New Documentary on Larry Fink Released with Preview

We are pleased to share a preview of a short documentary film capturing some of the last footage of the iconic twentieth-century photographer.

Over sixty years as a photographer, Larry Fink’s sense of humanity came to define his storytelling. He captured influential moments including Civil Rights events, the Beat generation and Greenwich Village’s countercultural heartbeat, the boxing scene and Manhattan's high society.

An expert who cast an unfaltering eye on events that unfolded over his lifetime, the documentary entitled, FINK, reveals the emotions and the intimate energy in his photographs.

Communicating his art, Fink invites director Lisa Schiller into his personal universe, reflecting on his artistic intentions and the cultural landscape that guided his personal experience. 

Watch a short trailer below or watch the full video on Fellowship.

ringl + pit on display at Carnegie Hall

The most comprehensive collection of works assembled for exhibition

We are pleased to partner with our friends at Fotografiska in arranging this exhibition of works by ringl + pit at Carnegie Hall in conjunction with the festival, “Fall of the Weimar Republic: Dancing on the Precipice.”

It has been over 20 years since this significant collection was last exhibited.

ringl + pit were childhood nicknames of Grete Stern (ringl) and Ellen Auerbach (pit), who opened an advertising photography studio in 1930 in Berlin. Together, they sought to challenge the expectations of their classes, culture, and gender during the fragile political climate of the Weimar Republic. View more of their images on their artist page.

The display is free to all Zankel Hall concertgoers on view now through July 1, 2024.

Drift Climbs New York Times Tower

IN a newly released YouTube video, the urban explorer and photographer climbs 354 meters for a breathtaking view


In 2021, a New York Times article helped bring public awareness to Drift's pending trial over several counts of trespassing. Drift wanted to challenge the concept that what is illegal is also immoral.

Drift shares in his choice of climbing the tower, "The aim was to capture the insignificance of man in the shadow of an ever expansive city and world while also showing that man himself is limitless."

Watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muPeIQaACE8

The film was shot by the duo from OnTheRoofs- Raskalov and EM.1T.

We are saddened to share the news of the passing of Larry Fink

 

A dear friend and extraordinary artist

Born in Brooklyn in 1941 and raised in New York City, Fink began making pictures in his early teens. He was privately taught and mentored by photographer Lisette Model whose work greatly influenced him.

Fink is best known for his series Social Graces, a body of work made in the 1970s that depicted and contrasted wealthy Manhattanites at fashionable clubs and social events alongside working-class people from rural Pennsylvania participating in everyday events such as high school graduations and birthday parties. Social Graces was the subject of a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in 1979 and was published as a monograph in 1984.  

Social Graces was just one of many genres that Fink explored during his six decades of image making. He also made series of portraiture, fashion, the logging industry, boxing, nature and most recently quiet and contemplative still lives taken in and around his home in rural Pennsylvania, all skillfully executed with a particular style one could only attribute to Fink.

He will be greatly missed.

PROPHECY OF THE BUTTERFLIES | SAYLER/MORRIS

 
 

The artistic-duo presents a multi-channel immersive animation at the Momentary


The new animated work is opening at the Momentary in Bentonville, Arkansas, Saturday, November 18, 2023 as part of the “ENDURING AMAZON: LIFE AND AFTERLIFE IN THE RAINFOREST” group exhibition through April 14, 2024.

“Prophecy of the Butterflies” features the Amazon-native Blue Morpho butterfly with reference to the 19th-century Amazonian field research of Martin Johnson Heade—especially his iconic Blue Morpho Butterfly Portrait.

Saylor/Morris share the inspiration behind the new work, "After spending time in the Amazonian rainforest, we came to see butterflies as the most visible emblem of the rainforest’s biodiversity. Walking through the forest suddenly one flash of color and then another catches the eye and disappears into the foliage. On one level,  "A Prophecy of Butterflies," both celebrates this biodiversity and warns of its impending loss due to climate change and destruction of habitat."

Outside, in the Momentary’s Courtyard, Sayler/Morris will project their 2014 work “Eclipse,” bringing the conversation about climate change and despeciation closer to home by drawing parallels between the Amazon’s current wave of extinction and the loss of the North American Passenger Pigeon, which once lived in such abundance in our region that they could blacken the sky during their annual migration.

Opening Reception: November 18, from 7-9pm at the Momentary
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New Represented Artist at the Gallery: DRIFT

Through his lens, he found a way to cope with displacement, PTSD, and depression, finding peace in the presence of the moment

Isaac "Drift" Wright is a multidisciplinary artist and a United States Army veteran. After serving his country, he found solace and purpose in urban exploring and photography, illegally capturing cities from unique and unseen perspectives.

In 2020, Drift’s artistic passion and dedication to documenting the world around him led to his arrest, a heart-wrenching experience that resulted in four months of incarceration without bond. The government weaponized his military background against him, making his story a national headline, which landed on the front page of The New York Times on June 6th, 2021.

Despite the adversity he faced, Drift’s work has since flourished. He has become one of the most sought-after photographers in the industry, emerging in the fine arts world and as a pioneer in photography.  He has been featured in Rolling Stone, TIME, The New York Times, and many other notable publications.

Drift reflects on his process over the last few years, “I’ve come to realize each is a snapshot not just of the world but of who I was at that point in time. They are living, breathing documentations of change, including the changes that have been brought forth in myself.”

