April 2004 Archives

In anticipation of the August Sander exhibit, People of the 20th Century, coming to the Met in late May, you may want to trek over to Williamsburg and see the Robert Burke show at Black & White Gallery entitled "Every Occupation in America". Burke has apparently been bit by the typology bug and is attempting to catalog a male and female example of every job in the US. This show has more than 150 photographs; a good start, it seems.

There is an opening reception tonight, from 6-9pm. As the gallery is in the wilds of Williamsburg, you may need directions (found on the gallery Web site.) Oddly, they include directions for driving from downtown Manhattan.

The sheer volume of fashion photography produced in any one year makes me skeptical about how MoMA could sum up the 90s take on the genre with a collection of one assignment each from a handful of photographers. Nevertheless, Fashioning Fiction in Photography since 1990 is receiving a good deal of press and praise (though the Gray Lady frowned on it). Read the coverage at New York, The Village Voice and NY Times. Also, this entry at a great new photo art blog, Coincidences.