Our proudly diverse country includes an abundance of distinctive micro cultures, some of which are nearly tucked out of public view. One such enclave thrived, until very recently, in Willets Point, Queens, a bustling Latino community that was home to a clutter of car lots and shops devoted to converting...
If there is such a thing as a second chance at childhood, the birth of a baby is perhaps the most hopeful opportunity to re-write your own history. Photographer Jesse Burke documents his sense of rediscovery through a captivating journey with his daughter in Wild & Precious, a solo show and accompanying...
Guest Blog by Suzanne Révy In her inaugural show as Chief Curator at the Newport Art Museum in Rhode Island, Francine Weiss celebrates the museum’s reverence for its nineteenth century home and its mission to embrace 21st Century artwork in her exhibition of two contemporary Rhode Island based artists...
Would you welcome a tranquil and contemplative state of mind right now? How about spending some winter months on the deserted Isles of Shoals, seven miles off the coast of Maine and New Hampshire? Don’t worry, photographer Alexandra de Steiguer has done this for us and offers stunning B&W photographs...
To most people, landscape photography denotes a sense of place. That’s probably the last thing that will cross your mind when viewing the mind-bending and exuberant landscapes by Ellen Waitzkin in her solo exhibit Water/Reflections, on view in The Paul Dietrich Gallery at Cambridge Seven Associates...
We are all immigrants, if you think about it. And these days, we are all thinking about it. In what seems a cruel paradox, a journey often motivated by the quest for peace and freedom only seems to breed fear in our current U.S. President. What would it take to replace that with compassion? In […]
Shock. Outrage. Dread. If you’re feeling like me a mere twelve days into the new Presidency, perhaps you’d welcome a little distraction. Maybe even a lot of distraction. Not alternative facts or fake news, but some visually enriching, soul satisfying art. Ready? Here come my February...
Guest Blog by J. Sybylla Smith Le Mois de Photo, the Month of Photo, organized by, the Maison Européenne de la Photo, (MEP) usually coincides with Paris Photo, but not this year. Going forward, it will be held in April. Nonetheless, an abundance of significant photography offerings were to be had outside...
Guest blog by J. Sybylla Smith The experience of attending Paris Photo is best described in Latin: Ars longue, vita brevis. Art is long, life is short! Held every November, this photo fair hosts 178 exhibitors from 34 countries, 30 book publishers, The Photobook of the Year Awards, Prismes, (a curated...
It’s always exciting to discover talented and promising emerging photographers which is one of the reasons I love visiting the very photography-forward Norton Museum in Palm Beach, Florida. They have just awarded their (third) $20,000 Rudin Prize to NY-based photographer Elizabeth Bick, whose work...
