Women Street Photographers’ annual exhibition highlights the power of the female gaze

A woman’s dress blows in the wind, by Carin Van Derdonk, one of the 79 artists featured in the show. Carin Van Derdonk This week, Women Street Photographers, a collective founded by renowned photographer Gulnara Samoilova, opens its annual exhibition at El Barrio’s Artspace PS109 in East Harlem, New York. The show The Women Street… Continue reading Women Street Photographers’ annual exhibition highlights the power of the female gaze

The ‘Art of Illusion,’ Michael Kenna’s lost & found landscapes, and four other photo shows worth viewing right now

“I Control the Sun #18, 2016,” by Lilly McElroy. Inkjet print. 17 1/16 x 17 1/16 inches. From the show, “Art of Illusion: Photography and Perceptual Play”. © Lilly McElroy Humans have created artistic renderings of their natural surroundings for thousands of years. And as a photographic genre, “the landscape” goes back to the earliest… Continue reading The ‘Art of Illusion,’ Michael Kenna’s lost & found landscapes, and four other photo shows worth viewing right now

NatGeo’s 50 greatest images, and 5 other photo exhibits worth seeing right now

A sixteen-year-old giant panda at the Wolong Nature Reserve. From the show “National Geographic: 50 Greatest Wildlife Photographs”. Ami Vitale Each year around this time, as the winter weather makes the temperature drop here in New York, I reflect on not just what’s occurred during the past year, but I also begin to ponder what’s… Continue reading NatGeo’s 50 greatest images, and 5 other photo exhibits worth seeing right now