Recent News and Links

photocenternw — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:11:11 +0000

News and Notes:

Benham Gallery closes this week after over 20 years in Seattle. Marita Holdaway talks about starting the gallery, and her plans for the future here. A mention of our annual members’ show from Regina Hackett

Best photo books of 2009 according to Alec Soth, Joerg Colberg. Alec Soth, by the way, is blogging again. His old blog is archived here; his new project is Little Brown Mushroom.

Erwin Blumenfeld’s Frozen Emulsion, a collection of Miroslav Tichy photographs, Matthew Swarts, and Curtis Mann.

Remembering Terry Toedtemeier, the early work of Roger Mertin, and Eggleston album art.

For the new year: Try Harder.

Society for Photo Education Regional Conference, November 6-8

photocenternw — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:33:59 +0000

Join us in November for a series of lectures, demos and talks addressing new practices, projects and scholarship in photographic education. Special events include Mapplethorpe: Polaroids a lecture by Sylvia Wolf at the Henry Art Gallery and a reception at Benham Gallery with UW photography professors.

View the Conference Schedule, learn more about the Conference Speakers and Honored Educator

Polaroids: Mapplethorpe

Friday, November 6 at 7PM
FREE: Henry Art Gallery Members, PCNW Members, SPE Participants, Students, Staff, and Faculty with UW ID $5 General Admission

Polaroids: Mapplethorpe, on view at the Henry Art Gallery though Jan 31, 2010, traces Robert Mapplethorpe’s use of instant photography from 1970 to 1975. The exhibition brings together ninety objects, including self-portraits, figure studies, still lifes, and portraits of lovers and friends including Patti Smith, Sam Wagstaff, and Marianne Faithfull. Unlike the highly crafted images Mapplethorpe staged in the studio and became famous for, these disarming pictures are marked by spontaneity and invention. Together, they offer insight into the artist’s creative development and reveal his pure delight in seeing at a formative time in his career.

Polaroids: Mapplethorpe was organized by Sylvia Wolf for the Whitney Museum of American Art, in collaboration with the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Sylvia Wolf is Director of the Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington. She previously served as Adjunct Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art and The Art Institute of Chicago, where she produced more than 25 photography exhibitions in over 12 years.

Image: E.2007.2399 / PD521 Robert Mapplethorpe, Untitled (Marianne Faithfull), 1974. Monochromatic dye diffusion transfer print (Polaroid), 5 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. (13 x 10.5 cm). Private Collection. Â© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by Permission.

Belated Auction Thanks

photocenternw — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:28:41 +0000

The 4th annual Photo Center NW auction was a huge success, and we’d like to thank everyone who made it out to Lawrimore Project on September 26. All of the paparazzi snaps are up on our Facebook fan page, so check to see if you’re there descending the loading ramp red carpet…

New Look

photocenternw — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:19:38 +0000

The Photo Center is launching a whole new look this fall, but not without a few hesitations and false starts. Our designer friend Brian Piper, and marketing expert Liz Kiley, have devised a tantalizing array of materials for us including (of course) the logo, a schedule design, business cards, a FONT, and the list goes on. We are still building up the financial momentum to burst onto the back to school scene with all of the above.

Fall schedules are due to be mailednext week, so keep checking our website in the meantime for class and workshop information.