PHOTOGRAPHERS HELPING HAITI: Opening Night Preview March 4 NYC

André Kertész (angel), Chez Lui, 1983
Photograph (c) Susan May Tell /All Rights Reserved

André Kertész, Chez Lui, 1983
Photograph (c) Susan May Tell /All Rights Reserved

Striding With Giacometti
Photograph (c) Cynthia Matthews /All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) Deidre Schoo /All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) Deidre Schoo /All Rights Reserved

More than 100 prints donated by ASMP (American Society of Media Photographers: New York Chapter) members will be on sale for $100 each, 100% of all sales goes directly to Doctors Without Borders.

Susan May Tell donated two of her portraits (at top) of Hungarian-born Master Photographer, André Kertész (1894 – 1985), known for his groundbreaking contributions to photographic composition and developing the photo essay. He is recognized today as one of the seminal figures of photojournalism. May Tell photographed Kertész on four different occasions and was also photographed by him in return with her own camera.

Other prints available are from John Dolan, Aaron Lee Fineman, Deborah Gilbert, Robert Hooman, Michelle Kawka, Salem Krieger, Stephen Mallon, Philip Mauro, Margaret McCarthy, Viviane Moos, Clayton Price, Gilberto Tadday, and many more! Curated by Elizabeth Avedon.

More Images For Sale HERE and HERE

ASMPNY Booth #503 at the VERGE ART FAIR
March 5- 7 The Dylan Hotel 52 East 41st Street, NYC

100 PRINTS | $100 | 100% of SALES TO DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS

Port-au-Prince, Haiti 2010

The recent earthquake has made thousands of people victims in Haiti. Exclusive photos of the situation in the capital of Port-au-Prince right after the tragedy were recorded (here) by photographer Gilberto Tadday. Tadday donated several of these images to ASMP: NY's March 5-7, 2010 Print Sale, 100% of the proceeds goes to Doctors Without Borders. Photograph (c) Gilberto Tadday /All Rights Reserved

Ta Prohm, Angkor, Cambodia
Photograph (c) Viviane Moos /All Rights Reserved

The Met 2008
Photograph (c) Joseph Mondello /All Rights Reserved

Ground Zero 2001
Photograph (c) Robert Hooman /All Rights Reserved

Ground Zero 2001
Photograph (c) Robert Hooman /All Rights Reserved

More than 100 prints donated by ASMP (American Society of Media Photographers: New York Chapter) members will be on sale for $100 each, 100% of all sales goes directly to Doctors Without Borders.

Prints available include Viviane Moos' photograph above, Ta Prohm, Angkor, Cambodia, an 8x12 image - signed on verso - archival metallic chromogenic prints on Kodak Endura Professional Archival Metallic paper. Also available are Stephen Mallon's photographs of the salvage of Flight 1549 (piloted safely onto New York's Hudson River by Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger), black and white portraits of Hungarian-born Master Photographer Andre Kertesz by Susan May Tell, among so many others. Curated by Elizabeth Avedon.

The VERGE ART FAIR donated this ASMPNY Booth: Friday & Saturday, March 5-6 from 2-8 pm, Sunday, March 7 from 12-6 pm, The Dylan Hotel, 52 East 41, NYC

PHOTOGRAPHERS HELPING HAITI

Opening Night Preview Reception $20 March 4, 6-10 pm

More Images For Sale HERE and HERE

PHOTOGRAPHERS HELPING HAITI: ASMP: NY March 5-7 Benefit for Doctors Without Borders

from Brace For Impact: The Aftermath of Flight 1549
Photograph (c) Stephen Mallon /All Rights Reserved

from Brace For Impact: The Aftermath of Flight 1549
Photograph (c) Stephen Mallon /All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) Aaron Lee Fineman /All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) Salem Krieger /All Rights Reserved

More than 100 prints donated by ASMP (American Society of Media Photographers: New York Chapter) members will be on sale for $100 each, 100% of all sales goes directly to Doctors Without Borders.

Work available includes Stephen Mallon's photographs of The Salvage of Flight 1549 (...piloted safely onto New York's Hudson River by Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger), black and white portraits of Hungarian-born Master Photographer Andre Kertesz by Susan May Tell, Brazilian photographer Gilberto Tadday's recent images in Haiti, among so many others. Curated by Elizabeth Avedon.

