You just can’t make this stuff up.

Justine Kurland meet David Benjamin Sherry meet Sze Tsung Leong meet Barbara Probst ….

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Cubes for Albers and LeWitt
Jessica Eaton
Higher Pictures
November 3 – December 17, 2011

 
Jessica Eaton: cfaad 115, 2011
16 x 20 archival pigment print

Opening Thursday, November 3rd, Higher Pictures presents Cubes for Albers and LeWitt, Jessica Eaton’s first solo exhibition in New York City.

In her own words: The series Cubes for Albers and LeWitt explores the possibilities of manipulating time, space perception and, in particular, the additive system of color. The images are constructed on sheets of 4 x 5 film. The subject is in reality monochromatic. The photographs use a set of cubes and ground options painted white, two tones of grey, and black. Through multiple exposures, the color hues in each image have been made by exposing the film to additive primaries of red, green and blue. The reflective value of the cubes controls the value of lightness of that hue, and the black is utilized as a type of reflective mask, keeping potential on the film for other exposures. The images are completely photographic yet not visible to the naked eye.

We’re super happy to have helped Jessica by printing the eleven 16 x 20 and 32 x 40 archival pigment prints for this exhibition. We’ve been working together here and there since 2009 when we produced her contribution for the Humble Arts 31 Women in Art Photography exhibition and her winning entries in the 2009 Hey Hot Shot Second Edition Showcase.

Jessica Eaton: cfaal 109, 2011
16 x 20 archival pigment print

Jessica Eaton: cfaal 65, 2011
16 x 20 archival pigment print

Click here to see more from Eaton’s Cubes for Albers and DeWitt on the Higher Pictures website.

Tags: Archival Pigment Printing (Inkjet), Higher Pictures, jessica Eaton, Mounting

Walking my son to school this morning, running late (as usual) but this one stopped us in our tracks anyway. Mouths agape. Hey, it’s New York … it pays to open your eyes every now and then.

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Into the Loving Nowhere (1989 till now)
Bill Jacobson
Julie Saul Gallery
Oct 20 – Dec 10, 2011

Bill Jacobson is opening an exhibition at Julie Saul this Thursday (10/20/11). But this is not an ordinary new project opening, (which, by the way, would be more than good enough to mention here). This exhibition,  Into the Loving Nowhere (1989 ’till now) as the title implies, chronicles some seven key movements in Jacobson’s career over the past 22  years.

It’s also worth re-mentioning that you’ll get to experience this intimate arc of Bill’s creative process at Julie Saul’s gallery. Bill and Julie have been at this together for all of those 22 years and Into the Loving Nowhere is proof of the depth of their collaboration.

LTI-Lightside goes back a number of years with Bill … and we’ve had our hand in on various projects along the way with film processing, some printing, digital services, etc. I’m not sure if any of the work that we’ve helped him with specifically appears in this show … but that’s not the point. The point is, that without even having seen the show myself (yet), I’m certain you should find a quiet day and go see the work too.

Tags: Bill Jacobson, Conventional C-Printing, Film Processing, Julie Saul

All Access: The Rock and Roll Photography of Ken Regan
Ken Regan
Morrison Hotel Gallery
Oct 20 – Nov 22, 2011

He’s back … Ken Regan brings more of his early rock and roll imagery to the New York Soho Morrison Hotel on Thursday, October 20th. We only started working with Ken about six months ago when we printed his first Morrison Hotel exhibit, an all Bob Dylan show held in conjunction with the release of a limited edition folio of Regan’s Dylan images.

Now Morrison is taking the opportunity to further it’s offerings of Regan’s work, something not lost on us as we handle original negatives of say, Elvis’s return from the army or The Beatles on the tarmac at JFK …  and like the first exhibit, this one titled All Access, is timed to coincide with the release of a new book.

Tags: Archival Pigment Printing (Inkjet), B+W Silver Gelatin Printing, Exhibitions, Ken Regan, Morrison Hotel Gallery

We helped out Canteen Magazine with a small exhibition a few weeks back .. took a while to pull the post together but here it is.

