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May 19th, Atlanta: Talk with William Boling and Michael David Murphy of Fall Line Press
Fall Line Press | Westside Arts District
Talk with William Boling and Michael David Murphy
Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 12:30 pm
From Fall Line’s newsletter: “As part of the Westside Arts District Art Walk this weekend, Publisher William Boling and Editor Michael Daivd Murphy of Fall Line will speak at 12:30. As we approach our one year anniversary, we’ve come a long way and have more, exciting ventures in store. William and Michael will discuss our current publications, reading room and bookstore, and our upcoming new releases including Bottom of da Boot by photographer Kael Alford.”
Fall Line Press
1000 Marietta Street, Ste 112
Atlanta, Georgia [map]
May 17th, NYC: “On the Razor’s Edge: Form and Content in Documentary Photography”
New York Photo Festival 2012
Panel Discussion & Reception: On the Razor’s Edge: Form and Content in Documentary Photography
Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Reception and book signing to follow panel discussion.
“On the Razor’s Edge: Between Documentary and Fine Art Photography is a featured exhibition at the New York Photo Festival in DUMBO, Brooklyn, May 16-20, 2012.
The artists are leading documentary and editorial photographers working today and include Bruce Davidson, Rina Castelnuovo, Lori Grinker, Platon, Reza, and Eugene Richards. The show is curated by Glenn Ruga.
The exhibition concept explores how photographs based on representations of our world can exist both as documentary and as fine art, and how the meaning of the work can be transformed in each environment. Each of the artists represented here produce powerful work on important global themes. The emphasis on the meaning of this work can vary if the work appears in a commercial art gallery, non-commercial art gallery, book, museum, or on the internet.
This panel will discuss the issues of form and content in documentary photography. Following the panel will be a reception for the Razor’s Edge exhibition, as well as for The Art of Documentary exhibit in the mezzanine level of powerHouse Arena. This exhibit is work from a call for entries from SocialDocumentary.net.”
Moderator: Glenn Ruga
Curator at New York Photo Festival
Executive Director of the Photographic Resource Center
Founder and Director of SocialDocumentary.net
Panelists:
Bruce Davidson
Lori Grinker
Platon
Reza
Tickets are required to attend the discussion; they are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Details here.
powerHouse Arena
37 Main Street
Brooklyn, New York [map]
May 11th, NYC: Performance by LaToya Ruby Frazier
- © 2012 LaToya Ruby Frazier
Whitney Museum of American Art
Demystifying the Myth of the “Urban Pioneer”
Performance by LaToya Ruby Frazier
With Tony Buba, Sharon Zukin, and Damian Catera
Friday, May 11, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Admission: Free or “pay-what-you-wish” on Fridays.
“Photographer and media artist LaToya Ruby Frazier uses the conventions of social documentary to probe and upend traditional narratives of urban growth and the triumph of industry. Exposing the underbelly of corporate practices—rapid de-industrialization and outsourcing, environmental negligence, and inner-city gentrification—Frazier’s work examines the crises of postindustrial communities and the racial divisions wrought by capital. Tonight she is joined by filmmaker Tony Buba, sociologist Sharon Zukin, and composer and sound artist Damian Catera for a multimedia exploration of the myth of the “urban pioneer” within her hometown of Braddock, Pennsylvania.”
This performance is being presented in conjunction with the Whitney Biennial 2012, which includes LaToya Ruby Frazier, on view until May 27, 2012.
Whitney Museum, Lower Gallery
945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street
New York, New York 10021
Tel: (212) 570-3600
May 10th, Philadelphia: Artist Talk & Book Signing by Lydia Panas
- © 2012 Lydia Panas
The Print Center
Artist Talk and Book Signing by Lydia Panas
Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 6:00 pm
Free and open to the public.
“Photographer Lydia Panas will discuss her artwork, sign her newly published book The Mark of Abel and talk about her successful approach to sharing her work. The Kutztown, PA resident’s career has centered on creating evocative color portraits of friends and families which offer the viewer incisive character studies revealed through gaze and body language.
RSVP is not required, but preferred: evandenberg [at] printcenter.org or 215-735-6090 x1.”
The Print Center
1614 Latimer Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 [map]
215 735.6090
May 4th, Atlanta: “Diane Arbus’ 1960s: Auguries of Experience” A Lecture by Frederick Gross
Fall Line Press
Lecture by Frederick Gross: Diane Arbus’ 1960s: Auguries of Experience
Friday, May 4, 2012, reception at 6:00, lecture at 7:00 pm
“Frederick Gross, an art history professor at SCAD-Savannah, will discuss his research on Diane Arbus’s work focusing on the moment in which it was produced and first viewed to reveal its broader significance for analyzing and mapping the culture of the 1960s.
By shifting critical attention from the myths of Arbus’s biography to the mythmaking of her art, this book gives us a new, informed appreciation of one of the twentieth century’s most important photographers and a better understanding of the world in which she worked.
Diane Arbus’s 1960s: Auguries of Experience was published by the University of Minnesota Press in February and will be available for purchase at the Fall Line Bookstore. Join us for drinks at 6 PM, with a formal lecture following at 7 PM.”
