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1 April 2017—
This year AIPAD (The Association of International Photography Art Dealers) Photography Show in its new location at Pier 94 on the Hudson, far west side, hosted more than 115 galleries from the United Sates and around the world from 30 March to 2 April 2017.
If you remember the Park Avenue Armory, its former home, wasn’t so big. Gallery booths were close to each other, almost squeezed. One day was enough to see the whole show. But Pier 94 is so big, perhaps doubled in size. It is very spacious,
Even though galleries spread very comfortably at Pier 94 , isles were still very wide. From my own personal experience, I say, one definitely needed more than a day to enjoy everything.
The show offered contemporary, modern and 19th century photographs as well as books and magazine section. There was something for everyone, photographs from big names to new comers, from big sizes to small sizes.
When I entered Pier 94 first image I noticed was Christian Voigt’s large work at Unix Gallery booth.
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“Mortan Library II, NY” by Chistian Voigt, represented by UNIX Gallery.
I am not sure if it was the largest image at the show, but it was big: 68 x 138 in. | 173 x 350 cm. I liked the way a table and chairs were arranged, not in the middle, but all the way in the back. It made the image look even bigger. I felt like I was entering a library.
And, at GALLERY FIFTY ONE to see 28 images of great photographer Malick Sidibé, from Mali, was a treat.
“Nuit du 31-12-69” by Malick Sidibé , collection of 28 vintage gelatin silver prints on yellow cardboard (3 pages) at GALLERY FIFTY ONE
Collection of 28 images, on 3 pages, in one frame, was 28.50 x 12.50 in | 72 x 32 cm. Each image was only the negative size.
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Image “Nuit de Noël (Happy Club) by Malick Sidibé at GALLERY FIFTY ONE
I saw photographer David Godlis was taking a picture of another photographer Dustin Pittman in front of “Nuit de Noël (Happy Club) “by Malick Sidibé.
And I asked them: “Why in front of this image?”
They both answered at the same time: “ Great photographer, great image! Look at this print quality, the composition, the moment, and the body language. You can hear the music.”
Kept on walking. I saw Robert Frank’s pictures at Etherton Gallery.
Photographs by Robert Frank, at Etherton Gallery’s booth.
Even though I knew the images I stopped, enjoyed looking at them. Having hung 4 same size photographs without any space between them, made eye travel from one to another.
I continued to walk.
It was interesting to see young Robert Frank (far right) at L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, in a photo taken by John Cohen.
Photographs by John Cohen at L. Parker Stephenson Photographs,
One can see more images from “John Cohen: The 10th Street Art World 1957-1963” exhibit at L. Parker Stephenson Photography website.
There were so many images made one stop. “Grand Central Terminal, 1947” by Paul Himmel, and “Albino, 1952” by Nino Migliori at Keith de Lellis Gallery, “Curtains, 1972” by Fred Herzog at Equinox Gallery, “Shower, 1935” by Boris Ignatovich at Nailya Alexander Gallery, “Santiago and Paola, Mexico City, 2002” by Allen Frame at Gitterman Gallery, “The Eye of Love” by René Groebli at Peter Fetterman Gallery, and Walker Evans’, Elliott Erwitt’s images at several galleries were just some of them.
To be continued….
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