Anthropographia 2010:
Human Rights & Photography

Presented by Anthropographia
Tobacco Warehouse


Anthropographia’s aim is to create new spaces for photojournalism that encourages the promotion of human rights, exposes social injustice, and underlines the multiple realities of our current world. The quality of the 24 chosen photojournalism essays, selected by a prestigious jury, testifies to the undeniable strength that the still image has on human consciousness. This collection of works is a perfect example of the power of photography and multimedia to communicate and inform about human rights issues in an incredibly effective way.

Artists Include: G.M.B Akash, Christian Als, Walter Astrada, Javier Arcenillas/Malarava, Marcus Bleasdale, Stéphanie Bouillet, Samantha Box, Michael Brown, Mathias Christensen, Massimiliano Clausi, William Daniels, Natan Dvir, Stephen Ferry, Mariella Furrer, Sadin Lizzie, Matt Lutton, Alexandre Matthieu, Justin Mott, David Rochkind, Frederic Sautereau, Munem Wasif, Andy Sprya, Marc Wattrelot, Taylor Weidman, Jenn Ackerman, Kriten Ashburn, Jean Chung, Rodrigo Cruz, Brent Foster, Poul Madsen, Wolf Nielsen, Alex Masi, Anne Holmes, Dana Romanoff, and Jonathon Torgovnik.

DutchDoc!Space

Curated by Marga Rotteveel
Kunsthalle Galapagos


“We do it ourselves,” is a statement often used by young Dutch photographers. “We do it ourselves,” in how we organize our exhibitions, searching for different ways to fundraising and different ways to publish our books. It, along with a solid documentary tradition, is one of the characteristics that make Dutch photography nationally and internationally famous. The photo book also has a long tradition, and its popularity is rising among both young and more established photographers. For young photographers, it is often the best way to tell their stories. Within that photo book, you increasingly see the attempt to cross boundaries and find new ways of storytelling.

In their search for these new avenues, they sometimes use materials from others. The four young photographers—Petra Stavast, Daan Paans, Wytske van Keulen, and Willem Popelier—were selected for DutchDoc!Space because they all employed found or appropriated elements in an interesting way.

DutchDoc!Space at NYPH’10 is an exhibition area where four photo books are presented in an exciting form. The emphasis in this pavilion is on the Dutch photo book and Dutch documentary photography. Several activities within the same discipline will also take place here. The entire project was developed in cooperation with Annelies Kuiper, promoter of documentary photography from the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture. The design of the exhibition is hands of Michl Sommer and Victor Leurs of Featuring Amsterdam. Participating artists: Boudewijn Bollmann, Teun van der Heijden, Rob Hornstra, Wil van Iersel, Sjoerd Knibbeler, Willem Poelstra, Hugo Schuitemaker, Michl Sommer, and Rob Wetzer.

Latin American Pavilion

Presented by FotoVisura
Dumbo Arts Center


Curated and produced by Adriana Teresa, the FotoVisura Latin American Pavilion—located in the Dumbo Arts Center-- is sponsored by the Viso Lizardi Family. This year the Pavilion is showcasing two exhibitions each presenting visual responses to the following universal themes; identity, sexuality, health, religion and daily life.

—Baobabs—sponsored by Visura Media: Features cuban photographers René Peña, Raul Cañibano, Arien Chang, Alejandro González, Nelson Ramírez de Arellano, along with mexican artist Alinka Echeverría and american artist Susan Bank.

—Guatemala: a territory of many trees—sponsored by la Fototeca Guatemala Features photographers Clara de Tezanos and Juan José Estrada.

Outsider Land

Presented by Atelier Reflexe & Cobertura Photo
Tobacco Warehouse

Curated by Véronique Bourgoin, Outsider Land explores divergent visions that play with the landmarks of normality. A social critique, a radical engagement, a refusal of norms, poetic imagery—this project presents a photographic panorama that escapes standard reality. It shows works that disrupt references and reflect a world on the fringe of society: the artists adopt paths on the borders of the official market, including their creation in a parallel world; other works derive from imaginary universes that efface the borders between reality and fiction. Outsider Land questions both the artist and the spectator about their place in reality when faced with the evolution of the contemporary world.

