*@Gösta Peterson. Naomi Sims for The New York Times FASHIONS OF THE TIMES*, Sunday, August 27, 1967, (variant exposure). Archival inkjet print, printed 2014, 14-3/8 x 11" (36.5 x 27.9 cm), signed in pencil on verso. ©Gösta Peterson, courtesy to the artist and Deborah Bell Photographs

Deborah Bell Photographs | April 13 - June 29, 2023

For the first time since his death, an exhibition of fashion photographs from the 1960s and 1970s by the trailblazing photographer Gösta (Gus) Peterson will be presented. One of the most innovative and progressive fashion photographers of the 20th century, Peterson (Swedish-American, 1923-2017) is known for breaking barriers and challenging conventional approaches to fashion photography of the time. His playful, graphically rigorous compositions were widely published in the editorial pages of Harper’s Bazaar, Mademoiselle, The New York Times, Elle, MarieClaire, and British Harper's Bazaar, among many other major periodicals. His work is characterized by bold, graphic compositions, improvisation and play, and special effects he devised, such as photographing with the shutter open while "drawing" on and around his subject with a strobe light.

Gösta Peterson’s influence extended to his contemporaries in the field, including Diane Arbus, Duane Michals (who considered him “underrated”), and Bob Richardson; the jazz artist Charles Mingus; and the fashion and beauty entrepreneur and model Linda Rodin. Deborah Turbeville often credited Peterson as a mentor and for influencing her decision to become a photographer.

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@Barkley L. Hendricks. Untitled (Self-Portrait), c. 1975. Gelatin silver print, 24 x 16 inches (image), 24 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (framed). ©Barkley L. Hendricks, courtesy to the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery

Jack Shainman Gallery | April 13 – May 26, 2023

Taking inspiration from Walker Evans, one of his mentors at Yale, Hendricks documented his America, rarely going out in public without a camera around his neck. Through his lens, Hendricks captured his immediate environment, framing moments ofhumor, beauty, and individual style in often playful compositions. Demonstrating his distinct visual sensibility, the work alsoshows a deep interest in the creative potential of the medium. In several of the works in this show, Hendricks uses reflections, cropping, and oblique perspectives to interrupt our surfaceunderstanding of what we are seeing, and in doing so, examine our modes of representation. Though recognized for his profound contributions to painting and portraiture, Hendricks produced an expansive oeuvre thatspeaks to the complexity and depth of his artistry. As seen throughout this exhibition, Hendricks’ photography, vast and varied,offers a unique view into his way of seeing and processing the world—in this work, his presence is undeniable.

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@Binh Danh. *Nevada Fall and Liberty Cap, Yosemite, CA*, 2017. Daguerreotype, Unique, 8 x 10 inches. ©Binh Danh, courtesy to the artist and Haines Gallery

Haines Gallery | April 7th - May 27th, 2023

Haines Gallery proudly presents Elemental, a group exhibition featuring new and recent works by John Chiara, Binh Danh, Chris McCaw and Meghann Riepenhoff, four West Coast photographers who create handcrafted prints that celebrate and collaborate with the natural world.

The works in Elemental are singular and unique photographic objects, defined as much by how they are made as by what they depict. The artists on view are known for their analog processes that explore the medium’s fundamental materials of chemistry and light. In their use of both newly invented and antiquated processes, each embraces the forces of nature to create their work: sun and light, as all photography does, but also water, weather, temperature, and the spin of the earth. Some works are abstract and painterly impressions of the landscape; others ask us to reconsider our relationship to and memory of well-known sites and monuments. Throughout, their innovative approaches to landscape and photography invite us to experience the world anew.

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