In 2009, photojournalist Gillian Laub was sitting in a Ruby Tuesday restaurant in Montgomery County, Georgia, when two policemen approached her table. They told her to leave the area immediately. "You should go back to where you came from," one of them said. "People here take the law into their own hands." "I said, 'Is that a threat?'" recalls Laub. "And he said, 'No … Read the full Story >>
In 2016, Creative and Marketing Consultant Gina Martin founded The Bob and Diane Fund in memory of her mother and father, who, in addition to 50 years of marriage, shared a five-year battle with Alzheimer's. Each year, the non-profit gives a $5,000 grant to support visual storytelling about Alzheimer's and Dementia. This June, as part of the 12th annual Photoville Festival in Brooklyn, The … Read the full Story >>
Using her mastery of technology and careful study of BPCA’s commitment to environmental sustainability, Shuli Sadé created an innovative, temporal installation that hopes to bridge the potential of technology and bring viewers close to nature in a new, site-specific augmented reality (AR) installation created for Battery Park City Authority (BPCA).. “Behind the origin of this project is the wish to share the discovery of … Read the full Story >>
Over the course of his celebrated career as a news and documentary photographer, one of the things Brent Stirton has learned is that photojournalists, as he puts it, "tend to run after the sensational." But, he says, "If you sit down and look at the numbers, the vast majority of people are affected by what you might call mundane issues, rather than war." Set … Read the full Story >>
What does it mean to wave the flag? Who does it mean you are? "In these turbulent times, we have diverse opinions and beliefs, now amplified by media and social networks," writes New York-based photographer Steven Prezant of his series "Americans," which we spotlighted in September, when Prezant presented his work at ThePhotoCloser "Projections" series. Prezant noted that while the country is divided by … Read the full Story >>
Frieze Week The eighth edition of Frieze NY opens at Randalls Island Park with a VIP preview on Thursday, from 11am to 7 pm, and runs through Sunday, May 5th. InfoNew this year is a major exhibition of sculpture by 14 international artists at Rockefeller Center. Selected bycuratorBrett Littman (Director of the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum in Long Island City, New … Read the full Story >>
London-based photographer Kate Peters will be in New York this week for her first solo exhibition in the city, at hpgrp gallery. I contacted her by email last week to find out how she got her start and where she is headed. Here’s the conversation: Peggy Roalf: How did you get interested in photography? Kate Peters: I became interested in photography at secondary school, … Read the full Story >>
Special Events 10th Annual Asian Contemporary Art Week. Various locations. Information. Looking Ahead Wednesday, November 3-Thursday, November 4 A Two-Day celebration of American Photography 31; American Illustration 34; Latin America Fotogtafia & Illustration; International Motion Arts: Big Talk, November 4, 1-5 pm. SVA Theater, 333 East 23rd Street, NY, NY. Doors: 12:30 Register Monday, November 2-Sunday, November 7 Illustration Week. Various locations. Information. … Read the full Story >>
Once again we look at inspiring work from Motion Arts Pro. Today's round-up of short documentaries and other MAP highlights from January include a compelling portrait of Robert Shults, a Texas photographer best known for his series on the Texas Petawatt Laser, a device that can replicate the intensity of immense cosmic events like collapsing stars; a look at melting glaciers and the beauty … Read the full Story >>
Melinda Beck is an illustrator, animator, and graphic designer who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She creates artwork in a wide variety of styles, all of them smart, graphic, and remarkable in their technical accomplishment. On her website Beck breaks down her illustration styles into five categories: silhouette [this style is pictured to the right], graphic, pen and ink, children's, and drawing. … Read the full Story >>
It's the "I've got a new Epson printer" edition...In which our time-traveling writer and photographer Jeff Wignall goes back to the future with the very fine Epson SureColor P400 printer. Read the full Story >>
Photographer Robb Kendrick turned down the first assignment he was offered by National Geographic. "In 1989, the Geographic photography director called me, and asked if I wanted to do a story on the Gulf Coast from Florida all the way down to Mexico. And I told him I needed to think about it," Kendrick says in an interview with Roger Archibald of the Society … Read the full Story >>
Since America's colonial settlement days, the idea of wilderness has cast a long shadow over rational thought. From church pulpits across the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the early 17th century, Puritan ministers argued that it was the settlers' God-ordained duty to transform this "hideous howling wilderness" in which they had been plunged into the earthly paradise envisioned in the Bible. Not until Henry David … Read the full Story >>
Federica Del Proposto is an illustrator and artist based in Milan and Paris. Her delightfully charming illustrations have appeared in publications in Europe and the U.S., as well as in corporate and advertising projects. Del Proposto works simply; she says, "My favorite mediums are pencils and fine-liners-I love them." In addition to travel guides and annual reports, she created the poster for New York … Read the full Story >>
When the winners of American Illustration were announced at the end of March, I received an email from Gayle Kabaker about how her June 25, 2012 cover art for The New Yorker made its way from her painting studio, to Françoise Mouly’s Blown Covers blog, to the magazine itself—and then to AI32. It’s a great story, so I asked Gayle to do the DART Artist … Read the full Story >>
PR: Where do you live and how does that place contribute to your creative work? Dasha Tolstikova: I live in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. It’s sort of remote where I am. It feels like you are in the countryside when you are here. I really like this. I like being close to the city but also having this escape hatch from the insanity of Manhattan. I … Read the full Story >>
Daniel Bejar has built a career that bridges art and design, earning honors such as the prestigious New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Work, numerous residencies and a steady flow of group and solo exhibitions. In his 2016 DART Q&A, Daniel talked about the art of managing both sides of his practice, saying, “It really comes down to prioritizing my … Read the full Story >>
I had the opportunity to meet with and view some of the stunning work of London-based portrait photographer Tom Oldham (tomoldham.com). Tom was recently given the opportunity to put the new and completely-redesigned Hassie through a rigorous pre-release trial shoot. Read the full Story >>
Art Fairs / Special Events Monday, April 6-Monday April 13 Comic and Cartoon Art Week, various venues. Information. Thursday, April 9-Sunday, April 12 2015 New York Antiquarian Book Fair. Park Avenue Armory, Park Avenue at 67th Street, NY, NY. Information. Friday, April 10 40th Anniversary Benefit Auction, 6-10 pm. The Center for Book Arts, 28 West 27th Street, NY, NY. Tickets. Online Bidding. … Read the full Story >>
Last January, we wondered about the future of fashion. In particular, we wondered what would happen to high-end influencers and street-style photographers--people who'd become as powerful as traditional fashion magazine editors and photographers--as covid-19 reshaped the world. "Like so many, their livelihoods were derailed when the pandemic hit," noted The New York Times. But unlike other corners of the fashion industry, noted The Times, … Read the full Story >>
