Things to do this week . . . . New York

If you want a more extensive list of all the happenings in the photo world be sure to check out State of the Art's weekly 'Where to Go and What to See' segment here. On 'The Jackanory' we are going to continue with our things to do postings but as opposed to trying to cover everything I am keen to feature the goings on that particularly tickle my fancy. So heres this weeks musts for me.

Thursday January 17


Manhattan Noon: Photographs by Gus Powell

The midday meanderings of New Yorkers on their lunch breaks, famously captured by Frank O'Hara in his 1964 collection Lunch Poems, are the subject of Manhattan Noon, the first large-scale New York presentation of the recent photographs of Gus Powell. The exhibition features some 30 color images, taken by Powell during his lunch hour, that capture the city's inhabitants in, as O'Hara wrote, "the noisy splintered glare of a Manhattan noon."

The Museum of The City of New York
1220 Fifth Avenue @ 103rd Street
New York, NY 10029

6.00PM - 8.00PM

*Space is limited so be sure to RSVP to 212 534 1672, x 3322 or rsvp@mcny.org*



'Young Blood' By Erika Larsen

Erika working as a contributing photographer for Field and Stream has been documenting the landscape of hunting and fishing since her first assignment for the magazine in 2004. For the past year, Larsen has been traveling the country capturing the hunting experiences of children on camera. Her first photo essay for F&S, "How We Hunt" garnered her a National Magazine Award nomination.

If hunters are a dying breed, no one told these kids. That was the message Erika Larsen returned with after more than a year of photographing young hunters all over the country. In the face of studies that cite fading interest among youth in traditional outdoor sports, Field & Stream dispatched Larsen during last year's hunting season to get beyond the numbers. Her goal, she says, was to capture the intense connection that kids have with the natural world, to tap into their raw enthusiasm, and to get at the pure, unfettered joy of the hunt. "These kids were all hunting for the experience of it," says Larsen. "To them, anything they shoot is a trophy. They weren't looking to make it into the record books; they were just excited to be out there." Courtesy Field and Stream

Redux Gallery

116 E. 16th St bet Union Sq. East & Irving Place
12th Floor

6.30pm - 8.30pm

*Be sure to give yourself extra time as the last time I was by there was only one elevator working in the building*