Drift’s photography embodies the true essence of fine art, merging captivating visuals with a deep sense of emotion and purpose. His unique perspective and unbridled passion have earned him accolades and recognition from the most discerning art collectors and curators worldwide.

Sandra Cattaneo Adorno Joins Our Selection of Represented Artists

 
 

“Photographing for me is always an exploration, always an adventure”


Brazilian photographer Sandra Cattaneo Adorno took up photography at the age of sixty and is fascinated with photography shaping the way we see and remember life.

The author of The Other Half of the Sky and Águas de Ouro (Radius Books, 2019 and 2020) Cattaneo Adorno’s work was recently published in Gulnara Samoilova’s landmark book Women Street Photographers and Portrait of Humanity.

She shares about her photography, “I love the way strong light and harsh contrast transform a scene and layer it with mystery as much as I appreciate the strength of bold colors and the immediacy with which they can communicate emotions. I enjoy photographing in strong light because of the way it transforms the scene and loads the images with poetry and mystery through very graphic effects.”

Cattaneo Adorno received the 2021 and 2020 Julia Margaret Cameron Award, the 2020 International Photography Award, the 2019 Portrait of Humanity Award in collaboration with Magnum Photos, and was a 2019 National Geographic finalist. 

She has exhibited work at Somerset House, London; Photoville, Brooklyn; Miami Street Photography Festival; Italian Photo Festival, Venice; PX3 Prix de la Photographie de Paris, Paris, and Women Street Photographers Exhibition in Paris, among many others. 

Sayler/Morris Joins Our Selection of Represented Artists

The collaborative duo work with a variety of media to deepen engagement with natural and social ecologies

Sayler/Morris' (Susannah Sayler & Edward Morris) artistic projects involve interdisciplinary research followed by the creation of still and moving images in the field. In making finished works with these images, sometimes combining them with archival images and objects, they strive to represent their own engagement with the poetics of relation of a given place, and invite viewers to forge their own such engagement.

Their last several projects featured places as much allegorical as geographical–the American West, the American River, and the Amazon.

Their creations investigate contemporary issues such as the climate crisis. The duo believe that their artistic work is also activism, and choose subjects that have geographical and symbolic significance.

Sayler/Morris work has been exhibited broadly in the U.S. and internationally, including at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, the Kunsthal in Rotterdam, the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Belvedere Museum, the Museum of Capitalism and the Southeast Center for Contemporary Art.  

Eat Flowers, a documentary about the work of Cig Harvey at the Academy Awards Qualifying Indy Shorts International Film Festival

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Robert Mann Gallery is excited to announce that Eat Flowers, a documentary about the work of celebrated artist Cig Harvey will be part of the Academy Awards Qualifying Indy Shorts International Film Festival.

In 2017, Cig Harvey's best friend Mary is diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. When forced to isolate during her treatment she asks Cig to send her photographs. Every day, Cig sets out to bring color and life to Mary through her camera, every day Mary asks for more. Eat Flowers brings us into the vibrant worlds Cig creates for her and tells an urgent story about living, through the language of flowers.

Eat Flowers will have its US premiere this July - If you are in the US, you can screen Eat Flowers online for the five days (July 18-23) around the festival and cast your 5-star Audience Choice Awards vote. Help spread the word!

Congratulations to Cig Harvey and all that worked on this film for this significant achievement.

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DOUG BIGGERT (1941-2023)

Doug Biggert, Sandal Shop Series (Doug Biggert), c. 1968-72. Kodak Instamatic print, 3.5 x 3.5 inches

Robert Mann Gallery & George Adams Gallery are saddened to announce the passing of Doug Biggert (1941-2023)

Born in Evanston, Illinois in 1941 and raised in St Louis, MO, Biggert attended Principia College and later graduated from Washington University. His first exposure to photography was as a child, though he didn’t begin photographing in earnest until 1968 when he began the Sandal Shop series while living in California. A wanderer by nature, Biggert hitchhiked through the southwest as a teenager and around Europe during a summer abroad while in college. He eventually found his way to California, living in Balboa, Orange County, San Francisco, and finally Sacramento. The urge to explore never left him, however. Biggert visited all fifty states, through his own wanderlust and his role as the manager of distribution of magazines for Tower Records, a position he held from 1978 until 1999. In this capacity, Biggert was hugely influential in improving distribution and exposure for a nascent Zine scene.

Biggert’s first solo museum exhibition, A Sandalshop Wall, was held at the Newport Harbor Museum (now the Orange County Museum of Art) in 1972. In 2007, in conjunction with exhibitions in Paris and Brussels, Michael Husson published a selection of Biggert's photographs, Hitch-Hikers, and in 2008 Biggert was the subject of the documentary Beautiful America produced by Xavier Carcelle and Chloé Colpé. In 2009, the Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, exhibited BIGGERT'S Hitchhikers and Other Work and the following year he was given his first New York solo exhibition, White Room: Doug Biggert, at White Columns. Biggert’s seminal Hitchhikers series, a collection of unique prints, nearly 450 images spanning across three decades that documented an extraordinary time and place in American culture, were presented in simultaneous exhibitions at the Robert Mann Gallery and George Adams Gallery New York in 2022.