Domesticated is Book a Day on Photo-Eye

Domesticated is the Book a Day selection on the photo-eye site (it's also the top seller!). Yesterday the Book a Day selection was America, so you know I roll in good company.

Miss America

Amy and Zoe at the America openingZoe Strauss' America: We Love Having You Here opening at the Bruce Silverstein Gallery was a fabulous affair. Once again, the girl did it up right with beer and pretzels, comfy living room chairs, and photographs so good they make you want to quit taking photographs. Whether it's her gallery exhibitions, her public installations or her book, Zoe is completely

Thursday Night In NYC

Forest Glenn III � Christoph GielenTonight is a slow night for openings in New York, but that doesn't mean I won't be making the rounds. Donning a parka and warmed by wine, I am going embrace the New York chill to see the Moving Walls 15 group exhibition at the Open Society Institute and Christoph Gielen's Arcadia show at Daniel Cooney Fine Arts.The Moving Walls 15 show will feature work by

Pre-order America

Sweet Jeebus Yes! Zoe Strauss' book is almost here! Pre-order you copy here and here.

Oh No He Didn't!

Zoe Strauss makes a well reasoned argument on her blog regarding the 2008 presidential election. If her logic doesn't sway you, how about this? Three reporters from Arizona, on the condition of anonymity, also let me in on another incident involving McCain's intemperateness. In his 1992 Senate bid, McCain was joined on the campaign trail by his wife, Cindy, as well as campaign aide Doug Cole and

Washington Project for the Arts Auction This Friday

Benjamin, 2007 � Erika LarsenThis Friday the Washington Project for the Arts is holding it's 2008 Art Auction Gala. The WPA auction has a different format than most in that they invite people from the art world to curate the artists selected for auction. I was very honored to have Sarah Kennel, the Assistant Photography Curator at National Gallery of Art, ask me to donate a piece from my

Zoe Strauss Kicks Ass

� Zoe StraussHow much ass can one lady kick? If that lady is Zoe Strauss then we are talking about a full time ass-kicking machine. Mrs. Strauss was just named a USA Gund Fellow for 2007. United States Artists awards $50,000 to each fellow "to nurture, support, and strengthen the work of America�s finest living artists." What a huge honor and certainly well deserved. Big congratulations to

Battle Photo: Jump!

� Bill Owensvs.� Zoe Strauss

Viernes Gigante!

This Friday will henceforth be referred to as Viernes Gigante! Big Friday! A big opening in SoHo and a big closing in Chelsea and me without my roller skates to zip between the two.First up, the opening for a great show with some top notch photographers curated by two fabulous people.� Shen WeiA New American PortraitCurated by jen bekman + J�rg ColbergOpening: Friday, June 22, 6 p.m.-8 p.m.jen

Tastykakes and Gumbo

� Zoe StraussSaturday we hit up Chelsea to see Kelli Connell's show at Yossi Milo and Elijah Gowin at Robert Mann. Great stuff, but we were really just biding our time waiting for the main event: Zoe Strauss' big solo show, If You Reading This, at Silverstein Gallery.Zoe's prints looked great and the images were all very strong. And, there was a decidedly un-Chelsea feel to the festivities. It

Installation Shots from Versionfest

Alas, the 43rd Annual Versionfest Photographic Invitational has come and gone. In case you didn't get a chance to see this epic photo event, Brian Ulrich just sent some installation shots. The images below represent the work of yours truly, Bill Sullivan, Jack Edinger and Todd Deutsch, Julian Montague, and Zoe Strauss.

Come On Feel the Illinoise!

I have finally cracked the inner sanctum of the Loyal Order of Chicagraphers. Grand Poobahs, Brian Ulrich and Jon Gitelson, have curated the 43rd Annual Versionfest Photographic Invitational and graciously invited this New Yorker to commune with the Chi-town faithful. I have spent the better part of a month practicing for the initiation ceremony, but I'm still not sure if I need to provide my

I *Heart* Zoe Strauss

� Zoe StraussI admit it. I have a complete photo crush on Zoe Strauss. I have never met her, so it's hard to nail down why I have become so enamored of late. The source of my shine may be the immense talent that put her in the Whitney Biennial. It may be because she is single-handedly stripping away the crusty mantle of art world pretension that has built up between artists, their subjects,