July Shot List: Shows to See

I was able to get out and see some photos this past weekend. Finally! The summer is typically marked by a lot of group shows, seasonal themes (beaches, swimming pools, nudity!) and an airing out of the flat files, but I’ve found both June and July this year to have a lot of interesting work on display. And much of it is outside of Chelsea, in Midtown’s old-school photo alley. Here’s the July shot list:

In Midtown
Taiji Matsue
The bulk of the show is made up of Matsue’s black and white urban landscapes with a few nearly abstract Sommer-inspired natural landscapes thrown in for good measure.
Through Aug 25 at Cohen Amador
41 E 57th St, 6th Flr
(212) 759-6740

On the Rocks and Over the Edge: Bob Adelman, Joyce Baronio, and Jerry Berndt
and
Tom Arndt: Minnesota
On the Rocks bundles three photographers who illuminate the bar flies, the pimps and the hookers of the 70s
Arndt’s work echoes Bill Owens’, sans the ironic (even if retrospectively) wink.
Through Aug 25 at Howard Greenberg
41 E 57nd St, 13th Flr
(212)334-0010

Selfportraitr: An Interactive Exhibition Curating the Flickr.com Community
An online exhibition (you stand at iMacs and view the work) of self-portraits contributed to the Flickr online photography community. Proves Sturgeon’s law. But there’s pony or two in there somewhere.
Through Aug 25 at Pace/MacGill
32 E 57th St, 9th Flr
(212) 759-7999

Louis Stettner: Streetwise 1947-2006
and
Jonathan Lewis: WalmArt
Through July 29 at Bonni Benrubi
41 E 57nd St, 13th Flr
(212) 888-6007

In Chelsea
:Small Wonders
As an antidote to our large-scale obsession, Mann’s put together a show of tiny gems, none of which measures larger than 4x5. Wonderful pair of Callahan photos.
Through Aug 25 at Robert Mann
210 11th Ave, 10th Flr (btwn 10th and 11th Ave)
(212) 989-7600

J. Bennett Fitts:
Empty and abandoned swimming pools at the greatest collection of desolate road-side motels ever assembled.
Through Aug 11 at Julie Saul Gallery
535 W 22 St, 6th Flr
(212) 627-2410