ANTHONY JONES: Urban Environment

London Taxis, 1998
Photograph (c) Anthony Jones /All Rights Reserved

Canary Wharf Station
Photograph (c) Anthony Jones /All Rights Reserved

Puddle, London
Photograph (c) Anthony Jones /All Rights Reserved

Man Walking Down a Passageway
Photograph (c) Anthony Jones /All Rights Reserved

Black Dog Portfolio: Street Study II
Photograph (c) Anthony Jones /All Rights Reserved

"I still have that first roll of film (I ever took), it was of Trafalgar Square, the photographs are of the space, the built environment of the square and not the people. I return there often to photograph."

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Anthony Jones is a London based photographer known for his black and white images of the urban environment. He uses a Hasselblad medium format camera. His work has been exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the National Portrait Gallery, London, and through many galleries, including the John Stevenson Gallery in New York.

Purchase silver gelatin prints by Anthony Jones here

SUSAN MAY TELL: André Kertész

Photograph (c) Susan May Tell /All Rights Reserved

When André Kertész, my favorite photographer of all time, and who lived nearby in Greenwich Village, saw this photograph he told me: "Many times I see that and say I have to photograph it. Now that I've seen this, I no longer have to."–Susan May Tell

–from Susan May Tell's slide presentation Photographs of Space, Silence, and Solitude, hosted by photographer David Brommer, B+H's Event Space Coordinator.

ANNE FRANK: The Leica Photographs of Otto Frank. Leica Gallery, New York

Anne and Margot Frank, The Netherlands. July 1938
Photograph (c)AFS/AFF, Amsterdam/Basel

Anne Frank: A Private Photo Album
“I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.”

Anne Frank (2nd from left) with her friends on her 10th birthday.

The Leica Photographs of Otto Frank

"As an amateur photographer, Otto Frank focuses on a single theme: the life and times of his family, wife Edith and daughters Anne and Margot. Nothing we see in the snapshots of daily life captured by Otto Frank – one of the first users of the 35mm Leica camera - reveals the horrors the Frank Family will later endure."

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"Anne Frank was a German-Jewish teenager who was forced to go into hiding during the Holocaust. She and her family, along with four others, spent 25 months during World War II in an annex of rooms above her father’s office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

After being betrayed to the Nazis, Anne, her family, and the others living with them were deported to Nazi concentration camps. In March of 1945, Anne Frank died at Bergen-Belsen. She was fifteen years old.

Her diary, saved during the war, was first published in 1947. Today, The Diary of Anne Frank has been translated into 67 languages and is one of the most widely read books in the world."

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"Through a unique partnership with the Leica Gallery, The Anne Frank Center USA presents Anne Frank: A Private Photo Album on view from September 22, 2010 through October 30, 2010.

Featuring 70 black-and-white photographs, many of which have only recently been discovered, this exhibition provides viewers with an intimate glimpse into Anne Frank’s life as a young girl."

Anne Frank: A Private Photo Album
The Leica Photographs of Otto Frank

Leica Gallery 670 Broadway New York

Opening Reception: Sept 21, 2010
Exhibition Dates: Sept 22, 2010 – Oct 30, 2010

CHRIS KILLIP: 4 + 20 PHOTOGRAPHS

Photograph (c) Chris Killip/All Rights Reserved


CHRIS KILLIP: 4 + 20 PHOTOGRAPHS
AMADOR GALLERY
sept 15 - nov 13

SUZANNE PAUL: Portraits and Prominent Figures in the Early Houston Art World

Edward Albee, 1999
Photograph (c) The Estate of Suzanne Paul/All Rights Reserved

Clair With Fly, 1976
from "Women See Women: A Photographic Anthology"
Photograph (c) The Estate of Suzanne Paul/All Rights Reserved

Richard Stout, 1999
Photograph (c) The Estate of Suzanne Paul/All Rights Reserved

Mel Chin, 2000
Photograph (c) The Estate of Suzanne Paul/All Rights Reserved

Exhibition Catalog FotoFest 2001

Short essay by Exhibition Curator Clint Willour and paragraph by Walter Hopps. Cover photograph of Edward Albee by Suzanne Paul

Self Portrait with Bob, Central America, 1971
Photograph (c) Suzanne Paul/All Rights Reserved

Mercedes and Bob, Houston
(scan through glass)
Photograph (c) Suzanne Paul/All Rights Reserved

Elizabeth Paul, Candy Frasier and Marilyn Schiller (Mayo), Houston 1971

"This is a small test print...thought you might be interested, love Suzie"
Photograph (c) Suzanne Paul/All Rights Reserved

"There is a belief in many cultures that the camera is capable of stealing the human soul or spirit. Suzy Paul's camera may not steal the soul, but it certainly captures it and the spirit within."–Clint Willour

Being Human: Portraits by Suzanne Paul
September 6 - October 13, 2001
Curated by Clint Willour
Executive Director and Curator, Galveston Arts Center

