Aluminum sided museum box

Here's a prototype of a new museum box that we've spec'd. The sides are finished with .080 anodized aluminum. The seaming is very clean (despite the crusty iPhone jpegs). These can be produced in nearly any size up to 40 x 60 or 40 x 50. The side depth is variable from 1/2" to 3 1/4". The photograph in this piece is mounted on 6mm sintra but we can use dibond or aluminum as the mounting substrate as well. It's a beauty and the customer will be taking it away shortly . I hope to have additional protos in the shop soon. Don't hesitate to check in directly with any questions if you're interested.

Slideluck fund raiser, Wednesday December 8th!

Just in time for the holiday season, the nice people at Slideluck Potshow are having a fancy fundraiser auction at Sandbox Studios. The auction includes some pretty nice photographs (we know because we helped print a few of them). There will be amazing food from a number of supper clubs, delicious wines poured by The Noble Rot, beer lovingly provided by Brooklyn Brewery, cocktails, deserts and some fun surprises. Plus (as you can see from the invite) DJ Spooky is one of the primary sponsors of the evening so I'm expecting the music to be over the top as well ...

The point of the fundraiser is for Slideluck to expand their programming and reach more communities nationally and globally, bring in a development director, purchase needed cameras and supplies for the Slideluck Youth Initiative - as well as hire staff to continue empowering underprivileged kids through photography and multimedia storytelling. In addition to working with students in the Hudson Guild projects in Chelsea, Slideluck plans to build community between youth photography programs all over the world and create a centralized platform for sharing their insights and experiences through the language of images.

That's the hard part ... the easy part for you is to just purchase a ticket and come out for a night of fun ... and maybe even go home with a new piece of art!




Some days ...

are not easily explained.

Pedro Arieta's 8 x 10 mag

So, this guy walks into the lab the other day ...


photo courtesy of Becky Reeve

and he says: "Is it just me or does it smell like tarter sauce in here?" Dead silence on our end ... I mean, how are you supposed to respond to that?

Anyway, turns out he was delivering Pedro Arieta's 8 x 10 mag, Issue B. A joint publication of Pedro's with Kareem Hamady. It's a beautiful thing to behold: (7) portfolios with somewhere around (39) unbound 8 x 10 prints ... all encased in a custom made shiny black & blue plexi slipcover. Most notably, 8 x 10 mag presents the work of these photographers uncluttered by text or advertising.









Aside from the publishers (Pedro and Kareem) 8 x 10 mag lists David Karwan as Design Director along with the website addresses for the contributors: Noritoshi Hirakawa, Stian Foss, Joe Hume, Todd Matarazzo, Sigurjon Guojonsson and Antonio Ibarra.

Best I can tell, there aren't any pictures of fish sticks in the entire issue.

Visit www.8x10mag.com to find out how to get yours.

Kodak see's the light (and remembers 8 x 10 film) ...

We were a bit surprised when Kodak left cut sheet 8 x 10 off the the menu for their new Portra 400 film ... but all is right in the world again. This was announced during Photo Expo here in New York Last week:

FILM OPTIONS FOR LARGE FORMAT PHOTOGRAPHERS

Continuing its ongoing commitment to film photography, Kodak announced it will offer the new KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA 400 Film, first introduced at Photokina, in 8x10 format. The new film achieves the finest grain structure available in a 400-speed color negative film, by incorporating KODAK VISION Motion Picture Film, plus Antenna Dye Sensitization in the cyan and magenta emulsion layers.

Thank you good people at Kodak ...

Some Days ...

Maybe not everyday, but some ...

Thursday night openings (Rain Report): Tim Barber, Danny Clinch

Tim Barber: Burning Bridges
Nike Bowery Stadium, 7-9 pm, 276 Bowery, NYC



Now that I've been to the Nike Bowery Stadium and have described the night to a bunch of different people I've found myself on the dumb end of the question: What exactly is the Nike Bowery Stadium? I say "dumb end" because I actually haven't been able to answer. So like any smart guy would do, I looked them up online and checked the "about" link ... here's how Nike (I presume) calls it:

Nike Stadiums are new multi-purpose destinations in Berlin, London, Milan, New York, Paris and Tokyo. Stages for inspired performers, labs for innovative expressions, spaces where stories are told and others are written.

