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An evening with Robert Frank (part 2)

5/17/2008

I mentioned a few days ago that Robert Frank was to speak at the Walter Reade Theater on May 15th to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Americans. (…)

New Acquisition - Mike and Doug Starn’s Structure of Thought 6a and 6b

5/13/2008

Structure of Thought 6a and 6b, Mike and Doug Starn, courtesy 20×200.
20×200 released two bonus limited edition prints last month from Mike and Doug Starn as a benefit for Blind Spot. (…)

An evening with Robert Frank

5/5/2008

Photograph by Robert Frank
I am terribly envious of anyone who managed to get tickets to An Evening With Robert Frank at the Walter Reade Theater on May 15, featuring a slideshow from Gerhard Steidl on the making of the new edition of The Americans, a showing of Pull My Daisy, a preview of a new documentary about Frank, and then a discussion with the man himself. (…)

A weekend without a camera

4/13/2008

For a weekend where I didn’t pick up a camera, I did a surprising amount of photography-related things. (…)

Jem Southam at Robert Mann Gallery

3/20/2008

Jem Southam is a color landscape photographer from England, and his exhibition “The Rockfalls of Normandy” opens tonight at the Robert Mann Gallery. (…)

The use of cliché as related to likelihood of success

3/17/2008

Jason Kottke links today to some statistics released by the Virginia Quarterly Review about the correlation between cliché in poetry and likelihood of publication. (…)

The Pricing and Selling of Art

3/13/2008

Much has been written on the web lately about the lowering of the barrier of entry to collecting art, thanks to sites like Etsy and 20×200, who make artwork much more affordable and easier to find than ever. (…)

Raymond Meeks

3/5/2008

I discovered the work of Raymond Meeks today via Exposure Compensation. (…)

31 under 31: young women in art photography

2/29/2008

The Humble Arts Foundation and Ladies Lotto present work by women under 31 at the Gallery at 3rd Ward this Saturday, March 1. The opening is at 7 and requires an RSVP. (…)

Jen Bekman in the New York Times

2/29/2008

A very nice write-up about Jen Bekman in the New York Times yesterday. Ms. (…)