Artists Include: Antoine d’Agata, Véronique Bourgoin, Joan Gannij, Les Hole Garden, Bruce Kalberg, Anne Lefèbvre, Jochen Lempert, Boris Michaïlov, Juli Susin, and Miroslav Tichy

Working with Atelier Reflexe’s Photographers: Thomas Brosset, Manuela Böhme, Sophie Carlier, Philippe Gerlach, Josquin Gouilly Frossard, Sandra Schmalz, Sarah Toumayan, Margot Wallard, and Morgan Willard

Spanish correspondents Cobertura Photo: Rodrigo Gomez Reina, Agustin Hurtado, Antonio Perez, and
Alberto Rojas Maza

Supported by culturesfrance

For more information, please click here.

Slovenia Press Photo Competition Exhibition

Presented by Slovenia Press Photo
VII Photo Agency - 28 Jay Street


The Slovenia Press Photo 2010 Exhibition consists of images made by Slovene photographers in the year 2009. It features the competition winners; images that were selected, out of the over-3300 pictures that were submitted, by a jury of international photography professionals chaired by Christopher Morris of the VII Photo Agency. This year’s selection ranges from pure photojournalistic work to sets of images that are not overtly journalistic yet either carry a strong message, or display different approaches to traditional photojournalism—be it in terms of the camera format or the issue covered and viewed as news.

Artists Include: Jure Erzen, Jost Franko, Ales Gregoric, Domen Grogl, Luka Cjuha, Ciril Jazbec, Tom Crnej, Matjaz Krivic, Tadej Znidaric, Ales Bravnicar, Anze Petkovsek, Matjaz Rust, Boris Faric, Jure Kravanja, Simon Plestenjak and Tom Bevk.

The 2010 Slovenia Press Photo Competition jury included:
Christopher Morris (VII Photo
Agency) – Jury Chairman
Adriana Zehbrauskas (Polaris Images)
Oded Balilty (Associated Press)
Murad Sezer (Reuters)
Heidi Levine (Sipa Press)

The winner of the “Single Picture” category was Jure Eržen,
for an image from Gaza.

Jeroen Kramer: Room 103

Presented by Noorderlicht Photo Festival
Tobacco Warehouse

What is a photograph worth? A thousand words, as they say? Is it worth your happiness? Your self-respect? Your life?

Born in Amsterdam and based in Lebanon, Jeroen Kramer has lived and worked in the Middle East since 2001. His hard news photos found their way into the international media. But Kramer had had enough; he went in search of intimacy and beauty, and sought refuge in autonomous photography. Room 103 (a book and exhibition) affords an insight into the complex and schizophrenic reality of a photographer who lives and works in a conflict zone. Starkly honest and coldly beautiful, it is an unblinking study not only of life and death in the strife-torn Middle East but also of Kramer’s inner struggle to come to terms with the human weaknesses, aesthetic limitations and remorseless insights of his chosen path. Room 103 was initiated, published and exhibited by Noorderlicht, who previously showed Kramer’s work at the Noorderlicht Photofestival.

Warzone

Presented by Noorderlicht Photo Festival
Tobacco Warehouse


Do you remember when the tanks plowed through the fields and steel rain exploded in this very soil? Do you remember how at night bullets were like fireflies, burying in stone and flesh alike? Do you remember footsteps in the dark red mud?

In the fog of war soldiers all but hold each other’s hands. They may say, “I love you” to the voice on the phone, but the deepest love they know is this tight-knit unit, this shared fear and bravado. But the camaraderie may later become a source of grief, for eventually the bonds will be broken—by death or a return to a normalcy that can never be like it was before. Warzone a photography project about the war experience of modern, Western soldiers. A person changes when arming himself for the frontlines, but for those of us who stay behind the images and thoughts that engraved themselves on their minds are impossible to understand.

Participating Photographers include: Christoph Bangert, Marco Citron, Ad Van Dendreen, Balazs Gardi, Rafal Gerszak , Jeroen Hofman, Antonin Kratochvil, Christopher Morris, Seamus Murphy, Louie Palu, Moises Saman, Paul Seawright, Martin Specht, Eddy Van Wessel, and Luke Wolagiewicz.

For more information, please click here.

