Monthly Archives: February 2009

The George Eastman House hosts Doug Menuez’s Transcendent Spirit

Each year, the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film in Rochester hosts its “Wish You Were Here” lecture series, a program that invites renowned photographers to discuss their documentary work. This year’s series features a Doug Menuez talking about his book Transcendent Spirit: The Orphans of Uganda. Menuez photographs take us into [...]

The New York Times reviews The Black List: Vol. 2

In her review of The Black List: Vol. 2, an HBO documentary directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, the Times’ Ginia Bellafante praises the film’s varied view of African-American achievement. Wryly noting that the election of Barack Obama has inspired “a frenzied eagerness by the news media to showcase the lives of prominent and well-to-do African-Americans,” Bellafante [...]

David Drebin featured in W Hotels. Book

“I like to think of myself not only as a photographer but as a psychographer,” David Drebin explains in a 6-page feature on his work in W Hotels. Book. Alongside selected highlights of his work, including environmental portraits of Charlize Theron, David Caruso, and Diane Von Furstenberg, there are insights into Drebin’s approach to his [...]

Lauren Greenfield on her documentary “Thin”

The Black List: Vol. 2 premieres on HBO

The Black List: Vol. 2, the follow-up to the acclaimed 2008 documentary The Black List: Vol. 1, will debut on HBO on Feb. 26. Both films—which are a collaboration between photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and film critic Elvis Mitchell—profile some of today’s most fascinating African-Americans. From the childhood inspirations that shaped their ambitions, to the evolving [...]

David Drebin exhibition opening at the W

Kodak Closeup: Kwaku Alston

A video interview with photo Kwaku Alston.

Behind the scenes with Timothy White and legendary Yank Joe Torre

Joe Torre led the New York Yankees to 10 American League East division titles, six American League pennants, and four World Series wins. The man is a born leader, which is why J.H. Cohn, the largest independent accounting and consulting firm in the Northeast, has chosen him as their new spokesperson. For a campaign called [...]

Champagne reception for Timothy White’s “Hollywood Pinups”

The Manhasset Hotel Gallery at Americana Manhasset is hosting a champagne reception from 6 to 9 pm on February 12 for Timothy White in honor of “Hollywood Pinups,” an exhibition of selected images from his best-selling book of the same name. Gina Gershon, Kate Hudson, Molly Sims, and Jennifer Beals are among the stars White [...]