Tonight 4/28/11-En Foco's New Works Photography Fellowship Awards Exhibition

En Foco's New Works

Photography Fellowship Awards Exhibition

April 16 - July 1, 2011

©Alex Leme, Red Galaxie, Small Town: Portraits of a Disappearing America, 2010 

When it rain it pours...another great show to see tonight for the ones like me that will brave the rain.

Don't miss this one!

Featuring:
· Rona Chang
· Alex Leme
· Susana Raab
· Daniel Ramos
· Sarah Sudhoff

Juror: 

Andy Adams, Editor & Publisher, Flak Photo 

Opening Reception:                                  
Thursday, April 28, from 6:00-8:00pm

Artist Talk: 
Saturday, April 30, 2:00-4:00pm

Youth Event:                                   Photographing Your Neighborhood with Rona Chang
Saturday, May 7, 1:00-3:00pm

FREE and open to the public

 Location:  
Skylight Gallery
Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation's
Center for Arts & Culture
1368 Fulton Street, Third Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11216

Blog:

Starting Monday, April 25th through Friday, April 29th we will be posting articles on each artist by Andy Adams from FlakPhoto. Check them out on En Foco's Blog on Monday to learn more about the work you'll be seeing at the gallery

Exhibition Catalog:

Purchase an exhibition catalog HERE  

     

We are grateful for additional support from Canson Infinity, Manfrotto Distribution,Lowepro, PDN, Photoserve, Fujifilm, and Archival Methods. 

ARTmostfierce Affordable Print Pick of the Week

Alex Leme
Wicked, 2009
Archival Pigment
10x15
Unframed $300
edition of 10

Alex Leme
Not in Service,2009
Archival Pigment
10x15
Framed $300
edition of 10

ARTmostfierce Affordable Print Pick of the Week this goes to Alex Leme and his two prints that are part of the show UNSEEN : A Photographs Salon @ Randall Scott Gallery running through till Nov 21, 2009. Alex was one of my picks from Photolucida Critical Mass 2009 and he is getting ready for his first solo show from his series Library Ghosts .In addition Alex work is already being purchased by museums.
Both his prints are only $300.00 FRAMED each at only an edition of 10. Yes, folks frame included!
Get yours now!
For info please contact Randall Scott Gallery of email me at ARTmostfierce@ aol.com

Only an edition of 10~!

Here is more information about Alex Leme:

2010
o Group exhibition through 15 different European cities (dates and cities TBD)
o 111 Mina Gallery, San Francisco, CA (Group show)
o DeCorazon Gallery, Dallas, TX (duo show withMinmyo Kim - date TBD)
o Arkansas Studies Institute, Little Rock, AR (Solo Show - date TBD)


COLLECTIONS

· Museu de Arte Contemporânea (Museum of Contemporary Art), Olinda, Brazil
· Museu Theo Brandao (Theo Brandao Museum), Maceio, Brazil

* Article about Literary Ghosts series will be coming first week of December on Silvershotz - fine art photography magazine.

AWARDS & HONORS

2009
“Unscene Tour” International Photography Competition, Dallas, TX
2nd place for the “Eggs” series

“IPA 2009” International Photography Awards, New York City, NY
Honorable mention for photographs from “Faces, Moods & Communities” series
(Jurors: Susan Baraz, Lucie Awards; Todd James, National Geographic Magazine; Lesley Martin, Aperture; Patricia Lanza, The Annenberg Space For Photography; among other important names of the industry)

“A Sense Of Place 2009” International Fine Art Competition, Augusta, GA
Finalist (Juror: Philip Brookman, Chief Curator at the Corcoran Gallery of Art)

“Figures & Faces” International Photography Competition, Palo Alto, CA
Honorable Mention for photograph “Electric Bill” (Juror: George Rivera, Senior Curator at the Triton Museum of Art)

“Photo-Op” 14th Annual International Photographic Competition, Seattle, WA
Finalist (Juror: Jen Bekman, Jen Bekman Gallery)

15th Annual Artist of Northwest Arkansas Competition, Springdale, AR
Best in Show 2nd runner-up for “A Girl And The Line Dried Laundry” photograph

Alex Leme-Thank you!!

Photo- Alex Leme- from Literary Ghosts Series
Tonight, I had the pleasure to start looking to see what is new in the gallery scene in NYC.

Some interesting work in the Lower East Side galleries.

Also , I had the pleasure of meeting and giving a critique to one of the Photolucida's Critical Mass 2009 entries, Alex Leme.

We had a very honest and deep discussion about his work specially his Literary Ghost series which he submitted to Photolucida's. I casted a vote for Alex series but unfortunately he , did not made the cut on the first round. I still believe in his work and tonight among other things we discussed, why he did not made the cut for others . After discussing and seeing the whole series , I realized maybe the editing of the series could it been the factor. He had another stronger photos of the series not included. It is very important to have somebody else look and help editing your work. Alex photographs have a great quality and theme, it is very unfortunate.

A few weeks ago, Alex had a game to see who will guess the name of a new series he is currently working on. Guess who guessed the name...us truly!

So as a prize I got one AP from the Literary Ghost series shown above and a great Blurb book of the series with the same title. Thank you Alex , you made my night and yes this one is going up the wall, not in storage!...I promise!

Alex Leme
Little Rock, AR
United States
alexandroleme@yahoo.com
http://www.lemephotography.com

ARTmostfierce's Photolucida Critical Mass 2009 picks

Photos by Alex Leme entries for Photolucida's Critical Mass 2009





Alex Leme says-"Literary Ghosts" series I have always found libraries to be accommodating, peaceful and welcoming spaces brimming with fascinating people, mysterious aisles and compelling stories. Literary Ghosts is a photo essay that intends to depict the elusive, poetic and haunting qualities of those places. This is much more a character study than a mere portrayal of their content, and physical characteristics. I want to dig deeper and explore the ghosts, mysteries, secrets, victories and tragedies surrounding libraries. This work is supposed to be a photo interview, a romantic and beautiful visual reference to the essence of these institutions.

I like these photo series for the interaction between humans and the geometric almost rigid and constricted quality of the spaces. They have a great sense of graphic, color composition and order...almost the way you are suppossed to behave while in a library...SILENCE please!

A YES!

Alex Leme
Little Rock, AR
United States
alexandroleme@yahoo.com
http://www.lemephotography.com