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Rather than closing next week, Doug Rickard's poignant exploration of Google Street View, A New American Picture, will be extended thourough just about Independence Day July 2, 2011, at Stephen Wirtz Gallery in San Francisco. Some fo the work will also be on view in the same city at the Pilara Foundation's photography space, Pier 24. Those of us on the East Coast will have to wait to see next year's release of a monograph by Schaden or Moma's next installment of New Photography on September 27, 2011. Read about the project in a previous post here: http://www.daylightmagazine.org/blog/2011/3/6/1059

Stephen Wirtz: www.wirtzgallery.com/dougrickard

Pilara Foundation: www.pier24.org

The description of "The Ten" project on www.thetenphoto.com captures the innovation and intelligence of this undertaking far more adequately than this anonymous blogger could and for that reason, the following text is a direct quote from www.thetenphoto.com/content/4-about. Visit the website: http://www.thetenphoto.com to see, purchase and discover images from a group of extremely talented photographers. 

If photographers are true to themselves and their art, their focus will be on their work – on making strong images that connect.  And in order for the images to make an impact, move a dialog forward or spark an idea or emotion, they need to be seen.  The best way for a photograph to reach the highest volume of viewers is online.  The photograph and the internet are a beautiful pairing, full of opportunities for photographers and viewers alike.  The cost is low, the exposure is high, the conversation is endless.

The drawback to a photographic body of work having an exclusive online presence is the inability for photographers to receive any direct financial rewards from the exposure.  Photographers want potential patrons to be able to acquire physical prints for their collection, which gives the work a home and permanence.  A traditional gallery allows for this transaction to take place, but often at a great expense (printing and framing costs that come with gallery exhibitions) to the photographer with a much more limited audience.

Jennifer Schwartz Gallery’s mission is to go beyond the traditional gallery model and explore this new contemporary photographic landscape to help our artists move their careers forward and introduce their work to a larger audience.  We [Jennifer Schwartz Gallery] want to marry the opportunities for exposure online with the ability to acquire limited edition fine art photographs in order to help photographers reach a large audience and make money to finance the creation of future work.

The Ten is a highly curated monthly online exhibit of ten photographic images.  Each image is available at a 13x19 size in an edition of 25 for $250.  Whether a photographer makes a new body of work for The Ten, a guest curator selects images from different photographers, or a photographer self-curates from within his or her existing bodies of work, The Ten is an opportunity for photographers and curators to explore the creative possibilities of pulling together a selection of work with a strong statement and a tight edit.

The uniqueness of The Ten comes from its curation and its exclusivity.  Images on The Ten cannot be sold in any other size in any other location.  Once an image has been included in The Ten, it must be retired from sale.  The only opportunity to purchase that image is on the website for The Ten, and once 25 are sold, it is sold out forever.

The evening will showcase photographs from UNICEF's work in the field. Photographers include UNICEF Ambassadors Lucy Liu and Alyssa Milano, as well as UNICEF's Next Generation Steering Committee members Mia Baxter, Lauren Bush, John Kluge, Jr. and others, as well as.  Enjoy an open wine bar, hors d'oeuvres, music, silent auction, and the latest FEEDProjects products, while learning more about UNICEF's lifesaving programs through the eyes of UNICEF's Next Generation.  Photos from the exhibit will be auctioned off that evening.

Date:                                      Wednesday, June 15

Time:                                     6:30pm – 9:00pm

Where:                                   Phillips de Pury Company

                                               450 West 15^th Street, 3^rd Floor

                                               New York, NY 10011

Price:                                      $40 per person; proceeds benefit the U.S. Fund for UNICEF

Event website:                  http://www.unicefusa.org/about/special-events/nextgen/photo-exhibit.html

The Crossing: WM3 follows on from the event last May (The Crossing: WM2), inviting artists from in and around the West Midlands to consider their professional practises in order to enhance their careers.

Confirmed speakers so far include:

Harry Hardie

David Birkett

Matthew Taylor

Peter Dench

For more information on the Crossing and Rhubarb-Rhubarb, visit: http://www.rhubarb-rhubarb.net/

The AjA Project, a nonprofit based in San Diego, California, provides participatory photography workshops around the world for youth who are affected by war and displacement. Since its founding, AjA has provided long-term, community-based programming for over 1000 displaced youth, and has shared their visual narratives with over 1 million viewers through large-scale public exhibits.

 Students in this year's AjA workshops will present their multimedia photo essays at the first annual World Refugee Day Celebration in San Diego, California.



Sunday, June 19, 2011, 1–6 p.m.

Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA

The World Refugee Day Celebration will bring together members of various refugee communities, representatives from local refugee resettlement organizations and award-winning photographers, including Pulitzer Prize winner Don Bartletti and photographers Sam Hodgson and Roberto Guerra. The event will also feature the San Diego premiere of Where We Live, a documentary by award-winning Iraqi director Fady Hadid.