The VERGE ART FAIR donated this ASMPNY Booth: Friday & Saturday, March 5-6 from 2-8 pm, Sunday, March 7 from 12-6 pm The Dylan Hotel, 52 East 41, NYC

PHOTOGRAPHERS HELPING HAITI

Opening Night Preview Reception $20 March 4, 6-10 pm
More Photos For Sale HERE and HERE

PAULA McCARTNEY: Bird Watching

Aqua Tanager
Photograph (c) Paula McCartney /All Rights Reserved

Northern Cardinal
Photograph (c) Paula McCartney /All Rights Reserved

Song Sparrow
Photograph (c) Paula McCartney /All Rights Reserved

I decided to...photograph the idealized scenes that I fantasized about, where songbirds decorated the trees as I moved through the landscape.

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I'm so pleased to see Princeton Architectural Press has published Paula McCartney's first monograph, Bird Watching. “These are gorgeous images, and in that sense, they are worthy of their subjects. She’s not laughing at us by drawing us into her fantasy, rather, she’s playfully reminding us that all photographs indulge in certain fictions...she takes us on a journey that is educative and inspiring”.—Darius Himes, editor, Radius Books.

Paula McCartney will discuss her work with Darius Himes (Founding Editor of Radius Books), together with a book signing, on Saturday March 6, 1:00 pm—2:00 pm KLOMPCHING Gallery, DUMBO

EXHIBITION

KLOMPCHING GALLERY
March 4- April 23, 2010

The Dreaded Bridesmaid Dress

We have all seen 27 Dresses (well at least I HOPE you have seen it) and know that all bridesmaid dresses are NOT created equal. When I was planning my wedding, I set out to try and find something that was cute and affordable. What I found out was that many "bridesmaid dress" companies charge upward to 350 dollars for a dress you most likely would wear ONCE in your life. Now this coming from a girl who rented her wedding dress (more on that at another time), I couldn't do it. I just couldn't ask the girls to wear a horrible piece of fabric that they would spend way too much money on and never wear again. I mean come on, you ASK these people to be in your wedding cause you love them! Why would you make them wear something hideous?!?!? 

Enter J. Crew. I have always loved this store and admired those fashionistas who could rock their apparel with such grace and elegance. My SIL is definitely one of those and I am forever jealous!! My best friend Kristy showed up to a mutual friends wedding wearing this adorable little black dress! Needless to say, when asked where the dress hailed from, she promptly replied "J.Crew". Thus the search for the bridesmaid dresses began.

(Okay you can't really tell the detail but Kristy is the one on the left in the 

adorable strapless black dress)

I made my other bridesmaids Whitney and Quinn accompany me to the nearest J. Crew store and try on dresses. NOTE TO BRIDES: My tip would be to have the dresses ordered to the store prior to trying them on so that you aren't left with colors and fabric that you are not liking. The girls were troopers and tried on a variety of styles...all which gave me pause and did not win my heart over. I kept going back to the idea that I wanted a simple, summer feeling and something all my girls could wear (but let's be honest...have you seen my bridesmaids, they are one fine looking group of ladies!

Missing my sisters but this is truly a phenomenal picture!!!

So I kept going back to that one little black dress that Kristy got and thought why not check to see if they have it in my color...and they DID! I was so happy...and guess what! All the girls loved it. So for under 200 dollars, they girls got a dress they liked and looked amazing in and I got to feel somewhat good about not having them pay an arm and a leg for their attire. Oh and my girls also recycled their dresses to another wedding party...so those dresses totally got a two for one deal:) Here they are in the dresses:

Surprises that thrill

In a previous post, I wrote about one of the best surprises of my life. Here is the unedited video from it. Hope you enjoy! Oh...and thanks Dad. You have forever made everyday special. I love you.

THE MUSEUM OF UNNATURAL HISTORY: CLAMPART

Struggle
Photograph (c) Amy Stein /All Rights Reserved

Katie at Natural History Museum, 1997
Photograph (c) Blake Fitch /All Rights Reserved

Animalia, 2009
Photograph (c) Nicole Hatanaka /All Rights Reserved

Storage, 2009
Photograph (c) Nicole Hatanaka /All Rights Reserved

CLAMPART Gallery

THE MUSEUM OF UNNATURAL HISTORY
Feb 25–April 10

The artists included in The Museum of Unnatural History exhibition are Richard Barnes, Justine Cooper, Jason DeMarte, Blake Fitch, Jill Greenberg, Nicole Hatanaka, Harri Kallio, Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon, Lori Nix, Matthew Pillsbury, Elliot Ross, Amy Stein, and Marisol Villanueva. My Interview With Richard Barnes

