Jen Davis and Amy Elkins in print

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Contact Sheet 165, featuring Jen Davis and Amy Elkins, is available through Light Work now. Subscribers should have already received their catalogue. Contact Sheet 165 showcases the work of both artists in a unique dos-à-dos binding (more accurately called tête-bêche). One side of the catalogue features the cover for Jen Davis and a portfolio of images from her Self-Portraits series. Flip the book around and the other side features a cover for Amy Elkins and a portfolio of images from her Elegant Violence series. This catalogue includes essays by Hannah Frieser and Shane Lavalette.

Not a subscriber yet? See our online store for multiple subscription levels, starting from a free limited trial subscription to print collector levels. The catalogue is also available for individual sale ($12).

Connect with Light Work on Facebook, Twitter, and More!

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We’re happy to unveil our brand new Facebook Timeline this week!

If you haven’t already, connect with Light Work on Facebook to get the latest updates about our publications, residency program, artists, calls for entries, exclusive giveaways, and more!

You can also find Light Work on Twitter, Google+, Vimeo, and Pinterest. Help us spread the word by sharing these links with friends!

William Wegman at the Everson Museum

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Light Work is pleased to announce the Urban Video Project‘s collaboration with the Everson Museum of Art to realize a new video piece by artist William Wegman.

The video, “Flo Flow” (2011), is Wegman’s latest in a long line of human-canid collaborations. It was while he was in Long Beach in the 1970′s that Wegman got his dog, Man Ray, with whom he began a fruitful collaboration of many years. Man Ray, known in the art world and beyond for his endearing deadpan presence, became a central figure in Wegman’s photographs and videotapes. Ever since, Weimaraner-actors have peopled Wegman’s uncanny imaginative universe, a reflection on both the human-ness of ‘animals’ and the strangeness of humans.

The piece will be on view on the side of the Everson Museum of Art from March 1 – May 27, 2012. An artist talk will be held on April 10 at 6:30pm in the Everson auditorium.

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Don’t forget! Light Work’s 2012 Subscription Program include a beautiful, limited edition silver gelatin print by William Wegman. For more information or to purchase visit www.lightwork.org/buy

Find Light Work at SCOPE New York

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Light Work visits SCOPE New York to feature the stunning prints and books from our 2012 Subscription Program, including a Master Print by renowned photographer William Wegman, as well as Fine Print Program prints by Kelli Connell, Tony Gleaton, and Susan Worsham. There will be many other prints available for purchase as well.

SCOPE New York
March 7 – 11, 2012
SCOPE Pavilion
57th St & 12th Ave (West Side Highway)
New York, NY

Stop by Booth # A29 to meet Program Manager Mary Lee Hodgens, Promotions Coordinator Jessica Reed, and Associate Director Shane Lavalette, hear about our programs, and support Light Work and artists by buying a print, book, or subscription to Contact Sheet, our journal featuring emerging photographers. Every penny we make at SCOPE Miami goes right back into our programming, which assists artists working in photography and electronic media through exhibitions, publications, artist residencies, and a community-access digital lab facility.

Call for Entries: 2012 Light Work Student Invitational

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Genevieve Marshall, 2011 Best of Show – Selected by Amber Terranova (Editor,PDN)

The 2012 Light Work Student Invitational will feature a selection of photographs by Syracuse University students selected by our guest juror Jörg Colberg (Publisher and Editor,Conscientious). The selected images will be showcased on Light Work’s LCD screen from March – May 2012. Our guest juror will select the winner of Best of Show and Honorable Mentions. These students will be featured on the Light Work blog and an online exhibition.

Dr. Jörg M. Colberg was born in Germany in 1968. After obtaining his Ph.D., he moved to the United States in early 2000. Colberg is the Publisher and Editor of the popular website Conscientious, one of the most widely read blogs dedicated to contemporary photography.

