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A thematic exhibition of vintage work by Mexican artists and by artists working in Mexico will be presented by Charles Isaacs Photographs, New York. Among those featured will be the modernist Emilio Amero; the Polish-born Bernice Kolko, who was close with Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera; and Armando Salas Portugal, one of Mexico’s most prolific and important photographers. www.charlesisaacs.com The Photography Show presented by AIPAD May 20 – May 22,…

Robert Mann Gallery, New York, will bring a wide selection of photographs to AIPAD. The avant-garde duo Ellen Auerbach and Grete Stern, known as ringl + pit, created this risqué advertisement image of a women being laced into a bridal corset in the midst of the Weimar Republic. As well as  20th-century greats such as Ansel Adams and Walker Evans to leading contemporary artists such as Cig Harvey and Julie…

Nailya Alexander Gallery, New York, will focus on the masterfully hand-printed work of Russian- American photographer Alexey Titarenko, who has photographed the cities of St. Petersburg, Venice and Havana. His New York City work highlights his longtime interest in water and its relationship to the city, bringing out the texture and reflective quality of snow and rain, infusing each image with moisture and light. www.nailyaalexandergallery.com The Photography Show presented by…

Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, will present recent work from Russian-American artist Anastasia Samoylova, who crafts an air of unreality from the everyday working with the tools and traditions of street photography. Her recent series Image Cities grew out of her FloodZone project from Miami—focusing on the way luxury property developers cloak construction sites in vastly scaled imagery and advertising. www.laurencemillergallery.com The Photography Show presented by AIPAD May 20 –…

Recognized for her portraits of film, theater, and dance stars since the mid-1930s, Annemarie Heinrich was a pivotal figure in the development of modern photography in Argentina. Vasari, Buenos Aires, will dedicate a solo show to Heinrich, showcasing examples of her experimentation, her use of chiaroscuro and multiple exposures, as well as her sensitivity to the face and the human body. Portraits, nudes, hands and feet, figures of dance and…

Rashod Taylor’s award-winning series Little Black Boy, 2020, is modeled in part after a family photo album, offering not only a window into his into his own family story, but also into the Black American experience. Obscura Gallery, Santa Fe, will present work from this series, as well as a selection of his tintypes from the series My America. www.obscuragallery.net The Photography Show presented by AIPAD May 20 – May…

The photographs at HackelBury Fine Art, London, represent a language of contrasts: color and monochrome, light and darkness, order and chaos, abstraction and reality. Nature, in both its fragility and strength, is explored in work by Doug and Mike Starn. William Klein reengages with some of his strongest images, translating his iconic painted contacts into oversized enlargements rendering the artist’s brush strokes immersive and larger than life. A retrospective showcasing…

In 1931, Dorothea Lange, with her two young sons, accompanied her husband, the artist Maynard Dixon, on a sojourn to Taos, New Mexico. Though Lange primarily took care of the boys and tended to household chores while Dixon sketched and painted, she did find time to make a series of portraits of residents of the nearby Taos Pueblo. These vintage contact prints, probably unique, represent some of the best work…

Israeli photographer Michal Chelbin’s remarkable portraits of teenagers have won her international acclaim. Recently she traveled through Ukraine and Spain to explore the connection and tension between youth and uniforms. In her latest book, How to Dance the Waltz (Damiani 2021), she depicts teenagers dressed in military garb, extravagant debutante gowns, and outfits of matadors, all slightly ill-fitting and strange on their slight frames. Chelbin’s work, including the portrait of…

Musa Erato is the long-term project by photographer couple Thomas and Petra Gerwers. Hunting extraordinary locations where they can let their photographic ideas unfold for new mutual creations has been their passion for years. While he wields the camera, she enacts visions oscillating between nude, portrait, and still life photography. To learn more about what sparked this creative collaboration and how it evolved, we sat down and spoke about this…

The Photography Show presented by AIPAD starts this Friday in New York. From Wednesday to Friday we will dedicate our editions to the event. Here is an “aperitif” of what is coming, a collaboration between an American and a French gallery. This is their introductory text: This year Etherton Gallery is collaborating with Paris Galerie Baudoin Lebon on an exhibition celebrating one of the most remarkable and controversial photographers of…

To celebrate his 75th birthday, Abe Frajndlich has collected 75 of his favorite photographs. We like them, so we publish them. Here they are with his commentary! "It has often been said that in the world of photography, when a great master of the medium passes away, he or she is remembered by somewhere between three and six memorable images. And here we are speaking of the visually educated. Maybe…

Until October 1, 2022, the Municipal Archives of the city of Lyon will host the third exhibition of photographer Philippe Schuller. A founding member of the Lyon-based agency Editing, his protean work deals in turn with French society, urban transformations, particularly in Lyon, the art of portraiture, or bears witness to the beauty of the world. His many sided work seems to be at the crossroads of documentary and poetry,…

An Introduction For some years now, Art Rotterdam has been presenting itself as the most important arts event in the Netherlands - who are we to doubt this? But one thing is certain: this week, one event follows another, and all the cultural and artistic organisations are present. The main initiative is the Art Rotterdam fair with more than 10k visitors for each edition, but meanwhile a series of other…

By Isabel Bryony London Gallery Weekend brings together over 150 contemporary art galleries in a three day free event designed to encourage visitors to explore the city’s rich art scene. In this second iteration, coinciding with Photo London, we visit five photography exhibitions not to miss - taking in offerings from blue chip galleries as well as emerging spaces and non profit initiatives.   Gareth McConnell at Seen Fifteen A…