We are always open, always on.

I don't know if "always open" translates into 24 hours ... and there's still a good bit of "Huh?" in there for me. For instance, they don't mention that there's a retail component to the whole thing and yet, I found myself purchasing a a pair of these?



Anyway, the real reason we were there was to revel in the fantastic display of b+w images shot by Tim Barber called Burning Bridges (please, don't ask) ... the important thing is, the work looks great!






Tiim Barber (left)

Danny Clinch: From Darkness to a Dream
Morrison Hotel Gallery, 7pm, 124 Prince Street, NYC

The Moment (The New York Times / T Magazine), recently caught up with photographer, harmonica player and filmmaker, Danny Clinch, whose images can be seen at the Morrison Hotel Gallery in SoHo from Thursday.

Read the interview by clicking here:

As mentioned above, it rained Thursday night ... pretty hard, pretty much all night, in fact. Despite this, here's what the Danny Clinch opening at Morrison Hotel looked like by the time I arrived:


Jammed, from one end ...


to the other.


Danny, mobbed.

A few 2010 Fall shows (meaning, the ones we've been involved with, anyway)

Sebastiaan Bremer: Invasoes Holandesas
Galeria Leme, Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 16 - October 30, 2010


Invasos Holandesas no Rio de Janeiro, 2010
42 x 48 acrylic and ink on digital c-print

Sebastian Bremer's first solo show in Sao Paulo reflects his interest in Dutch / Brazilian 17th century history. Entwined with references to early Dutch painters, politics and the passage of time; these multi-image digital c-prints are made all the more complex by Bremer's meticulous surface renderings in acrylic and ink ... a dense eyeful, to say the very least.

Janaina Tschape: Acqua Alta
Sikkema Jenkins & Co. September 10 - October 16, 2010


Janaina Tschape: Acqua Alta #1, 2010
40 x 50 optical c-print, non-glare plexi face mount

Tschape's multi-disciplinary exhibition at Sikkema-Jenkins includes a series of 40 x 50 conventionally enlarged c-prints, face-mounted with P-99 non-glare plexi.

Tomaz Dozol: All Together Now

NP Contemporary Arts Center (formerly Envoy Gallery)
Wednesday, September 15 One Night Only! ...yes, unfortunately, you missed it already.
20 x 24 optical c-prints

A one night show? Hell, we almost missed it ourselves ... but that's not to say that we didn't spend a lot of time working out conventional darkroom solutions with Thomas for his new series All Together Now.


August Pross (foreground) sorts through it all with Thomas Dozol at LTI/Lightside



testing along the way

2010 WIP - LTI / Lightside Individual Project Grant winners

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2010 WIP-LTI/Lightside Individual Project Grant and Kodak Materials Grant.

The $3000.00 prize goes to Angela Strassheim for her series Evidence and the $1000.00 Kodak Materials grant goes to Tiana Markova-Gold for her project Supporting the Human Rights of Sex Workers in Macedonia.

LTI / Lightside would like to acknowledge the considerable efforts of Amy Elkins and Cara Phillips of Women In Photography, Amani Olu and Jon Feinstein of Humble Arts Foundation and last but not least our astute guest judge, Karen Irvine of the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago.

Angela Strassheim: Evidence.
2010 WIP - LTI / Lightside Individual Project Grant winner



Evidence #1, 2009

Evidence: Assorted Kitchen Knives, #2, 2009

Angela's project was borne of her insider's knowledge of professional forensic photography: she holds a Forensic & Biomedical Photography Certification from the Metro-Dade County, Forensic Imaging Bureau in Miami, Florida. It was through her experience in the field using the protein revealing chemical agent "Blue Star" (which has been flagrantly aggrandized on numerous detective TV dramas) that she began to imagine Evidence as a fine art series.

Please click on the above images to see and read more about Evidence.

