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 This Wednesday is the opening of the Young Curators, New Ideas exhibition at the Bond Street Gallery in Brooklyn. This is the first effort by the gallery's talented new director and all around happening chap, Amani Olu. The show features work from a ton of great photographers all curated by Alana Celii & Grant Willing, Michael Bühler-Rose, Jon Feinstein, Laurel Ptak, Lumi Tan and moi. For my portion of the show I decided to focus on photographers that employ directorial image making strategies to explore identity and representation of the self. I asked Alison Brady, Olga Cafiero, Alix Smith, Alex Prager and Ofer Wolberger to include some of their amazing work and all were kind enough to oblige. Here are the details:Young Curators, New Ideas
Bond Street Gallery
August 13 – September 6
297 Bond Street
Brooklyn, NY
Opening Reception: Wednesday, August 13, 6-9pm In anticipation of the show Maggie, the subject of Ofer Wolberger's (Life with) Maggie series, sent me the above never before seen Polaroid from France.
 White Horse © Tema Stauffer Tonight the Randall Scott Gallery in Washington, D.C. kicks off an interesting summer program. Randall has lined up eight amazing photographers to do four two-week, two-person shows. The opening tonight will include work by all eight photographers and then Saturday begins the first two-person show featuring Tema Stauffer and Kyoko Hamada. In the coming weeks Randall will be presenting two-person shows featuring Jessica Dimmock and Peter Van Agtmael, Alexandra Catiere and Shen Wei and Alison Brady and Ryoko Suzuki. If you are in the district this is a rare chance to see some great photography in rapid fire succession. Here are the details:Eight Photographers
Randall Scott Gallery
July 11th—Sept 5th
1326 14th Street NW
Washington, D.C.
Opening Reception: Friday, July 11, 7-9pm
 From Hijacked, Rhonda + Chantelle © Graham Miller I am leaving this morning for a week in Berlin to see my show at Pool Gallery and attend the book launch and exhibition of Hijacked at Neunplus. After that I will be meeting my husband in Italy for a needed week away from all things photo. When I return to the states I go immediately to Syracuse for my month long Light Work residency and then to San Francisco for the opening of my solo show at the Robert Koch Gallery. Between Syracuse and San Francisco I will be in Chicago for the opening of Beyond the Backyard at the Museum of Contemporary Photography. It's all very exciting, but the idea of being away from home for so long is freaking me out.
The good folks at Pool Gallery were kind enough to send me some installation shots from my New American Fables show that is up right now. In related news, yesterday I booked a ticket to Berlin so I can see the show in person and catch the Hijacked book launch and exhibition at Neunplus. Ich bin ein Berliner!      
 © Andrew Miksys This Thursday the Nelson Hancock Gallery will be hosting the opening of two shows by two very talented artists, Jon Gitelson and Andrew Miksys. Jon's work is smart, funny and personal. It is part Larry David and part Martin Parr, but really it is pure Gitelson. I am super excited he decided to come to town for the opening. Andrew's photography is rich, classically stylized and flat out gorgeous. He was kind enough to share his work with my class at Parsons yesterday and we were all stunned by his beautiful photos. Jon and Andrew's work couldn't be more different which should make for a great show. Here are the details:Jon Gitelson | Artist's Books and Andrew Miksys | BAXT
Nelson Hancock Gallery
May 1 - July 6
111 Front St. #204
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 1, 6 - 8pm If two shows in one location is not enough to satisfy your art appetite, New Orleans' own William Greiner has a show opening that very same night on that very same block in the very same building. Be sure to stop by Klompching Gallery for the opening of Fallen Paradise. See you in Brooklyn!
 New American Fables opening Friday at Pool Gallery Today I am leaving on a four day cross country train trip. Yes, I'm riding the rails like Boxcar Bertha, but instead of livin' and lovin' like an outlaw I will be shooting an editorial assignment. I suspect a train across America means serious connectivity lapses, so I may be off the grid for a few days. I previously planned on going to Berlin this week for the opening of my first solo show in Germany, but over the past six weeks I have suffered through a series of flus, colds and an assortment of maladies that made it difficult to plan a trip oversees. It's too bad because it should be a pretty happening event. The show is called New American Fables and features a selection of work from my Domesticated and Halloween in Harlem series. I will definitely make it over before the show closes and hopefully time it to catch the openings of Alec Soth's TWO SHOWS in Berlin. Talk about a big-time art superstar. If you are in Berlin this Friday please stop by Pool Gallery for the opening. Here are the details on the show:Amy Stein | New American Fables
Pool Gallery
Apr 26 – May 24
Tucholskystraße 38
Berlin, Germany
Opening Reception: Friday, Apr 23, 7-11 pm
 © Jessica Dimmock This Thursday Jessica Dimmock's The Ninth Floor opens at Foley Gallery this Thursday. If you haven't seen Jessica's work yet check out the show or pick up her book. You will be hard pressed not to be effected by the work.
