So pleased to be among the Finalists of the GetxoPhoto Open Call "Post Conflict Reframing a Dialogue" with my series "The Street Becomes". The winner will be announced next week in Getxo, Pais Vasco, Spain.
Charisma
I saw Norman from a distance and immediately felt drawn to him. I half-jokingly asked if he had been an actor at any point in his life. He replied that he had dabbled in singing for a few years.
Some people have so much charisma and presence they transform any street corner into a stage.
Private Photography Workshops and Mentorship
Aside from serving as a Faculty member at the School of Visual Arts and at New York Film Academy, starting this summer I'll be offering private workshops and one-on-one mentoring.
New York City is an unforgettable destination to experience through the lens. It is also fascinating and endlessly stimulating as a cultural mecca.
The workshops are specifically tailored to the individual needs of each student and the goals they wish to accomplish. Instruction includes hands-on shooting sessions, critique of images, developing editing skills, conceptualizing personal projects and visits to galleries and museums.
I have a student coming in from Moscow for a week-long workshop in July and I will also be teaching at Antidote Photo Retreat in Taos, New Mexico the second week in August.
Other than that, drop me a line and we can discuss in more detail.
New Acquisitions: Museum of Modern Art, Guatemala
The Permanent Collection of Guatemala’s Museum of Modern Art is a repository for some of the most dazzling and splendid works of art created in my native country.
It gives me great pleasure to announce that this diptych from my series “The Street Becomes” is now a part of the Collection. I congratulate my brother Igal Permuth and my father Mario Permuth for having their works represented there as well!
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Me complace enormemente anunciar que este díptico de la serie “The Street Becomes” ha sido adquirido para la Colección Permanente del Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno en Guatemala. La misma es un espléndido repositorio que reúne grandes joyas de nuestro patrimonio artístico nacional.
Felicito a mi padre Mario Permuth y a mi hermano Igal Permuth pues sus respectivas obras han ingresado también a la colección.
PHOTOGRAPH magazine
Photograph magazine is the bible for the industry.
So nice to see "Harlem Perspectives" at Faction Art Projects listed with one of my images. Exhibition closes May 13th!
Artist Talk :: Faction Art Projects, NYC
Save the date!
I’m giving an Artist Talk this coming Sunday 2PM at Faction Art Projects.
A second talk follows mine, by the always fascinating and provocative Renee Cox.
Free and open to the public.
Opening Night "Harlem Perspectives" at Faction Art Projects, NYC
A great night in Harlem: extraordinary art, stimulating conversations, and four works from my series The Street Becomes on view as part of "Harlem Perspectives" at Faction Art Projects.
Sneak Preview!
My secret agent, Hye-Ryoung Min, delivered this sneak preview of my upcoming exhibition at Faction Art Projects! Four images from my series The Street Becomes are featured in "Harlem Perspectives. Opening tomorrow night, April 19th!
Opening Night at the Museum of Modern Art, Guatemala
On April 5th, our three-person exhibition "Máscaras, Rumores y Otros Vuelos" opened to great fanfare at the Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno in Guatemala City. The days leading up to it had been intense with a flurry of media requests, including two live appearances on National TV morning shows and additional taped segments for the evening news hour, as well as a live radio interview on Radio Infinita's "Con Criterio" program and feature articles on all of the country's dailies.
Before the public arrived at the museum, Mario, Igal and I took a moment to reflect upon and enjoy just how beautifully installed the work was and how much this exhibition meant to our family. Than night we had over seven hundred people visit the exhibition. It truly was a milestone in our shared tradition of artistic practice.
And now for something completely different!
And now for something completely different:
Yes that’s me, channeling a Renaissance era Jewish ancestor. The portrait comes as part of Brooklyn McTavish’s photographic project The Sum of the Sum of Us exploring the complex matrix of genetics and cultural diversity.
Also on a Jewish note: my interview with a the blog Jewish&, - which coincidentally is interested in the diversity of Jewish experience - published yesterday, just in time for Passover!
What a week of Yiddishkeit it has been!
