© G.P. Fieret. Untitled, ca. 1960s. Composite of 4 gelatin silver prints mounted on white paper by the photographer. Each print 7 x 9-1/2 inches, mount 14-1/4 x 19 inches. Courtesy Deborah Bell Photographs.

The work of the self-taught Dutch photographer Gerard Petrus Fieret (1924-2008) is still being discovered, exhibited and written about. For Fieret’s 80th birthday celebration, The Hague Museum of Photography held a retrospective exhibition of his work, and in 2010 a second book on their extensive holdings of his photographs was published. Fieret’s work will be on display with Deborah Bell Photographs at the AIPAD Photography Show New York, March 17-20, 2011, at the Park Avenue Armory.- AIPAD.

© Julie Blackmon.

The Dutch proverb “a Jan Steen household” originated in the 17th century and is used today to refer to a home in disarray, full of rowdy children and boisterous family gatherings. The paintings of Steen, along with those of other Dutch and Flemish genre painters, continue to inspire Julie Blackmon’s fictional narratives about the chaos of family life. Blackmon’s work will be on display with the Catherine Edelman Gallery at the AIPAD Photography Show New York, March 17-20, 2011, at the Park Avenue Armory.- AIPAD.

© Grey Villet. Above: The Little Rock Nine enter a classroom to register after escort from Army’s 101st Airborne Division, September 25, 1957.

Grey Villet was a master of the classic “fly on the wall” style of photojournalism and he was the absolute master of the 180mm f/2.8 Sonnar. In addition to covering the news in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957 — when a group of high school students attempted to enroll in Little Rock Central High School and were initially prevented by Governor Orval Faubus who called on the National Guard to stop the school’s integration, his assignments included the 1958 arrest of Martin Luther King Jr, Fidel Castro’s triumphant drive into Havana, Jackie Robinson’s daring steal of home base in the 1955 World Series, and the now classic LIFE photo essay “Going Under” about farm foreclosures in the 1980s. Villet’s work will be on display with the Monroe Gallery at the AIPAD Photography Show New York, March 17-20, 2011, at the Park Avenue Armory.- AIPAD. To see more of Villet’s work click here.

All photos © Luis Fabini. Above: 2010 Vaqueiros / Brazil. The vaqueiros wear the handmade uniform of protective leather clothing necessary for roping cows amidst lethal thorns throughout the bush caatinga.

“Horsemen of the Americas”, is a personal study of a breed of man whose culture and relationship to its natural habitat has continued to adapt and evolve over 400 years. These working horsemen, though seldom recognized, have been a pillar of the economy and the history of the Americas since the time of the Conquest. In the United States and Canada these horsemen are called cowboys, in Mexico they are known as charros, in Ecuador as chagras, in Colombia and Venezuela as llaneros, in Peru as chalanes and qorilazos, in Chile they are called the huasos, Brazil has its pantaneiros and vaqueiros, and  Uruguay and Argentina’s the gauchos.

“Man and horse is the most formidable partnership ever forged between two living beings. Through an intrinsic bond with the land, a philosophy of masculinity, freedom and courage, these magnificent centaurs invented a new way of life, and continue today, though their number has dwindled. A way of life is surely disappearing: their traditions, their languages, and their particular legacy is being lost forever”, Fabini says.  Fabini started working on this project in 2004, and has spent an average of eight months a year on the road since then. He will be looking for a book publisher and exhibition opportunity over the next year as he concludes the 8 year project. To see more of  Luis Fabini’s work click here.
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Sabine. Seattle, WA. 2008. © Emiliano Granado

Emiliano Granado’s Time For Print is a series of portraits of aspiring models the photographer met through the online photography community Model Mayhem. “Time For Print” or “Test For Print” or “TFP,” as the communities refer to it, is the practice of unestablished models and photographers getting together for a shoot, each donating their time to further their portfolios. An exhibition of Granado’s series, which he calls “A study of beauty, sexuality and the compulsion to be seen in the Internet age,” opens tomorrow at EYELEVEL BQE in Brooklyn, NY. For more, visit Granado’s Web site for the project: http://www.projecttfp.com/