For the past few years, Seth Olenick has been hitting up New York City's annual Comic Con at the Javit's Center. The comedy, punk rock, and pop-culture obsessed photographer has been drawn to the fantastical, and ridiculous costumes. He's among hundreds of photographers who flock to the convention in search of gleaming pageantry, but this year something else caught his eye: heroes and villains on their smoke breaks. Here are a few of our favorites. If you like these, check out Olenick's gigantic book of comedian portraits: Funny Business and follow him on Instagram.

PostedOctober 8, 2016

AuthorJon Feinstein

TagsComic Con 2016, Seth Olenick, Superheroes Smoking, Super Heroes, Villains

Moola © Kevin Horan — *Moola* © Kevin Horan

Last week we learned the sad news that Behold, Slate's photography blog, and one of our all time favorites had posted its last piece. If the buzzword "influencer" could be used sincerely to describe a photography blog writer, it couldn't more accurately epitomize David Rosenberg, the mind behind Behold's editorial direction. We've spoken to countless photographers whose work exploded after being featured on Behold by Rosenberg and staff writers Alyssa Coppelman and Jordan Teicher, and I can personally attest to seeing my own work take off after Rosenberg wrote about it. I'll never forget the knee-shaking feeling of receiving a call from Fox News asking to interview me after reading his piece. So I reached out to David to learn more about what drives his love for photography, and a bit about what's in store for the future. We've also included some of our favorite photographs from past Slate features, like Kevin Horan's series ChattelI above, and Corinne Botz' project Bedside Manner below.

PostedOctober 6, 2016

AuthorJon Feinstein

CategoriesArtists, Publications

TagsDavid Rosenberg, Behold Blog, Slate Magazine, Kevin Horan, Bill Sullivan, Photo Blogging, Endia Beal, Liz Obert, Corinne Botz

This weekend marks Printed Matter's annual New York Art Book Fair: a glorious, highly curated, jam packed, sweaty gathering of some of best mainstream and independent art book publishers. Hosted at New York City's MoMa PS1 in Long Island City, it's filled with frequent book signings, people watching and an opportunity to spend a downpayment on way too many photobooks (which you should.) We hope the renegade book appropriating bootleggers Flat Fix are back for an attack. Oh, and there's also the Independent Art Book Fair happening close by in Greenpoint, which is worth a walk over the Pulaski Bridge. Below are some of our anticipated favorites, in no particular order.

PostedSeptember 15, 2016

AuthorEditors

CategoriesPublications, Artists

TagsNew York Art Book Fair, Printed Matter, NYABF, Ben Alper, Nat Ward, A New Nothing, Ahndraya Parlato, Curran Hatleberg, Kris Graves, Giovanna Silva, Photobooks

Photos: David Brandon Geeting // @davidbrandongeeting

We know. This headline might imply an association between these photographers and the many ills a certain small-handed circus leader denies knowing when called to task, and we apologize. This has nothing to do with Mr. Trump, though we suspect he (maybe) collects the "great" work of Peter Lik, right? Why are we even rambling about this? Moving on, here are some of our favorite photographers working right now, all who've hung out with us over the past few months for weekly Humble Arts Foundation Instagram residencies. Some are making Instagram their visual diary or sketchpad, while others are using it as a wider domain for sharing long term photo projects. Have a look, give them your follows, and be moved to keep up with their ever-inspired work.

PostedAugust 31, 2016

AuthorJon Feinstein

CategoriesGalleries, Artists

TagsDavid Brandon Geeting, Philip C. Keith, Ben Alper, Hannah Devereux, Paul Bobko, Beth Herzhaft, Christina Evans, Corey Olson, Joe Rudko, Joy Drury Cox, Charlie Kitchen, Photographers to Follow On Instagram, Jeff Frost, John C. Edmonds, Nina Perlman, New Photography, Instagram Photographers

Beautiful Mystery © Bubi Canal. — *Beautiful Mystery* © Bubi Canal.

In June 2016, the International Center of Photography (ICP) reopened after a two-year hiatus. Now situated in a custom-designed site at 250 Bowery in Lower Manhattan, the Center announced its intentions as a 21st-century institution with the controversial exhibition Public, Private, Secret and a rotating curatorial program. Curator Charlotte Cotton fulfilled the first Curator-in-Residency position, collaborating with ICP staff and guest contributors to present a timely exhibition that considers the implications of self-representation and visibility in a visually saturated world. Cotton spoke with Roula Seikaly about the exhibition, the Aperture Summer Open as an extension of the Photography is Magic project, and the pros and cons of independent curatorial work.

PostedAugust 25, 2016

AuthorRoula Seikaly

CategoriesExhibitions

TagsCharlotte Cotton, ICP, International Center for Photography, New Photography, Aperture Summer Open, Public Private Secret, Roula Seikaly

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Defying The Haters: An Interview with Charlotte Cotton