Houston, TX (August 20, 2001)- Fotofest began its 2001-2002 exhibition programs at Vine Street Studios with Being Human, an exhibition featuring over 60 black and white portraits taken over a period of more than 40 years by Suzanne Paul. In intimate and revealing ways, Paul documented many of the artists, curators, and gallery owners who shaped Houston's art scene since the 1970's and 80's. (Houston's Fotofest)

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"The late Suzanne deYoung Paul (b. 1945 - d. 2005), a pioneer female photographer in Houston, was best known for her intuitive portraits of the art world. Being the first female photographer to have a solo exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and many other prestigious exhibitions including The Fort Worth Art Museum, Galveston Arts Center, private galleries and museums, Paul became known for her portraits of such well known artists as Julian Schnabel, Mel Chin, Andy Warhol and playwright Edward Albee. Several of her photographs are in the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

The late Walter Hopps said of Suzanne Paul, "[She] should be recognized as one of the finest photographers to come out of Houston. Her essential medium is black and white photography, and her most important subject matter is portraiture. Not all photographers are skilled printers of their work. Paul is a superb printer achieving areas of deep black in line with her instinct for the chiaroscuro lighting of the subject. Having been the subject of one of Paul's portraits, I have experienced the directness and honesty of her work. She has caught an unidealized view of who I am." (Deborah Colton Gallery)

At the age of nine, Paul began photographing her sister, dogs, and horses with a Kodak Brownie camera given to her by her father, also a photographer. She studied Fine Arts at the University of Houston graduating with a BFA in 1963 and later did graduate work at the University of California at Berkley in 1970. She considered herself to be a self-taught photographer, however, because classes in photography were not available at that time. Early on she saw an Irving Penn photograph which sparked her interest in photography. She credits Diane Arbus with inspiring her to search for "that most revealing moment" in portraiture. Her start in the art world came in 1976 when Contemporary Art Museum Director Jim Harithas hired her to document artists and exhibits for the museum's catalogs.

Paul used a 1957 Rolleiflex camera, drove a 1960 Oldsmobile, and may have been one of the few artists in Houston without an e-mail address. Following in the tradition of Imogene Cunningham, Paul photographed with the twin lens reflex camera as well as a Holga camera with a plastic lens. She began shooting with 35mm but eventually felt the need to move to the larger 2 1/4 medium format negative and continued to do all her own printing. As stated by her daughter Mercedes Paul, "Suzanne's ability to capture the true essence and spirit within the souls of her subjects proved that she could identify with people from all walks of life. She worked on a higher, more intuitive level than most humans experience."

Suzanne Paul's photographs are represented by
Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston

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Clint Willour has curated and juried hundreds of exhibitions all over the world. He visits studios and volunteers his time for myriad committees and boards. Noted for his keen eye and dry sense of humor, Willour is a trusted advisor to all kinds of people in the art world. He's an enthusiastic advocate for emerging artists, giving insightful portfolio reviews everywhere, from FotoFest's biennial "Meeting Place" to the People's Republic of China. Willour, who was named Texas Patron of the Year in 2006 by the Art League Houston, is also an astute collector and generously donates to institutions. Over the years Willour has given more that 1,000 artworks to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; they're now valued at $1.2 million. (from Houston Press)

I'd like to personally thank Clint Willour, Executive Director and Curator of the Galveston Arts Center, for his more than generous help. He actually took the time to research SP's work at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and send it to me! Thank you so much.

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Very few images of Suzanne's work are available to view online. I hope this post may inspire a Photography student in Houston to create a project for academic credit to scan Suzanne's photographs. Hopefully many more people will be able to view her work online in the future.

Please excuse the poor quality of the images above. It's no reflection on Suzanne Paul's work, but on my poor attempt's at scanning.

BILL EPPRIDGE: Kennedy Campaign Trail

Bobby Kennedy campaigns into the night, 1968
Photograph (c) Bill Eppridge/All Rights Reserved

Bobby Kennedy with crowd during the 1968 Presidential race
Photograph (c) Bill Eppridge/All Rights Reserved

Robert Kennedy, New York City
Photograph (c) Bill Eppridge/All Rights Reserved

Senator Robert Kennedy at a rally, Sioux City, Iowa, 1966
Photograph (c) Bill Eppridge/All Rights Reserved

Busboy Juan Romero tries to comfort Presidential candidate Bobby Kennedy. The burned master vintage print used for reproduction in LIFE Magazine of Senator Robert F. Kennedy Shot, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, Ca, June 5, 1968. Photograph (c) Bill Eppridge/All Rights Reserved

July 2-Sept 26, 2010

"An American Treasure"

Photographs by Bill Eppridge

Monroe Gallery, Santa Fe

100 EYES: Home Issue

Pont-Rouge, Haiti

36 year old Haitian earthquake survivor Bouro Etienne stays at his still working shelter where he and his wife and 4 other family members live together. Photograph (c) Q. Sakamaki /All Rights Reserved

Fragmented Cities (Mexico)
Photograph (c) Alejandro Cartagena/All Rights Reserved

Ireland
Photograph (c) Kim Haughton/All Rights Reserved

near Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Photograph (c) John Vink/Magnum/All Rights Reserved

Mumbai Neighborhood
Photograph (c) Nehru Nagar/All Rights Reserved

Park Slope, Brooklyn
Photograph (c) Erica McDonald/All Rights Reserved

Where ever you are, treat the earth gently, and be thankful for your friends and your own home, wherever that may be.–Andy Levin, publisher

100 EYES HOME ISSUE

Photographs by Alejandro Cartagena, Erica McDonald, Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Kim Haughton, Albertina d'Urso, Q. Sakamaki, Samantha Box, Thomas Lindahl Robinson, Livio Mancini, John Vink/Magnum. Must-See..

