TONIGHT: 2011 CCNY Photo Benefit Auction

Big event tonight for the Camera Club of New York (where I am their current guest blogger). I haven't been to the annual Auction before so I'm looking forward to seeing all the action. Many many great photographs (including the one below) will be available. Check out the press release and I hope to see you there.

Amy Stein, Cage, digital c-print, 20 x 16”, 2005

Join Us Tonight, Monday, November 7, 2011, 6 - 8pm

Location:25CPW 25 Central Park West (at 62nd Street)

Preview Works Here

Featuring work by emerging and established photographers, including : Mariette Pathy Allen / Rachel Barrett / Jacqueline Bates / Matthew Baum / Michael Berkowitz / Per Billgren / Anita Blank / Timothy Briner / Jesse Burke / Eric William Carroll / Sean Carroll / James Casebere / Lindsey Castillo / Jesse Chan / Vincent Cianni / Annabel Clark / Margarida Correia / Megan Cump / Pradeep Dalal / Bobby Davidson / Allison Davies / Isaac Diggs / Maureen Drennan / Emile Hyperion Dubuisson / Mark Fernandes / Larry Fink / Lauren Fleishman / Martine Fougeron / Jona Frank / Fryd Frydendahl / Theresa Ganz / Anders Goldfarb / Curtis Hamilton / Jason Hanasik / Daniel Handal / Kara Hayden / Jeanne Hilary / Francine Hofstee / Henry Horenstein / Michi Jigarjian / Erica Leone / Sze Tsung Leong / David Levinthal / Sam Levinthal / Wayne Liu / Feng Lu / Ryan MacFarland / Jerome Mallmann / Chris McCaw / Jo Meer / Dana Miller / Azikiwe Mohammed / Paolo Morales / Keren Moscovitch / Laurel Nakadate / Katherine Newbegin / Lori Nix / Heather O’Brien / Brayden Olson / Alice O’Malley / Cara Phillips / Libby Pratt / Richard Renaldi / Mauro Restiffe / Saul Robbins / Caren Rosenblatt / Michael Schmelling / Tina Schula / Manjari Sharma / Aline Smithson / John Stanley / Chad States / Amy Stein / Joni Sternbach / Motohiro Takeda / Maureen Testa / Sally Tosti / William Wegman / Randy West / Grant Willing / Jessica Yatrofsky / Rona Yefman / Pinar Yolaçan / Arin Yoon

Benefit Committee: Mariette Pathy Allen, Paul Amador, Brian Paul Clamp, Daniel Cooney, Michael Foley, Martine Fougeron, Susan Fulwiler, Françoise Girard, Tom Gitterman, Peter Hay Halpert, Henry Horenstein, David Knott, Michael Mazzeo, Lizanne Merrill, L. Parker Stephenson, Spencer Throckmorton, Sasha Wolf, and Alice Sachs Zimet.

$20 admission. All proceeds go to The Camera Club of New York (CCNY), a non-profit 501(c)3 arts organization that has been nurturing talented photographers since 1884.

Catering provided by Moustache.

To see the donated works, please go to CCNY’s online auction preview.

CCNY wishes to thank 25CPW Gallery for their generosity in hosting this year’s auction.

For further inquires, contact CCNY at info@cameraclubny.org or by phone: 212-260-9927

Please visit us at www.cameraclubny.org

Openings and Events this week – November 3 – 6

Thursday, November 3

Performance: Matthew Stone "Anatomy of Immaterial Worlds" The Hole 312 Bowery, 9pm

Heather Goodchild, Mike Bayne "Walking the Pattern (Goodchild) / Kingston Spring and Muffler (Bayne)" curated by Katharine Mulherin Mulherin + Pollard 187 Chrystie street, 6-9pm

Chris Johanson, Haim Steinbach, Lawrence Weiner, Matthew Brannon, Odilon Redon, Todd Eberle, Will Cotton, William Wegman "Pop-Up Shop" RxArt 208 Forsyth Street, 6-8pm

"Cory Arcangel vs. Pierre Bismuth" Cristina Lei Rodriguez "Through Excess and Ruin" Team Gallery 83 Grand street, b/w wooster & greene, 6-8pm

Benefit: "Question Bridge: Black Males" a project by Chris Johnson and Hank Willis Thomas in collaboration with Bayeté Ross Smith and Kamal Sinclair Jack Shainman Gallery 513 W 20 street, RSVP to rsvp@questionbridge.com, 6-8pm

Claire Fontaine "Working Together" Metro Pictures 519 W 24 street, 6-8pm

Jon Kessler, Mika Rottenberg "Seven" Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery (Project) 534 West 24th st, Tenth avenue, 6-8pm

