Phew! In under two weeks, photographer Janette Beckman, printer Carl Saytor (Luxlab NYC) and the team at God's Love We Deliver and I, raised all this money by offering prints of 50 musicians in return for a donation to God's Love, which delivers thousands of homemade, medically-tailored meals to New Yorkers who are too sick to shop or cook for themselves. [read more]
The print sale fundraiser Janette Beckman and I threw together, thanks to our fabulous network of photographer friends and with the support of God's Love We Deliver, raised $4000 for the New York-based charity that delivers medically tailored meals to New Yorkers in need. A few pieces are still available - check it out ! [read more]
I had a once in a lifetime opportunity to curate an exhibition from the archive of New Yorker Jill Freedman who died last year. Working with her wonderful family and the amazing team of volunteers at SohoPhoto Gallery in New York City, we put together a fabulous show, of Jill's "Resurrection City" series, alongside her Fire Department and Police Department photographs. Sublime! Above is an … [read more]
Another fabulous set of students came to my "It's Shot, Now What?" workshop in Inderøy, Norway last month. A variety of workshops take place at Saga, a renovated saw mill with classroom, gallery space, guest rooms and artist-in-residence apartments too. We work hard and we play hard too. Walks to the beach, dinners at the local pub - always a good time! [read more]
In 1989 I got a job with a photo agency - see above, that's a blonde me on the left. By 1991 I was running the London office. By 1992 I was running the New York office, and I have been here in NY ever since. It occurred to me that I have now been in the industry for 30 years! In that time I have run a business overseeing more than 70 staff, worked in a fine art gallery, worked for an online … [read more]
The first perhaps of many co-curated shows with my mate Janette Beckman . [read more]
The member-based organization APA, American Photographic Artists, hosted three professionals reviewing three photographers, in front of a small audience. I joined freelance art producer Raquel Duarte and Getty Images' Sarah Foster, each of us reviewing three very different photographers, and then we and the audience reviewed how the review had gone! It was really fun, and I learned something from … [read more]
What a treat to curate the American Society of Media Photographer's 75th anniversary exhibition at Photoville, 2019. Reid Callanan of Sante Fe Workshops, archivist Grayson Dantzic and I put together an exhibition of current and past members, from Dorothea Lange and Arthur Rothstein, to Stephen Wilkes and Jill Freedman. I also got to do some portfolio reviews in the Photoville Smorgasburg Beer … [read more]
Writer Elin Spring extracted a few words from me in conjunction with the exhibition I curated for the Griffin Museum. I've been called a few things over time but firecracker is a new one! Here is my "Curator's Viewpoint" . [read more]
I was super thrilled to see the fruit of mine and all the artists' labors at the opening of the Griffin Museum of Photography 25th Annual Juried Members' Exhibition. Selecting a mere 60 images was not easy! So many interesting submissions. The top finalist is Sunjoo Lee whose almost-black still life photographs are as sumptuous online as in print. See all of the winners on the Griffin Museum of … [read more]