photography from Robert Frank’s work, The Americans, to the present day. This highly-anticipated title draws both from work published by Gefter in the New York Times as well as essays written specifically for the book. Don’t miss your chance to meet one of the most insightful contributors to the field of photography.

Photography After Frank, Philip Gefter
Lecture and Book Signing
Thursday, April 30, 2009, 7:00 pm

FREE

SF Camerawork
657 Mission Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, California
(415) 512-2020

For those on the east-coast, Philip Gefter will be in conversation with Andy Grundberg in New York on May 17, 2009. Click here for full event details.

Click here to purchase your copy of Photography After Frank through Aperture and save 30%.

Robert Adams/Fraenkel Gallery
Colorado Springs.

Originally published in 1974, Robert Adams’s The New West signaled a significant shift in photographic representation of the American landscape. Aperture has just reissued and released this classic and revered publication alongside Steidl’s reissue of The Americans. Both highly anticipated releases have been reviewed by TIME Magazine’s Richard Lacayo in an article titled, Two Reissued Photography Books Reconsidered in the May 26th issue. Check out Lacayo’s blog, Looking Around, where he write about books, art and architecture for TIME.