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*

Mutual admiration society

Photo © John Loomis

As I was checking the photoblogosphere this morning and getting up to date on the daily happenings and realising I had nothing to contribute today I was shocked to come across this post by John Loomis aka 'Drinking with a Dead Man'. Its all about me !

Thanks John it is totally unexpected and a real surprise, almost brought me to tears. He also noted that I like to photograph my men sans shirts, he is an observant one that Loomis and as a tribute he has featured a rather fine portrait (above) of his that I would be more than proud to have as one of my own. If you haven't read Johns blog yet please do he's the one with the big balls, no fear telling it like he sees it, we all should be so open and opinionated. John has been a personal inspiration through his writings and photography a true gent !

And the winners are . . . . .

Communication Arts Photography Annual 48 has just hit the news stands and its yours for $ 16.00. I am not in it and if you haven't received a nice notification in the mail already chances are you aren't either.

Its's the usual mixed bag. I wrote an earlier post on my yearly competition entry strategies here, guaranteed a result no !

There weren't many winners in the book category, the full list is Robert Polidori for After The Flood, Martha Camarillo for the fine Fletcher Street. Robert Llewellyn for Empires in the Forest: Jamestown and the Beginning of America, John Bernhard for Drift, Stephen Wilkes for Ellis Island: Ghosts of Freedom and Baldomero Fernandez for his photographs of young Cuban boxers for Wallpaper City Guide: Havana (this seems like a bit of a stretch).

Big shout out to fellow Reduxers Erika Larsen for winning in the editorial category and to Marc Asnin in the unpublished category.

Desktop entrant # 5

Our fifth entry comes courtesy of the Drinking Deadman himself, John Loomis. Taken on 'The London Eye' during a recent vacation. Go here to see more of his pics from the UK.

Here's to you John Loomis ! and I will take you up on dining advice next time I hit North Carolina.

Desktop entrant # 4

The latest submission comes courtesy of fellow Reduxer and blogger Greg Ruffing.

"Industry in my home city (Cleveland, Ohio). I guess its just part of my blood. In high school I started going to this spot that overlooks this sprawling mass of steel mills, etc. Its a pretty desolate stoop at the end of a dead end street. this is just one of the dozens of photographs I have made in that are since."

Thanks Greg, here's to you !