Picture Windows
It's not a typical venue for a top-notch photography exhibition, but the storefront windows at Manhattan's big midtown Barnes & Noble are currently host to an eye-popping display mounted by photographer Brian Oglesbee to publicize his new monograph, Aquatique (published by Insight Editions, and about $50 at discount). Sixth Avenue passers-by can see a sampling of Oglesbee's spectacular large-scale silver prints of mysterious, watery black-and-white figure studies, created not with Photoshop but entirely in the studio.
You can't quite imagine these extraordinary pictures, so be sure to visit Oglesbee's website, and don't forget to check out the "Water Series (Details)" section for a closer look.
The installation can be seen through the end of October, and is worth a visit to New York's Flatiron District (home to the eponymous wedge-shaped building depicted by so many great photographers). You'll see why photographers such as Howard Schatz, Walter Iooss, and Jay Maisel have acquired Oglesbee's work. Signed copies of the book ($75), which contains 120 beautiful quadtone plates, can now be had at the store, and a clamshell-boxed limited edition is forthcoming.
-- Russell Hart
That Oglesbee, all he does is hang around in bookstores.
Posted by: The Wigman | October 14, 2007 at 02:17 AM