Simone Lueck

These photographs are being shown in Los Angeles, CA at the Kopeikin Gallery. 

I am new to this photographer, however after reading the premise to the works, she reminds me of a cross between Alex Prager and Katy Grannan, which can make for some interesting images. I think my favorite might be the woman on the Tiger rug.... 

"The artist placed ads on Craigslist and in newspapers in various US cities soliciting older woman to pose as glamorous movie stars. The pictures are collaborations: Each participant is asked to provide her own makeup, hair and wardrobe. As active players in the affair, the women are able to shape their individual portrayal. The shows are fantasies, and the performance reflects each woman's perception of glamour."

Alison Rossiter at Yossi Milo Gallery

Photograms at their best! At first I walked in thinking there was a painting exhibition going on, but as I walked up to the first piece you could see the corners of the photo paper curling and the beautiful tones on the edges of the exposure lines.They were created on expired vintage photo paper, and she pours the developer onto the paper, as though forming a painting in the darkroom. 

 I'm new to this photographer, but I'm going to find out more, absolutely stunning work, a wonderful Chelsea find! 

Alison Rossiter, Reduction 

September 23, 2010–October 30, 2010

Laura Letinsky at Yancey Richardson Gallery

Tradition and Modernity in flux: Visual Binaries in Contemporary Iranian Photography {A series of Dissertation Images}

Shadi Ghadirian, Qajar Series 

Shirin Aliabadi, Miss Hybrid 

Shirin Aliabadi, Miss Hybrid 

Shadi Ghadirian, Qajar Series 

Shadi Ghadirian, Qajar Series 

Shadi Ghadirian, Qajar Series

Houra Yaghoubi, Who is my generation?

Houra Yaghoubi, Who is my generation?

Katayoun Karami , The Other side 

Katayoun Karami, The other side

Shadi Ghadirian, Like Everyday Series

Shirin Neshat, Fervor

Shirin Neshat, Fervor

Shirin Neshat, Women of Allah 

Shirin Neshat, Women of Allah 

Shirin Neshat, Women of Allah 

Shirin Neshat, Women of Allah

Shirin Neshat, Fervor

Shirin Neshat, Fervor 

Shirin Neshat, The Last Word 

Shirin Neshat, The Last Word 

Roya Falahi 

Roya Falahi 

Roya Falahi

Houra Yagoubi, Who is my generation?

Adobe's new virtual museum

I'm not sure how I feel about this one yet, but check it out. if anything its kind of cool.

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Sharon Core, 2007

represented by Yancy Richardson Gallery
she photographs the food that she grows in her own garden in upstate NY. Her show is called "Early American" and she says that her main inspiration for these photographs come from the 19th century painter Raphaelle Peale. On show at the gallery at Hermes in New York until December!

interview here: Sharon Core Interview

Gohar Dashti

titled, Today's Life and War 

Contemporary Iranian Photographer, lives and works in Iran 

Dashti shows a multitude of photographs in this series that as a whole depict the complex relationship between the daily experiences and the internal psychic experiences of a young Iranian couple. She is exploring the persistence of trauma that is ever present in post War Iran. Instead of suggesting that the couple lives in a war zone, Dashti uses battlefield imagery imposing onto images of the domestic environment to heighten the representation of the trauma that results from the violence of war. It shows a unique perspective, one often disregarded in the media imagery that constructs many of our misinterpretations about contemporary Iran. 

Hanna Liden.....images of blown out candles

i love the simplicity in these, when i first saw them they were small and i thought they were a weird digital abstraction, once i made them bigger i realised what they were, but that initial reaction still holds, except for the weird digital part....

peter hujar, 1985