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Neue Welt
May 4 – June 22, 2013

"I wanted to know: How does the world appear twenty years after I've begun to form a picture of it? Can there be a 'new' view of it? And 'new' also in the sense of greatly expanded technical possibilities. The tremendous political and economic shifts of recent years, and technical advancements, have considerably altered the world's appearance."
-Wolfgang Tillmans, interview with Beatrix Ruf, Taschen, 2012

Andrea Rosen Gallery
525 West 24th Street
New York, NY 10011

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Presence and Absence
A Dual Exhibition

Maggie Steber
Rite of Passage

Carlos Rene Perez
An Artist's Life

April 19 - June 1 2013

Leica Gallery
670 Broadway
NYC 10012

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Phase One IQ260 Achromatic Digital Back
This is an update of the concept of the Phase One Achromatic Plus 39MP B+W back. This entirely new 60MP sensor is produced without bayer pattern, so every pixel sees every color, leading to amazingly sharp detail, smooth black and white tonality, and the ability to use traditional color filters in the field. It also has an extended spectral range into infrared and UV, making it great for special applications, fine-art, as well as general purpose visible-only B+W photography.

Specs:
60 megapixel monochrome full-frame 645 CCD
Built in wireless technology
Extreme 13 f-stops dynamic range
1.15 megapixel resolution 3.2” display with
Touch screen functionality to pan, browse and zoom up to 400%

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Heartland - An American Road Trip in 1963

March 1 - April 13, 2013

Thomas Hoepker's Heartland: An American Road Trip in 1963 was initiated in 1963 when he was on the staff of the German magazine Kristall as an assignment to show the lives of ordinary people in the United States, away from the big cities and tourist spots. The trip, lasting several months, involved driving with a colleague writer to the West Coast and back - a total of almost 16,650 miles. His photographs were later printed in Kristall covering twenty-five pages over five consecutive issues.

The Leica Gallery will exhibit the entire Heartland series of 64 images for the first time in the United States, along with the just-published and signed eponymous monograph that serves as the catalog for this monumental exhibition.

Leica Gallery
670 Broadway
New York, NY 10012

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At the Gitterman Gallery

January 11 - March 16, 2013

Gitterman Gallery is presenting an exhibition of vintage black and white photographs by Kenneth Josephson.

Whether his works utilize a single negative, multiple exposures, collage, or a construction that is photographed, Josephson creates art that challenges our perspectives and invites us to consider different concepts of representation. Josephson consistently frames these ideas with dynamic compositions and creates beautiful objects with seductive printing. Yet, regardless of how exquisite his prints are or cerebral his ideas might be, Josephson consciously utilizes humor; for this is just art, and it is meant to be enjoyed.

Gitterman Gallery
41 East 57th Street
New York, NY 10022

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Journeying with the Leica M Monochrom - Magnum Photographer Sobol

Jacob Aue Sobol, the multiple-award-winning Magnum photographer, made a journey for Leica Camera on the Trans-Siberian and Trans-Mongolian railways traveling from Moscow to Beijing with a Leica Monochrom in his kit. Check out his photos on the Leica Camera site.

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A Leica M3D owned by Life photographer David Douglas Duncan has become the most expensive camera from a serial production at November 24th's Westlicht Photographic Auction. David Douglas Duncan's M3D fetched €1,680,000 becoming the most expensive camera from a serial production ever sold. Also sold were three Leica MP cameras owned by Magnum photographer Paul Fusco. They fetched €858,000, while the first Leica owned by Robert Capa was sold for €78,000.

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Echoes of Silence: Philip Trager, Early Photographs, 1967-83

Through February 17, 2013

New York Public Library
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street

Echoes of Silence: Philip Trager, Early Photographs, 1967-83, features many photographs by Mr. Trager that have never been published or exhibited previously. This exhibit focuses on Mr. Trager’s early work. Included in the exhibition are seldom seen landscape studies and photographs taken in San Francisco, Barcelona, and Paris; On exhibit are Mr. Trager’s celebrated architectural photographs of Connecticut and New York City from the 1970s; portraits of Mr. Trager’s wife, Ina; and several selections from an unfinished commission to document the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright.

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Who said black-and-white photography is passé? Red is following the lead of the Leica M Monochrom still camera. Red's Mysterium-X sensor carries a dedicated black-and-white only CMOS sensor which means no color debayering bumping up the effective resolution 15-20% as compared to a chromatic sensor version. You will have to plop down $42,000 to get this beauty.

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Root & Branch

Princeton University Art Museum
Through November 25, 2012

Rooted in photography but branching out into every department in the Museum, this exhibition looks at trees and branching structures in art, nature, and information design.

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