Afronauts
Cristina De Middel
Jen Beckman Gallery / Hey Hot Shot 2011 Second Edition Showcase
Mar 9 -Mar 25, 2012

Our 2011 WIP-LTI/Lightside Individual Project Grant recipient, Cristian De Middel has been given another nod for her project, Afronauts. This time, she was chosen as a finalist for the Hey Hot Shot 2011 Second Edition Showcase, which, is opening Friday 3/9, as always, at the Jen Beckman Gallery.

Cristina De Middel: n°07 Yinqaba, 2011

Cristina was kind enough to forward us more images from Afronauts. She is preparing to exhibit the full project in Spain this year and is working now on the design of the book to be published later in 2012 as well.

What follows is an extended selection of the final project. If you’re in New York, be sure to stop by Beckman to see the show!

Cristina De Middel: n°05 Ifulegi, 2011

Cristina De Middel: n°08 Butunga, 2011

Cristina De Middel: n°13 Butuagnbai, 2011

Cristina De Middel: n°40 Kilimanju, 2011

Cristina De Middel: n°34 Gwendalu, 2011

Cristina De Middel: n°38 Wolohka, 2011

Cristina De Middel: n°42 Botonba, 2011

Cristina De Middel: n°27 Lala Kale, 2011

Cristina De Middel: n°28 Angani, 2001

De Middel’s work will be on exhibit through March 25th. For more on Jen Beckman’s Hey Hot Shot competition (and for a peak into the depth of Beckman’s empire in general), click here. To see additional images from Afronauts click here (or keep scrolling down) for our initial entry announcing the 2011 WIP-LTI/Lightside Individual Project Grant.

Tags: Cristina De Middel, Digital-C Printing, Exhibitions, Hey Hot Shot, Jen Beckman Gallery, Mounting

 Hey Hot Shot! 2009 Second Edition Showcase
Jen Bekman Gallery
March 6 – March 20, 2010

We were lucky enough to have worked with two of the exhibiting artists, Justin James King and Jessica Eaton. Both have contributed thoughtful and starkly beautiful images well worth seeing in person.

Justin James King: And Still We Gather With Infinite Momentum 1, 2009
40 x 50 digital c-print scanned from original 4 x 5 negative

Jessica Eaton: Landscape Missing a Byte, 2009
16 x 20 digital c-print scanned from original 6 x 7 negative

Tags: Digital-C Printing, Exhibitions, Hey Hot Shot, Jen Beckman Gallery, jessica Eaton, Justin James King