Photography

The Return of New York Photo Festival, 2010 Edition

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In the past few years the New York Photo Festival came out of thin air to become the top hit on the Google Search for "Photography Festival" This years programming looks really diverse and engaging with interesting topics and speakers for everyone. Also, take a look at the Main Exhibitions and the Satellite Exhibitions. I will be covering the events on this blog as will as tweeting along. If you are there please introduce yourself - I would live to meet you.

Programming during NYPH '10

Thursday, May 13

11- 11:45am INSTITUTE Presents: New Directions in Storytelling with Elisabeth Biondi
12 - 12:45pm Object Lesson: Richard Learoyd & Kathy Ryan
1 - 1:45pm DutchDoc!Space: Do-It-Yourself, Part 1 - with Petra Stavast & Wytske van Keulen
2 - 2:45pm Object Lesson: Laura Letinsky
3 - 3:45pm Use Me, Abuse Me: Paul Kooiker
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4:30 - 5:15pm Aperture Presents: Emerging Artist Support Systems, Part 1 (The Artist’s Perspective)
5:30 - 6:15pm Contemporary Latin American Photography: A Curator’s Perspective
6:30 - 7:15pm Bodies in Question: Michael Wolf
7:30 - 8:15pm Critical Photography: Michele Thursz & Alfredo Cramerotti

8:30-10pm:

New Waves and Documentations – An evening of special screenings at St. Ann’s Warehouse, featuring:

Lou Reed presents: Hidden Books, Hidden Stories – 15″

INSTITUTE presents: Where Storytelling Lives – 30”  (Featuring new works by Academy Award nominated filmmaker James Longley, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, Lauren Greenfield, Gillian Laub, Guillaume Herbaut, Jehad Nga, Zed Nelson, Lorena Ros, and Jeff Jacobson).

Purpose Magazine presents: Desire – 35”

Friday, May 14

11 - 11:45am INSTITUTE Presents: Zed Nelson's "LOVE ME"
12 - 12:45pm Bodies In Question: Raphael Dallaporta & Tina Enghoff
1 - 1:45pm DutchDoc!Space: Do-It-Yourself, Part 2 - with Rob Honstra
2 - 2:45pm Object Lesson: Yamini Nayar
3 - 3:45pm Use Me, Abuse Me: Thomas Mailaender
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4:30 - 5:15pm Aperture Presents: Emerging Artist Support Systems, Part 2 (Funds, Fellowships and Reviews)
5:30 - 6:15pm Hidden Books, Hidden Stories: Alice O'Malley
6:30 - 7:15pm Bodies In Question: Deborah Willis & Jessica Ingram

8:30-9:30pm: New York Photo Awards Ceremony at St. Ann’s Warehouse

9:30pm +: New York Photo Awards Ceremony After-Party at the powerHouse Arena

Saturday, May 15

11 - 11:45am Power of Color in Photo Journalism: Ed Kashi
12 - 12:45pm Aesthetic Journalism: Alfredo Cramerotti
1 - 1:45pm DutchDoc!Space: Do-It-Yourself, Part 3 - with Willem Popelier, Daan Paans, and Boudewijn Bollmann
2 - 2:45pm Object Lesson: Sharon Core
3 - 3:45pm Use Me, Abuse Me: Batia Suter
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4:30 - 5:15pm Aperture Presents: Sawdust Mountain - Eirik Johnson & Jason Houston, In Conversation
5:30 - 6:15pm Hidden Books, Hidden Stories: Michael Macioce
6:30 - 7:15pm Bodies in Question: Alexandre Maubert & Lim Young Kyun
7:30 - 8:15pm Contemporary Latin American Photography: An Artist's Perspective

Introducing the New York Photo Festival’s Night of Images, featuring:

Extended Exhibition Hours (all venues 8pm – 10pm)

Outdoor projections at the Brooklyn Bridge Plaza (8pm +)

World Visions: Emerging Photographers, curated by Michelle Bogre – 40″

Human Rights and Multimedia presented by Anthropographia – 100″

Slideluck Potshow XV at the Archway under the Manhattan Bridge (7pm +)

Sunday, May 16

11 - 11:45am INSTITUTE Presents: Jodi Bieber's SOWETO
12 - 12:45pm Bodies in Question: Marc Garanger
1 - 1:45pm Bodies in Question: Jo Rodriguez & Benjamin Busch
2 - 2:45pm Object Lesson: Bill Jacobson
3 - 3:45pm Use Me, Abuse Me: Erik Kessels
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4:30 - 5:15pm Aperture Presents: Time Frames
5:30 - 6:15pm Bodies in Question: Luc Courchesne

harlanerskine.com website refresh

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I have been working hard updating my site. Most of my images are now 25% larger. I have also edited some of the work and added several new sections. New piece in Imaginary Wars series, The Invaders.

harlan erskine, The Invaders, 20 x 37 inches, 2009

harlan erskine, Beijing cityscape, Olympics, 2008

After shooting the "I'm a PC" Microsoft campaign, I traveled to China to experience the Olympic games in Beijing. I was amazed with the visual ecstasy of Beijing and the blossoming of Chinese culture and power. I was also struck by the many contradictions and mysteries that were rapidly evolving right as they were hosting the Summer Games. The images that are up on my site are only a sampling of the larger body of work. More will be added soon.

New Section: architecture, midtown past midnight

harlan erskine. Midtown Past Midnight.

During the first year of grad school, I set out photographing the structures of midtown New York. This project carried me through the year. I must have ventured out to photograph close to 20 times. I arrived in midtown around midnight and shot for several hours. The lobbies of these structures are contrived to communicate the marriage of space and structure.

The Photography Post and photography blog media.

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I often get asked what blogs someone should read as an introduction to the art photography blogsphere. Until recently, that involved explaining google reader and then sharing with them a handful of blogs links. Now, there is a new solution. I just send them to this one website, The Photography Post: "The most current discussions on the state of photography."

Almost a month ago on March 23rd we has a nice #artphotochat Tweet Chat with Rachel Hulin and the editors of The Photography Post (follow them on Twitter here: @thphtgrphypst and Hulin here: @thehulin). It was a pleasure to host them. The chat generated a lot of good discussion. I hope they can join in again soon.