Fine Art New York City Trip, 2016

March 14, 2016 Gregory Halpern & Willie Osterman Faculty: Gregory Halpern

Willie Osterman and I just got back from a week in New York City with graduate students and seniors from Fine Art Photography. It was a remarkable trip. With barely enough time for coffee or lunch breaks, we ran all over Manhattan and Brooklyn meeting remarkable people who gave us honest advice. We met with ten working artists, four book publishers, three gallerists, two photo editors, fifteen alums, one designer, one bookbinder and one critic. We also saw exhibitions by Taryn Simon, Walid Raad, Gregory Crewdson, Chris McCaw, Ana Mendieta, Luigi Ghirri, Mark Dion, Fred Tomaselli, Laura Poitras and many, many more! (Photos by Gregory Halpern and Dustin Brown)

With Lori Nix in her studio.

Ed Panar and Melissa Catanese at Aperture, showing publications of their own work, as well as books published by their press, Spaces Corners.

Installation by RIT alum Walid Raad at Paula Cooper Gallery.

Rick Wester at his Chelsea gallery, Rick Wester Fine Art. Wester is an RIT alum.

Pari Dukovic (RIT alum and "New Yorker" staff photographer) showing his recent series on musicians for GQ magazine.

Denise Wolff, Editor at Aperture (left) and David Arkin, her assistant and RIT alum (to her right). Wolff is showing a draft of Todd Hido’s new book, which she is editing.

Daniel Shea, on the roof of his studio in Brooklyn, talking about his new show at Andrew Rafacz gallery.

Ciara Duffy at the Gregory Crewdson show at Gagosian Gallery.

At WSJ Magazine.

Amanda Webster, assistant photo-editor (left), and Jessifer Pastore, photo editor (right), at WSJ Magazine. (I had to blur out the background as they are working on next month's layout and don't want it public yet). Webster is an RIT alum.

Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa, photographer and writer. Wolukau-Wanambwa is a regular contributor to Aperture, the PhotoBook Review and runs The Great Leap Sideways.