Zachari Logan "Tramua and Other Stories" Daniel Cooney Fine Art 511 W 25 street, floor 5

Photography: Simen Johan Yossi Milo Gallery 525 W 25 street, 6-8pm

Photography: Erwin Blumenfeld "Vintage Fashion" Edwynn Houk Gallery 745 Fifth avenue, at w 57 street, 6-8pm

"The Mask and The Mirror" curated by Shirin Neshat Leila Heller Gallery 39 East 78th street, floor 3, 6-8pm

Photography: Lori Waselchuk "Grace Before Dying" Umbrage Brooklyn, 111 Front street, floor 2, 6-8pm

Friday, November 4

Brock Enright Kate Werble Gallery 83 Vandam street, at hudson street, 6-8pm

Eva Rothschild 303 Gallery 547 W 21 street, 6-8pm

Photography: "Incomparable Women of Style: Selections from the Rose Hartman Photography Archives, 1977 - 2011" FIT - Fashion Institute of Technology West 27 street at 7th avenue, Gladys Marcus Library

Panel Discussion: "Osteobiographies" with Eric Stover, the Monument Group, Thomas Keenan, and Eyal Weizman Cabinet Brooklyn, 300 Nevins street, 6-8pm

Saturday, November 5

"Lady Pink" Woodward Gallery133 Eldridge street, b/w broome & delancey, floor 5, 6-8pm

Performance: Joan Jonas, Rachel Mason, Shana Moulton "The Hostess Never Lies" curated by Anne Apparu Vogt Gallery526 W 26 street, suite 911, 4-6pm

Workshop: Daido Moriyama "Printing Show- TKY" Aperture Foundation547 W 27 street, floor 4, $75, noon-3pm & 5- 8pm

Sunday, November 6

Photography: Lucas Blalock "xyz" Ramiken Crucible389 Grand street, 6-9pm

Performance: Agathe Snow "The Hostess Never Lies" curated by Anne Apparu Vogt Gallery 526 W 26 street, suite 911, 4:30pm

Approaching Deadline: 2011 exposure, the annual PRC juried exhibition

Last year I had the honor of being included in the Photographic Resource Center's (PRC) annual Juried Exhibition. The deadline to enter this year's competition is fast approaching (April 22nd). I encourage everyone to consider entering. More information below.

exposure: the annual PRC juried exhibition

Are you ready for some exposure? Then line up a selection of your best photographs and get ready to enter EXPOSURE 2011, the PRC’s 16th annual juried exhibition of work by its members.

Awards

• The juror will choose up to ten photographers for the exhibition at the PRC in July and August.
• The juror will select one of these artists for the Juror’s Award of $500.
• The PRC’s Executive Director Glenn Ruga and Curator George Slade will also select awards for publication in the PRC magazine Loupe and for inclusion in NEO, our monthly on-line showcase of work by regional members.
• Each of the three winners will also receive a free one year Pro account with Viewbook.com, a leading online portfolio and image sharing website, valued at $190. Viewbook.com is a sponsor of this year’s juried exhibition.

Submissions All submissions will be electronically uploaded through a 90-day trial account with Viewbook.com. Application fee for the juried exhibition is $35. Applicants must have a valid membership through August 31, 2011. If you have questions about your membership status, please contact the PRC at info@prcboston.org

STEP 1: Click here to download submission guidelines

STEP 2: Click here to pay application fee and to join/renew your membership.

Whitney Johnson, EXPOSURE 2011 Juror

The juror for EXPOSURE 2011 will be Whitney Johnson, picture editor at The New Yorker. See below for more information on Ms. Johnson.

Whitney Johnson is the picture editor at The New Yorker where she produces and researches photographs for political and cultural stories, including award-winning portfolios on the United States military and world leaders. She also writes for the magazine’s photography blog, Photo Booth. Prior to joining the magazine, Whitney worked at the Open Society Foundations, where she coordinated the documentary photography exhibition Moving Walls and an international grant competition for documentary photographers. Whitney also works with the Magnum Foundation, which supports independent documentary photographers in the field through its Emergency Fund.

Timeline Tuesday, March 1 – Submissions Open Friday, April 22, 11:59 pm – Deadline for Submissions Monday, May 23 – Announcement of Accepted Photographers Thursday, July 21 – Opening Reception for EXPOSURE 2011 Sunday, August 21 – Exhibit Closes Friday, September 2 – Deadline For Removal of Work

Updates will be posted in the PRC eNewsletter, including specifications for preparing submissions.

When the submissions open, the application form will be available on the PRC web site.