Chauncey Hare’s book, Protest Photographs, (Steidl/Steven Kasher Gallery, 2007) was featured in The New York Times Book Review and is available for sale in the gallery. It has been called one of the most important photo books of the year and was picked by many top photographers and critics for their Best of 2009 top ten list, including Martin Parr, Alex Soth, Jeff Mermelstein, Jeff Ladd, Todd Hido, and John Gossage. The author’s mission statement prefaces the book and is displayed wherever his photographs are shown: “For all working people. These photographs were made by Chauncey Hare to protest and warn against the growing domination of working people by multinational corporations and their elite owners and managers.”


Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ exhibition featuring portraits of legendary Supermodels from the 1970s and 1980s taken in 2009, was featured by Sandra Ballentine in the Sunday Styles section of The New York Times, covered by NBC online, reviewed in Women’s Wear Daily and included on Page Six of the New York Post. The images are of Christie Brinkley, Cheryl Tiegs, Beverly Johnson, Carol Alt, Dayle Haddon, Esme, Karen Bjornson, Kim Alexis, Lisa Taylor, and Nancy Donahue. The exhibition runs through February 27.


In conjunction with Cynthia MacAdams’ exhibition, Feminist Portraits, 1974-1977, a panel discussion on The Third Wave of Feminism organized and moderated by feminist activist Liz Abzug will take place on February 11 from 6:30 to 8:30pm. Panel members include poet and performer, Anne Waldman, award-winning actress and director Lee Grant, Jerin Alam of the National NOW Young Feminist Task Force and Jehmu Green, former president of Rock the Vote and an advisor to Hillary Clinton's 2008 Presidential campaign. The panel discussion will be preceded by a poetry reading by Anne Waldman and a dance performance by a member of the Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre. The exhibition was featured in The Village Voice and runs through February 27. The panel discussion is sold out.


German photographer Christopher Thomas’s New York Sleeps, an exhibition of large-format black and white urban landscapes, co-curated by Ira Stehmann and Petra Gilroy-Hirtz, closed on January 9. The book was covered by The New York Times in September and December and sold out in its first printing. The show was highly successful both at the Bernheimer Gallery in Munich and at Steven Kasher Gallery and was featured in Time Out, New York and covered by New York Amsterdam News. Several of Christopher’s large prints are still on display in our private viewing room.


In December, Steven Kasher Gallery presented an exhibition of new photographs and a book signing by Lou Reed to accompany the publication of his book, Romanticism (Edition 7L/Steidl, 2009) from 6-8pm. The book is available for sale in the gallery.


Josh Gosfield’s exhibition Gigi Gaston, The Black Flower, which closed on November 25, received a blitz of media attention. The show was featured in the The New Yorker and New York Magazine and was reviewed by the Daily Beast, Artnet, and Design Arts Daily. Josh was interviewed on NPR, highlighted by Karen Wright in Phillips de Pury’s new magazine, Phillips Art Expert, and was profiled by Steven Heller. Gosfield has also released a music video shot by Jean Luc Godard, and documentary footage for the show.


The World in Black and White: Vintage Prints from the National Geographic Archive, which ran through October 17, generated significant press. There were three major articles in The New York Times: Treasures From an Underground Trove, National Geographic's Treasures, and From the Archive: Faded but Still Vibrant. The book for the National Geographic Image Collection was launched on October 6. International media that covered the show included the BBC, La Pais (Brazil), China Morning Post, XL Semanal (Spain), Cromos Magazine (Colombia), and Reuters TV.


Daido Moriyama, Tokyo Photographs was displayed last year at The Philadelphia Museum of Art Daido Moriyama released the tenth book in his personal photography journal series Kiroku. The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo displayed the exhibition Quiet Gaze, Echoing Worlds; a collaboration between Daido Moriyama and Migues Rio Branco, exploring multiple cultures and cities around the world.


Stephen Shames and Shepard Fairey recently collaborated to produce posters in support of LEAD Uganda. The Stephen Shames foundation hosted a very successful 5th anniversary benefit auction for LEAD Uganda at Steven Kasher Gallery in November 2009. It was LEAD Uganda’s biggest fundraiser ever. The event generated considerable interest and high prices were received for both of the original Shepard Fairey collages that were auctioned off that evening.


Phyllis Galembo's work will be included in an exhibition curated by Dan Cameron at the New Orleans Center for Contemporary Art in 2010. Her African Masquerade will be part of Call and Response: Africa to America: The Art of Nick Cave and Phyllis Galembo at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art in Charleston, South Carolina, from May 27 to July 16, 2010.


Bob Colacello will appear in the documentary Beautiful Darling about Candy Darling and the Warhol scene. The film is directed by James Rasin and scheduled to open later this year.


Peter Beste’s True Black Norwegian Metal is traveling in Europe. The exhibition roamed from the VI Gallery in Copenhagen to Berlin’s Pool Gallery and will be displayed at Foto Museo in Bogota, Columbia.


The International Center of Photography featured Miles Aldridge’s work in the exhibition Weird Beauty: Fashion Photography Now last spring. His photograph, Like a Painting #3, 2005 was featured on the cover of Phillips de Pury’s auction catalogue for their November 14 NY Photographs sale and sold for $11,875.


The HBO film Grey Gardens, based on the film by Albert Maysles, starring Jessica Lang and Drew Barrymore, won an Emmy award for best TV movie in September, 2009. The movie can still be viewed on HBO or purchased on DVD. A new cut of Maysles’ film Muhammed and Larry debuted in October on ESPN.