All interested students should submit via email to shane@lightwork.org:

– 3 images, saved as .jpg, 72dpi, sRGB, and sized to 1,600px on the longest dimension. Title files: FirstnameLastname_01.jpg, FirstnameLastname_02.jpg, FirstnameLastname_03.jpg
– In the e-mail, include your name, major, grad/undergrad, e-mail, and phone number. Please follow the directions carefully. Incomplete submissions will not be considered.

DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2012

* Download a PDF of the flyer here.

Cindy Sherman Retrospective Comes to MoMA

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This month The Museum of Modern Art will be opening what is likely to be one of the most talked about exhibitions of the year, a large Cindy Sherman retrospective.

Bringing together more than 170 photographs, this retrospective survey traces the artist’s career from the mid 1970s to the present. Highlighted in the exhibition are in-depth presentations of her key series, including the groundbreaking series “Untitled Film Stills” (1977–80), the black-and-white pictures that feature the artist in stereotypical female roles inspired by 1950s and 1960s Hollywood, film noir, and European art-house films; her ornate history portraits (1989–90), in which the artist poses as aristocrats, clergymen, and milkmaids in the manner of old master paintings; and her larger-than-life society portraits (2008) that address the experience and representation of aging in the context of contemporary obsessions with youth and status. The exhibition will explore dominant themes throughout Sherman’s career, including artifice and fiction; cinema and performance; horror and the grotesque; myth, carnival, and fairy tale; and gender and class identity. Also included are Sherman’s recent photographic murals (2010), which will have their American premiere at MoMA.

Sherman, now regarded one of the most important and influential artists, was in fact a Light Work Artist-in-Residence in 1981, featured in a Light Work Gallery exhibition in 1985, published in Contact Sheet, and has a few of her pieces included in the Light Work Collection!

Those of you in New York City, mark your calendars:

Cindy Sherman
February 26 – June 11, 2012
The Joan and Preston Robert Tisch Exhibition Gallery, sixth floor
Museum of Modern Art
New York, NY

More info about the exhibition here.

Here’s a visual overview of Sherman’s iconic film stills:

Win a FREE Signed Contact Sheet!

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In conjunction with the launch of Keliy Anderson-Staley’s online gallery, Light Work is teaming up with Flak Photo to give away FREE signed copies of Keliy’s Contact Sheet.

Visit our Facebook page for details on how to enter!

(DEADLINE: Thursday, February 2, 2012)

Joni Sternbach's "SurfLand" at the Southeast Museum of Photography

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On the topic of the lovely wet-plate collodion process, don’t miss past AIR Joni Sternbach‘s “SurfLand” exhibition, opening this Friday at the Southeast Museum of Photography!

SurfLand
Joni Sternbach
January 27 – April 22, 2012
Southeast Museum of Photography
Daytona Beach, FL

Opening reception with artist talk and book signing: January 27 from 6-8pm

Keliy Anderson-Staley on Flak Photo

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More great exposure for Keliy Anderson-Staley, as her work is featured in an online gallery on Flak Photo. Keliy’s tintypes are paired with an excellent essay by Geoffrey Batchen, from Contact Sheet 163 (available for purchase here).

Deana Lawson at the Museum of Modern Art

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2008 Light Work AIR Deana Lawson‘s work has received critical acclaim in the New Photography 2011 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition will be on view through January 16th, so be sure to stop in before it closes.

Collectors admiring her photographs will be happy to know that Light Work is offering a beautiful limited edition, signed print by Deana Lawson. The purchase of this print includes a complimentary, one-year subscription to Contact Sheet with five printed issues and access to the full digital archive of past issues.

Stop by Light Work's Booth at Photo LA – January 12-16, 2012

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Light Work is excited to invite you to visit our booth at Photo LA!

January 12-16, 2012

Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
1855 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Stop by Booth # 410 to meet Program Manager Mary Lee Hodgens, Promotions Coordinator Jessica Reed, and Associate Director Shane Lavalette to hear about our programs, and support Light Work and artists by buying a print, book, or subscription to Contact Sheet, our journal featuring emerging photographers. Every penny we make at Photo LA goes right back into our programming, which assists artists working in photography and electronic media through exhibitions, publications, artist residencies, and a community-access digital lab facility.

See you there!