Winter Stories #6, 2007 © Paolo Ventura/Courtesy of Hasted Hunt Kraeutler, NYC

Paolo Ventura’s Winter Stories are narratives set in a small fictional Tuscan village in the early 1950’s; an imagined place full of dream-like memories. A reception for the artist will be on Wednesday, December 9th, 6–8pm. Winter Stories will be on view December 10, 2009–January 23, 2010, at Hasted Hunt Kraeutler, 537 West 24th Street, New York City. The exhibit is in conjunction with the release of a new monograph Winter Stories, published by Aperture.

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Statue of Liberty, New York, 1930, photographed by Margaret Bourke-White is included in New York Photographs …The Statue of Liberty, featuring works by Bruce Davidson, Margaret Bourke-White, Susan McCartney, Lou Stoumen, Mole & Thomas, Seneca Ray Stoddard, Louis Stettner, Nathan Harger, Paolo Ventura. On exhibit through August 28 at Hasted Hunt, 529 West 20th Street, NYC.