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By Peggy Roalf   Thursday April 23, 2009

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Left: Shipwreck and salmon fishermen on the Columbia River between Washington and Oregon, 2007. Right: The road to Forks, Washington, 2006. Both copyright Eirik Johnson, courtesy G. Gibson Gallery.

Thursday, April 23, 7:00 pm: Book signing and reception for Magnum photographers and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Access to Life
, photographs by Jonas Bendiksen (Haiti), Jim Goldberg (India), Alex Majoli (Russia), Steve McCurry (Vietnam), Paolo Pellegrin (Mali), Gilles Peress (Rwanda), Eli Reed (Peru), and Larry Towell (South Africa and Swaziland).
Aperture Gallery
, 547 West 27th Street, New York, NY. 212.505.5555

Thursday, April 23, 6-8:30 pm: Book signing and opening reception for exhibition presented in conjunction with Julie Saul Gallery
Vector Portraits
by Andrew Bush with texts by Andrew Bush, Patt Morrison and Jeff L. Rosenheim
Yossi Milo Gallery, 525 West 25th Street, New York, NY.

Tuesday, April 28, 7:00-9:00 pm: Book launch party
Car Girls
by Jacqueline Hassink
Manhattan Motorcars, 270 11th Avenue, New York, NY.
RSVP
: ccaputo@aperture.org or 212.533.1281

Thursday, April 30, 6-8 pm: Opening reception and book signing
Sites of Impact: Meteorite Craters Around the World by Stan Gaz, and essays by Christian Koeberl and Robert
Advance copies of the book are presently available only at the gallery.
ClampArt Gallery, 521-531 West 25th Street, Ground Floor, New York, NY. 646.230.0020.

Thursday, April 30, 7:00 pm: Artist's talk and book signing
Photography After Frank
by Philip Gefter
SF Camerawork, 657 Mission Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA. 415.512.2020

Saturday, May 2, 4:00-6:00 pm: Opening reception and book signing
The Other Half of the Sky
by Lili Almog, with essay by Richard Vine
Andrea Meislin Gallery, 526 West 26th Street, Suite 214, New York, NY. 212-627-2552

Saturday, May 2, 5:00 pm: Artist's talk and book signing
Private Views
by Barbara Crane, with an essay by Barbara Hitchcock
Art Chicago, The Merchandise Mart, 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, 12th floor, Chicago, IL. Free with admission to Art Chicago.

Thursday, May 7, 6-8pm: Reception and book signing
Sawdust Mountain
by Eirik Johnson, with texts by Tess Gallagher and David Gutterson.
G. Gibson Gallery, 300 S. Washington Street, Seattle, WA. 206.587.4033
Friday, May 8, 7:00 pm: Eirik Johnson will appear at
PhotoAlliance, San Francisco Art Institute, 800 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, California, 415.781.8111
Saturday, May 9, 2:00 pm:
Eirik Johnson will appear with Tess Gallagher at Elliot Bay Book Company, 101 South Main Street, Seattle, Washington, 206.624-6600

Saturday, May 16, 7:00-10:00 pm: Opening reception and book signing
Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography
by Lyle Rexer
Aperture Gallery, 547 West 27th Street, New York, New York. 212.505.5555

Saturday, May 16, 4:00 pm: Book signing
Periodical Photographs
by Dan Winters, with an essay by Lynn Hirschberg
Stanley Korshak, 500 Crescent Court, Dallas, TX. 214.871.3600
Wednesday, May 20, 7:00 pm: Artist talk and reception with Dan Winters
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Brown Auditorium, 1001 Bissonet Street, Houston, TX. 713.639.7360

Book events at the New York Photo Festival, Thursday, May 14 - Sunday May 17
All events are free with Festival admission
Thursday, May 14, 9pm: Book signing and party featuring powerhouse, Aperture, and festival photographers at the powerhouse Arena, 37 Main Street, Brooklyn, New York, New York, NY. 347.853.7447.
The following events take place at St. Anne's Warehouse, 38 Water Street, Brooklyn, New York 718.254.8779.
Thursday, May 14, 8:00 – 9:00 pm: Book Soup

A talk with Daniel Power, founder of powerHouse Books and co-founder of the New York Photography Festival. Authors and photographers to be announced.
Friday, May 15, 5:00 pm: Panel discussion and book signing

Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography by Lyle Rexer
Friday, May 15, 6-7:30 pm: Panel discussion and book signing with Gina LeVay, Mark Peterson, and Nathanial Welch
American Youth
, photographs by Redux photographers
Sunday, May 17, 5:00 pm: Book signing and conversation with Philip Gefter and Andy Grundberg
Photography After Frank
by Philip Gefter
Please visit the New York Photo Festival website for more events and exhibitions.

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