Fashion Loves Hanuk
Hanuk, a former fashion designer turned photographer, opens his first exhibition at Bellhaus, featuring New York’s fashion-ites in various stares of revelry.
Self Service 1-31
Launched 15 years ago, world-renowned fashion magazine Self Service are opening their entire archives with the help of Idea Books. The exhibition/pop-up shop will be housed in the front room at the St Martin’s Lane hotel, London from February 18th-25th. All issues can be purchased, priced according to availability, as well as limited-edition signed posters by David Sims, Terry Richardson, and Roger Deckker.
Partners & Spade Books
Check out two new additions to Partners & Spade′s ongoing publishing program of concept photo books. BENEFITS OF LOOKING UP contemplates the surprising and uplifting moment of finding a balloon trapped in a tree, while I THINK I CAN, I THINK I CAN looks at explores the seemingly impossible through images of plants growing through cracks in concrete. After dozens of titles with limited print runs, sold only in their gallery and select stores, Harper Collins hope to bring these to a wider audience with purchase available at www.harpercollins.com for $10 each.
Erwin Olaf
The Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf’s latest photo and video series, “Hotel” and “Dawn & Dusk,” opened last week at New York’s Hasted Hunt Kraeutler. ‘Dawn & Dusk’ mixes colour and black-and-white photography (a departure for Olaf); while ‘Hotel’ sees melancholic images of doll-like nude women in noirish hotel rooms.
Until March 20 at Hasted Hunt Kraeutler, 537 West 24th Street, NYC
Oooga Booga at The Swiss Institute
Ooga Booga is an independent book/art store in LA’s Chinatown, which has been championing artists and small pulishers since its opening in 2004. For two and a half months they will be taking up residence in The Reading Room at The Swiss Institute in Soho NYC with a selection of 300 + titles from self to professionally published.
Until Feb 13, 2010
Week-end by Alex Prager
Currently on show at Yancy Richardson Gallery NYC is Week-end, an exhibition of new work by LA-based artist Alex Prager. Inspired by her native city, Prager’s dramatic portraits of female characters are reminiscent of the work of Guy Bourdin and David Lynch; infused with a dark sense of foreboding. This is the third installment in the photographic trilogy, and will simultaneously be shown at the M + B Gallery in Los Angeles.
January 14 – February 20, 2010
Artists on Their Bicycles New York
The Swiss Institute has just published “Artists on Their Bicycles New York,” a 2010 Calendar, portraying twelve of today’s most famous artists on their bikes, with photography by Luke Wassmann and art direction by Li Inc. Limited Edition of 500, numbered.
Olivier Zahm at Half Gallery
Purple Magazine’s Olivier Zahm is exhibiting recent photos from his online diary at Half Gallery (208 Forsyth Street), New York until January 1.
apartamento 4
Taking a completely new approach in the interior design magazine market, apartamento features real people in real environments, with interiors we can all aspire to rather than over-styled, over-glossy, catalogue-like spreads. The 4th issue is now available in all good magazine stores, and in our opinion is definitely worth picking up.
31 Rue Cambon
We’re excited to learn of the first issue of the new Chanel magazine art directed and designed by Purple’s Olivier Zahm. Named 31 Rue Cambon after the first ever Chanel boutique, it will be distributed worldwide in all of their stores soon.
Elad Lassry
We’re big fans of the work of Elad Lassry. Born in Tel Aviv, but residing in Los Angeles, he works primarily in film and photography. He applies his high-conceptualism-meets-stock photography technique to everything from wolves, flamingos, and falcons to pickles, flowers, and friends, mostly shot in his east Hollywood studio, and shows his knack for upending expected takes on still-life and portraiture. At first his clean, direct shots look like generic commercial photography from the ’70s and ’80s, but the artist’s use of blurs, double exposure and harsh colors make them appear new and riveting. With recent solo exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art and David Kordansky Gallery, and participation in the group show Younger Than Jesus at the New Museum, he clearly is one to watch.
Juergen Teller ‘Paradis’
German photographer Juergen Teller will present an exhibition entitled ‘Paradis’ at the Lehmann Mauplin Gallery in New York - his fifth at this location. The photographs were originally commisssioned for the French magazine, Paradis, and comprise of nude studies of Raquel Zimmermann and Charlotte Rampling shot one evening at the Musee Louvre in Paris. Alongside is a limited edition book available at the end of September 2009.