Anna Sirota is a student of mine from Parsons. She was moved by the images from The Ninth Floor and approached me about writing a review of the book on my blog. I am a big fan of writing about your own work and the work of others, so I was happy to oblige. Here's Anna's review:The drug epidemic in America has escalated to an all time high. People all over the country are falling into the abyss of addiction and the war on drugs is an endless and seemingly hopeless endeavor. Many feel disconcerted and disgusted with the idea of injecting a lethal chemical into their veins, but the importance of recognizing and discussing the emotional pain and suffering that addicts experience on a daily basis is the way to initiate change.
Jessica Dimmock’s “The Ninth Floor” is a hauntingly uneasy documentation of young heroin addicts living in squalor. Jessica successfully captured the stale, dismal atmosphere of the space, once a representation of beauty and class. The vacancy disintegration of each of her subjects is palpable. Through a muted color scheme and a straightforward snap-shot perspective, Jessica Dimmock evokes feelings of sadness and sympathy. The images are genuinely disturbing and impossible to be ignored. If this book is not a cause for reflection, then nothing can be. Here are the details on the show:Jessica Dimmock | The Ninth Floor
Foley Gallery
547 W 27th Street, 5th floor
New York, NY 10001
Apr 17 - May 31, 2008
Opening reception: Apr 17, 6 - 8 PM
 © Matthew Baum If you are in or around Woodstock, NY, tonight be sure to catch the opening of Photography Now 2008 at the Center for Photography at Woodstock. The exhibition was juried by Darren Ching of Klompching Gallery fame and features a number of very talented photographers including my very dear friend, Matthew Baum. While you are there, be sure to kick a hippie in the shins.
 © Alison Malone Yesterday I began carb loading in anticipation of a big Thursday gallery crawl. It's not often I make it to the Midtown galleries, but with Fred Herzog and Matthew Pillsbury in the mix I am willing to tear myself away from the usual Thursday night in Chelsea. I have been crowing for a while now about Fred Herzog's brilliantly alive Kodachrome photos of Vancouver from the 50s and 60s. Shockingly this is his first solo show in the states. Matthew Pillsbury's work is instantly iconic and you just know we are biding time until his MoMA retrospective. I love Matthew and his work, but secretly I'm really more interested in seeing Nathan. Also worth checking out this Thursday is fellow SVA alum and all around radical chick, Alison Malone. Work from her series Job's Daughter will be featured in the Dream-Self group show at Broadway Gallery. Here are the details: Fred Herzog | Vancouver Color
April 3 - May 31
Laurence Miller Gallery
20 W 57th St
New York, NY 10019
Matthew Pillsbury | Elapsed
April 3 - May 31
Bonni Benrubi Gallery
41 E 57th St #1300
New York, NY 10022
Dream-Self
April 3-15
Broadway Gallery
473 Broadway, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10013
Gregory Crewdson | Beneath the Roses
April 3 - May 3
Luhring Augustine Gallery
531 West 24th St
New York, NY 10011 See you there!
 Fire Eyes © Nicole Jean Hill Last week reclusive blogger Greg Wasserstrom mentioned a group show called Nature Morte currently on display at Shotgun Space in Los Angeles. I checked out the goods and immediately fell head over heals for Nicole Jean Hill's Critters series. I was especially taken by the image above called Fire Eyes. This little critter has found a new home as my current desktop image.
