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50 photographs from Robert Adam’s exquisite series Summer Nights, Walking will be on view at Matthew Marks Gallery in Chelsea.

This collection of nocturnal landscapes, originally published by Aperture in 1985 as Summer Nights, was recently revisited by the photographer on the occasion of the books second release as Summer Nights, Walking which was co-published by Aperture and Yale University Art Gallery this past fall.

The exhibition at Matthew Marks Gallery of  Summer Nights, Walking updates the work in light of this new edition for which the photographer re-sequenced and re-edited the images, adding thirty-nine previously unpublished photographs.

The exhibit opens this Friday, February 5 and will run through April 17^th.

Robert Adams: Summer Nights, Walking
Opening reception: Friday, February 5th, 6:00PM – 8:00PM

Matthew Marks Gallery
523 West 24th street
New York, New York

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The winter issue of Aperture magazine, #197, explores the important relationship between photography and the performative. Writer Greil Marcus looks at that relationship as he considers the score for Nan Goldin’s seminal slide show, The Ballad of Sexual Dependency.  Carrie Mae Weems’s projects are just as personal; she uses her films and photographs to express the nuances of her existence as a black woman and explore the undercurrents of power.

Richard Brody, staff writer at the New Yorker, examines the photographs of Raymond Cauchetier, the renowned photographer whose documentation of the French New Wave scene offered behind-the-scenes looks at Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut, and other groundbreaking directors.

Francine Prose speaks with Maira Kalman about the artist’s use of photography and illustration; Anthony Downey discusses contemporary Iranian photographers; photographer Andrew Moore reports on the decline and decay of the city of Detroit and its surrounding areas; and innovative fashion photographer Nick Knight is interviewed by Diane Smyth on his career and process.  Also, Robert Adams revisits his classic series of nocturnes featured in his newly published edition Summer Nights, Walking, in an interview with Joshua Chuang.

Click to view web-exclusive: Anthony Downey on the June 2009 Green Revolution in Iran.

**  Reader challenge:  In which year did Nan Goldin present her groundbreaking slide show, Ballad of Sexual Dependency? **

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