10 September – 17 October 2009
540 West 26th Street, New York
Kehinde Wiley
Head to Deith Gallery’s second space on Grand Street, New York, for their presentation of works by Kehinde Wiley. Wiley, an African-American artist, is know for his spectacular and surreal paintings of contemporary hip hop trend setters. For this exhibition, his subjects are again young black men in streetwear garb, but in a shuffle of his normal artistic process, Wiley has inserted photographs onto his trademark highly decorated wallpapery backgrounds with the help of digital manipulation.
September 03 to September 26, 2009
Deitch Gallery, 76 Grand Street, New York
Simon Foxton ‘About a Boy’
Men’s fashion is celebrated in stylist Simon Foxton’s outrageous and memorable shoots, created in partnership with long-time collaborators Nick Knight, Jason Evans and others. ‘About a Boy’ is on at The Photographer’s gallery until the 4th October - one of the gallery’s first major exhibitions to be held at its new venue.
The Photographer’s Gallery, 16-18 Ramillies Street, London W1F 7LW
‘The Sartorialist’: The Book
At last, the long awaited book by Scott Schuman, aka The Sartorialist. Following the same format as his acclaimed blog, Shuman documents the moving world of street fashion from New York to Paris and beyond.
Available through Amazon.com
Avedon Fashion 1944-2000
NYC’s International Center for Photography is gearing up for an exciting exhibition as part of its Year of Fashion, with a retrospective of legendary photographer Richard Avedon. Avedon, who died in 2004, revolutionized fashion photography starting in the post-World War II era and redefined the role of the fashion photographer. His spirited, imaginative photographs featuring iconic models such as Jean Shrimpton, Lauren Hutton, Twiggy, Penelope Tree, and Veruschka showed fashion and the modern woman in a new light, and continue to influence photographers around the world. Entitled “Avedon Fashion 1944-2000,” the show, which opened on May 15th, will feature art works spanning Avedon’s lengthy career at Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, The New Yorker and beyond.
Until September 6th, 2009
AnOther Fashion Book
AnOther Fashion Book, a greatest hits compilation of the fashion photography that has been featured in AnOther Magazine and AnOther Man over the past eight years is out now. The first in a series of collectable books brings together in one volume extensive work by the most iconic names in fashion and art photography including Craig McDean, Nick Knight, Mario Sorrenti, Sam Taylor-Wood, Horst Diekgerdes, Stephen Shore, David Sims, Terry Richardson, Willy Vanderperre and Glen Luchford.
Hyères International Fashion and Photography Festival
Held at the Villa Noailles in South of France every spring, and currently in its 24th year, Hyères proposes diverse exhibitions, professional panel discussions and two competitions showcasing the best new talents from the fields of fashion and photography. Previous winners include Viktor & Rolf, Christian Wijnants, Charles Anastase and more recently, virtuoso knitwear designer and Future Tense contributor Sandra Backlund.
April 24th, 25th and 26th. Exhibition runs until June 27th
Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2009
Now in its 13th year, this annual prize of £30,000 rewards a living photographer, of any nationality, who has made the most significant contribution to photography in Europe, through either an exhibition or publication, over the past year. The four shortlisted artists for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2009 are: Paul Graham, Emily Jacir, Tod Papageorge (pictured) and Taryn Simon. The winner will be announced on 25 March 2009.
20 February to 11 April 2009
The Photographers’ Gallery, 16-18 Ramillies St, London W1F 7LW
Guy Bourdain “A Message for You” & ‘Unseen”
Guy Bourdin is considered to be one of the most daring and intriguing artists in the world of 20th century visual culture. He was responsible for the groundbreaking turning point in the world of image-making in the late 70s. “A Message for You” focuses on the late 70s, when he acquires maturity in his practice and his poignant observations reflect the dynamic period of social change, sexual liberation, capitalism’s vanity, excess of consumerism, growing power of the media. All these themes found their ideal place in the transient form of the glossy magazine page. Likewise, the exhibition “Unseen” presents a selection of Guy Bourdin most beautiful and iconic works and unveils to the public some of his less known prints.
From 15th February to 5th April 2009 at Galleria Carla Sozzani