View Andy Levin's photographs of the oil catastrophe in his HOME of Louisiana: Oil Catastrophe

LAURENT GIRARD: Statues of Central Park

Robert Burns
Photograph (c)Laurent Girard /All Rights Reserved

The Falconer

Photograph (c)Laurent Girard /All Rights Reserved

Sir Walter Scott

Photograph (c)Laurent Girard /All Rights Reserved

Group of Bears
Photograph (c)Laurent Girard /All Rights Reserved

Indian Hunter
Photograph (c)Laurent Girard /All Rights Reserved

Three Dancing Maidens
Photograph (c)Laurent Girard /All Rights Reserved

The Angel of the Waters
Photograph (c)Laurent Girard /All Rights Reserved

Taking photographs since the age of 12, French born Laurent Girard has been one of the world's most sought-after master black and white printers for decades. Laurent is the former owner of New York's legendary Lexington Labs, printing for everyone from Richard Avedon, Peter Beard, Annie Leibovitz, Bruce Weber, Bert Stern, Herb Ritts to Bruce Davidson, Nicholas Vreeland and Patti Smith (his impressive client list here!). In 2002, he merged Lexington Labs with Coloredge, and, in 2008, Laurent joined Griffin Editions, providing Fine Art Photographic Printing for Artists, Museums and Galleries (their blog). Central Park website.

Statues in Central Park
Gelatin Silver Prints / Selenium Toned
Prints For Sale

ASSAF POCKER: Scar Tissue

Cosmo
Photograph (c)Assaf Pocker /All Rights Reserved

Gia
Photograph (c)Assaf Pocker /All Rights Reserved

Van
Photograph (c)Assaf Pocker /All Rights Reserved

Van
Photograph (c)Assaf Pocker /All Rights Reserved

Liora (Portrait of the photographer's Mother)
Photograph (c)Assaf Pocker /All Rights Reserved

"Pain recognizes pain"–Assaf Pocker

Assaf Pocker was born in 1958 in Be'er Sheva, Israel. He studied Photography and Art at Jerusalem's Bezalel Academy of Art and Design and worked as a successful photojournalist in Israel throughout the 1980s. After moving to the U.S., Pocker has been working on his series, Scar Tissue, to be published by Nazraeli Press. The subject matter is pain, raw pain, and the images are very intense. You can view them here

"Scar Tissue" Nazraeli Press, Fall 2010
With An Introduction by Renee T. Coulombe, PhD

STELLA JOHNSON: photo-eye Showcase

Djohong, Cameroon, 2003
Photograph (c) Stella Johnson/All Rights Reserved

Orinoco, Nicaragua, 2003
Photograph (c) Stella Johnson/All Rights Reserved

Orinoco, Nicaragua, 2003
Photograph (c) Stella Johnson/All Rights Reserved

"Restlessness and curiosity led me to travel to places far enough away from my immediate world to have an open field. There’s a magnetism that led me to those places, to imagine what I wanted to do with my camera."– Photographer STELLA JOHNSON

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photo-eye Photographer's Showcase
An Online Juried Photography Gallery

ROSE-LYNN FISHER: -BEE-

tarsus
Photograph (c) Rose-Lynn Fisher/All Rights Reserved

the bee's knee
Photograph (c) Rose-Lynn Fisher/All Rights Reserved

eye

"The first time I looked at a bee’s eye magnified I was amazed to see a field of hexagons, just like honeycomb" Photograph (c) Rose-Lynn Fisher/All Rights Reserved

BEE, Photography by Rose-Lynn Fisher
Princeton Architectural Press

"As though revealing a secret, the scanning electron microscope presents a realm of structure, design and pattern at a level of intricacy we are oblivious to in our daily experience."–rose-lynn fisher

–BEE–
Photographs by Rose-Lynn Fisher

FARMANI GALLERY

June 3 - June 26

An Afternoon with the Artist: June 19 1-5 PM

DAVID J. CAROL: All My Lies Are True

"The book spread with the volcano in Costa Rica"
Photograph (c) David J. Carol/All Rights Reserved

"The boat on the Arctic Ocean off of Baffin Island"
Photograph (c) David J. Carol/All Rights Reserved

"Fox"
Photograph (c) David J. Carol/All Rights Reserved

Photo Book: All My Lies Are True
PDNPHOTOANNUAL2010 Winner

"All My Lies Are True" (a PDN Photo Annual 2010 Winner) is a book of “events” that I thought were interesting and that I needed to save as proof of what I had seen. Every picture was taken with the same motivation, to see if I could preserve that evidence in a photograph.

David J. Carol Website
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