E.J. BELLOCQ – STORYVILLE PORTRAIT

Posted on 2020-03-09

Thirty-six printing-out-paper prints, made later by Lee Friedlander from Bellocq’s original glass plate negatives, will be on view. E.J. Bellocq (American, 1873-1949) remains an ambiguous figure in history.Following his death in 1949, eighty-nine glass plate negatives of portraits of female prostitutes from New Orleans’ Storyville district were found in his desk. All of the images were taken circa 1912by Bellocq, who wasa commercial photographer practicing in New Orleans. Photographer Lee Friedlander acquired the plates in 1966 and made contact prints of the 8 x 10-inch negatives on the same gold-toned printing out paper that Bellocq used in his rare prints. Friedlander is credited with salvaging and promoting these pictures, the only aspect of Bellocq’s work known to have survived.

Opposite – Storyville Portrait, ca. 1912

Exhibition runs through to March 28th, 2020

Deborah Bell Photographs
16 East 71st Street, Suite 1D
New York
NY 10021

www.deborahbellphotographs.com

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KENNETH JOSEPHSON

Posted on 2020-03-02

Gitterman Gallery is proud to present an exhibition of photographic work by Kenneth Josephson from 1960 to 1980 that invites overlapping dialogues on a variety of concepts. He explores the complex relationship of image and object, photographic truth and illusion, time, spatial perspective, even the history of photography itself. Josephson challenges our perceptions and invites us to consider different perspectives, while maintaining a strong sense of humor and wonder that makes his work both accessible and distinctive.

Opposite – Grand Canyon, Arizona , 1971

Exhibition runs through to March 28th, 2020

Gitterman Gallery
41 East 57th Street
New York
NY 10022

gittermangallery.com

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In Mid-Sentence

Posted on 2020-03-02

Photographs are often replete with words that remain unheard. “In Mid-Sentence” presents a selection of photographs from the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s collection that depict moments of communication: intimate confessions, public speeches, exchanged jokes, political confrontations, lectures and more. Photographs featured in this exhibition encapsulate pivotal moments, such as John F. Kennedy’s televised speech for the 1960 Democratic National Convention or Walter Cronkite’s clandestine 1971 meeting with Daniel Ellsberg at the time of the publication of the “Pentagon Papers.” The exhibition provides the missing script for these otherwise silent voices, granting another means for understanding these interactions by placing them within their socio-historical contexts.

Opposite – Angela Davis by Stephen Shames, 1969

Exhibition runs through to March 8th, 2020

National Portrait Gallery
8th and F Streets NW
Washington
DC 20001

npg.si.edu

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FRANK FOURNIER – RED EYE – SEVENTIES NEW YORK

Posted on 2020-03-02

As a young medical student, Frank Fournier set his studies aside and traveled from France to New York City in 1975 with the intention of pursuing photojournalism and covering current events that interested him. Upon arriving in NYC, he spent his first several years assisting photographers and picking up odd jobs to be a part of the working environment with hopes of landing more photographic opportunities. Although he appreciated Paris, he felt there were more professional opportunities in NYC where he fell under the spell of Time and Life Magazines. He joined the staff of Contact Press Images in 1977 and became a member photographer in 1982.

The photographs that comprise Red Eye – Seventies New York were made after Frank Fournier’s arrival into the united states during a time when New York City was on the verge of bankruptcy and going through a major transition due to many years of fiscal mismanagement, deteriorating infrastructure, the NYPD police strike and the famous blackout of 1977.

Exhibition runs through to March 28th, 2020

Leica Gallery San Francisco
463 Bush Street
San Francisco
CA 94108

gallery.leicastoresf.com

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JAMIL HELLU – TOGETHER

Posted on 2020-02-24

Together presents a survey of works by Jamil Hellu, who, for the last decade, has developed a distinct visual vocabulary addressing the intersections of cultural lineages and queerness. Comprised of photographs and video installations, the exhibition highlights Hellu’s recurring uses of self-portraiture to activate a contemporary dialogue about the implications of cultural heritage on queer narratives. Throughout his work, Hellu creates forms of representation based on queer visibility, inverting the role of the photographer as he himself is also one of his subjects.

Opposite – 100 Years of Solitude, 2014

Exhibition runs through to March 14th, 2020

SF Camerawork
1011 Market Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco
CA 94103

sfcamerawork.org

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PAOLO VENTURA – AN INVENTED WORLD

Posted on 2020-02-24

The exhibition of Ventura’s magical photographic works, “An Invented World”, spans six series made over the last decade and will provide the most comprehensive overview of the renowned Italian artist’s oeuvre on the West Coast to date, including the debut of new works.

Paolo Ventura (b. 1968) has been referred to as one of the art scene’s most interesting storytellers with his timeless and charmingly enigmatic works. Widely known for his elaborate narrative series acted out by the artist and his family, the whimsical allegories touch upon many facets of the human condition within life-size diorama cityscapes, reminiscent of war-time Italy, which are constructed entirely by the artist. By creating fictional worlds as stage design, the artist is able to physically inhabit the stories of his imagination.

Opposite – Behind the Walls #4, 2011

Exhibition runs through to March 14th, 2020

Galerie XII
6150 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles
CA 90048

galeriexii.com

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