JAMES WHITLOW DELANO: Mangaland: A Tokyo Retrospective in New York

Photograph (c) James Whitlow Delano

Photograph (c) James Whitlow Delano

Photograph (c) James Whitlow Delano

Mangaland: A Tokyo Retrospective, an exhibition marking photographer James Whitlow Delano’s twenty years working in Japan, opens at the Sous Les Etoiles Gallery December 12. Since he visited the city of Tokyo in spring of 1993 at a friend’s urging, James Whitlow Delano has become one of the most informed photographic eyes on Japanese culture. Delano’s photography, characterized by his ethereal use of vignette and partial defocus, present a complex tableau of a society at once jaded yet naive, resilient yet vulnerable.  Also presented are select images from the series Black Tsunami, recently published by FotoEvidence in the new photo "Black Tsunami: Japan 2011," depicting the aftermath of the 2011 tsunami and Fukushima meltdown. Together, the series presents not only the artistic merits of the photographer’s work, but also its journalistic imperative.

James Whitlow Delano, born 1960, is an American-born photographer based in Tokyo, Japan.  As one of today’s foremost photographers of Asia, Delano’s work is held in the permanent collections of  La Triennale di Milano Fine Arts Museum (Milano, Italy); Museum of Fine Arts (Houston, TX); Museo Fotografia Contemporanea (Milano, Italy); Museum of Photographic Arts’ Dubois Library (San Diego, CA); Noorderlicht Photography Festival (Groningen, Netherlands); and the Permanent Leica Book Archive (Solms, Germany). His work has appeared worldwide in numerous magazines and photo festivals, from Visa Pour L’Image to Rencontres D’Arles to Noorderlicht, and has been awarded internationally, including the Alfred Eisenstadt Award (from Columbia University and LIFE magazine), Leica’s Oskar Barnack, Picture of the Year International, NPPA, and PDN, among many others.

His newly released book, "Black Tsunami: Japan 2011" (FotoEvidence), received a 2012 PX3 Award. James Whitlow Delano is a grantee for the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

Dec 12 – Jan 31, 2014

 Sous Les Etoiles Gallery

560 Broadway, NYC 

Text and Images courtesy Sous Les Etoiles Gallery

 

IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM: A Handmade Book from 21st Editions

 

 Imogen Cunningham - Veiled Woman, 1910

Imogen Cunningham -  

The Wood Beyond the World, 1910

Imogen Cunningham - The Dream, 1910

In 2012, 21st Editions and the Imogen Cunningham Trust announced, Imogen Cunningham: Platinum / Palladium, the first in a trilogy of books on the work of Imogen Cunningham, one of the most important women in the history of photography.   

And now in 2013, Imogen Cunningham: Symbolist with Poetry and Prose by William Morris, is the second book in this trilogy. The components of this completely handmade book will include:

* 3 loose Imogen Cunningham Estate prints (shown above): Veiled Woman, 1910; The Dream, 1910;  and The Wood Beyond the World, 1910 each printed at approximately 9 1/2 x 12 inches with the Imogen Cunningham chop and Estate stamp.

* 10 bound Imogen Cunningham Estate Prints printed in gum arabic and platinum of Cunningham's early Symbolist work (1905-1915), as shown below. These prints will also include the chop and Estate stamp.

* 1 frontispiece nude self-portrait of Imogen Cunningham.

* Poetry and Prose by William Morris, with an introductory note by John Wood, printed letterpress on handmade Twinrocker paper.

* Hand-bound by master binder Sarah Creighton

Should you want a copy of this title for your collection, the price is $8500. A deposit is required: contact Pam or Steve  #508-398-3000

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Imogen Cunningham Retrospective

Kulturhuset, Stockholm 

May 24 - September 8

A retrospective of Imogen Cunningham's work will open on May 24th in Stockholm at Kulturhuset. This exhibition, in collaboration with the Fundación Mapfre and La Fábrica, brings together approximately two hundred photographs, some unpublished and rarely seen, from the Imogen Cunningham Trust as well as several museums. Works from Imogen Cunningham: Symbolist are part of this exhibition including The Wood Beyond the World, 1910; Self Portrait, 1906; and Marsh at Dawn, 1905-1906.