Tiana Markova-Gold: Supporting the Human Rights of Sex Workers in Macedonia
2010 WIP - LTI / Lightside Kodak Materials Grant winner

Tiana Markova-Gold is a freelance documentary photographer based in Brooklyn. Since the spring of 2007 she has been working on an in-depth project about the lives of women in prostitution in New York City. In 2009 she traveled extensively through Asia, Nigeria and Brasil documenting social services projects with a particular focus on women and girls.

In the spring of 2009 Tiana was contacted by WITNESS, an international human rights advocacy organization regarding the possibility of a project about sex workers in Macedonia. WITNESS introduced Tiana to Healthy Options Project Skopje, a Macedonian organization working to empower sex workers and in March 2010 she made her first trip to Macedonia to begin photographing and recording their stories.


Kristina, from Supporting the Human Rights of Sex Workers in Macedonia, 2010

Prostitution is often referred to as “the oldest profession in the world”, but is also recognized by some as one of the oldest forms of oppression. The buying and selling of human flesh for the worldwide sex industry is now the third largest money-making venture in the world after illegal weapons and drugs. Advocacy for the human rights of people in prostitution is largely divided into two camps; those who believe prostitution, by its very nature, is exploitative and cannot be viewed as a valid form of employment; and those who believe it can be legitimate work when done with consent and respect in a safe environment. Unfortunately neither side seems able to acknowledge the validity of the other perspective or recognize the common goal of protecting the basic human rights of all people in prostitution.

In Macedonia, as throughout the world, sex workers are pushed to the margins of society by a combination of prejudice, discrimination, and violence. Sex workers inhabit a particularly vulnerable position in Macedonian society, facing harassment and violence not only from their clients and pimps, but also from law enforcement officials and other authorities. These abuses include illegal detention, compulsory testing for sexually transmitted diseases, and rape, which are compounded by the substandard enforcement of law and lack of access to health and support services. Adding to these challenges are the risks of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmittable infections, drug addiction, a hostile public attitude and mass-media harassment. Because of the tremendous negative stigma connected to prostitution in Macedonia, most sex workers are living double lives, concealing the fact that they are sex workers from their families and the communities in which they live. A disproportionate number of street-based sex workers, those most vulnerable, are members of the Roma community, Macedonia’s most harshly discriminated against ethnic minority group. Gay and transgender sex workers are often targeted and further marginalized because of their sexual or gender orientation.

It is Markova-Gold's hope that this project will be a source of support and empowerment for sex workers by providing a unique opportunity for them to speak about their lives in an honest, realistic, and most importantly, a safe and respectful way. In challenging public opinion, she believes that the first and most important step is for sex workers to recognize and change internalized negative beliefs about themselves - and through documenting their lives she hopes to counter the de-humanizing imagery that is so prevalent in mainstream media by asking the viewer to question their own preconceptions. The goal not being to provide answers but to pose questions and provoke dialogue.


Suto Orizari, from Supporting the Human Rights of Sex Workers in Macedonia, 2010

Skopje, Macedonia, from Supporting the Human Rights of Sex Workers in Macedonia, 2010

Skopje, Macedonia, from Supporting the Human Rights of Sex Workers in Macedonia, 2010


Dunja, Skopje, Macedonia, from Supporting the Human Rights of Sex Workers in Macedonia, 2010

More of Markova-Gold's images and story are forthcoming on the Women in Photography website beginning October 7th, 2010.

Feels like a fanzine ... for free! (the nicest thing #3)

the art street journal, vol ii - issue i

the art street journal, vol ii - issue i, p. 12-13

boogie: the uncovering feature story

Got this in the mail yesterday. Seth Carmichael, of The Carmichael Gallery, was nice enough to send it along to us. We recently printed a show of Boogie's work called "The Uncovering" for his gallery (which we foolishly failed to mention here ... perhaps due to summer laziness?). However, Seth and Elisa Charmichael were smart enough to feature it on the cover of their refreshingly lo-fi art street journal.

This came as a welcome site in our otherwise boorish daily mail package ... it seems like nothing good ever comes via real mail anymore in these days of RSS feeds and e-mail newsletters (yes, just like the one we send out periodically). This one packs a lot of great stuff into its 24 unbound single fold pages.

