Today we went to AIPAD in NYC- an amazing photo expo with a vast array of both vintage and contemporary photography. In my opinion the $25 ticket is well worth it- nowhere else will you be able to see such a diverse collection of photography- basically the history of photography in one place.
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The AIPAD Photography Show New York will run from Thursday, April 10 through Sunday, April 13, 2008, at the Park Avenue Armory at 67th Street in New York City. Show hours will be:
Thursday, April 10 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Friday, April 11 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 12 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 13 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The admission is $25 daily and $35 for the run-of-show, and includes a show catalogue. No advance purchase is required. Tickets will be available at the door. For more information, the public can call AIPAD at 202.367.1158 or at newyork@aipad.com
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AIPAD highlights, 2008:
Abe Morell at Bonni Benrubi
Two of Abelardo Morell’s photographs of Venetian rooms turned into camera obscuras. These look like slide projections but were made by covering the windows with black paper, leaving a pinhole which creates the view on the opposite wall. This always results in an upside down image unless corrected by an intervening lens.
Several original Ansel Adams prints
Sandy Skoglun's new piece
Skoglund's newest piece,Fresh Hybrid,(above) is an installation and photograph that explores the shifting boundaries between life and lifelike by fabricating an artificial landscape. Replacing blades of grass with pipecleaners and bark with wool fibers, the materials strive to transform nature into a cornucopia of human pleasure with ubiquitous soft and fluffy surfaces. As if on a spring day, the sculpted hybrid trees blossom with impossible bounty and cheer in the form of chenille chicks, mass-produced lucky charms that give us a fragile and unsettling glimpse into an imaginary lost innocence.
John Szarkowski(former photo curater of MoMA) at Pace/MacGill
Gustave Le Gray, original salt prints and paper negatives from the 1800's at Daniel Blau
(A paper negative is a negative created on photo-sensitive paper instead of a standard negative film.)
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