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Wow, wow and more wow. Jacques Lowe's negatives were destroyed in the World Trade Center collapse in 2001. Jacques himself had died earlier that year. However his contact sheets were stored elsewhere and the Newseum has managed to clean them up and make prints. It is amazing and beautiful what we can do these days. I had the opportunity to represent Mr. Lowe, my agency licensed his gorgeous jazz photos and his surprising, delightful pictures of children; I remember my right-hand, Kellie, going to hang out with him while he signed prints, books, he was packing away the whisky I believe, and they got on famously. 

Jacques Lowe was larger than life, and it's only right that his work on one of our largest politicians should be rejuvenated. Visit the Newseum in DC, opens April 12th.

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© Anna Arroyo

Our friends at luxury online marketplace V&M just launched a new sister site, V&M Photography, and an Emerging Artist series, offering affordable prints in a range of sizes.

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© Brigette Bloom

"The Emerging Artist series features up-and-coming photographers from around the world that V&M's fine art experts have identified as investment worthy pieces."

The launch was earlier this year, kicking off with a sale that donated money to Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, so keep an eye out for interesting collaborations in future.

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© Carly Scott

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© Rachel Kertz

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Flood the Art Market, a charitable organization geared toward helping artists directly affected by Superstorm Sandy, will present Artists Helping Artists, a silent auction featuring work by some of New York's most coveted artists and hosted by Cey Adams, Kathleen Hanna, Adam Horovitz, Tara Kelly, Hally McGehean, and Clams Rockefeller at Manhattan's Cristin Tierney Gallery on January 28th, 2013.

Spread the word.

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Jimi Hendrix, 1968 © Donald Silverstein

Sexy news from the ever-groovy Snap Galleries. Gallery director Guy White says it so well, I'll just nick his blurb as usual.

Abs by Jimi Hendrix 

"In 1968, New York born, London-based photographer Donald Silverstein (1934-75) created one of the most famous and recognizable images of Jimi Hendrix. It featured on a hugely popular poster, originally included as a pull-out with Electric Ladyland. This is, quite simply, one of the absolute all time classic photographs of the incendiary guitarist. "Iconic" is a very overused term these days, but in this instance it really is justified. It seems incredible given the importance of this image that it has never been available to purchase as a limited edition photograph before now, but that is the case.

Right now, for the very first time, Donald Silverstein's estate are offering collectors the chance to own this image as a limited edition. If you remember the original 1960s poster, you will know that the contrast was cranked up to 10 - and it was difficult to pick out detail. Deliberately, the limited edition photograph has been left just as Donald Silverstein would have seen it originally, and I have to say that the fine detail is just exquisite. You can get a sense of that from the image above. 

This is such a key piece. If you are an established collector, I think you are really going to want this. If you are a new collector, and are thinking about taking the plunge on something special in 2013, then this would be a truly great place to start. There are four different size choices, from 16x20 inch (40x50cm) paper right up to a monster 6 ft (1.8m) high version. If you are going to purchase one, my advice is definitely "Go Big" if space and wallet permit it. The 30x40 inch paper size would be a real showstopper.

I know, I know, it's just after Christmas, and there are all kinds of reasons why you don't want to buy something now, but think about it for a second...

...No space?  Lose a mirror. Seriously - isn't it better to look at this?

...No money after Christmas?  We can help. If you want to pay by installments we can work something out with you.

...Too much to eat over the holiday period? What better way to shed a few pounds than to take inspiration from Mr Hendrix's incredible abs? Here's how: buy the limited edition photograph, frame it and hang it on your wall; put some Jimi on very loud, put your exercise mat on the floor under the photograph and crank out the sit-ups until you look like this." 

#yum

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I recently had the great pleasure of meeting Steven Albahari, Publisher of 21st Editions. They have the most beautiful collection of books. There is work from photographers including some of my favourites Herman Leonard, Michael Kenna, and with one of my greatest loves, Imogen Cunningham among their recent artists. Sadly, or perhaps thankfully, she is sold out. Learn more about the interesting history of 21st Editions and browse all their books. Mouth-watering!

Nordic_Light_Workshop_.jpgA photographic workshop with Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb, presented by Nordic Light and Studio A7, Norway.

"Please join us for this week-long photography workshop in the Caribbean's grandest city, Havana - a place that seems caught out of time. Mysterious, colorful, complicated, this ambiguous city defies easy definitions - at once alluring yet confounding, vibrant yet vulnerable, engaging yet unsettling. What better way to piece together your impressions of this city of contradictions that with a camera?

The workshop will be led by the creative team, Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb, who have made some 12 trips to Cuba, which culminated in their book and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, exhibition: "Violet Isle: A Duet of Photographs from Cuba." Together they will help you discover your own unique vision of this remarkable city filled with music, light, and home to one of the most vibrant cultures in the Caribbean."

Learn more.

PhotoArtFair_bjp_fpad_oct2.jpg"The Photo Art Fair is a five-day exhibition of some 2,000 carefully curated, collectable works from up to 200 international photographers.

As a brand new show, Photo Art Fair is designed to allow visitors with the unique opportunity to purchase affordable and collectable photographs direct from both undiscovered and also well-known artists without having to go through a gallery.

The inaugural event will be held in London within an area of 8,000m2 at the Sorting Office
on New Oxford St, London WC1, 2nd - 6th May 2013 and is a celebration of art photography through the ages and across all genres from classic prints to previously unseen contemporary photography.

The Photo Art Fair will extend a totally democratic experience to both existing and prospective collectors of photography in a stimulating, informal and highly original environment." Read more on the Photo Art Fair website.

Deadline is December 31st. If your work is selected, you'll pay a fee, which goes to (their) "philanthropic partner the Positive View Foundation who have been doing great work through photography to help those disadvantaged."



One of my most popular features this year is Mikkel Aaland's 'County Fair,' so fans will be pleased to see he was interviewed on Letterman back in 1982. Today, he's offering a limited edition portfolio from the series. But Mikkel is a man of many talents, including publishing multiple titles, and he has a new eBook for photographers, currently available for free.

Spiel: "Using real world examples, best-selling author and photographer Mikkel Aaland explains the entire process of making a fixed format, photo-centric ebook for the iPad®. Aaland shows you how to use Adobe® InDesign® and the Blurb plug-in to make a cover, add images, format text, and add video and sound."

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© Julie Dermansky

I've followed Julie Dermansky since I first saw her coverage of the Occupy movement. She reported recently from protests over the Keystone Pipeline.

"Back home, all is not well on the Gulf. The Coast Guard and BP acknowledged the oil above the site of the Macando well is BP oil. "Drill baby drill" still seems to be the predominate way here. Final approval for the Keystone XL pipeline, though delayed until after the election, seems like a foregone conclusion since construction of the southern portion has been fast-tracked. Too bad no one knows how to clean up a tar sands spill. So much about the Keystone XL pipeline doesn't seem right to me yet both political parties are ultimately for it."

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All images © Julie Dermansky

Ed's note: It is just after Hurricane Sandy swept through the New York area, reminding us that our political representatives mostly still have their fingers in their ears, singing la-la-la when it comes to any consideration of climate change.

Read Julie's article at On Earth

Read more on the tree-dwellers in The Atlantic



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