You too can receive the art street journal for free, apparently just by asking nicely. Here's the link:

http://www.theartstreetjournal.com/

The nicest thing #2

WIP LTI / LIGHTSIDE

June 18th, 2010

Woman with Camera © Anne Collier

Yipee yeah to sources of funding for photography. For all the ladies this one is well worth applying to.

Women in Photography is pleased to announce the 2010 WIP- LTI / Lightside Individual Project Grant, funded by LTI / Lightside Photographic Services with guest judge Karen Irvine. The $3,000 grant award will provide funding to one female photographer to support project costs. In addition WIPNYC is excited to announce the 2010 WIP- LTI / Lightside Materials Grant, funded by Kodak. This grant provides $1000 in artists choice of Kodak materials and will be awarded to one female photographer.

For more details check out the Women in Photography site.

Giant kudos going out to LTI / Lightside Photographic services. I had the opportunity to work with the lab this year to make five exhibition prints. It is not likely I would have produced the prints in NYC, but through LTI’s ongoing relationship with the also great Humble Arts Foundation. I was directed there when LTI decided to donate a print and scan towards work exhibiting in the 31 Women in Art Photography exhibit. Donations of that sort are god sent - as any emerging photographer I am sure will tell you - and not having to deal with shipping another bonus, so I took them up on it and had them print my work for the HHS ShowcaseJen Bekman as well. (currently taking submissions!!) at

Going into a lab you have never worked with is terrifying. I have no shortage of being less than satisfied with labs - and the more I exhibit and make certain kinds of work the more weight I am putting on the quality of final prints and my expectations. Printing my photographs causes me more stress and anxiety then any ideas of the better part of making the work, the parts about making the work. Ideas and exposures are easy. Perfect prints are not. It is here that LTI really impressed me. They were fantastic to work with and did an excellent job. I came to proof and stayed the entire day, every change I asked for was done without once making me feel panic and obsessive or that I was taking up too much of their time. One of the things I appreciated the most spending the day in there was that I also learned a thing or two. I expect whoever is doing my exhibition prints to know more about printing and file management than I do but despise anything happening to my images I might not understand or be aware of, I am starting to demand things of labs but at LTI I didn’t have to. Thanks to everyone at the lab, extra special thanks to Jeffrey Kane who facillitated everything and to Andrej Tur for printing. I eagerly wait for the day I am able to afford to have a single constant relationship with a lab. In the future I will be doing my exhibition printing on visits to NYC.

Jennifer Karady at SF Camerawork

Quick Link Jennifer Karady SF Camerawork LTI more about Lightside Hello everyone, This month we're featuring Jennifer Karady's new work: In Country: Soldier's Stories from Irag and Afghanistan, currently on view at SF Camerawork in San Francisco. The project reflects upon a widely under-publicized consequence of the ongoing war on terror; the post-battle physical and psychological burden of war zone trauma borne by enlisted individuals. Photographed near their homes in the United States after an extensive interview process, Karady encourages the subject's immediate family and close friends to help bring their wartime memories into focus against the backdrop of our everyday landscape. This collaborative effort creates a visual experience for the viewer that while still quite abstract, offers a far more personalized window into their stories than an evening newscast ever could. In Country has been well received in the press with a feature article in the New York Times and an interview on National Public Radio's All Things Considered. Jeffrey Kane LTI / lightside photographic services Jennifer Karady: In Country: Soldier's Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan SF Camerawork, May 6 - August 7, 2010 Jennifer Karady: Former Sergeant Jose Adames, US Marine Corps Recon, Stinger Gunner, 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Brooklyn, NY, February 2009. From In Country: Soldier's Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan 48 x 48 Fujiflex Super Glossy optical c-print In Country corrals the often incomprehensibly distant issue of America's wars in the Middle East by focusing on the intensely personal post tour-of-duty experiences of individual soldiers - conveyed visually through the fabrication of highly conceptualized domestic scenes that are at once familiar and yet jarring. A mix of styles and influences, Karady's images reflect elements of photojournalism and narrative tableau painting and through this she manages to create a positive experience for the soldiers to aid in their adjustment back to civilian life. Use the Quick Links above to visit Karady's website and see the entire ongoing project. Click here to order the 40 page exhibition catalog with an introduction by SF Camerawork curator Chuck Mobley and a detailed account of each soldier's story, plus an interview with Jennifer Karady and an essay by Carol McCusker. Click here to read the New York Timesreview of the exhibition. Click here to listen to the National Public Radio interview. LTI / Lightside worked closely with Karady to print ten 48" x 48" optically enlarged Fujiflex Super-Glossy prints from her original negatives and produced the master digital files for the exhibition catalog.

