"As we go up, we go down"

- Guided by Voices

Alex Kisilevich
from the series '...and then you die.'

Matthew Swarts, Somerville, MA
Keegan Riley, 1999 from the series Children with Cancer

Michael Serra, Williamsport, PA
Jack

Cole Robertson
Breathless from the series Defaces

Some recent submissions and findings of abstraction in photography.
If you're looking for more artists dealing with photography and abstraction, check out Lyle Rexer's book "The Edge of Vision" published by Aperture.

Dillon DeWaters, New York, NY
from the series Science Fictions

Mackenzie Katter, Chicago, IL
Matchbook

Kevin Tadge, New York, NY
from the series Electro-Botanicals

Stephanie Del Monte, New York, NY
from the series Time to Live in the Scattered Sun

Mary Parisi, San Francisco, CA
Boiled Chicken

It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine. - Michael Stipe

All of these photos feel on the verge of being apocalyptic..
That and they are all made by photographers that are in the show Commercial Paper opening tomorrow at Barbara Walters Gallery in Bronxville, NY. If you happen to be up there make sure to swing by and see the show.

Commercial Paper, a group show featuring Thomas Bangsted, Peter Deevakul, Amy Elkins, Daniel Gordon, Pablo Helguera, John Lehr, Matthew Monteith, Svetlana Rabey, Ruby Sky Stiler and Mamie Tinkler.

Barbara Walters Gallery
@ Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, NY

November 1- November 30th
Opening November 5th | 5:30p-8p

Matthew Monteith, New York, NY
From the series Czech Eden

Thomas Bangsted, New York, NY
Anchor Bay, 2006/08

Daniel Gordon, Brooklyn, NY
The Quake, 2007

John Lehr, New York, NY
Erving, MA 2006

Here are some great recent submissions.

Also, if you're in NYC be sure to check out "Unseen, a Photographer's Salon" at Randall Scott Gallery featuring work by one of this week's Wanderlustagraphers, Bone Duke and myself.

Here's the info:

Sophie Barbasch, NYC, NY

from the series Song for Rootless Days

Paul Bennett, Anaheim, CA

Sleeping Marine

José Pedro Cortes, Lisbon and Tel Aviv

from the series Silence

Bon Duke, NYC, NY

Sorry for the delay in posts.

Enjoy this group of submissions and be sure to check out their sites for more great work.

Arturo Soto, Mexico City, Mexico
Daniela

Jeremias Paul
Three Wooden Plugs from the series Songlines

Jason Hanasik, San Francisco, CA
Steven in a Bed of Flowers from the series He Opened Up Somewhere Along the Eastern Shore

Matt Thomas, Oslo, Norway
from the series College Still Lives

It is storming outside, and it is amazing.   

Holly Bynoe, Cliffside Park, NJ

Lunch

Daniel Melo, Buenos Aires, Argentina

from the series Caliche Living

Aaron McElroy, Brooklyn, NY

from the series Notes

Shaena Mallett, Athens, OH

Mother Called Us Chickadees

I am lucky enough to be a part of a great group of photographers.  Check out our exhibition at milesfromhome.us

Opening reception this weekend in Rhinebeck, NY.  So if you're in the neighborhood, stop by!

Here's a taste...

Clayton Cotterell, NYC, NY

Body Armor from the series All in the Family

Alison Malone, NYC, NY

Erica Allen, NYC, NY

Philadelphia Waterfalls

Lucas Thorpe, NYC, NY

Lorin

Multiplicity... not a great movie but great in photos.

It is summer and I'm sure most of you are out shooting away, however submissions have been low so send us your work!

Millee Tibbs, Providence, RI

from the series Disambiguation

Mathew Scott, Los Angeles, CA

from the series Observing Venice

Peter Hoffman, Chicago, Il

Face Off from the series Guesting

Matt Austin, Chicago, IL

Moons from the series I'm Usually Wrong About Most Things

The road trip. Such a common and never uninteresting practice with photography that it could be defined as it's own genre.

I think I need one.

Amy Lombard, Philadelphia/New York
America from the series "69th Street"

Sarah Moore, Philadelphia, PA
The Road from the series "Expanse"

Scott Ener Grover, Minneapolis, MN
from the series "everything i want it to be / everything i wanted to be"

Patrick Romero, Los Angeles, CA
from the series "Earthquake Weather" 2009

David Torrence, St. Louis, MO
Roadside Attraction

"The summer wind came blowin' in from across the sea....
Like painted kites, those days and nights they went flying by.
The world was new beneath the blue umbrella sky"
-Frank Sinatra

Meg Cain, Brooklyn, NY
Seen, Italy

Erin Faith Allen, Los Angeles, CA.
From the series Brighton Untitled

Christopher Duerkes, Queens, NY
Robert, Rotonda West, FL, 2008

Mikael Kennedy, Brooklyn, NY
From the series Odysseus

When photographs permeate sound....

Jongchul Lee, NYC, NY

Elaine and Jane

Emile Dubuisson, NYC, NY

from the series Siberia, the Far North

Emile Dubuisson, NYC, NY

from the series You, My Mirror

Ana Brankovic, Basle, Switzerland

All Night Montreux, 2009

School of Visual Arts MFA Photography, Video, and Related Media thesis exhibition and screenings this Tuesday and Wednesday.  Be sure to check out some strong work from the class of 2009.  Here's a taste.

Thesis Exhibition, June 12 — 27, 2009 

Opening Reception: Tuesday, June 16, 6 — 8 pm

Visual Arts Gallery

601 West 26 Street, Suite 1502

M — Th 10 am — 6 pm

F 10 am — 5 pm

Sat 10 am — 6 pm

Thesis Video Screening, Wednesday, June ı7, 2009 7 – ı0 pm 

SVA Theatre 333 West 23 Street

Carlos Alvarez Montero, NYC, NY

Little Saint Jude

John Stanley, NYC, NY

Prospect Park 2