September 17-23: 2012 Brooklyn Book Festival. 280+ Authors; more than 104 panels confirmed for September 23; over 50 Bookend events. Brooklyn Bourough Hall and Plaza, 209 Joralmon Street, Brooklyn, NY. Information.

September 19-23: Unseen Photo Fair | Offprint Book Fair. Amsterdam. Highlights of the fair include the Unseen Collection, a curated exhibition of one new photograph from each participating gallery, and the launch of Foam Magazine's annual Talent Issue. The fair will be held in Westergasfabriek, a former gasworks site dating back to 1885 that offers a mix of 19th-century industrial buildings surrounded by parks and cultural facilities.  Information.

September 20-23: Inaugural Expo Chicago. Navy Pier, Chicago. Information.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Panel discussion, 6:30: Shifting Sands: Conflict Photojournalism and Ethics | with Stephen Mayes, Marcus Beasdale, Jason Cone, Philip Gourevitch, Thomas Keenan and Kira Pollack. Aperture Gallery and Bookstore, 547 West 27^th Street, 4^th Floor, NY, NY. 

Opening reception, 6-8: pm: Brian Belott | A Goosh Noosh. Zurcher Studio, 33 Bleecker Street, NY, NY.

Wednesday, September 19

Opening reception, 5:30-8:80 pm: Jose Picayo | New Work. Robin Rice Gallery, 325 West 11^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8: pm: After | featuring works from kelly behun|STUDIO and R 20th Century Design. 82 Franklin Street, NY, NY. Information.

 

Trevor Paglen, Soyuz Fg Rocket Launch, Baikonur Cosodrome, Kazakhstan, from Last Pictures. Information.

Creative Time and Live from NYPL presents, 7-8:30 pm: Trevor Paglen in conversation with Werner Herzog and Tracy K. Smith on the subject of Trevor Paglen | The Last Pictures/Space 2012. New York Public Library, Bryant Park Upper Terrace, 42^nd Street between 5^th-6^th Avenues, NY, NY. Information. Free and open to the public.

Big City Dare 2 Draw presents, 6-9:30: Special Guest Dorian Vallejo | Dynamic Action Models, Contests and Prizes. Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63^rd Street, NY, NY. $10 at the door.

Book launch, 7-9 pm: Salman Rushdie | Joseph Anton: A Memoir. powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY. Tickets $35. All ticketholders will receive a signed copy ofJoseph Anton.

Marco Anelli, from Portraits in the Presence of Marina Abramovic. Book signing Thursday at Danziger Gallery.

Thursday, September 20

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Robert Frank | Photographs from the Pennwick Foundation Collection and book signing for Marco Anelli | Portraits in the Presence of MarinaAbramovic. Danziger Gallery, 527 West 23^rd Street, NY, NY.

Lecture and book Signing, 6:30 pm: Richard Misrach and Kate Orff. Museum of Modern Art, Theater 3, enter at 4 West 54^th Street Street, NY, NY. RSVP.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Andre Cypriano | Two Decades. Frederico Seve Gallery, 37 West 57^th Street, 4^th Floor, NY, NY.

TDC Salon presents, 6:30-8:30: Ray Cruz. Type Directors Club, 347 West 36^th Street, Suite 603, NY, NY. Sign up $20/$15/$10. Members may bring a guest free of charge.

Reception, 6:30-9 pm: Jewelry by Pamela Singh. Sepia Eye, 41 West 57^th Street, 6^th Floor, NY, NY. RSVP.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Artie Vierkant | Image Objects. Higher Pictures, 980 Madison Avenue, NY, NY.

Book launch, 7-9 pm: Adrian Tomine | New York Drawings. powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY.

In Providence, Rhode Island, opening reception, 5:30-8:30 pm: America in View | Landscape Photography 1865 to Now. Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Desig, 224 Benefit Street, Providence, RI. Public Programs

Manolo Valdés, Butterflies, 2012, at New York Botanical Garden. Photograph © Manolo Valdés, courtesy Marlborough Gallery, New York.

Friday, September 21

Reception, exhibition walkthrough, and book signing, 6-8 pm: Richard Misrach and Kate Orff. Aperture Gallery and Bookstore, 547 West 27^th Street, 4^th Floor, NY, NY. Walkthrough at 6 pm.

Book Launch, 6-8 pm: Ofer Wolberger | 12 Books (Horses Think Press). Printed Matter, 195 Tenth Avenue, NY, NY. Information.

Book Signing, 5:45-7:15 pm: Saul Leiter’s Retrospective. International Center of Photography Bookstore, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY. I

In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, opening reception, 6-8 pm: More Photographs of Buildings and Food | Works by over 30 artists working in Photography. Gallery 339, 339 South 21^stStreet, Philadelphia, PA.

Saturday, September 22

Opening reception, 3-6 pm: Face Dreams | Ray DiCecco. Chashama 461 Gallery, 461 West 126^th Street, LNY, NY.

Reception, 5-8 pm: Awakened | featuring work by 60 artists to benefit Adopt-A-Pet curated by Alix Sloan. AFA, 54 Green Street, NY, NY. RSVP requested.

Continuing through May 26, 2013: Manolo Valdes | Monumental Sculpture. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx River Parkway and Fordham Road, Bronx, NY. Information.

In Toronto, Ontario, artist’s talk, 1-2 pm and opening reception, 2-5 pm: Alison Rossiter | Lost and Found. 1026 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON. RSVP for talk.