With consistent formality—disciplined use of line, frame and subtle light—Andrew Borowiec transforms the banality of the Midwest industrial landscape into compelling black and white photographs that are powerful for their quiet contemplation and topographic rendering. Along The Ohio is a masterful series of photographs, on view through January 7 at Sasha Wolf Gallery in New York City.

For the Holiday season, Klompching Gallery has launched it’s Winter Salon: Group Exhibit, featuring a selection of photographs by gallery artists Tessa Bunney, Antony Crossfield, Elaine Duigenan, Max de Esteban, Cornelia Hediger, Doug Keyes, Paula McCarthy, Jim Naughten, Helen Sear, and Vojtech V. Slama. Winter Salon: Group Exhibit will be on view through January 20th at Klompching Gallery in New York.

PO5, 2011 © Max de Esteban/Courtesy of Klompching Gallery, NYC

Barcelona-based artist Max de Esteban, takes us back-to-the-future with his latest project Proposition One, where he meticulously deconstructs the cutting edge technology of yesterday. The cameras, tape decks, typewriters and projectors—all tools of used in the creation and dissemination of visual and sound art—are shot layer-by-layer and photographically reassembled. The result is retro-chic, x-ray-like artworks displaying an evocative look into the inner workings and complex designs of these devices. The Artist Reception for Max de Esteban’s Proposition One is Thursday, November 3rd, from 6–9, the exhibit will be on view through December 9th at Klompching Gallery, New York City.

PO4, 2011 © Max de Esteban/Courtesy of Klompching Gallery, NYC

PO17, 2011 © Max de Esteban/Courtesy of Klompching Gallery, NYC

PO3, 2011 © Max de Esteban/Courtesy of Klompching Gallery, NYC

PO15, 2011 © Max de Esteban/Courtesy of Klompching Gallery, NYC

Girl in the Bottle, 2011 © Marc Yankus/Courtesy of ClampArt, NYC

In his third solo show with the gallery, native New Yorker Marc Yankus presents new work from Call It Sleep, as well as a series of recent photomontage still lifes. The project derives it’s name from Henry Roth’s 1934 critically acclaimed novel, about a young Jewish boy’s coming of age in the slum of Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Through Yankus’s photographs, he nostalgically portrays the city’s architecture, moody streets and pulse with his unique personal vision. The opening reception for Marc Yankus’s Call It Sleep will be Thursday, November 3, 6–8pm at ClampArt in New York City, the exhibit will be on view until December 17th.

Man in the Bottle, 2011 © Marc Yankus/Courtesy of ClampArt, NYC

Little Girl by the Lake, 2005 © Marc Yankus/Courtesy of ClampArt, NYC

James Running, 1999 © Marc Yankus/Courtesy of ClampArt, NYC

San Remo, 2008 © Marc Yankus/Courtesy of ClampArt, NYC

Where Stella Lives, 2007 © Marc Yankus/Courtesy of ClampArt, NYC

Near the Library, 2011 © Marc Yankus/Courtesy of ClampArt, NYC

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During the 1950s, Martin Karplus captured the lush hues of the Southwest’s culture and landscapes during his travels there as a post-doctorate fellow. Kodachrome may be gone, but its vivid color qualities lives on through his works which will be exhibited in Stoneham Gallery of the Griffin Museum from Jan.–Feb. 2012, as well as in three additional venues during the next two years featuring different bodies of work. Karplus is currently a Professor of Theoretical Chemistry and Biophysics at Harvard and showed his work as a participant at this year’s Photolucida in Portland, Oregon.

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With her newly released work of Doppelgänger II, Cornelia Hediger continues her exploration of the uncanny, constructing complex pictorial narratives into segmented tableau vivants, consisting of up to eighteen individual photographs combined into a single composition. In each artwork the central characters—doppelgängers—are interwoven into a performative psychological struggle, displaying an undercurrent of the sinister, of angst and moral ambiguity. Hediger was selected as one of PDN’s 30 in 2009. The artist reception for Doppelgänger II is Wednesday, September 7th, from 6–8pm, the exhibit will be on view through October 21st at Klompching Gallery in New York.

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All Photos © Bill Finger

Seattle-based photographer Bill Finger—who worked earlier in his career as an assistant cameraman—uses his knowledge of cinematography and set design to fuel his fine art project “Previously.” The macabre post-crime scenarios create narratives that straddle the line between fiction and reality, which at times surrender hints at the diorama’s construction. Finger showed his work as a participant at this year’s Photolucida in Portland, Oregon.

“The creation of each image begins with the construction of a miniature diorama. Each diorama is constructed specifically to be photographed. Like filmmaking, all staging and lighting is done looking through he lens. Once photographed, the diorama is destroyed. Through this process I create a temporary space, which like a film set, only lives on within the image.” —Bill Finger

Life Saver © Caren Alpert

San Francisco based photographer Caren Alpert used her passion of food imagery and food issues to create her latest fine art project microscopically photographing food. Through her lens, common food items from blueberries to fortune cookies—are transformed into wondrous and often mysterious landscapes of texture and color. Alpert showed My Life With Science, Art and Food as a participant at this year’s Photolucida in Portland, Oregon.

“As a food lover and a photographer I answer these questions visually. Using scientific laboratory photo equipment, I journey over the surfaces of both organic and processed foods: my own favorites and America’s over-indulgences. The closer the lens got, the more I saw food and consumers of food (all of us!) as part of a larger eco-system than mere sustenance.” —Caren Alpert

Chocolate Cake © Caren Alpert

Fortune Cookie © Caren Alpert

Blueberry © Caren Alpert

Pineapple Leaf © Caren Alpert