Exhibition opening: Museum of Modern Art, Guatemala
Every family has traditions that define it. In the case of my own, we love books, long walks and photographic machines. When I was ten, my father Mario gave me my first camera and very thoroughly initiated me in the art and practice of photography. My younger brother Igal was next.
It is with deep emotion and great excitement that Mario, Igal and myself are now set to take over the Contemporary Art wing of the Museum of Modern Art in Guatemala with a three-person show, which opens on April 5th. The exhibition is titled "Máscaras, Rumores y Otros Vuelos" (Masks, Rumors and Other Flights).
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Todas las familias cuentan con tradiciones propias que las definen. En nuestro caso, amamos buenas lecturas, largas caminatas y máquinas fotográficas. A la edad de diez años, Mario mi padre, me entregó mi primera cámara y con gran esmero me inició en el arte y práctica de la fotografía. Luego siguió mi hermano menor Igal.
Es con gran emoción que Mario, Igal y yo nos preparamos para inaugurar una muestra conjunta en el Museo de Arte Moderno en Guatemala. La misma se titula "Máscaras, Rumores y Otros Vuelos" e inaugura el 5 de abril. Esperamos nos puedan acompañar esa noche.
Back from FotoFest
FotoFest was great and Houston was fun. I wish I could linger for a couple more days. My work is in the Permanent Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and yet I've never visited its galleries! Hopefully next time -
New Acquisitions
My series “El Sistema” documents the work of Sistema de Orquestas de Guatemala, whose mission is to establish a network of free symphonic youth orchestras throughout that country. Last year, these four photographs were on view at La Fototeca de Guatemala as part of the exhibition “Lente Convergente”. I am very pleased to announce that they have now been acquired for their Permanent Collection.
Getting it together for FotoFest 2018. It's been a few years since I last attended and I'm thrilled to share my current body of work "The Street Becomes" with some of the world's leading curators. Twenty four images from the series will be shown next month at the Museum of Modern Art in Guatemala, and with that kind of momentum, I'm hoping great things will happen in Houston as well.
Packing bags for Texas next week!
Getting it together
How I felt
How I felt on my first day shooting with a Leica M10. Life is beautiful -
How I felt on my first day shooting with a Leica M10? Like this bro -
Like this bro
The absent minded
When exactly did I become an absent-minded professor? Not sure any more... but just standing next to this other daydreamer made me feel less alone in my labyrinth.
This enigmatic image has always been my favorite William Wegman photograph. I knew that it was taken in the early days of his career, back in the 1970s. And I knew that it was part of a larger body of works he undertook, which somehow managed to both lampoon and embody the principles of conceptual art.
Yesterday, Bill told the story himself: how he was coming from his painting studio to a party in LA; that when he went to pick up a slice of cotto salami he saw the little circles he had drawn on his hand earlier that day; the little circles perfectly matched and dissolved with those in the rounds of cotto salami; how he left the party with some salami in his pocket and went straight back to the studio and made this photograph. His first photograph and my all-time fave.
Thank you Nancy Burson and New York Film Academy for setting up the talk. It was truly wonderful and it helped clear up a mystery or two along the way.
Wegman tells a story
Upcoming exhibition: Museum of Modern Art, Guatemala
In April 2018, the Museum of Modern Art in Guatemala will host the exhibition "Máscaras, rumores y otros vuelos" (Masks, Rumors and Other Flights), which brings together recent works by myself, my younger brother Igal and our father Mario. In the past decade, the three of us have collaborated on joint books and exhibitions, including Re-trato de familia and Tarzán López.
The exhibition will feature works from my series "The Street Becomes"; Igal is represented by works from "El Color Prohibido" (The Forbidden Color); and Mario by a series of color abstractions inspired by Guatemalan flora and fauna.
Stay tuned for updates in the coming months!
New Acquisitions
It gives me great pleasure to announce that El Museo del Barrio has acquired four images from my series, The Street Becomes for its Permanent Collection. The series had its debut exhibition at El Museo in 2017 as part of "nasty women / bad hombres" and the first Uptown Triennial organized by Columbia University.
I have a long history of collaborating with El Museo and enjoying their richly stimulatiing programs and community. I am truly honored to be a part of their Collection.