It is going to be a happy week! I had to be dragged away from Chris Killip's photographs at AIPAD this year and now his first solo show in the States opens at Amador Gallery on Wednesday September 15th. I can not wait for the reception for '4 + 20' where I'm hoping to chat up my fellow expat countryman.

Bever's First Day Out, Skinningrove, North Yorkshire, 1982 © Chris Killip courtesy of Amador Gallery

Stephen Mallon's latest exhibition officially opens tomorrow, Friday September 10th. The prints from his series on recycling of subway cars in the States look stunning at Front Room Gallery, a lovely space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Steve's so cool, he even had the MTA at the press review last night.

UPDATE: Listen to Steve talk about the project on NPR

View the photo feature in aCurator Magazine.

© Stephen Mallon

Kate Simon has a photography exhibition opening in East Hampton, NY on August 21st. Murphy and Dine looks like a gorgeous, big space; I'm not sure what else Kate is showing, she has a wide variety of legendary subjects, but I'm assuming there will be some of her fab photos of William Burroughs.

MaD Wainscott, 39 Industrial Road - by East Hampton Airport

© Kate Simon

Opening at Project Space in Los Angeles this Thursday, August 12th, is a new exhibition of the work of aCurator favourite Janette Beckman, curated by Jen DiSisto of Art Duet.

"Janette Beckman's photography exhibition marks the third artist installment at Project Space. Beckman culls works from her time in London during the punk era through the hip-hop decade in New York and Los Angeles. The show will feature artifacts and photographs of musicians, their fans and youth culture."

LL Cool J © Janette Beckman.Rocks

aCurator is proud to support Snap Galleries of London, England.

"Marianne Faithfull is the subject of our next full length exhibition, which features unseen images by Dennis Morris from the iconic Broken English session.

It's always a pleasure to work with Dennis Morris, a really inspirational photographer with an exceptional archive. This exhibition is a real exclusive - with the exception of the classic Broken English cover image, shown alongside, the images we will have on display in this exhibition have never been seen before. We will be posting further details on the website when the exhibition opens, but please do come and see this fabulous show, which starts on 11 June 2010.

Please note that edition sizes for Dennis' Marianne Faithfull collection are going to be reassuringly small. For example, the Broken English cover image, shown here, will only be offered in two sizes - with a 15 x 15 inch image size in an edition of 15, and a 30x 30 inch image size in an edition of 8.

If you can't wait and want to get this classic piece at the best possible price, you can order one right now here."

Marianne Faithfull © Dennis Morris

From October 2009 through January 2010, four documentary photographers - Farhad Parsa, Arash Saedinia, Parisa Taghizadeh, and Ramin Talaie - focused their lenses on second-generation Iranian-Americans of Los Angeles, the world's largest population of expatriate Iranians. This Galleria exhibition offers a selection of engaging images by each of these photographers considering the everyday lives of their subjects. It also addresses the processes of documentation and how various understandings of hyphenated Iranian identities inflect the images that result.

See intriguing photographs capturing the varied lives and interests of L.A.'s Iranian-American community: from toddlers at play to an acupuncturist in the office of her Los Feliz practice, including a few recognizable figures such as public intellectual Reza Aslan and comedian Maz Jobrani.

The exhibition will be on view in the Goldenberg Galleria in the Fowler Museum at UCLA, from June 6 to August 22, 2010.

Still a few days left to bid!

"A team of humanitarians and art lovers have gathered together to create HeArt for Haiti, an impressive bevy of artwork to be auctioned off, with all proceeds going to Doctors without Borders/Medicines Sans for Haiti Earthquake relief.