March 12th, 2010

Arctic Ghosts (Richard Misrach)

© Richard Misrach, Untitled, 2007. Archival pigment print, 17 3/8 x 23 1/4 inches. From The Elton AIDS Foundation Portfolio.

This image will be on display with the Jackson Fine Art at this year’s AIPAD show from March 18th-21st. For more details about the AIPAD Photography Show New York , click here. For more work from Richard Misrach and Jackson Fine Art, click here.

March 11th, 2010

Metallica, Wherever They May Roam

Metallica, Wherever They May Roam

© Rich Gastwirt

Music photographer Rich Gastwirt captures James Hetfield of Metallica handing his pick to a lucky fan. The band “had a theater in the round situation and were running all about the stage, making photographers chase them around whack-a-mole style.”

This image was the People’s Choice winner in the Ultimate Music Moment Contest. See more rockin’ images here.

March 10th, 2010

Vanishing China

All Photos © Ryan Pyle

On a 2006 trip, Ryan Pyle decided to focus his camera on the disappearing culture of China’s remote western Xinjiang province. He says, “The culture is vanishing before my eyes. Each time I return something is missing—a market, an old shop full of blacksmiths, a local mosque. This cultural fabric will be lost forever.” Previously named Chinese Turkestan, the Xinjiang province is bordered by the Gobi desert and some of the highest mountain ranges in the world, making this location incredibly remote.

Ryan Pyle is a Canadian born-artist. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 2001 and moved permanently to China in 2002 where he is a contributor, covering China, for the New York Times. In addition to this photographic series, Pyle has created a multimedia piece.

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March 9th, 2010

Natural Beauty: From Elton John’s AIDS Portfolio

© Ruud van Empel, World #33, 2008. C-print, 24 x 20 inches.  From the Elton John AIDS Portfolio, edition of 40.  Jackson Fine Art

This image will be on display with the Jackson Fine Art at this year’s AIPAD show from March 18th-21st. For more details about the AIPAD show, click here. For more work from Ruud van Empel and Jackson Fine Art, click here.