Giving everyday death a splatter of color. Sam Falls at Galerie Eva Presenhuber.
Obscured by the Photoshop transparency background. Stephanie Syjuco at Ryan Lee Gallery.
A seductive pile of tiny images in cellophane drug bags. Devin Troy Strother at Marlborough Contemporary.
A unedited month of daily visual memories. Bernadette Mayer (from 1971) at CANADA.
The reluctant allure of Audrey Hepburn. Cecil Beaton in the Paul F. Walter Collection sale at Christie’s.
Obliviously stylish selfies amid the flames. Martha Rosler in the Citings/Sightings group show at Lennon, Weinberg.
Central Park tree silhouettes reflected in still water. Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao at Foley Gallery.
The intimate grip of nail clippers. Mary Kelly (from 1974) in the An Incomplete History of Protest group show at the Whitney.
Disappearing into an artificial jungle. Patty Carroll in the Women in Colour group show at Rubber Factory.
Folds and crumples filled with energetic color. Ellen Carey in the Women in Colour group show at Rubber Factory.
An ordered array of colored light. Amanda Means in the Women in Colour group show at Rubber Factory.
A surreal pruning of vegetal body parts. Marc Foucault in the Avant-Garde: Photographs from the Shalom Shpilman Collection online sale at Christie’s.
Indirect views of the hidden lives of Jeddah women. Olivia Arthur in the Women Seeing Women group show at Staley-Wise Gallery.
The wandering thoughts of an Iraqi refugee. Diana Markosian in the Women Seeing Women group show at Staley-Wise Gallery.
Processing a mother’s death within the context of HIV. Kia LaBeija in the AIDS at Home group show at the Museum of the City of New York.
A still life arrangement of homeless possessions. Anthony Hernandez in the Notions of Home group show at Yancey Richardson Gallery.
The empty desert pathways of a planned community. Noritaka Minami in the 2017 Aperture Summer Open: On Freedom at Aperture Gallery.
The quiet grace of tender attention. Jess T. Dugan in the 2017 Aperture Summer Open: On Freedom at Aperture Gallery.
A stare mixing confidence and wary vulnerability. Maureen Drennan in the 2017 Aperture Summer Open: On Freedom at Aperture Gallery.
The twisted inversions of a headstand. Farah Al Qasimi in the Discursive Selves group show at Westbeth Gallery.
Daybook
Daybook is an ongoing visual diary made entirely of notable photographs, a cascade of images seen here and there and deserving of further attention.
