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Tonight: Christie’s Green Auction celebrates 40th anniversary of Earth Day

April 22, 2010 – 12:37 pm

Tonight at 8, Christie’s will be holding a special auction in New York to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Proceeds from the first-ever “Christie’s Green Auction: A Bid to Save the Earth” will benefit Conservation International, Oceana, Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Central Park Conservatory. The event will feature a two-part photography [...]

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Highlights from last night’s APA/NY Image Makers series with Robert Tardio and Jeff Mermelstein

April 15, 2010 – 10:11 am

I went to the Apple store in Soho last night to hear Robert Tardio and Jeff Mermelstein speak at the APA/NY Image Makers series. Here are some highlights and sound bites from their presentations. . . Robert Tardio Robert is a commercial still-life photographer with 24 years in the industry who is collaborating on an [...]

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Roxanne Lowit in Netherlands museum’s “Haute Couture” exhibition

April 14, 2010 – 10:25 am

The Gemeente Museum in the Hague is home to one of Europe’s largest fashion collections—from the pink Givenchy frock that Audrey Hepburn made famous in Breakfast at Tiffany’s to pieces from fashion’s storied past, including by Worth, Poiret, and Vionnet. And now, with “Haute Couture,” the museum is celebrating some of fashion’s finest: members of [...]

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U.K. newspaper The Observer picks this month’s top 20 photo exhibitions and books

April 5, 2010 – 9:27 am

The Observer‘s site is offering a “monthly guide to the 20 best photographic exhibitions and books” in the form of a slide show. In the span of just 2 minutes and 20 seconds, you can update yourself on the photo world’s latest and greatest, and they’ve included detailed captions, so you don’t even have to [...]

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Lauren Greenfield’s “Girl Culture” in the Guardian and, this summer, at the Getty

April 2, 2010 – 9:04 am

U.K. newspaper the Guardian has interviewed Lauren about her “best shot”—a photo of four “popular girls” from a school in Edina, Minnesota. The 1998 image is part of Lauren’s Girl Culture book. . . “This picture was taken in 1998, at a time when people were just beginning to realise what ‘mean girls’ were, and how brutal [...]

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Montreal’s prestigious Galerie de Bellefeuille presents an exhibition of David Drebin’s work

March 26, 2010 – 5:58 pm

If you’re in Montreal tomorrow, stop by the Galerie de Bellefeuille, which is hosting an exhibition of David’s cinematic, enigmatic photos shot in Las Vegas, New York, and Hong Kong, among other photographically inspiring locales. . . The Galerie de Bellefeuille represents some of the best-known contemporary artists in the world, such as Jim Dine, [...]

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Photos: “Match Prints” exhibition opening at Staley-Wise

March 26, 2010 – 12:17 pm

Last night was the reception for “Match Prints,” an exhibition of photographs from Timothy White and Jim Marshall’s book of the same name, on view at Staley-Wise Gallery in Soho through April 24. I noticed that at her eponymous blog, Elizabeth Avedon—a curatorial consultant and book and exhibition designer—had posted photos she took at the [...]

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Photos: Timothy White and friends pay tribute to Jim Marshall

March 26, 2010 – 8:18 am

. Lots of people—including Henry Diltz, Mark Seliger, and Danny Clinch—came out to the John Varvatos store in Soho on Wednesday night to join Timothy White in paying tribute to his friend, legendary rock photographer Jim Marshall, who died Tuesday at the age of 74. Timothy and Jim had been scheduled to sign copies of [...]

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Opening-night photos: Nadav Kander exhibitions in Berlin

March 23, 2010 – 9:01 am

Last week, Bill and Maureen went to Berlin for the opening of two exhibitions of Nadav’s work, at the Camera Work gallery and at Museum the Kennedys (the latter displayed “Obama’s People” with Richard Avedon’s “The Family”). . “For many years, Kander’s photographs have been an integral part of distinguished collections such as those of [...]

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UPDATED: John Varvatos in conversation with Timothy White and Jim Marshall

March 22, 2010 – 9:22 am

You don’t have to be a diehard rock fan like John Varvatos, who reportedly owns more than 10,000 records and features musicians in his ad campaigns, to enjoy listening in as the award-winning menswear designer chats with Timothy White and Jim Marshall this Wednesday about their book, Match Prints. Varvatos is hosting an Inside the [...]

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