Where to Go and What to See

Last Friday, over strong cream-less coffee, I sat down with American Photo's Editor at Large Jean-Jacques Naudet (also known as the former editor of French Photo) to discuss some recent shows that I regrettably missed. Highlights included the witty, if sometimes bitingly, humorous--Robert Whitman's pre-fame Prince prints, Jennifer Brommer's Local Color, and Justine Cooper's prescription medication advertising spoof, Havidol)--and the probingly evocative--Justine Kurland's naked mothers and children, Misty Keasler's Japanese "love hotels," and Terri Garland's images of Bibles and prayer books damaged during Hurricane Katrina. I started thinking then about all the great shows I never get a chance to see, and I haven't stopped thinking about it yet.

So I'd like to propose that this week the Where to Go column goes beyond the one-sided recommendations. If you get a chance to see a show, please leave your thoughts in the comments. If you don't, but have seen someone's work before, we'd love to hear about that too. And, of course, if I've forgotten anyone, please feel free to add them in your comment. Long live dialog!

Follow the link below for details on this week's openings and events.

(Photo: © Robert Whitman from Prince: Pre-Fame)

New York Events

March 20, 6-8
There Once Was a Neighborhood: Photographs by Rebecca Lepkoff 1937-1950
Opening
South Street Seaport Museum
Schermorhorn Row Galleries
12 Fulton St.

March 21, 6-8
James Welling
Opening reception
David Zwirner Gallery
525 W. 19th St.

March 22, 6-8
Lisa Kereszi: Cheap Thrills; Sarah Schorr: Transformer
Reception for the artist
Yancey Richardson Gallery
535 W. 22nd St.

March 22, 7
John Milisenda
A Talk on Street Photography
The Camera Club of New York
Alfred Lowenherz Gallery
853 Broadway, 2nd Floor (between 13th and 14th St.)

March 22, 6-8
BFA Thesis Show 3: NYU Tisch Dept. of Photography & Imaging
Opening reception
NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Department of Photography & Imaging
721 Broadway, 8th Floor

March 24, 4
Mitch Epstein: American Power
Book signing
Sikkema Jenkins & Co.
530 W. 22nd St.

Other Events

March 21
Bare Witness: Photographs by Gordon Parks
Opening
Stanford University
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts
Lomita Drive and Museum Way
Stanford, CA

March 23, 5:30
Bruce Davidson
GALLERY WALK: Fifty Years of Photography
Center for Creative Photography
University of Arizona
1030 N. Olive Rd.
Tucson, AZ

March 24, 6-8
Götz Diergarten
Reception for the artist
Rose Gallery
Bergamot Station Arts Center
2525 Michigan Ave., Bldg. G5
Santa Monica, CA

~Miki Johnson