Canteen is literary magazine, all smartly focused on writers and writing and it’s really good-looking, too. For their latest issue, they decided to push the good-looking part a bit more and created a feature around 16 “hot” authors … a deliberate tongue-in-cheek slap at the usual goo-goo eyed celebrity and fashion fixated media – the smart twist here (remember, they are a literary magazine) and the thing that made us want to get involved – was choosing 16 brilliant not-fashion, not-celebrity photographers at all. Instead, Canteen choose 16 “hot” fine art image makers and let them have a go at published portraiture. So now you can see how Cara Phillips, Tribble and Mancenido, or Brea Souders (coincidentally, our 2011 WIP-LTI/Lightside Kodak Materials Grant recipient), among 13 others, choose to fill the pages of a printed publication rather than say, already knowing in advance how Albert Watson or Annie Leibovitz would have …

Canteen also knows how to throw a good party: for the issue launch they combined a great exhibition, a smart panel discussion, an open bar and two loud bands!

Here’s a few pic’s from the opening night, courtesy of the fantastic Liz Clayman and 3rd Ward:

 For more images from the event, please click here.

Tags: 3rd Ward, Archival Pigment Printing (Inkjet), Canteen Magazine, Exhibitions, Liz Clayman, Mounting

Babel Tales Redux
Peter Funch
V1 Gallery
September – October, 2011

Hey so, September starts with a bang and on Tuesday night, Peter Funch opens at V1. We do some printing for Peter on occasion and are looking forward to seeing his Babel Tales in full for the first time … read on for an excerpt from the gallery’s press release … and get ready ’cause there’s like a million more openings coming in the next three weeks!

V1 GALLERY (NYC)  PRESENTS

BABEL TALES REDUX

A SOLO EXHIBITION BY PETER FUNCH

ON NEW YORK, IN NEW YORK, FOR THE FIRST TIME

Opening Tuesday September 6. 2011. From 5 – 10 PM.

V1 Gallery is pleased to present the first solo exhibition by Peter Funch (Danish, b. 1974) in New York, on view at a new temporary gallery space at 558 W 21st street & the West Side Highway.

Babel Tales Redux marks an end and a beginning. Peter Funch’s 5 year long exploration of the streets of New York has reached its conclusion and the exhibition unveils the result: 40 monumental panoramic works. This is the first time the complete Babel Tales series will be shown in the city, in which the series is routed.

Funch’s works are documents of moments that never existed, as they are composed of thousands of frozen moments taken over the duration of several weeks for each work. By shooting at the exact same position over a period of time, Funch is able to superimpose images, and he hereby creates a fictional work based on documentary photography.

Opening reception: Tuesday, September 6, 5-10pm

Opening hours: Tuesday – Saturday 11-6 pm

Show runs September 7 – October 8

V1 Gallery hosted by KWPF space, 558 W 21st street New York NY 10011

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Go ahead, scroll down … that’s us, just under Russ and Daughters but above, and I mean ABOVE MoMA.

Why I love NYC: Laura Levine
The rock & roll photographer shares the spots that inspire her.

Re-posted from Time Out New York,

By Amanda Angel

Laura Levine, Self-Portrait, 1986

Laura Levine’s name may not ring many bells, but you’ve surely seen her work. The Brooklyn-born, Chinatown-raised photographer—who’s lived in the same Soho loft since 1985—is responsible for some of the most iconic images of New York’s music scene from the 1980s and ’90s. Her work has appeared in The Village Voice, Rolling Stone and the now defunct New York Rocker, and some of her snaps were included in the Museum of Modern Art’s recent exhibit “Looking at Music 3.0.” On the eve of Levine’s first New York solo show, “Laura Levine: Musicians,” which opens Thursday 21 at Steven Kasher Gallery (521 W 23rd St between Tenth and Eleventh Aves; 212-966-3978, stevenkasher.com; Mon–Fri 11am–6pm; Thu 21–Aug 19), we asked her where she finds inspiration in the city.

