Robin Schwartz speaks at ICP

Congratulations to my friend and colleague at William Paterson University, Robin Schwartz, who will lecture about her work tonight at the School at the International Center of Photography.

The Photographers Lecture Series: Robin Schwartz
School at ICP, 1114 Avenue of the Americas
Wednesday, December 8, 7:00pm
Price: $15 Member Price: $15

March Photo Frenzy

copyright Deana Lawson

Sway
Station Independent Projects
Scope Art Fair NYC, booth A30
March 4-7

Exhibiting Artists: Juliana Beasley, Brian Getnick, Miles Ladin, Deana Lawson, Leah Oates, Ruben Natal San-Miguel, Kari Soinio and Pierre St-Jacques

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The Concrete Jungle
Ruben Natal- San Miguel
Kris Graves Projects
111 Front Street #224
DUMBO
March 4 - April 10
Opening reception: Thursday, March 4, 6 - 9pm

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At Sea
Dan Estabrook
Daniel Cooney Fine Art Gallery
511 West 25th Street, Suite #506
New York, NY
March 1 - April 24
Opening reception: Thursday, March 4
Lyle Rexer in Conversation with Dan Estabrook: Saturday, March 6, 4pm

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31 Women in Art Photography
Humble Arts Foundation
Affirmation Arts
523 West 37th Street
New York, NY
Opening reception and dance party: Saturday, March 6, 6 - 9pm

Exhibiting Artists: Erica Allen, Amelia Bauer, Claire Beckett, Gilda Davidian, Jessica Eaton, Naomi Harris, Carmen von Kende, Anna Krachey, Yvonne Lacet, Erika Larson, Jessica Mallios, Alison Malone, S. Billie Mandle, Paula McCartney, Rachel Mozman, Yamini Nayar, Sarah Palmer, Kristine Potter, Heather Rasmussen, Justine Reyes, Lisa Robinson, Irina Rozovsky, Sasha Rudensky, Victoria Sambunaris, Robin Schwartz, Emily Shur, Bea Shouders, Rachel Sussman, Kirsten Kay Thoen, Carson Fisk-Vittori and Ann Woo


copyright Ruben Natal-San Miguel

Faculty Exhibition

Roof Top Wedding
copyright Robin Schwartz

I started a new position this fall teaching photography at William Paterson University, which means I am making a trek on a bus from Port Authority twice a week to a green and lush campus in northern New Jersey. Full-time faculty member, Robin Schwartz, and I are teaching concurrent intro digital photo courses - sharing notes and transitioning the photo program into the digital era.

Robin and I are also both currently exhibiting photographs in the annual faculty exhibition in the Ben Shahn Court Gallery on campus. I first became familiar with Robin's work when she and Elinor Carucci gave presentations as featured artists in a panel discussion about Women in Photography led by founders, Cara Phillips and Amy Elkins, last fall at Aperture. Robin's highly imaginative and eccentric images depict her daughter, Amelia, interacting with exotic animals such as kangaroos, elephants, hairless dogs and cats, and various primates. Robin takes her "circus family" on tour of the country to find these strange creatures - recently, a trip to Texas in the heavy August heat to rendezvous with some monkeys. Her third monograph, Amelia's World, was published in 2008 by Aperture, and some of her images from this series were included in the newly released photo book, Hijaked: Volume One, which incorporates work by contemporary Australian and American photographers.

I had the pleasure of meeting the star of the photos a few weeks ago, and Amelia is as charming and magical in person as she appears in her animal kingdom. She showed me a small turtle shell and a lifeless mouse that she had discovered on one of their journeys, and I gather that there are more than a few living creatures at their home in Hoboken.

Faculty Exhibition
Ben Shahn Court Gallery
William Paterson University
Wayne, NJ

September 14 - October 16