HEUNGMAN: Seeing Red | Broadway Gallery

Shanghai, Photographs (c) Heungman/All rights reserved

Shanghai, Photographs (c) Heungman/All rights reserved

Exhibition I: Heungman Photographs 90 Fengxian Road

Broadway Gallery 473 Broadway NYC

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Exhibition II: Seeing Red
Crossing Art Gallery 136-17 39th Ave. Flushing, NY

90 Fengxian Road, is a street lined with rows of colonial houses in Shanghai, China, built in 1911 for British missionaries. The road is directly behind a busy shopping section of Nanjing Road in a district called Jing’an. In 2006, New York based photographer HEUNGMAN rented an upstairs room as a home/studio for his 2-year-stay in recollecting memories of the motherland.

Heungman’s first focus was China’s recent past. He started by collecting Cultural Revolution relics and began working on his first project immediately. The controversial juxtaposition of naked female figures along side objects from the Mao era brought Heungman immediate recognition from the local art community but encountering political issues during his first exhibition in China. Because most galleries prefer the practice of self-censorship only a few selected pieces can be shown to public.

Despite this set back, Heungman moved onto a portrait series of twin sisters. Though less radical in point of view, Heugnman is satisfied with the duality and yin yang aspect of the project. In order to further preserve the characteristic of the location on film, Heungman shot a different series of nudes on the antique wood floor of his studio lit only with ambient light.

During his two years stay, Heungman also trained his lens on the every day life in and around the old Shanghai neighborhoods of his adopted home. He was quite delighted to get out of his studio but sad to see much of the neighborhood vanish before new China’s rapid reconstruction. Returning to the United States in 2008 Heungman now divides his time between Shanghai and New York. More about Heungman

Personal Touches make it that much better

I had an amazing meeting yesterday with one of our brides, Ashley (we wrote about her previously in Meet Ashley and Randy). We went to a cute little cafe and sat for about 2 and half hours and talked ALL things weddings. Ashley and Randy are getting married in April and so All You Need Is Love Events is really just acting as their "day of" coordinators but it was fun to sit down and go over a timeline, talk about the specifics, and hear about all the adorable personalized moments they are placing in their wedding.

When I asked Ashley about her invitations, she surprised me by letting me know she actually had a sample to show me. I of course was beyond excited as I love all things invites! Randy (the Groom) is an artist and so he hand designed their invitations using...wait for it...WATERCOLORS! These invites truly are one of the most personal and heartfelt invitations I have ever seen. I tried to capture them via my awesome IPhone camera so the quality is not that great but hopefully you can see how special these invitations are! What I find amazing is that he was able to capture the venue where they are getting married so beautifully that people are asking Ashley if they can keep the response cards. She had to tell them no:) Enjoy!

This is their response card and it features the gates at the LA River Center

where Ashley and Randy are getting married. I know the quality of the picture doesn't 

capture it as well but these were done in watercolor! AMAZING!

Back side of the response card.

Cover of the formal invitation.

I love the cartoon versions of Randy and Ashley on the cascading

red carpet into the flower beds. Perfectly LA:)

Backside of the invitation. Sorry it is blurry!

This is my favorite part of the set. Ashley has a large family (she is from Texas) and 

it is hard for all to come. SO...they are throwing a reception in TX and this is the

invite for that event. How cute is CA throwing the bouquet to TX? I love this!

This is the backside to that invite. The wording is definitely part of the charm:

"Can't make it out for the wedding or

just can't get enough of Ashley and Randy?

Then you're in luck!"

I just adore the states sipping champagne and throwing confetti together. Randy is from Wisconsin, so that is why the Badger state is hanging out in the crowd. Again, this is just so amazing!

So there you have it. Ashley and Randy are just too creative for words! I think that Randy needs to go in to a little side business doing personalized invitations don't you think??? 

31 WOMEN IN ART PHOTOGRAPHY IN MARCH

Sugar Cane, Maui, Hawaii

Photograph (c) Emily Shur /All Rights Reserved

Snowbound series, Wish

Photograph (c) Lisa M.Robinson /All Rights Reserved

Cave

Photograph (c) Ann Woo /All Rights Reserved

Bird Watching (cardinal)

Photograph (c)Paula McCartney /All Rights Reserved

31 Women In Art Photography: March 6 – April 10, 2010



An exhibition celebrating 31 of the most innovative women in new art photography. Curated by Charlotte Cotton and Jon Feinstein. Presented by Humble Arts Foundation and Affirmation Arts.

