In the clip above, Alex Prager, in conversation with gallerist Yancey Richardson (September 30, 2010 at Aperture as part of the Parsons Lecture Series), talks about wandering through the Getty Center one day, never before having considered photography, stumbling upon William Eggleston’s print of old shoes under a bed and being completely moved and inspired to pick up a camera for the first time.

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Out of 100 nominees from around the world, an international jury has selected photographer Alex Prager, who was showcased at MoMA’s New Photography 2010 exhibition, as winner of the Foam Paul Huf Award 2012. Simon Baker, chairman of the jury, said:

Prager’s work is original, intelligent and seductive. She thoroughly deserves her place in the company of former Foam Paul Huf winners, which is fast becoming a who’s who of contemporary photographic practice.

The annual € 20,000 prize is awarded to a photographer under 35 years of age, who then goes on to present their work in a solo exhibition at the Foam Museum. Prager’s saturated, cinematic, stylized and glamourously surreal photographs will be on view in Amsterdam August 31, 2012 – October 14, 2012.

Foam Amsterdam
Keizersgracht 609, 1017 DS
Binnenstad, Netherlands
+31 20 551 6500

Prager will also have a multi-city solo exhibition, Compulsion, on view simultaneously at Yancey Richardson Gallery in New York, M+B Gallery in LA, and Michael Hoppen Gallery in London, April 5, 2012 – May 19, 2012.  Huffington Post has a behind-the-scenes photo exclusive of the show and Q&A with the photographer.

Yancey Richardson Gallery
535 West 22nd Street 3rd floor
New York, NY 10011
(646) 230-9610

M+B Gallery
612 North Almont Drive
Los Angeles, California 90069
(310) 550-0050

Michael Hoppen Gallery
3 Jubilee Place,
London SW3 3TD
+44 (0)20 7352 3649

Basil Jones (2011) © Gary Schneider

This Fall, many works by Aperture-featured photographers are being exhibited in New York City. Here is our run-down of this season’s must-see shows.

Gary Schneider: HandPrints, Johhanesburg at David Krut Projects. Made by hands’ sweat and heat interacting with film emulsion, these unusual portraits of friends and family will be on view September 8 – October 22, 2011.

Hellen van Meene at Yancey Richardson Gallery, September 8 – October 22, 2011, will exhibit the photographer’s distinct style of portraiture.

Vik Muniz at Sikkema Jenkins & Co., September 9 – October 15, 2011, focusing on paintings by the Brazilian artist.

Edward Steichen: The Last Printing at Danziger Projects, September 15 – October 29, 2011. Photographs made by George Tice, renowned photographer and Steichen’s last printer.

Social Media at Pace/MacGill, from September 16 – October 15, 2011, featuring work by Penelope Umbrico & others. Detailing the rise of social media in our visual culture, it includes Umbrico’s work Sunset Portraits From 9,623,557 Sunset Pictures which was meticulously culled from the photo-sharing website Flickr.

Simon Norfolk: Burke + Norfolk at Bonni Benrubi Gallery, September 14 – December 3, 2011, features a visual dialogue between nineteenth-century British photographer John Burke and contemporary photographer Simon Norfolk, centered in Afghanistan.

The Radical Camera: New York’s Photo League, 1936 – 1951 at The Jewish Museum from November 4 – March 25, 2011. Featuring work by Lisette Modell, Aaron Siskind, Weegee & many other photography legends.

There are also many gallery openings that are showing artists featured in our 2011 Benefit, Auction & SNAP! Party:

Sara Greenberger Rafferty at Rachel Uffner Gallery, September 7 – October 23, 2011.

Charlotte Dumas: Retrieved at Julie Saul Gallery, September 8 – October 15, 2011.

Click here to start bidding online for work by these artists and others!

Act of Flying #16, 2006. © Sanna Kannisto

Beautiful Vagabonds: Birds in Contemporary Photography

Exhibition on View:
July 21–August 26, 2011

Yancey Richardson Gallery:
535 W 22nd Street 3rd Floor
New York, NY
(646) 230-6131

The Yancey Richardson Gallery’s new exhibit “Beautiful Vagabonds: Birds in Contemporary Photography” is a multi-artist show that explores the allure of birds. Showcasing the work of 20 photographers, the exhibit consists of photographs, video, and audio works. Several of the exhibit’s featured artists have been published by Aperture: David Hilliard appeared in issue 177 and published a book with Aperture titled David Hilliard: Photographs; the work of Simen Johan appeared in issue 172 and Aperture offers one of his prints Untitled #99; Aperture published three books by the duo Kahn & Selesnick—Scotlandfuturebog, City of Salt, and The Apollo Prophecies; Aperture also published Sanna Kannisto’s book Fieldwork and offers her limited-edition portfolio Act of Flying; Louise Lawler appeared in issue 145; and Neeta Madahar’s work was featured in issue 179 and Aperture offers her print Sustenance 95.

Known for his vivid color photographs, David Hilliard’s triptychs or larger compositions, present complex narratives and explore various themes and situations like the awkwardness of adolescence and masculinity disarmed.

His first book, David Hilliard: Photographs was published by Aperture in 2006.

“Hilliard’s vision embraces the playful aspects of contemporary life as readily as its pathos.” —Los Angeles Times

Be sure to stop by the opening of Hilliard’s exhibition, Being Like, tonight, Thursday, December 11, 2008 Yancey Richardson Gallery on view through January 31, 2009.

On Saturday, December 16 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. David will be signing his newest book Rosemary’s Dock at the Yancey Richardson Gallery. This book features an interview by Vince Aletti.

Yancey Richardson Gallery
535 West 22nd Street 3rd floor
New York NY 10011
tel 646-230-9610