Liu Yuan: Red Land

Curated by Taj Forer
Tobacco Warehouse


Liu Yuan’s photographs, made through window of his sleeper-car compartment while traveling across the railways of North Korea in 2008, depict relatively mundane agricultural landscapes. The images, in-and-of themselves, appear to be simplistic, known, seen—perhaps even redundant. Yet, when put into context (namely that of this “closed society’s” manufactured representation contemporary North Korean culture and politics), the profundity of his work begins to pour over us. Never before have we an expansive body of images depicting Korea’s rural, cooperative agriculture and housing systems. Never before have we, non-North Korean audience, gained access to visual representation of the political, social, and economic structures that dictate the practice and reality of daily life for millions of North Korean families. Liu Yuan’s photographs, shown here in the United for the first time, are a vital and fundamental piece of the emerging “stolen” image bank that is slowly, but surely, constructing broader international perspective on the modern socio-political systems, and resulting human realities, of this mysterious nation.

Tierney Fellowship Show

Presented by The Tierney Foundation
Tobacco Warehouse


The Tierney Fellowship Show presents selected works by the 2009 Tierney Fellows. The Tierney Fellowship is a global initiative that annually awards fellowships to support emerging artists in the field of photography. Its primary goal is to find tomorrow’s distinguished artists and leaders in the world of photography and assist them in overcoming the challenges that artists face at the beginning of their careers.

The Tierney Fellowship Show features the work of 2009 Fellows: Canon Bernaldez, Michele Borzoni, Paola Davila, Ayala Gazit, David Gilbert, Aldo Guerra, Simangele Kalisa, Monique Pelser, Jiang Pengyi, Ariane Questiaux, Elaine Stocki, Kate Stone, Rahul Sujatha Ravindran, and Grant Willing.

Where Storytelling Lives

Presented by INSTITUTE
111 Front Street, Suite 214


INSTITUTE for Artist Management will present photographic works by its artists, including fine art prints, multimedia and monographs.

Artists include: Jodi Bieber, Rena Effendi, Lauren Greenfield, Guillaume Herbaut,Rob Hornstra, Jeff Jacobson, Nadav Kander, Gillian Laub, James Longley, Gerd Ludwig, Joshua Lutz, Zed Nelson, Jehad Nga, Matthew Niederhauser,Simon Norfolk, James Pomerantz, Lorena Ros, and Paul Shambroom.

Sombra Projects

Presented by Sombra Projects
Dumbo General Store


Sombra Projects is proud to present its inaugural exhibition, a collaborative effort dedicated to showcasing social documentary photography within a fine art aesthetic. Sombra Projects grew out of a network of photographers based primarily in New York City as a way to present personal work and share their experiences. Sombra Projects exists as a compliment to the photographers’ individual endeavors and provides them an opportunity to work together, allowing them to make connections between their diverse experiences and to engage in a conversation to about their lives and, more importantly, the people and places in front of the lens.

Artists Include: Jason Andrew, Richard Ashe, Lyric Cabral, Francesca Cao, Tiffany Clark, Christina Clusiau, Julia Gillard, Chiara Goia, Lucy Helton, Yo Imae, Shiori Kawasaki, Yasutaka Kojima, Tiana Markova-Gold, Shizuka Minami, Kathryn Obermaier, Christina Paige, Pax Paloscia, Elizabeth Rubincam, Deidre Schoo, Gabriele Stabile, Nicole Tung, Tom White, Tadej Znidarcic.

For more information, please click here.

New Visionaires 2009

Presented by The New York Photo Awards
Tobacco Warehouse


The New York Photo Festival is pleased to announce the creation of New Visionaires 2009, an exhibition showcasing the works of the New York Photo Awards 2009 Winners and Honorable Mentions.

Artists include: Felix Hug, Thomas Lekfeldt, J Carrier, Espen Rasmussen, Matthieu Paley, Bruno Levy, Gianni Cipriano, Jackie Dewe Mathews, Mike Whelan, Anna Moller, Arslan Sukan, Justin James King, Elliot Ross, J Bennett Fitts, Kai-Uwe Gundlach, Lauren Greenfield, Adam Hinton, John Clang, Nadav Kander, Ernesto Bazan, Doug DuBois, Michal Chelbin, Andy Spyra, Andrea Star Reese, Ed Ou, Mark Fernandes, Tyler Brown, Natan Dvir, Elliott Wilcox, Tammy Mercure, Ivonne Thein, Patrik Budenz, Kristoffer Axen, and Adam Lau.