Mount Rainier, North America’s Fuji, stands as an icon in the landscape and in the imagination. Rising 14,410 feet above sea level, this dangerously active volcano is the most heavily glaciated peak in the lower 48 – and spawns six major rivers. When “The Mountain,” as it’s locally referenced, is “out,” it can be seen from as far away as Portland and Vancouver. Michelle … Read the full Story >>
The W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund has announced the judges for its 2022 annual grants including the W. Eugene Smith grant, Howard Chapnick grant, and W. Eugene Smith Student grant. This year’s judges include photojournalist Eli Reed; Naveen Kishore, founder of Seagull Books; photographer and curator Akinbode Akinbiyi; NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati, co-founder Photo Kathmandu; Whitney Matewe, photo editor at TIME; and Emmeline Yong, co-founder and director of Objectifs. Smith Fund board of trustees members Michelle Dunn Marsh; John Fleetwood; and Noelle Flores Théard will serve as jury chairs. Applications for all grants will be accepted through May 31, 2022. Read the full Story >>
Last year Michelle Dunn Marsh launched Minor Matters to provide a new platform for publishing high quality art books through pre-sales to a collaborative audience. She also was appointed Executive Director of Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW), Seattle’s lively hub for photographic education and presentation. With that in mind, I asked Michelle, a longtime friend and colleague, to speak about the world that awaits young photographic artists finishing up … Read the full Story >>
Michelle Dunn Marsh, a longtime friend and colleague, will be giving a talk this Saturday at G. Gibson Gallery, in Seattle, WA, in conjunction with the current exhibition LOOKING FORWARD, LOOKING BACK: Classic 20th Century Photographs. We had a chance to catch up for an email Q&A last week and here’s what we wrote: Peggy Roalf: You’ve been associated with photography as … Read the full Story >>
For many years I defined myself as a disciple. As I advance in my understanding of self and move beyond the language and traditions of my childhood, I make space for occasional equality with, rather than only service toward, my teachers. I have gained in this understanding through active consumption of the words, photographs, and sequences of Minor White (1908-1976). Sequencing is the … Read the full Story >>
As we enter a new age of protest—or is it simply a continuum of “I can’t believe I’ve been carrying the same sign for 45 years”—it’s a good time to delve into photo archives regarding issues of social change. And how photography has foregrounded important landmark causes. At The Photography Show presented by AIPAD, which runs from April 5th to 8th at Pier … Read the full Story >>
In April this year, select students from various universities around New York City and Los Angeles were invited to attend Photo Camp, a hands-on photography workshops presented by Sony and Aperture Foundation. Held over two consecutive weekends, first in L.A., then in New York City, each workshop consisted of a day of shooting with a Sony Artisans of Imagery, followed by a day of … Read the full Story >>
While the Rolling Stones have postponed their 50th Anniversary tour, it’s not necessary to wait for iconic images of the band that won’t quit. Tonight an exhibition of photographs by one of rock’s great image-makers, Jim Marshall, opens at Steven Kasher Gallery. And a book of his photographs from the Stones’ 1972 tour is also being launched. The book, The Rolling Stones: 1972 (Chronicle) is … Read the full Story >>
"Polaroid instant photography is back." That's the message that came through, boldly and colorfully, at a press conference in SoHo yesterday. "We are thrilled that today marks the return of instant photography. It's bigger - and better - than ever," said Giovanni Tomaselli, Managing Director of the Summit Global Group, the exclusive worldwide licensee for Polaroid branded imaging products. Seen at the Polaroid … Read the full Story >>
Peggy Roalf: When did you realize that books were a drug of choice? Michelle Dunn Marsh: I was born into a family with a home library, and began creating my own books at a very young age, so they have been a constant in my life. As a literature and art history major in college I rarely wanted to part with my textbooks; I … Read the full Story >>
Left: Ken Lum, Untitled (Sauq!), 1987, from Spelling the Image, opening Thursday at Marc Jancou Contemporary. Right: Thomas Ovlisen | Tomato, opening Friday at Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery. Wednesday, January 25 Book signing, 6-8 pm: Motoyuki Daifu | Lovesdy (Little Big Man 2012). Dashwood Books, 33 Bond Street (Between Bowery and Lafayette), NY, NY. Talk and book signing, 6-8 pm, with Seattle-based … Read the full Story >>
Wednesday, July 13, 6-8 pm: Power Tools at Candace Madey Power Tools, an exhibition of artists who reference tools in their work, and by extension, explore a history of objects and their symbolic and practical importance for individual and collective agency. The exhibition further considers our dissociated relationship to tools and a consumer culture that has largely relinquished the skills required to make, repair, … Read the full Story >>
Opening Friday, July 8: Sensory Poetics | Collecting Abstraction at the Guggenheim Sensory Poetics: Collecting Abstraction brings together highlights from the Guggenheim’s growing collection of contemporary art. Acquired over the past ten years, and shown at the museum for the first time, this selection of artworks reflects developments in painting, sculpture, and video from the 1960s to today that demonstrate an expression of gesture … Read the full Story >>
To say that the photography of Wayne Sorce (1946-2015) flies under the radar is hyperbole. This master of color photography, who worked at a time when anything not black-and-white guaranteed exclusion from the discussion of “fine art photography,” embraced urban chaos as his métier—in extraordinarily measured views of Chicago and New York. Mainly taken during the late 1970s and early 1980s, these vibrant, large-scale … Read the full Story >>