Summer shows: Bill Armstrong, Joni Sternbach

Quick Link Bill Armstrong Hackelbury Fine Art Joni Sternbach Kenise Barnes Fine Art LTI Women in Photography more about Lightside

Hello everyone, Out of the city for summer? Well, if you're in London or even just slightly up the Hudson River from New York City for any reason, here are two shows to check out. No matter where you are, get yourself outside and enjoy the weather! Jeffrey Kane LTI / lightside photographic services P.S. and don't forget to apply for the 2010 WIP - LTI / Individual Project Grant ... (if you're a women, of course).

Bill Armstrong: Renaissance Hackelbury Fine Art, Ltd., June 10 - July 31 From the Infinity series: Renaissance #1005 40 x 48 optically enlarged c-print Bill Armstrong's Renaissance images are part of an extensive body of work called the Infinity Series and are aptly named after a crucial aspect of the creative process where he rephotographs found images with his focusing ring set at infinity. Armstrong's appropriated material is subjected to a variety of physical manipulations - photocopying, cutting, painting, rephotographing and the extreme de-focusing that enables him to blend and distill hues - all of which contribute to transform the originals and give them new meaning in a new context. LTI / Lightside produced six conventionally enlarged 40" x 48" c-prints for this exhibition. Joni Sternbach: Surfland Kenise Barnes Fine Art, June 5 - July 34 From Surfland: 08.08.13 #8 Surfer Gals 20 x 24 archival pigment print, scanned from unique collodion tintype Joni Sternbach has covered a lot of ground with her project Surfland ... from shooting up and down both coasts in the United States to exhibiting the photographs seemingly everywhere in between and as far away as Lishui, China. Along the way, the work has received widespread critical attention both online and in print. Surfland, the book, also won in the 2008 Photolucida Critical Mass Awards hard cover Monograph category. LTI / Lightside produced thirteen 20 x 24 and 8 x 10 archival pigment prints and one 30 x 40 digital c-print for this exhibition Reminder: The 2010 Women in Photography - LTI / Lightside Individual Project Grant is open for submissions. Follow this link for all the information you'll need to apply: 2010 Women in Photography - LTI / Lightside Individual Project Grant

Philip Andelman: Three Days in Paris

Milk Studios, New York, NY: May 20 - May 30
Opening Party Friday May 21, 7:00 - 10:00pm


Shot over the course of three days last June, the 78 - 16 x 20 black + white photographs in this exhibition chronicle the exploits of two iconic bands meeting for the first time in Paris - The Beastie Boys promoting a new album and The Dead Weather preparing for a series of shows throughout Europe - and offer a cozy portrait of that chance encounter intimately recorded by Philip Andelman.

Andelman recounts: There was something magical to those three days, a sense of carefree adventure, of being away from home and the constraints imposed by day-to-day life ... It was June and the summer had only just begun - The three days felt more like an adolescent summer vacation abroad, from the late night bike rides along the Seine to giddily spinning around in circles inside the ladies room at he Ritz Hotel at three in the morning.









You can view more images from Philip Andelman's Three Days in Paris by clicking here

Announcing the 2010 WIP-LTI/Lightside Individual Project Grant

Quick Link Women in Photography LTI more about Lightside

Hello everyone, We're very excited to announce the 2010 WIP-LTI / Lightside $3000.00 Individual Project Grant. This year's edition features guest judge Karen Irvine of the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College Chicago. We've also added a $1000.00 materials grant generously funded by Kodak. See details of the submission guidelines below and best of luck to all applicants! Jeffrey Kane LTI / lightside Photographic Services

