Dee and Lisa on Mott Street, Little Italy, NYC 1976 © Susan Meiselas/Magnum Photos

On view from March 8–11, 2012, Through Our Lens: Photographers Reflect on Empowerment is a charity photography exhibition and auction benefiting Man Up, a global initiative launched by award-winning journalist Jimmie Briggs, aimed at mobilizing youth worldwide toward the prevention of violence against women and girls. Through Our Lens assembles the work of 50 notable photographers, ranging the worlds of fashion, documentary photography, and contemporary art, in an exhibition/auction event hosted by honorary chairs Gloria Steinem and Harry Belafonte, and curated by Whitney Johnson of The New Yorker, Bess Greenberg, Yukiko Yamagata, and JB Reed.

Among the works on view and available for auction are Susan Meiselas’ 1976 Dee and Lisa on Mott Street Little Italy (pictured above), and Hank Willis Thomas’ 2011 After Identity What?, a work pulled from the artist’s socio-politically and identity driven 1969 series.

Through Our Lens: Photographers Reflect on Empowerment is open to the public March 9th–11th, offering a weekend of FREE public programming which includes a film screening with activist Christy Turlington Burns, and talks with author Jill Iscol.

The ticketed reception and auction kicks off Thursday, March 8th at 25CPW with hors d’oeuvres, open bar and a guest DJ set by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson of The Roots. Tickets are $150 in advance, $175 at the door.

Through Our Lens: Photographers Reflect on Empowerment
Ticketed Reception and Auction
Thursday, March 8, 6:30PM–11:00PM

Public Viewing w/ Additional Weekend Programming
March 9-11, 2012

25CPW
25 Central Park West
New York, NY 10023
212.203.0250

For more information, contact 25CPW at: 212.203.0250. For the full weekend schedule and for tickets visit: http://manupphoto.eventbrite.com/.

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