Beth Yarnelle Edwards to Speak at SF Camerawork

November 18, 2011

                            In the coming months, Robert Klein Gallery photographer Beth Yarnelle Edwards will celebrate the publication of her monograph, Suburban Dreams. With 56 color illustrations, Suburban Dreams is the result of Edwards’ work capturing the strange realities of modern home life. Edwards [...]

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Gregory Vershbow on “Art in a Liminal Space”

November 17, 2011

                      Gregory Vershbow: Art in a Liminal Space opened at the Robert Klein Gallery on October 29, 2011. Surrounded by a group of curious, inquisitive guests, Vershbow fielded questions about his process and the secrecy of museums. One particular image, Veil #2, generated a lot [...]

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Paris Photo 2011: Off to a Strong Start

November 10, 2011

        With plenty of hype surrounding Paris Photo, held this year at the Grand Palais, we’d like to focus for a moment on the true stars of the show: the photographs. At the opening celebration on November 9, collectors were noticeably interested in vintage 19th and 20th century prints by legends such [...]

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The Still Lifes of Paulette Tavormina

November 3, 2011

                Un grand merci to A Chicken in the Kitchen for highlighting Paulette Tavormina’s still life photography. If you read French, please check out the blog post here. If you don’t read French, read a selected translation of “The still lifes of Paulette Tavormina” below. Be sure to visit the A [...]

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Art News We’re Bookmarking…

October 25, 2011

BETH YARNELLE EDWARDS, Marleen, Holland, 2006 The role of the fine art gallery is being redefined as art fairs and the Internet become increasingly important venues for conducting business. While collectors are reliably turning to low-risk, high-value pieces, untested contemporary art continues to appear in new and established venues. The excerpts included here are from [...]

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Major October Photography Auctions

October 6, 2011

With major fine art photography auctions at Phillips de Pury & Company, Sotheby’s, and Christie’s this week and one on October 18 at Swann Auction Galleries, the fall 2011 art season is officially underway. These auctions are especially important to dealers and collectors (even those that aren’t buying) because they offer insight on the value of specific [...]

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SHOTS magazine Interviews Arno Rafael Minkkinen

September 29, 2011

                        Although Arno Rafael Minkkinen calls himself  ”a documentary photographer,” he’s willing to admit that “maybe one day I’ll have the longest running self-portrait in the short history of photography.” After all, Minkkinen has been his own model and subject since taking his first [...]

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Suspending Disbelief with Chema Madoz

September 24, 2011

Behind his camera lens, Chema Madoz is a joker, a storyteller and a philosopher. Like your high school English teacher, Madoz abides by the rule of “suspension of disbelief,” freeing his imagination to extend beyond the limits of possibility. Honoring Madoz with Spain’s National Photography Prize in 2000, Minister of Culture Carmen Calvo had this [...]

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Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb On Working Together

September 20, 2011

As working artists, Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb have made a concerted effort to connect with the photography community. The excerpts below are from interviews with Britain’s The Telegraph and photographer David Alan Harvey’s Burn magazine.                       Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb Get [...]

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“Mnemonic” Device

September 15, 2011

                                        Only recently did photographer Lajos Geenen focus his camera on personal interactions. Best known for images that create a dialogue between people and their surrounding landscapes, this Dutch photographer is going domestic. “My latest series is [...]

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