Art Relish interviewed Arnika Dawkins about her eponymous gallery.

“On the face of it, Vivian Maier led an ordinary, if solitary, existence. A single woman, she worked as a nanny in New York and Chicago and kept to herself. But Maier, who died in 2009 at the age of 83, had a secret passion: photography. A Rolleiflex twin-lens reflex, her constant companion, was the vehicle through which she participated in the multifarious experiences of the two great cities in which she spent most of her life.

And she was good. Damn good.”

Local filmmaker Neal Broffman has been shooting a documentary about Martin Parr. Mr. Parr has been commissioned by the High Museum of Art for its “Picturing the South” series (pdf link), and Mr. Broffman has been traveling with Mr. Parr while shooting.

“It is my hope that this documentary will be an accurate, objective guidepost for this and future generations of young photographers interested in studying the profession in which they have chosen to work. I would like the film to find a venue, in the short term, in film festivals and broadcast (in the US and overseas). And, back in Atlanta, Georgia Public Broadcasting will air the piece in early June.”

Check out the trailer above, and support the project’s completion if you can!

Each year, Atlanta Celebrates Photography commissions a temporary public art project as part of its annual, October photography festival. Our public art program has been featured in the Public Art Review and artists have gone on to show their past ACP projects in international galleries, art fairs, and publications. We are looking for your great idea to expand the way audiences consider, perceive and experience photography and lens-based or light-based media this October. The budget is $9000.

It’s FREE to apply and all applicants must apply through Call For Entry (free to register).

“The Blue Ridge Mountain Photographers would like to invite each of your members to enter our 2012 National Juried Nature and Fine Art Photography Exhibit. Last year more than 150 photographs were selected for display in The Art Center, an historic courthouse in Blue Ridge, Georgia. Our judge this year will be Professor Paul Dunlap of North Georgia College and State University. A total of $2000 in prize money will be awarded. Early deadline is June 1, 2010. Final deadline is July 2, 2012. Detailed information and entry form can be found at www.blueridgemountainphotographers.com or blueridgearts.net.”

The
Atlanta Photography Group has the following exhibits and events coming up:

Current – Feb 18 – The Airport Show Gallery Exhibition
Feb 15 – 7:30PM – Monthly “Speaking of Photography” discussion
Feb 18 – 6:30PM-8PM – The Airport Show Silent Auction Fund Raiser (flyer attached)

All events are held at the APG Gallery – Tula Art Center – 75 Bennett Street, NW, Space B-1, Atlanta, GA, 30309 404-605-0605

Question Bridge: Black Males – Project Trailer from Question Bridge on Vimeo.

“Question Bridge: Black Males is an innovative transmedia art project that facilitates a dialogue between a critical mass of Black men from diverse and contending backgrounds; and creates a platform for them to represent and redefine Black male identity in America.”

From Debbie Michaud’s article in Creative Loafing:

“Directed by artists Chris Johnson and Hank Willis Thomas, in collaboration with Bayeté Ross Smith and Atlanta-based artist and producer Kamal Sinclair, Question Bridge was filmed across America, including Oakland, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Birmingham, Atlanta, New Orleans, and Philadelphia, over the last four years. Beginning Jan. 27, the Chastain Arts Center will host a video installation to exhibit the work. “

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Atlanta is known as the “gay mecca of the South.” Although the city can be a bubble of acceptance, there are still many inequalities that persist for LGBTQ couples living in Georgia. Over the past two years, Shacham has taken portraits of LGBTQ couples in hopes of reflecting loving relationships within the community. Her goal is to show these portraits to a wider audience.

Shacham will place her photographs in outdoor spaces within neighborhoods surrounding Metro Atlanta. The portraits will be life size, not only to increase visibility, but also to ensure the viewer has the experience that they are sharing something with the couple in the photograph. LGBTQ youth will engage in determining which locations should feature the portraits and will join in putting up the photographs. Finally, this work will be temporary. After the photos are gone, it will remain in people’s minds. It will be up to the viewer to question society’s view of queer couples and wonder about their own role in changing perceptions.

Fall Line Press is opening a bookstore on Saturday, featuring photobooks from small and independent publishers. Swing by and see what’s happening at Fall Line!

Fall Line Press
5-8PM, January 21st
Bookstore Launch Party
1000 Marietta Street, Suite 112
falllinepress.com, phone (404) 885-1080

Join us from 5-8PM, to kick off the Fall Line Bookstore! For the launch party, we will be featuring books from four independent publishing companies of photobooks. Publisher Bill Boling intends to make Fall Line a resource and a community for artists. We hope you come by and see what we’re all about!

(Michael David Murphy, Program Manager of ACP, is also Editor of Fall Line Press.)

“Carr’s photographs and videos confront desire and sexuality as undercurrents in mother-child relations. There are many debates about the emergence of sexuality, but most agree that it is connected at some point with both the early satisfaction of drives (nourishment, elimination) and the infant’s relations with the primary caregiver.”

- Review: Photos and videos in Benita Carr’s “Morning Sun,” at Whitespace, shines light on complexities of motherhood

This final exhibition in the trilogy illustrates photographers’ keen observation of streets, walls, windows and billboards to send messages using words and symbols. Other images, more in the tradition of “street photography”, are included for perspective on an artist’s work. Including the photography of: Wolf Suschitzky, Aaron Siskind, Peter Sekaer, Arnold Newman, Thomas Neff, John Gutmann, Walker Evans, Berenice Abbott and Jules Aaron. It features the newly discovered work of Vivian Maier. She will also be the topic of discussion for a gallery talk at 11 AM January 21st.