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The Return of New York Photo Festival, 2010 Edition

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
BREAK
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
BREAK
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
BREAK
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
BREAK
4:30 - 5:15pm Aperture Presents: Time Frames
5:30 - 6:15pm Bodies in Question: Luc Courchesne

New York Armory Week 2010, Day 3 - PULSE and a Swimming Cities fundraiser.


The entrance to the PULSE Contemporary Art Fair 2010.

PULSE Contemporary Art Fair 2010.

Pulse was small and bite sized compared with the Armory. Much easier to take in but the overall complexity of the work wasn't up to the same level. Still an enjoyable experience.


Dionisio Gonzalez, "Halong IX," 2009 at ftc gallery, Berlin, Germany.


Frank Breuer, "Untitled," 2009 at ftc gallery, Berlin, Germany.
This sculptural layout of well shot photography would have had a better impact if the wall wasn't made so poorly with no attention to details.


Geissler & Sann, "The real estate #12," (left) and "The real estate #13," (right) both 2009 at ftc gallery, Berlin, Germany.
These "real estate" images are a nice echo on the current state of the economy.


Johannes Girardoni, "Exposed Icon #5," 2009 at Lukas Feichtner gallery, Vienna, Austria.


Barry Frydlender, at Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York, NY.


Sangbin IM, "Armory 2008," 2008 at Mary Ryan Gallery, New York, NY.


Carlo Van der Roer, From top row right to left: "Christelle Imperial de Castro," 2008. "Taika Waititi," 2008. "Yoko Okutsu," 2008. "Aurel Schmidt 2," 2009. "Sara Rossein," 2009. "Terence Koh," 2008. at M+B gallery, Los Angles, CA.


Carlos and Jason Sanchez, "The Baptism," 2003 (left) and "Masked," 2007 (right) at Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY.
I am quite curious how a show of Jason and Carlos Sanchez would look since many of their images are strong and don't fit together in a traditional way.


Carlos and Jason Sanchez, "Atomic Bomb Dome Hiroshima," 2010 at Nicholas Metivier Gallery


Jeremy Dean, "CEO Stagecoach (Black)," (from the series Futurama Mini) 2009 at CTS creative thriftshop.


Kiel Johnson, "POLAROID," and other cameras, 2010 Davidson Contemporary, New York, NY.

THE SWIMMING CITIES OF THE OCEAN OF BLOOD - silent auction and fundraiser.

The SWIMMING CITIES art collective is held a art auction fundraiser for their upcoming sculptural boat and performance project on the Ganges River, in India, 2010. The event was hosted at WALKER STAGE at 56 Walker St. in Tribeca. The event will include the unveiling of the first finished boat prototype, an 18′x8′ hand-crafted stainless steel catamaran, powered by a motorcycle driven paddle wheel. Music will be provided by eclectic NYC underground DJ’s Small Change, Matt Shadetek, and DJ 2melo.

The auction will included 100+ works, all members or friends of Swimming Cities including: Swoon, Thomas Beale, ImminentDisaster, Ben Mortimer, Ero, Tod Seeley, Ben Wolfe, Pork, Tony Bones, Jeff Stark, Isaac Aden, Ariel Campos, Gregg Henderson, Leslie Stem, Lopi, Katelan Foisey, Iris Stvn Lason, Spy, Sarah Aller, Matt Curtis, Petric Seeley, Zev David Deans, Elizabeth Bentley, Hannah Mishin, Orien McNeill, Ksenjiya, Angie Kang, Ben Devoe, Czack Tucker, Heather Jones, Noah Sparks, Porter Fox, Tim Treason, Ayen Tran, Dan Sabau, Virginia Reath, Clair Huntington, and Kara Blosom.


Someone bidding on a work by SWOON


Revving up the boat prototype.


Revving up the boat prototype.

Lay Flat 02: Meta / Release Party and Signing at ICP, New York

I'm looking forward to this event tonight. Hope to see everyone there.

Lay Flat and the International Center of Photography invite you to celebrate the release of Lay Flat 02: Meta.

Friday, March 26th from 6-7:30pm
FREE and open to the public!

ICP Museum Store
International Center of Photography
1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
t: 212-857-9725

The editors and various contributors will be in attendance and available to sign copies of the publication.

For more information or to purchase visit www.layflat.org

* RSVP is not required but you can do so on the Facebook event page.