2010 Women in Photography - LTI / Lightside Individual Project Grant: Erika Larsen, Sunna & Laila, from Sami, the People | 2009 Grant Recipient Women in Photography is pleased to announce the 2010 WIP-LTI / Lightside Individual Project Grant, funded by LTI / Lightside Photographic Services with guest judge Karen Irvine. The $3,000 grant award will provide funding to one female photographer to support project costs. In addition, WIPNYC is excited to announce the 2010 WIP-LTI / Lightside Materials Grant, funded by Kodak. This grant provides $1,000 in Kodak materials selected by the grant recipient. Grant opens Tuesday, June 1st, 2010. Deadline: Thursday, July 15th, 2010, 11:59 P.M. PST Guest Judge: Karen Irvine, Curator and Manager of Publications of the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College Chicago will judge the 2010 WIP-LTI/Lightside Individual Project Grant. Karen Irvine has organized numerous one-person exhibitions including: Anthony Goicolea; Shirana Shahbazi: Goftare Nik/Good Words; Paul Shambroom: Evidence of Democracy; Alec Soth: Sleeping by the Mississippi, and Sarah Pickering: Incident Control. Thematic group exhibitions include Audible Imagery: Sound and Photography; The Furtive Gaze, works by artists who use the camera as an instrument of surveillance; Camera/Action: Performance and Photography; and Anticipation, exploring strategies of slowness and suspense in time-based art. She is a part time instructor of photography at Columbia College Chicago. She received her MFA in photography from FAMU, Prague, and a Masters of Arts (MA) degree in art history at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Awards: WIP-LTI / Lightside Grant: $3,000. One grant awarded. WIP-LTI / Lightside Materials Grant: $1,000 in Kodak materials selected by the grant recipient. One grant awarded. Application Opens: Wednesday, June 1, 2010 12 A.M. Link to online application will be made available on wipnyc.org. Grant Announcement: The grant announcement will be made online September 1, 2010. Any additional events will be announced. In addition, the grant recipient's work will be featured in a wipnyc.org online solo showcase during the month of September. Applicant Eligibility: Applications will only be accepted from photographers who are at least 18 years old, and who are NOT currently enrolled in any full-time or part-time degree program. Project Eligibility: Projects submitted for consideration can be new or ongoing. Applicants should submit no more than one proposal in support of one project. Review Process: Projects will be reviewed for visual and conceptual strength, rigor of purpose, and clarity of stated project goals. Submission Guidelines: WIPNY will only accept online submissions. Grant guidlines can be viewed at wipnyc.org/grant Applications will be available online June 1st ** For grant submission questions please visit the FAQ section on wipnyc.org for additional info starting June 1st ** Submission Fee: $20.00 WIPNYC was launched in June of 2008 by artists Amy Elkins and Cara Phillips. As an internet-based project, WIPNYC is an outlet to exhibit work outside of the traditional model of the commercial art world, allowing it to reach a global audience. Mixing emerging photographers with artists that have achieved high levels of success within fine art and commercial worlds, the project is designed to be a resource for photographers, editors, curators, gallery owners, and viewers alike to discover and enjoy the work of female artists. Exhibitions include artists both selected from an open submission and those sought out to participate. WIPNYC presents a solo exhibition of work from select photographers every third Tuesday of the month. Co-curated by Amy Elkins and Cara Phillips, Women in Photography is a Humble Arts Foundation project. LTI / Lightside Photographic Services offers fine art and commercial photography clients the complete service of overseeing and organizing all stages of processing, printing and presentation. The knowledgeable staff closely manages clients' post-shoot imaging needs from start to finish, including traditional film processing to digital file preparation, conventional optical enlargement to digital print output, and exhibition mounting and framing. Lightside's clients include fine art and commercial photographers, galleries, museums, art consultants, curators and collectors who need their photography expertly prepared for exhibition or reproduction. They benefit from LTI / Lightside's emphasis on personal involvement, industry experience and network of connections to help them resolve their visual presentation concerns in an informed and efficient manner. lightsideps.blogspot.com/ Humble Arts Foundation is a non-profit organization that is committed to supporting and promoting the work of new art photographers. The New York-based nonprofit serves the international art community by way of art exhibition and publishing opportunities, art fair participation, twice-annual artists grants, and various special projects. hafny.org.