STEVE FITCH – AMERICAN MOTEL SIGNS

Posted on 2024-07-01

This solo exhibition will showcase a selection of color photographs from the artist’s roadside survey of the signage that adorns these traditional, mid-century mom-and-pop lodgings.

Lit by neon and designed with flair, they came to be known as “motels,” a name coined by the owner of the Milestone Mo-Tel (an abbreviation of “motor hotel”) in San Luis Obispo, California, the world’s first motel, which opened in 1925. In their heyday, motels were ubiquitous along American highways and byways, numbering over 60,000 by 1964.

Opposite – Deming, New Mexico, 1992

Exhibition runs through to August 31st, 2024

Joseph Bellows Gallery
7661 Girard Avenue
La Jolla
CA 92037

www.josephbellows.com

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DANY LYON – THE BIKERIDERS

Posted on 2024-06-24

THE BIKERIDERS explores Lyon’s experience as a member of the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club from 1963-1967. In his words it was an “attempt to record and glorify the life of the American bikerider”. Lyon began riding with and documenting the Outlaws at twenty-one years old while an undergraduate student at the University of Chicago. The publication of his seminal book The Bikeriders (1968) introduced a style of documentary photography and reporting that placed him in the forefront of the New Journalism movement in which the photographer is immersed in and participating with the subject being documented. His work tells the story of a subversive motorcycle club and endures as a time capsule of 1960s Americana. His form of New Journalism with its intimacy, transparency, and humanism was radical.

Exhibition runs through to August 31st, 2024

Robert Klein Gallery
38 Newbury Street
Boston
MA 02116

www.robertkleingallery.com

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THE PLACE WHERE CLOUDS ARE FORMED

Posted on 2024-06-17

The Place Where Clouds Are Formed, a collaborative project initiated in 2018 by Ofelia Zepeda (Tohono O’odham), Gareth Smit, and Martín Zícari will open its fifth installment on April 6, 2024, simultaneously at the University of Arizona Poetry Center and the Center for Creative Photography’s Alice Chaiten Baker Interdisciplinary Gallery. The project features photography made in partnership with the Traditional O’odham Leaders (TOL) and communities from villages in Quitovac, Cu:wĭ I-ge:sk (San Francisquito), and Sonoyta—towns located in Sonora, Mexico—as well as Quitobaquito and the surrounding lands in Southern Arizona. Images and sculptures are in conversation with poems written and recorded in O’odham and English and translated into Spanish.

Opposite – ​Climbing the cross, Quitovac, México, ​2018, Gareth Smit

Exhibition runs through to August 31st, 2024

Center for Creative Photography
1030 N. Olive Road
Tucson
AZ 85721

ccp.arizona.edu

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ROCK & ROLL BY BOB GRUEN

Posted on 2024-06-10

Bob Gruen’s new exhibition Rock & Roll is comprised of 12 incredible silver gelatin prints selected by Bob to be on display at A Gallery from April 24 through August 31, 2024. Bob Gruen is one of the most well-known and respected photographers in rock and roll. From John Lennon to Johnny Rotten; Muddy Waters to the Rolling Stones; Elvis to Madonna; Bob Dylan to Bob Marley; Tina Turner to Debbie Harry, he has captured the music scene for over forty years in photographs that have gained worldwide recognition.

Shortly after John Lennon moved to New York in 1971, Bob became John and Yoko’s personal photographer and friend, making photos of their working life as well as private moments. In 1974 he created the iconic images of John Lennon wearing a New York City t-shirt and standing in front of the Statue of Liberty making the peace sign – two of the most popular of Lennon’s images.

As chief photographer for Rock Scene Magazine in the ’70s, Bob specialized in candid, behind the scenes photo features. He toured extensively with the emerging punk and new wave bands including the New York Dolls, Sex Pistols, Clash, Ramones, Patti Smith Group and Blondie. Bob has also worked with major rock acts such as Led Zeppelin, The Who, David Bowie, Tina Turner, Elton John, Aerosmith, Kiss and Alice Cooper.

Exhibition runs through to August 31st, 2024

A Gallery For Fine Photography
241 Chartres Street
New Orleans
LA 70130

agallery.com

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POLAROID NOW GENERATION 2 – EAMES EDITION

Posted on 2024-06-03

Charles and Ray Eames are among the most important designers of the last century and their 1972 communication campaign for the SX-70 camera was instrumental to the Polaroid brand’s early success. In celebration of this partnership, the Polaroid Now Generation 2 Instant Camera comes in the iconic Eames fiberglass color “Elephant Hide Gray” and includes a bold wrist strap referencing the famous Eames Toy’s geometric pattern. The classic analog instant camera with self-timer and double exposure modes, 2-lens autofocusing system, made with 40% recycled materials, and a whole lot of design history. A collector’s item that’s not to be missed. Rechargeable with USB-C and compatible with Polaroid i-Type & 600 Film in the iconic, full-size Polaroid Instant Film format.

www.polaroid.com

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