Tom Leighton “Appropiation of Space” Opens at Cynthia Corbett Gallery

LONDON.- The photographs of Tom Leighton engage with urban landscape. By digitally altering photographs Leighton tries to deconstruct and retranslate the cities that we inhabit. Creating fictional landscapes allows him to ignore the constraints of possibility and logic. However as much as he pulls apart and constructs his unique urban views, he aims to create a believable view of the world, which verges on the surreal but remains rooted in reality. Leighton finds that city architecture & infrastructure makes the [...]

Duncan Miller Gallery Shows Both Sides of Ansel Adams Dispute

LOS ANGELES (AP).- A Los Angeles gallery is taking head-on the dispute over garage-sale pictures that the owner says are the early work of Ansel Adams. The Duncan Miller Gallery is putting up 20 authentic prints by the renowned nature photographer in a brief show that opened Saturday. A photograph by Earl Brooks, left, is displayed alongside a print from the collection of Rick Norsigian during an exhibition that includes signed Ansel Adams prints at the Duncan Miller Gallery in [...]

Hot Dogs, Lobbies, Football and Ouagadougou at PDNB Gallery

DALLAS, TX.- For the beginning of our Fall season PDNB Gallery presents two exhibitions of different variety. The title, “Hot Dogs, Lobbies, Football and Ouagadougou” is puzzling. This group exhibition features 4 artists presenting a series of photographs specifically focused on one subject. Patty Carroll, Fat Johnnie’s Kid with Gun, 1987. Photo: Courtesy PDNB Gallery Patty Carroll traveled across the country photographing the unique and funny hot dog stands that represent a truly American experience. Ira Wagner set out to [...]

Iguatemi Sao Paulo Hosts SP-Arte/Foto

SAO PAuLO.- Carlos Jereissati Filho, CEO of Iguatemi, along with Oi will oresent the fourth edition of SP-ARTE/Foto. Ten thousand guests are expected to attend the exhibition which will feature over 100 established and up and coming photographers. Located at Espacio Iguatemi, a stunning 1,600 square meter salon on top of the Iguatemi São Paulo center, the fair will launch on September 8th with a cocktail celebration and will be open to the public from September 9th-12th. The exhibiting galleries [...]

War Photographer Pellegrin Takes a Shot at Fashion

PARIS(REUTERS).- Award winning photographer Paolo Pellegrin has documented many of the world’s danger zones from Lebanon to Kosovo and Rwanda to Haiti. In 1995, his stunning reportage on AIDS in Uganda received the World Press and the Kodak Young Photographer Awards. The Italian-born snapper has published six books, of which — “As I Was Dying” — brought together his moving images of human suffering in war zones and in natural disasters. Italian photographer Paolo Pellegrin, a member of Magnum Photo [...]

First Comprehensive Survey of Ana Torfs’ Work at Generali Foundation

VIENNA.- ALBUM/TRACKS B may refer to a photo album which, empty at first, tells a “(hi)story” only once it is filled with pictures, a story to look at, read, and interpret from ever new points of view. The work of Ana Torfs (born in 1963, lives in Brussels) could also be understood as a tribute to certain personalities and events from history, literature, and film whose tracks— hence the title—and traces the artist pursues and endows with new life. Thus, [...]

New Work by Japanese Photographer Izima Kaoru at Von Lintel Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- Von Lintel Gallery presents One Sun, an exhibition of new work by Japanese photographer Izima Kaoru. After fifteen years of exploring the macabre in his ongoing series Landscapes with a Corpse, Izima Kaoru looked to spirituality to ease his fear of death. Dissatisfied with what organized religion had to offer, he found his comfort in the natural world. The sun and its constancy in our existence proved to be his solace and inspiration. Izima Kaoru, Nanyuki, Kenya [...]