 Untitled, 2004 (#3) © Thomas Holton At least once a week I get an email from a photographer asking me if they should apply to the School of Visual Arts MFA Photography program. My answer is always yes and I give a host of reasons why they should consider the school including the facilities, the faculty and the location. The best reason I can give, however, is the amazing work and success of the people who have been through program. Today I opened the latest edition Photograph Magazine and it seemed like an SVA yearbook. Besides my own show currently at Paul Kopeikin, thank you very much, there were full and two-page ads for upcoming solo shows by fabulous SVA grads Thomas Holton, JeongMee Yoon and Matthew Pillsbury. Throw in Shen Wei, Katie Kingma, Daniel Traub and Domingo Milella being named to PDN's 30 list and you are talking about a red letter week for the School of Visual Arts MFA program. Here are the details on these upcoming must-see shows: Thomas Holton, The Lams of Ludlow Street
Sasha Wolf Gallery
New York, NY
March 6 - April 26
JeongMee Yoon, The Pink & Blue Project
Jenkins Johnson Gallery
New York, NY
March 6 - April 26
Matthew Pillsbury, Elapsed
Bonni Benrubi Gallery
New York, NY
April 3 - May 31 I will be at Sasha Wolf tonight for Thomas' opening and at Jenkins Johnson on Saturday for JeongMee's opening. See you there. UPDATE: The always fabulous Rachel Dunville reminded me of another upcoming show by an SVA MFA grad. Shai Kremer's solo show at Julie Saul Gallery opens April 10.
 © Ahndraya Parlato I have been running around like the proverbial headless chicken of late and haven't had time to post much of anything. It seems like all I do these days is make prints and teach. Nice work if you can get it, but it doesn't leave much time for enjoying the pleasures of this life. Saturday I managed to find a free moment and make it over to 3rd Ward for the opening of Humble Art Foundation's 31 Under 31 exhibition. I was fortunate to arrive a little early and avoid most of the later, hipper crowd that was willing to queue around the block just to get. This proved to be a good move on my part because the lines to the liquor were short and I had time to wander around and enjoy the work. All in all it was a very cohesive and consistent exhibition. The big standout for me was, Molly Landreth's piece, Claire. I have been slowly developing a photo crush with Molly's work for a while and seeing her print in person really sealed the deal. Congratulations are in order to Amani and Jon and the entire crew at Humble Arts Foundation for a great show. If you didn't make the opening, have no fear. 31 Under 31 is on display at 3rd Ward until March 28. Speaking of Humble, stay tuned for a special project Amani, Jon and I have been cooking up. It should be pretty cool. UPDATE: Andy Adams at Flak Photo let me know they are featuring all the work in the 31 Under 31 show. It's just like being there only you don't need to wear pants. Come to think of it, you could probably get away with not wearing pants at 3rd Ward too.
 Yerim and Her Pink Things, 2005 © JeongMee Yoon My dear friend JeongMee Yoon just got a lovely write-up in the New York Times. In addition to the article they also gave her work the full multimedia slide show treatment. Really impressive. You can see JeongMee's work in person beginning March 3 when her solo show opens at Jenkins Johnson Gallery in New York. I have been thinking of JeongMee lately after I saw a recent feature in New York Magazine about five New Yorkers whose entire wardrobe consists of a single color.  One of the five people profiled is Stephin Merritt (brown). Stephin is the lead singer of one of my favorite bands, the Magnetic Fields, who I happen to be seeing live tomorrow at Town Hall. UPDATE: JeongMee's show at Jenkins Johnson opens Saturday, March 8.
 In Between © Amy Stein At the end of 2007 I listed some of my career goals for 2008. I didn't think I was being overly ambitious, but I recognized that each aspiration would require a whole lot of hustle and flow to make it a reality. Well, here we are just a month in to the new year and I am already able to scratch one of those goals off the list. On February 16 my first solo show will be opening for a two month run at the Paul Kopeikin Gallery in Los Angeles! I am not one to exhibit gross displays of pride or steep in my accomplishments, but I am really over the moon about this show. Over the past two years, I have spent countless hours working on my Domesticated series. Each image represents a very long and considered process and I'm so happy it will finally be shown. Naturally, I will heading west for the big opening reception and I would love see as many folks as possible. If you are in Southern California, please stop. Oh, and please tell everyone you know about the show.
 3,805 Rachel Ray's Equals One Chris Jordan © John Gordon Photographic artist and gallery mate, Chris Jordan, has been making the TV circuit of late to promote his new Running the Numbers series. He has been seen on the Colbert Report, Bill Moyer's Journal and now the Rachael Ray Show. That's right. The Rachael Ray Show. These are strange times indeed. Chris was featured on Rachael Ray's "How Cool Is He?" segment. Check out the video, but be warned. If you are sickened by Rachael Ray's brand of cloyingly saccharined idiot-speak, you may want to turn down the volume.
