Pond Press, Charles S. Cohen and Decoration & Design Building (D & D Building) are pleased to present MonoVisioN, a selection of photographs from the distinguished photographer Scott Frances. The exhibition will be on view in Suite 110 on the ground floor of the Annex Building at the D & D Building in Midtown Manhattan starting June 21st. The exhibition was recently shown at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California.

The opening reception will be held from 6pm – 8pm, Tuesday June 21st 2011 @ The D & D Building, 222 East 59th Street between 2nd and 3rd Ave.

Please be sure to RSVP to RSVP@DDBuilding.com or 212.759.5408

Frances is renowned for his architecture and lifestyle photography. His images reflect the synthesis of his interests in carefully balanced composition, using atmospheric and naturally motivated light. With a journalist’s need to tell a story simply, along with his passion for the decorative arts, his imagery bridges recurring themes throughout art history. Scott Frances prints are available for sale through VAUGHAN HANNIGAN.

The exhibition coincides with the release of Frances’ first monograph of the same title with an introduction by Richard Meier, available through Pond Press.

There will be an Artist’s Tour and Book Signing beginning at 2pm on Wednesday June 22nd at The D & D Building

Aquatic images from Henry Horenstein’s ANIMALIA grace the cover Watermarks, the magazine of the National Aquarium and are on display in the National Aquarium as well. Henry will be holding a lecture and book signing at the aquarium October 27th, 2011.

An exhibition of photographs from Henry Horenstein’s book SHOW are on view at the John Cleary Gallery in Houston, Tx from April 30 – May 28, 2011

Martin Schoeller’s Female Bodybuilders work, from the Pond Press book of the same name, will be on exhibit in New York from July 1 to August 27 at Hasted Hunt Kraeutler.

Here is more detail from the Hasted Hunt Kraeutler press release:

Schoeller began to photograph female bodybuilders when they were at competitions for their sport in 2003 and continued the project for five years. He writes, “from the first Polaroid, I was struck by the multi-dimensional complexity of the portrait.” Ironically, the female bodybuilders are passionate about achieving an ideal body, but their ideal is alien to the majority of our image-conscious society. Schoeller writes of the female bodybuilders, “they challenge the boundaries of not only the shifting, maddening, and ruthless standards of the female beauty industry, but of what consitutes ‘(un)natural.’ For many observers, the outsized development and hyper-articulation of these ladies’ every muscular detail present an affront to acceptable standards of femininity, of beauty, of taste.” However, these women present themselves as extremely feminine- they wear makeup and do their hair- with the result that at first viewing, their feminine heads appear disconnected from their muscular bodies. They conform in most ways to normal societal standards- many are married, raise children, and pursue careers. More than one of the women state that bodybuilding helps them to have higher self-esteem. They consider themselves in some sense to be artists: they use metaphors of “sculpting” their bodies and “perfecting” their “creation[s].” Like many artists, their work goes unappreciated and unrewarded. Their male counterparts, who conform more easily to ideals of masculinity, receive financial rewards and publicity that the women do not.

For more information on the exhibit go here.

SHOW by Henry Horenstein was recently reviewed in photo-eye magazine. Read it here.

SHOW continues to be a critical and popular success. A live burlesque show and book signing is scheduled for May 27th at Firehouse 13 in Providence, Rhode Island. See above.

Also, SHOW was selected as part of the Best Photography Book Award 2010 at the PHotoEspana Festival. This year the festival received more than 400 books from 21 different countries, from which 100 books have been selected for the show. The exhibition will be presented at Matadero Madrid in the frame of PHotoEspana Festival from 10 June to 25 July. You can see the full list of selected books here.

Henry Horenstein’s book SHOW was selected as some of the best American photography from the last year. From over 8,000 pictures entered by over 1,200 photographers, magazines, agencies and publishers, the jury selected, by a majority vote or better, only 304 images to appear in the book and represent the best pictures from 2009. Four images, including the one above, will appear in AP26. This year’s distinguished panel included Gail Buckland; Scott Dadich, Wired; Janet Froelich, Real Simple; Luke Hayman, Pentagram; Steven Kasher, Steven Kasher Gallery; Michael Norseng, Esquire; Kira Pollack, TIME. AP26 will be printed in full color and distributed worldwide in hardcover immediately after The Party, November 11, 2010. The Party will take place in New York. Congratulations Henry!

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CLIC GALLERY invites you to a Book Signing and Film Screening of

Henry Horenstein’s

SHOW

Tuesday, May 11th, 6-8 pm

In conjunction with the exhibit SHOW, Henry Horenstein’s documentary photographs of the fetish, drag, and neo-burlesque performers, Clic Gallery invites you to a book signing with the photographer on TUESDAY, MAY 11, FROM 6-8 PM. Acclaimed photographer HENRY HORENSTEIN will be on hand to sign copies of the book and to screen his short documentary on New York nightlife legend Murray Hill.

In the past few decades, neo-burlesque has exploded on the New York and Los Angeles underground. Henry Horenstein has been snapping the performers, onstage and backstage, since 2001. SHOW gleefully documents the fishnet-clad personalities of this remarkable nightlife phenomenon, including superstars like Dita Von Teese and Murray Hill. These lush black and white images are intimate and raunchy, as grinning sword swallowers and belly dancers proudly model their body piercings and pasties.

SHOW, the book, is published by Pond Press and is available as a first edition Artist’s Edition limited to only 600 copies, a soft cover version of 400 copies, plus a special Collector’s Edition of 20 slip-cased books with an original, signed and numbered print.

To pre-order a signed copy of the book, please call 212-966-2766 or click here.

Clic Bookstore & Gallery

424 Broome Street, New York, NY 10013

Tue-Sun 12 pm – 7 pm

broome@clicgallery.com

212-219-9308

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SHOW by Henry Horenstein is featured in Issue 9 of Visura magazine. To view the article click here.

ON VIEW NOW

Clic Gallery is proud to present SHOW: PHOTOGRAPHS BY HENRY HORENSTEIN. The exhibit will run from April 6 to May 2, 2010.

In the past few decades, neo-burlesque, which encompasses fetish, drag and vaudeville acts, has exploded on the New York and Los Angeles underground. Acclaimed photographer Henry Horenstein has been snapping the performers, onstage and backstage, since 2001. His photo exhibit SHOW gleefully documents the fishnet-clad personalities of this remarkable nightlife phenomenon, including superstars like Dita Von Teese and Murray Hill. These lush black and white images are intimate and raunchy, as grinning sword swallowers and belly dancers proudly model their body piercings and pasties.

www.clicgallery.com