One of my favorite portraits by one of my favorite artists, and just my luck- it's on display at MoMA right now.

©Nadar (Gaspard-Felix Tournachon), Paul Chenavard

Come join me tonight for Amy Stein and Brian Ulrich's opening. It's sure to be a lovely time.

I started a small publishing company with a few close friends recently, and I am proud to announce that we are now accepting submissions. For more information on Trifecta, please go to

http://trifectapublishing.wordpress.com/

I get a lot of my insperation from the blog Africa is a Country. I wish I could take complete credit for all the African Photographers I post here, but I can't. He is on top of his game. I hear it from him before anyone else.

©Kwesi Abbensetts, from acrylic bLACK

The Vanitas series reminds me of a lot of other work out there, but there are certain images that I enjoy drawing connections to. In particular, the image above. Reyes claims that this series references the physical body and mortality.

© Justin Reyes, Vanitas - Still Life with Fish and Oranges

The series title sums up exactly what I experience when I look at Kaneko's work.

© Hiroyo Kaneko, from the series, Sentimental Education, 2005

Channeling Melissa Catanese today.

©Melissa Cantanese, from the series When the Bugs Come Back

Jeffrey Deitch was just appointed Director of LA MoCA today. Deitch Projects will be closing June 1. I hate to see it go.

SNOW GLOBE

An exhibition curated by Johalla Projects and guest curator Christopher Starbody

I will be in Chicago for this, so come hang out with me and check out Johalla Projects.

Opening Reception: Saturday, December 19, 2009, 7-10 pm

Beer provided by Grolsch, Supporter of the Arts

Exhibition runs from December 19-27

Gallery hours are Saturday 1-5 pm and by appointment during the week

© Momoko Seto, Video still from Planet A, 2009

In September this year over five days, Platon, the New Yorker staff photographer got many of the world’s leaders to sit for him while they were here for a meeting of the United Nations. You can check out all the portraits on the New Yorker’s website. Each photograph come with audio commentary by Platon.

© Platon, Robert Mugabe

© Platon, Jacob Zuma

I remember first seeing Leslie Hewitt's work at the 2008 Whitney Biennial (instillation shot above.) I honestly can't remember my first reaction when seeing this work, but it was the only work in the Biennial I came back to see again. There is something incredibly chalenging about Make it Plain that had me coming back to revisit the intillation.

Riffs on Real time, featured above can be seen at the New Photography 2009 exhibition at MOMA.

Hewitt studied at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, the Yale University School of Art, and at New York University, where she was a Clark Fellow in the Africana and Visual Culture Studies program.

© Leslie Hewitt, Make it Plain

© Leslie Hewitt, from Riffs on Real Time

© Leslie Hewitt, from Riffs on Real Time

J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere is a Nigerian born photographer who first started making pictures in 1950. In 1967 he joined the Nigeriean Arts Council and documented Nigerian cultural heritage. He has an opening this Thursday 12/17/09 at L. Parker Stephenson Photographs on Madison Ave. & 66th St.

© J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, Mkpuk Eba HD 694/74, 1974

© J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, Koroba, HD 726/74, 1974

Malick Sidibé's work will also be featured Thursday night at L. Parker Stephenson Photographs. Sidibé documented the postcolonial youth in Mali during the late 60's. He would attend all of the happening events around Bamako, the capitol, and print into the night, a selection of images that clients would then come in the morning and pick out their favorites. Very similar to modern day photographs taken before you enter popular tourists destinations such as the empire state building, sears tower, or a holiday cruise.

Sidibé is, hands down, my favorite photographer.

RIP Larry Sultan.

Read the full NY Times article here.

© Larry Sultan, Conversation through Kitchen Window, from Pictures from Home, 1992

© Tracey Baran, Untitled (Cherry in hand), 1998

© Tracey Baran, Mom's New Horse, 2003

© Lilly McElroy, from the series I Throw Myself at Men

Paola Nuñez Solorio was one of the many passengers on the D train that witnessed a brutal murder two weeks ago. Solorio is a photography student and managed to document some of the mayhem of the incident. Please read on here.

© Paola Nuñez Solorio

© Paola Nuñez Solorio

Another blog to look out for is Art Department. This was started by the lovely Elizabeth Barragan, Director of Farmani Gallery and Queen of all that is fun in this world. Make sure to check it out.

If you are going to be in Miami for Art Basel, make sure to check out the Aqua Art festival. Stop by booth #27 to check out some great photography and say hello to my friends at Kris Graves Project. They are featuring the works of Peter Baker, Jason Hanasik, David Nadel, Sergio A. Fernandez, and Ruben Natal-San Miguel. More info on Aqua Art.

Speaking of Ruben Natal-San Miguel, you should follow his blog.

© Ruben Natal-San Miguel

The things my dreams are made of.

© Irina Rozovsky, from the series One to Nothing

© Irina Rozovsky, from the series One to Nothing

Don't forget to stop by Umbrage Gallery for the Dreamboats opening, November 5, 6-8pm.

111 Front St. Suite 208 Brooklyn

© Joe Leavenworth