 Cats of the Year, Fatty and Gilbert Last year is so, well, last year at this point I don't even know why I'm bothering with my year end list. I could say that I needed some distance from 2007 to truly appreciate and evaluate what the year had to offer me, but the sad truth is I started this in December and forgot about it. So, without further ado, I give you old news. 1. Top 3 Photography Shows1. André Kertész's Polaroids at Silverstein Photography 2. Kohei Yoshiyuki's The Park at Yossi Milo 3. Zoe Strauss' If You Read This at Silverstein Photography 2. Top 2 Photography Galleries1. Silverstein Photography2. Yossi Milo3. Top 2 Movies1. No Country for Old Men2. SuperbadOk, so I didn't see a lot of movies last year. 4. Top 4 Albums1. LCD Soundsystem, Sound of Silver2. The New Pornographers, Challengers3. Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga4. Feist, The Reminder5. Top 4 Places I Ate1. Yakitori Totto, New York, NY 2. Paley's Place, Portland, OR 3. Dumont, Brooklyn, NY 4. La Super Rica Taqueria, Santa Barbara, CA 6. Top 2 Book I Read1. The Road by Cormack McCarthy 2. You Are Not a Stranger Here by Adam Haslett 7. Top 4 Place I Visited1. Laguradia, Spain 2. Biarritz, France 3. Mendacino, CA 4. New Orleans, LA 8. Top 3 Photography Books1. Tod Papageorge, Passing Through Eden2. Kohei Yoshiyuki, The Park3. Alec Soth, Dog Days, Bogotá9. Top 2 Cats1. Fatty 2. Gilbert 10. Top 3 Career Goals of 20081. Finally get a solo show! 2. Finish my Domesticated book 3. Find a flippin' New York gallery (call me)
 Wednesday morning I will be leaving my New York ice cave and flying to the Sunshine State to luxuriate in the four day art bender that is Art Basel. My time will be perfectly divided between getting my winter tan in order and searching for as many free drink opportunities as I can. Oh, and I will probably look at some art, too. If you are going to Miami and want to see my work in person (and buy a piece or twenty) be sure to stop by Paul Kopeikin's booth at Pulse. See you at the beach!
 Nura Garuba and friend with their monkey, Nigeria 2005 © Pieter Hugo Two huge photography shows are opening tonight in Chelsea and I couldn't be more excited. First up, Pieter Hugo is showing his Hyena Men and Honey Collectors work at Yossi Milo. I have been a huge fan of Pieter's work for a few years now and have seen his gorgeous prints before at various art fairs. (I even own one.) The show at Yossi is Pieter's first solo show in New York and will feature very large scale prints of his instantly iconic portraits.  Kromanns Remise 2 2005 © Nicolai Howalt and Trine Søndergaard Next is Nicolai Howalt and Trine Søndergaard's amazing How to Hunt series at Silverstein Photography. Last night I had the pleasure of going to dinner with Nicolai, Trine and photographer Beth Block. They couldn't be nicer folks. We talked about Denmark, the photo world, our recent American Photo mention, but mostly I just gushed about their photographs. It's rare that I see work that takes my breath away, but the photos in How to Hunt are so stunning they did just that. Do not miss these shows. See you there!
 Great Hall 2006 © Lori Nix This Saturday Randall Scott Gallery will be holding an opening reception for a solo exhibition of work by the very talented and delightful Lori Nix. I recently paid a visit to Lori's studio and it reminded me of Gepetto's workshop if Gepetto kept sheets of extruded foam and tiny boxes filled with improvised tools and miniature model odds and ends. You can get a sense of Lori and her work environment by watching this video of her on Coolhunting. Also on display-and just in time for the holiday-will be a few photos from my Halloween in Harlem series. Think of it as a seasonal show-let. If you are in DC this Saturday you definitely need to be at this opening and see Lori's photographs. Here are the details:Lori Nix: The City
October 27 — December 8
Opening Reception: October 27 7PM - 9PM
Randall Scott Gallery
1326 14th Street NW
Washington, D.C.
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