News and Events
I am please to announce that I was invited to be a part of the group exhibition “Artist as Curator” at the Kehler Liddell Gallery in New Haven, Ct. The opening will be on July 11, 2010 at 3 pm. An artist talk will begin right at 3pm. The group show includes 22 artists working in various mediums. I will be showing 2 photographs from my new body of work entitled “Balance.” One of the two images that are being shown is posted below. The show will run from July 1 to August 8th. I hope to see you there!
Bedford Art Show Jan 8-10 2010
Posted: January 6th, 2010
This weekend, January 8-10, 2010, I am participating in a group show in Bedford, NY. The Bedford Art Show, in its 37th year, will be taking place at the St. Mathews Foundation Room. Over 30 local artist including, Leslie Giuliani and Torrance York who are both members of Silvermine Guild of Artist, will be participating. Some of the proceeds from the sale of work at the show will be going to 12 local charities which include, The Abbot House, The Bedford Hills Correctional Facility Children’s Center, The Caring Circle of Hospice Care and Hopes Door.
Each artist will be showing two framed works that are priced under $1000 and up to 25 matted portfolio pieces which should priced considerably less. I am showing two framed photographs, seen below, plus 5 8×10 matted prints from my Sky/Sea series (priced at $200 each) and 5 6″x9″ prints ($150 each) from a yet to be titled series in which the below photographs belong to.
The address is 382 Cantitoe Street, Bedford, NY and the hours are Saturday from 10am to 5pm and Sunday from noon till 4pm. Also, on Friday night their is a Champagne Preview Party from 6:30 to 9pm. The price/contribution for the preview part will be a minimum of $125 per person and it will be collected at the door.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me or Leslie Henshaw at 914.234.3694 or email leslie@henshaw.com
Hope to see you there!
Signed, Sealed & Delivered
Posted: September 24th, 2009
Silvermine Guild Arts Centers yearly fundraiser, Signed, Sealed & Delivered, is taking place on October 3rd and 4th. Original 4″x6″ paintings, prints, photographs and collages, created by the Guilds artist will be on sale for $50 each with all processed going to the Guild.
October 3rd is the Collectors Party which is $25 per person (reservations required call 203.966.9700 x22). If you attend this event you will not only have first dibs on the artwork before they go public on Sunday but can also take part in the silent auction for special pieces created by invited artists.
This is one of the Guilds biggest fundraisers. It is a great way to begin collecting art by an artist that you may know or find someone new! I donated a few pieces, some you may recognize and a few that might surprise you. I will also be there on Saturday night volunteering.
Please help support Silvermine and its artist by purchasing a piece of art!
Hope to see you there!
Here are two of the photographs I donated:
Jordan Matter’s New Book “Uncovered”
Posted: August 29th, 2009
My friend Jordan Matter has self published his book entitled “Uncoverd.”
After watching the media madness over the Janet Jackson “wardrobe malfunction” during the Superbowl a few years back, Jordan got to thinking about our culture and the need to cover up. He then found out that in 1992, New York Court of Appeals ruled that is permissible for women to go topless in NY.
Over the past 7 years, Jordan has photographed more than 100 women of all shapes and sizes going topless in NYC. Its not just a book of photographs of topless women posing in Time Square, but something more. As the project grew, he found that the women posing felt an empowerment and freedom baring themselves in this way. “Uncovered” became a book not just about how our society feels about nudity but how women feel about themselves and their self image. The models were asked to write and essay about their expereince being photographed which are published along side the photos.
The book has received a bit of publicity including a recent appearance on the Today Show.
Here is the link to the books website: www.jordanmatter.com/uncovered.asp
I also had the pleasure of shooting the authors photo for the book. Definetly the most unusual authors portrait that I have taken and yet the most apropos:
UCLA Anderson Loeb Awards
Posted: July 20th, 2009
Normally, I would not consider a corporate job an entry in the News section but this one is the exception. Every year I photograph the UCLA-Anderson School of Management Gerald Loeb Awards. Currently hosted by Tyler Mathisen of CNBC, annually it gives awards to journalist of all media and markets, from small local newspapers to cable and network news organizations, for excellence in financial news reporting.
I am posting this for two reasons. First, as Tyler Mathisen remarked in his opening statement,”In 2008, financial news was the news.” Financial journalist were at the front line reporting what was and is happening in our world today and they all need to be recognized. Secondly, more and more newspaper and magazines are either filing for bankruptcy or simply disappearing. I think if you explore their website and read some of the articles, you would see that newspapers and magazines are not only needed but help shoulder the success of a democracy.
The articles that have been nominated are not just about stocks, bonds and the Dow. They are about business large and small and how they affect our everyday lives, resources and family decisions. Here are few links to articles that I found incredibly interesting:
1. Message in a Bottle by: Charles Fishman
60th Annual Art of the Northeast Exhibition
Posted: June 11th, 200960th Annual Art of the Northeast
May 8 to June 5 2009
Juried by:
Douglas Dreishpoon
Chief Curator, Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo, New York
This exhibition is held every year at the Silvermine Guild of Artist and is open to any artist living in the Northeast, from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania to all of the New England states. 434 artist submitted over 925 works which only 51 pieces were accepted. A full color catalog was also printed.
If you want to view the video, on www.youtube.com, of the jurying process by Douglas Dreishpoon, click here for part 1, part 2 and part 3. My image is very, very briefly shown on part 3.
This was the image of mine that was selected and is in the show. It is from a yet to be titled portfolio that is in the very beginning stages.
Charleston Weddings Magazine-Summer 2009
Posted: June 11th, 2009
Here is a four page spread from Charleston Weddings Magazine from a wonderful wedding that I shot last summer in Myrtle Beach. It was one of those weddings were everyone, from the family to the planner and back to the guests, could not have been nicer, easeir or more accomodating to work with! That always makes for great pictures!!!
MMQB Cover
Posted: June 11th, 2009Below are two enviromental portraits that I took of Benjamin Pardo, in May, who is the design director at Knoll.
“How to find the perfect wedding photographer” on About.com
Posted: June 9th, 2009How to find the perfect wedding photographer. Their are a thousand of them out there. I have photographed over 400 weddings in the past 15 years. I have some suggestions which I hope are helpful to couples in the process of planning their wedding.
Click HERE to watch the video of me on about.com
“Elsewhere” Group Exhibit at Silvermine Guild of Artist
Posted: June 5th, 2009
“Elsewhere”, is a group exhibit at Silvermine Guild of Artist and it was juried by Robert and Shana ParkeHarisson. A husband and wife photography team that, as Robert ParkeHarrisson writes in their second book, “I want to make images that have open, narrative qualities, enough to suggest ideas about human limits. I want there to be a combination of the past juxtaposed with the modern. I use nature to symbolize the search, saving a tree, watering the earth. In this fabricated world, strange clouds of smog float by; there are holes in the sky. These mythic images mirror our world, where nature is domesticated, controlled, and destroyed.”
The show was up from February 13, 2009 to March 15, 2009
This was the image that was selected:
