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harlan erskine
The Economics of Art Photography
[caption id="attachment_1243" align="alignnone" width="553" caption="Andreas Gursky, Rhine II, 1999, C-print mounted to plexiglass, 73 × 143 inches."][/caption] A few weeks ago the Andreas Gursky print, Rhine II, was auctioned for $4.3 million, breaking the record previously held by Cindy Sherman. Guardian Article: The world's most expensive photographs - in pictures. I always admired Rhine II. I
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harlan erskine
Cycles of the new and the old, part 2
NYPL: Image ID: G89F391_216F The Upper Yosemite Falls, 1600 feet, from Eagle Point Trail. [Watkins' New Series, no.3145.] (1879-1890) The Carleton Watkins stereograph was taken around the time of the founding of the Camera Club in 1884. Watkins' journey to the falls was arduous. He and his assistants were literally carrying hundreds of pounds of
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harlan erskine
Openings and Events this week – November 1 – 6
Simen Johan, Untitled #159, From the series Until the Kingdom Comes, C-Print, 2010. Opening at Yossi Milo Gallery on Thursday, Nov. 3. Tuesday, November 1 Performance: Jen DeNike "The Hostess Never Lies" curated by Anne Apparu Vogt Gallery 526 W 26 street, suite 911, 11am-6pm Lecture: "Surfland: Joni Sternbach" Center for Alternative Photography 36
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harlan erskine
An early critique at the Camera Club of NY
Last weekend, I looked through the Camera Club of New York's historical archives. They are safely kept in 18 boxes under Bryant park at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, also known as New York Public Library's main building. I will return over the next few months to dig around and choose a few pieces from the archive for this blog.
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harlan erskine
Openings and Events this week – October 19 – 23
Thursday, October 20 Alessandro Zuek Simonetti, Andrea Sonnenberg, Dave Potes, Lele Saveri, Lisa Weiss, Patrick Griffin, Yuri Shibuya "The Inferno" curated by Hamburger Eyes + Ed. Varie Ed. Varie 208 East 7th street, 7-10pm [caption id="attachment_1156" align="alignnone" width="240" caption="Bill Jacobson"][/caption] Bill Jacobson, "Into the Loving Nowhere (1989 till now)" Julie Saul Gallery 535 West 22nd street,
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harlan erskine
Cycles of the new and the old
Hi Camera Club and blog readers, My name is Harlan Erskine, and I'm happy to be the new guest blogger. Over the next few months I will be writing about the art of photography as it relates to our contemporary culture and the history of the Camera Club. I'm looking forward to digging into the club's archives
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Gail Quagliata
Ending at the beginning
Man Ray was the photographer who made me want to be a photographer when I was a 15 year old who had just enrolled in Photography and was trying to make sense of my grandmother's well-worn Olympus. I think I liked him so instantly because his work seems exotic and intangible when you're 15 and
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Gail Quagliata
Costumes are weird.
Estelle Hanania has a brilliant series of images from Purim she took in one of London's largest Hasidic communities. I found the work fascinating because I've lived in Williamsburg for about 6 years and I still find it nearly impossible not to gawk at the strict religious community plunked smack in the midst of our
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Gail Quagliata
I love you, Martin Parr.
It's easy to get old and crotchety and cynical when you're a. actually rather comparatively old (because you spend most of your time on a college campus and the rest of your time student teaching in an elementary school) and/or b. running on very little sleep and surrounded by peppy kids who think they've got