Affirmation Arts 523 W. 37th Street NYC



The exhibition, an eclectic mix of new talent, culled from open submissions, includes photographs by Erica Allen, Amelia Bauer, Claire Beckett, Gilda Davidian, Jessica Eaton, Naomi Harris, Carmen von Kende, Anna Krachey, Yvonne Lacet, Erika Larsen, Jessica Mallios, Alison Malone, S. Billie Mandle, Paula McCartney, Rachelle Mozman, Yamini Nayar, Sarah Palmer, Kristine Potter, Heather Rasmussen, Justine Reyes, Lisa M. Robinson, Irina Rozovsky, Sasha Rudensky, Victoria Sambunaris, Robin Schwartz, Emily Shur, Brea Souders, Rachel Sussman, Kirsten Kay Thoen, Carson Fisk-Vittori, and Ann Woo.

HASSELBLAD MASTER AWARDS WINNERS

Photograph (c) Lyle Owerko /All Rights Reserved

20/01/2010: With submissions from almost 3,000 photographers, ten photographers have been awarded the coveted title of Hasselblad Master.

Congratulations to the 2009 Hasselblad Masters Awards Winners!

Up-and-Coming: Lyle Owerko, NYC, USA
Wedding: Joao Carlos, NYC, USA
Portrait: Claudio Napolitano, Miami, USA / Caracas, Venezuela
Fashion: Dirk Rees, London, UK
Product: Mark Holthusen, San Francisco, USA
Fine Art: Quentin Shih, Beijing, China
Architecture: Stephan Zirwes, Stuttgart, Germany
Landscape: Bang Peng, Hong Kong
Editorial: Nina Berman, NYC, USA
General: Mark Zibert, Toronto, Canada

Read more about the competition HERE, with two of my favorite finalists, Sean Perry and Brad Wilson.

NEW BOOK: The Pictorial Consequence

Self Portrait (c) Caio Fernandes /All Rights Reserved

An Existence (Almost) Missed
Copyright (c) Caio Fernandes /All Rights Reserved

Brazilian artist, Caio Fernandes, is sometimes described as a Realist painter, "though the sheer intensity of his work sets him apart from most contemporary Realist painters. With a highly individualistic style of painting, Caio reveals the raw physical characteristics and inner tensions of his subjects."

Fernandes published his work on Blurb only a month ago, and already collector's from all over the world have purchased his book, The Pictorial Consequence: 1999 to 2010. Follow Caio's exceptional world on his blog, Mein Welt. More About Caio Here.

THE PICTORIAL CONSEQUENCE: 1999 to 2010

BLURB BOOK OF THE WEEK: My Brother's War

Preview Jessica Hine's Book My Brother's War

Photograph (c) Jessica Hines /All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) Jessica Hines /All Rights Reserved

Thank you, Blurb!

BLURB BOOK OF THE WEEK!

Zombie Ryan Colour

Tried some non-gradient colour for this. I think it turned out well. What I did was use a new layer beneath the lines for the colour. Perhaps some layer masking would result in a cleaner image. I guess I'm still learning to colour inside the lines!

The BIG news...

NO

I am not preggers!!

(I have had multiple people ask me)

The big news is that my awesome friend and now business partner Ms. Vikki Pang (soon to be Marsee) and I have launched our new website for our event planning business! It is not completed (as we are finalizing a lot of details) but the site is up and running and directs you back to the blog for now. 

So for those who are interested...go check it out! 

www.allyouneedisloveevents.com

There's nothing you can sing that can't be sung

THE DALAI LAMA MEETS THE PRESIDENTS

His Holiness the Dalai Lama and President Barack Obama

Photograph (c) Sonam Zoksang /All Rights Reserved

President Barack Obama Meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Official White House photograph by Pete Souza 2.18.10

H.H. the Dalai Lama in Front of The Capitol
Photograph (c) Sonam Zoksang /All Rights Reserved

President George Bush and Nancy Pelosi meet with H.H. the Dalai Lama
Photograph (c) Sonam Zoksang /All Rights Reserved

H.H. the Dalai Lama with U.S. Secretary of State, Dr. Condoleezza Rice
Photograph (c) Sonam Zoksang /All Rights Reserved

President Obama met with H.H. Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, at the White House today. Every U.S. President has met with H.H. The Dalai Lama since he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.

The International Campaign For Tibet

Feeling Nostalgic..

Just to brighten my day, I decided to sift through some wedding shots. Made me nostalgic and excited for my friends that are starting this process and those that are rapidly approaching their wedding dates! This also reminds me how much I ADORE Laura Grier and her photographers:) Stay classy out there!