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New York Photo Festival  

I checked out the New York Photo Festival last month in DUMBO. The neighborhood itself, becoming a focus for photography galleries and studios, made for a worthwhile destination. In fact, the weather was so nice I saw more photographers spread out on the grass alongside the river than inside the exhibition spaces. ANTI-Plano at the Latin American Pavilion, an exhibition of work by two Ecuadorian artists curated by Katya Cazar, was one of the more interesting displays. Geovanny Verdezoto creates panoramic urban scenes by stitching together multiple images. This is especially challenging to do effectively, as most of his photographs include […]

Beautiful Losers  

  The Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Silver Spring is holding a fundraising event June 11 at 7pm, involving a DC-premiere screening of the DIY art film Beautiful Losers followed by a reception and silent art auction. The screening and reception will be held at the American Film Institute Silver Theater in Silver Spring. For more information about the event click here. Over three dozen artists, many from the DC area, are contributing work to the auction and a related exhibit at the Pyramid Atlantic building. Three photographs from my Carabanchel and DC Tags series will be included as well.

Art Chicago and NEXT  

I finally looked back through the various cards and artist bios I collected a couple of weeks ago at Art Chicago and NEXT. Here are a few artists that caught my interest: Galería Leyendecker, based in the Canary Islands, was showing (photo) a series of large-format photographic prints from a film by German artist Julian Rosefeldt. The images look like outakes from a western, with a shadowy cowboy figure in a desert landscape. Fittingly, the film was shot at Fort Bravo Texas Hollywood in Almeria, Spain, a film set originally used in one of Sergio Leone’s classic spagetti westerns. Dietrich […]

Idylls  

Idylls In partnership with the World Bank Art Programjuried by Andrea Pollan, Director of Curator’s Office The World Bank Main Complex Front Lobby Gallery 1818 H Street, NWWashington, DC 20433 Opening reception on Friday, May 29 from 6-8pm. The works can also be viewed around the clock from the glass exterior of the building on H Street between 18th and 19th Streets, NW. Washington Project for the Arts and the World Bank Art Program are pleased to present a collaborative exhibition, Idylls. The goal of this exhibition is to see how artists of this greater metropolitan area interpret the idea of […]

Commonalities at Coldwell Banker  

Mid City Artists Open Studios  

The Mid City Artists Spring Open Studios is going on this weekend May 16 and 17! I’ll be open on Sunday only from 12-5. Drop by and see a new series of photographs I’m currently working on. A map of artists studios can be downloaded from the MCA website. Many artist studios within walking distance of the Dupont/Logan Circles will be open for visitors with over 20 artists exhibiting. This is a unique opportunity to see some of DC’s most exciting artists in their ‘home environments.’ Check out the burgeoning local art scene that is finding its focus in the […]

Art Pathology  

My photograph Dos Puertas was recently accepted into the NIH Juried Art Show, which is currently on display in the NIH Clinical Center (Building 10) next to the library entrance. Next time you are in the neighborhood to pick up the latest copy of Omics or The British Journal of Inebriety, take time out to look at the artwork. On display from May 5 through July 3.

Lawrence of Arabia and an Illegal Hotel  2 

Almost half a century ago ago this barren section of the Almeria coastline in southern Spain was bustling with the activity of a small metropolis. Workers were constructing a replica of the city of Aqaba for the filming of the famous battle scene in Lawrence of Arabia. After the shoot, the entire set was dismantled, leaving the rocky coastline exactly as it had been before. The site now lies within the borders of the protected natural park of Cabo de Gata. A few years ago, a developer began construction on a mega-resort complex alongside the Algarrobico beach, a few hundred […]

Fire and Disorder  

Last week I stopped by the Adamson Gallery to see “Touched by Fire”, a collection of works by French photographer Martin d’Orgeval. One year ago, a fire destroyed Deyrolle, a famous taxidermy shop in Paris. D’Orgeval was there to photograph the shop after the fire, capturing scenes of half-charred animals amidst the disordered shop. At first glance, the images appear to serve primarily as a documentary record of a point in time. While items of furniture and other debris are piled up haphazardly, it is clear that someone has already come through and begun the process of cleaning up. However, […]

The Urban Crisis  

One of the running themes that emerged at ARCO this year was about the expansion and transformation of urban spaces. Perhaps its not surprising that this theme was so prominent in the midts of an international economic crisis and declining real estate market. Cities around the world have experienced a boom in construction in recent years, only to see newly fabricated neighborhoods remain uninhabited. In other cases, existing urban areas are under growing pressure from expanding populations. Several photographers have focused on this problem. Belén Uriel: Uriel’s photograph Ideal House shows a colorful billboard with the outline of a cartoon-like […]