Photomonth, East London Photography Festival, Celebrates 10 Years

LONDON.- Photomonth is a celebration of photography. In 2010 there are over 200 exhibitions and events in East London and beyond. To mark our 10th anniversary we have created a series of special projects – the new photolounge at the Old Truman Brewery, images along the East London Line from Dalston to Shoreditch, eatyourartout with exhibitions in a wide range of restaurants, bars & cafes, photomonthlive.com for your mobile and the photomonth assignment for budding photojournalists. Photomonth opens with a [...]

New Works by British Artist Darren Almond at White Cube

LONDON.- White Cube Mason’s Yard presents an exhibition of new works entitled ‘The Principle of Moments’ by British artist Darren Almond. Known for works that meditate on notions of time, landscape and travel, as well as political and historical memory, Almond brings these themes together in two bodies of work: a series of time-lapse photographs taken in the Faroe Islands, and a film installation shot in northern Siberia. ‘Anthropocene: The Prelude’, is a new three screen film installation which continues [...]

Mesmerizing Photographs Explore the Intricacies of Memory at the Seattle Art Museum

SEATTLE, WA.- From September 4, 2010, through February 13, 2011, the Seattle Art Museum will present the exhibition Amy Blakemore: Photographs, 1988-2008. Ranging from black-and-white street photographs from the late 1980s to recent portraits and landscapes, the exhibition brings together nearly 40 photographs in a twenty-year survey of the Houston, Texas-based artist’s work. Amy Blakemore, Three Girls, 1988. Gelatin silver photograph, 15 x 15in. Courtesy of the artist and Inman Gallery, Houston. © Amy Blakemore Originally rooted in traditions of [...]

New Works by Berlin Photographer Stefan Heyne at Sudendorf Gallery

COLOGNE.- With their current exhibition ‘For Me / For You’ Kaune, Sudendorf Gallery presents new works by Berlin fine art photographer Stefan Heyne. Heyne was born in 1965 in Brandenburg/Havel and studied scenography at the art school Berlin from 1987 to 1993. He was a student at the master class of Prof. Volker Pfüller. Over the past years his photographs were shown in numerous exhibitions in Germany. So far he has published two books that give an insight in his [...]

Galerie Anita Beckers Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Jürgen Klauke Exhibition

FRANKFURT.- 20 years after the foundation of Galerie Anita Beckers, the gallery opens its new show with Juergen Klauke. Starting as a publishing house, Anita Beckers carried editions by renowned artists such as Juergen Klauke, Guillaume Bijl, Wim Delvoye, Thomas Huber and Urs Lüthi. Later, this edition gallery resulted in an art gallery which is based in Frankfurt since 1998. We are celebrating this special anniversary with an exhibition by Jürgen Klauke, one of the most important performance, photo and [...]

Istituto Veneto di Scienze Shows Stanley Kubrick, the Photographer

VENICE.- Love of the paradoxical, of the oxymoron, of the ambiguous, is a key to the work of one of the twentieth century’s greatest filmmakers: Stanley Kubrick. While his films are known and appreciated by millions, few were aware until now that Kubrick was also a great photographer, in the years just after World War II. From 1945 to 1950 he worked, in fact, for the magazine Look, a popular weekly published in New York that aimed to document social [...]

Phillips de Pury & Company Announces Highlights from Its New York Photographs Sale

NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips de Pury & Company announced the highlights of the forthcoming New York Photographs sale on Friday, October 8, 2010. Securing its position as a leader in the Photographs market, the Photographs sale features a strong balance of the best in classic and contemporary photography. Vanessa Kramer, Director of Photographs, New York “Our Fall Photographs sale is not only a testament to the resilience of the photography market, but Phillips de Pury & Company’s strong dedication to [...]

Some of the Earliest Photographs of Fiji from 1881 to Make £20,000 at Bonhams

LONDON.- An extraordinary journey into the heart of Fiji some 129 years ago by three British brothers, carrying with them all the heavy paraphernalia associated with early photography, returned in triumph with images that still fascinate today. This remarkable collection of photographs taken on a journey by three Ansdell brothers has been passed down through the family and is to be auctioned by Bonhams on September 15 in the Travel and Topographical Sale in New Bond Street. In 1881 Gerrard [...]