Corner of Madison Street and St. James Place
“I see the corner [on which] I shot [the band] DNA all the time because it’s across the street from where my parents live. It’s this great acute corner at the intersection of Madison Street and St. James Place where you have the city on the right and the left coming at you. I used that corner for a few shoots. What’s really interesting is they just renovated the building there and got rid of the siding, and uncovered this old stone from probably the 1800s. [It’s] up 20 feet on the St. James side, and it says BOWERY from when the street actually used to be an extension of the Bowery.”

The High Line
“I absolutely intend to go to the [new section of the] High Line, especially since the Steven Kasher Gallery is directly underneath. I love finding hidden, secret little spots in New York that people don’t know about. I did some sessions on what is now [the park], but then it was just abandoned railroad tracks. I would go up there because there was no one around bothering you. It was just overgrown weeds in the middle of New York City. I love those bits of nature that insist on being there even when New York tries to pave them over.” The High Line, from Gansevoort St at Washington St to W 30th St at Tenth Ave (212-206-9922, thehighline.org). Daily 7am–11pm.

Noodle King Restaurant
“My family’s not very adventurous at all. Once we find a place we really like, we just kind of stick to it. When I go see my parents for lunch or dinner, our favorite place is Noodle King; it’s directly across the street from my old elementary school, P.S. 1. It’s not one of the places that does the whole hand-stretching [method of making noodles], but it’s just a great, off-the-radar, inexpensive place with very good soups. If I’m eating on the go, I try to find noodle carts. They have steamed broad rice noodles, and you can get a container for a dollar with various sauces squeezed on. It’s delicious.” Noodle King Restaurant, 19 Henry St at Catherine St (212-571-2440, 19noodle.com). Mon–Thu, Sun 10am–9:30pm; Fri–Sat 10am–10pm.

Russ & Daughters
“Russ & Daughters is the other family staple for whenever the relatives are in town. My favorites are definitely lox ($28–$52/lb), sable ($44/lb) and especially herring ($3.25 per fillet). The store has several different types of herring, and I’m down with all of them. A secret to the lox is you can buy the trimmings—not the head and tails—that come off the nice big slices for really cheap ($3.99/lb).” Russ & Daughters, 179 E Houston St between Allen and Orchard Sts (212-475-4880, russanddaughters.com). Mon–Fri 8am–8pm, Sat 9am–7pm, Sun 8am–5:30pm.

LTI Lightside
“I used to do all my own printing in a darkroom in my loft. Now I use one darkroom exclusively and they’re wonderful. They’re just master printers. The same guy there has been printing my stuff for years, and they do a beautiful job.” LTI Lightside, 34 E 30th St between Madison and Park Aves (212-685-6871, lti-lightside.com). Mon–Fri 9am–6pm.

Museum of Modern Art
“I don’t think I’d been [to the museum] since it was renovated; it’s just wonderful. I ended up going back there several times while the show [“Looking at Music 3.0”] was up, and I intend to make it back and spend more time at the whole place: the sculpture garden, the galleries and the restaurant. When I went to the Modern [restaurant] for a friend’s birthday, even the plates were like works of art.” Museum of Modern Art, 11 W 53rd St between Fifth and Sixth Aves (212-708-9400, moma.org). Mon–Wed, Sun 10:30am–5:30pm; Thu–Sat 10:30am–8:30pm. $20, seniors $16, students $12, children under 16 free.

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Musicians
Laura Levine
Steven Kasher Gallery
July 21 – August 19, 2011

Laura Levine:
Left: Joey Ramone,. New York City, 1982
Right: Tina Weymouth and Grandmaster Flash, New York City, 1981

See a wide range of Laura Levine’s work, and by association an equally wide swath of musicians from one of the most fertile periods of New York City’s music scene, at Steven Kasher Gallery throughout the last half of this increasingly HOT summer. The exhibition features over 35 vintage and modern prints … it’s the word vintage that gets me these days … I mean, it’s not like some of this stuff happened 30 years ago or anything, is it? …. oh, wait.

LTI/Lightside is pleased to add that we have been working with Laura Levine for, well … years, as she graciously acknowledged recently in Time Out NY. Follow our shameless plug and read the story via this link:

Why I love NYC: Laura Levine

Tags: B+W Silver Gelatin Printing, Exhibitions, Laura Levine, Steven Kasher Gallery

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