11.03.08
New York Report
Wow.
Have to start with wow.
This was a spectacular week of photography fun in New York, center of the photography world.
I started off attending the Lucie Awards, bringing together a huge cross-section of photography folks, from all over the world, in some serious swankiness at Lincoln Center. Funny that the group of people I met happened to be from Portland (the westerly one…).
And it just went uphill from there.
My guest of honor for the week was Christine So, from the Tokina Company – not the Japanese Tokina which makes lenses, but the one in Hong Kong which makes Holgas! In talking, oh, 5 days earlier, about ideas they have to reach out to the photography world, I suggested (OK, insisted) that the best way for her to see how it all works and meet loads of people would be to hop on a plane to NY and meet me there for Photo Plus Expo. And so she did!
Me, Christine & Patrick Dellibovi at the Freestyle (FS Distribution) booth
We went to the Blurb meet-up, spent three full, fun days doing Photo Plus at the Javits Center, visited ICP and B&H Photo.
On Sunday, we gathered for a lovely lunch with a group of Holga photographers at the home of Jill Enfield, a Holga fan and one of the photographers in my book.
Annu Matthew, me, Jill Enfield, David Burnett, Pauline St. Denis & Christine So at Jill’s house
Christine met a zillion photographers, photo professionals, and other artists and enthusiasts. We bounced around lots and lots of ideas – keep an eye out for upcoming developments on the Holga front!
With Teru Kuwayama, who brings his Holgas all over the world, at the show, “Battlespace: Unrealities of War” at Sideshow Gallery
Most of all, I had a fantastic time with Christine and seeing all the sparks flying when we and my friends talked about art and photography; it was thrilling!
Rounding out my trip, I spent time with my family & local friends, visited the Met & several galleries, saw both The Flying Karamazov Brothers and Hunchback, a puppet-flavored version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame (playing through November 9 at the New Victory – go see it), took a gorgeous walk in glorious fall Central Park and played in the snow(!) in New Jersey. I love that I get to combine work and seeing family and friends with being in one of the great cities of the world!