Fall Line Press
1000 Marietta St. NW, Ste 112
Atlanta, Georgia 30318 [map]
May 2nd, Boston: Artist Talk by Shelby Lee Adams
Photographic Resource Center 
Artist Talk by Shelby Lee Adams: Salt & Truth
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 6:30 pm
Registration: $10 general | $5 members | free for BU community & PRC member institutions
“Shelby Lee Adams will discuss his new book, Salt & Truth, published by Candela Books in October and featured in The New York Times Sunday Review in November 2011. The book is a compilation of black and white photographs predominately made over the last eight years, including ten previously unpublished images that represent an overview of the entire 36 years Adams has continued working within his native community in Eastern Kentucky. His slide presentation will include informal photos made with his friends and subjects as well as quotes and observations made by his people to share with and inform the viewer of his process and the collaborative nature of his work.”
BU College of General Studies, Room 511
871 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts [map]
“The Red Sox will be in town that evening. Plan accordingly. The lot adjacent to the PRC, and one block from the auditorium, is open to the public for $10. Nearby on-street parking in Brookline may be available.”
May 5th, Philadelphia: PPAC 3rd Annual Book Fair
Philadelphia Photo Arts Center
3rd Annual Book Fair
Saturday, May 5, 2012, 12:00-6:00 pm
Free and open to the public.
“PPAC will be hosting its third annual book fair on May 5th of 2012. A number of local, national and international presses, publishers and artists will be in attendance selling books, prints and other ephemera.
Partial list of participants
Gottlund Verlag
Sun System Press
A-Jump Books
Schematic Quarterly
Chad States
Debutante Hair
Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University
Vox Populi
Bodega Press
Visual Studies Workshop/ Preacher’s Biscuit Books
Spaces Corners
MACK
Miniature Garden
NOWORK
Empty Stretch
Conveyor Arts
Indie Photobook Library
Lay Flat
Mossless
Swill Children
Chad Muthard
Christopher Gianunzio & Jenny Tondera
Light Work
Curated Table
Roma Publications
Little Brown Mushrooms
Paula McCartney
Lex Thompson
Loosestrife Editions
Hamburger Eyes
Megawords
Book Signings
Ron Jude/ Lick Creek Line (MACK)
Benjamin Lowy/ Iraq | Perspectives (CDS/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography)
Ed Panar/ Salad Days Volumes I &II (Gottlund Verlag)
Animals That Saw Me: Volume 1 (Ice Plant)
For inquiries, please contact us at: Bookfair@philaphotoarts.org.”
PPAC
1400 N. American Street #103
Philadelphia, PA 19122 [map]
Call: 215-232-5678
May 4th-6th, Flagstaff: 5th Annual Portfolio Review & Juried Competition – Register Now
Flagstaff Photography Center
5th Annual Portfolio Review & Juried Competition
Friday to Sunday, May 4-6, 2012
Registration for the entire weekend: $75 general | $60 for FPC members
“Photographers from all experience levels are invited to have their bodies of work reviewed in one-on-one, half-hour sittings with a variety of working professionals specializing in photography, design, fine art, publishing and education.
Please provide a CD/DVD (submitted at the time of registration) containing 15 jpg files of projectable quality accompanied by a one-page printed index of images with a short biography and statement of the work for consideration.
REGISTER IN ADVANCE! Limited space is available for the morning and afternoon sessions. Call Jason at the FPC, 928-774-2544 or email info@
Visit Flagstaff Photography Center‘s website for the weekend schedule, reviewer list, fee schedule, et cetera.
April 27th, Toronto: Contact Photography Festival Launch Party & Exhibition
Contact Photography Festival
Festival Launch Party: Friday, April 27, 2012, 7:00-10:00 pm
Contact Photography Festival launches tonight with a party and reception for the festival’s primary exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art.
Next week will have many more openings throughout Toronto and through the month of May there will be photography related events and workshops. To see what’s coming up, check out their calendar.
MOCCA
952 Queen Street West
Toronto, Ontario
M6J 1G8, Canada
Public Information Line: (416) 395-0067
April 29th: Registration Closes for the New England Portfolio Reviews – Spaces Are Still Available!
New England Portfolio Reviews
Hosted by: Griffin Museum of Photography | Photographic Resource Center
Registration closes Sunday, April 29, 2012
“The New England Portfolio Reviews will be held at Boston University this year and will take place on Friday morning, May 11, and all day Saturday, May 12.
This year we will offer a portfolio walk. All photographers will have the opportunity to share their work to all the reviewers, other attendees, and special guests invited by the Photographic Resource Center and the Griffin Museum of Photography on Saturday following the afternoon review session.
The New England Portfolio Reviews is an opportunity for emerging and established photographers to meet with curators, teachers, gallerists, and other image professionals. The Reviews will serve individuals who are just embarking on their careers and those who have several years of experience and are hoping to reach new audiences by initiating connections with leading figures in the busy New England photography world.”
To get information about registration, reviewer schedule, rate, and more, visit newenglandportfolioreviews.com.”