Things are going to heat up this week with the New York Photo Festival debuting on Wednesday and continuing until Sunday. But that isn't the only thing happening, so here's a rundown that you can mark on your calendars.


TUESDAY MAY 11

CLIC GALLERY invites you to a book signing and film screening of Henry Horenstein's "SHOW"

Join Clic Gallery for the book signing and film screening of SHOW by Henry Horenstein. The spectacular documentary photobook, published by Pond Press, features images of fetish, drag and neo-burlesque performers. Shot in underground clubs in Los Angeles, New York and New Orleans, these intimate and clever black and white photos capture the pasties, fishnets and lipstick kisses of the superstars of neo-burlesque, including Dita Von Teese and Murray Hill.

SHOW is available as a first edition Artist’s Edition limited to only 600 copies plus a special Collector’s Edition of 20 slip-cased books with an original, signed and numbered print.
Clic Bookstore & Gallery
424 Broome Street
6pm -8pm

NY PERSPECTIVES
Amsterdam discovered by New York photographers

Joshua Lutz
Gus Powell
Carl Wooley

A selection of work that was commissioned by the City of Amsterdam Archives and Foam_Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam in 2009 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's discovery of Manhattan for the Dutch.
25CPW
25 Central Park West @ 63rd
6pm - 9pm


WEDNESDAY MAY 12

Start the day with ASMP's The Fine Art of Digital Printing
An Epson Print event with John Paul Caponigro and R. Mac Holbert

Find out about the latest advances in digital printing. You'll learn to evaluate printers, inks, media, RIPs,and profiles. You'll learn to seamlessly integrate Adobe software Lightroom, Bridge, Camera Raw, and Photoshop and a variety of tools and techniques to refine your digital files and prints. See the latest Epson printers and media in action. Take the results home! John Paul and Mac will give a custom poster to every participant. This one day seminar is one of the best values in the industry!
View all the details and more event info here
Calumet Photographic
22 W. 22nd St.
11am - 5pm

FREE for All ASMP Members
$99 non-member
$49 non-ASMP member Student*
Register Online

APA/NY Image Makers Lecture Series presents Sarah Small & Jason Florio


Apple Store
103 Prince St. (between Mercer & Greene)
6:30pm – 8pm



THURSDAY MAY 13

Henry Gregg Gallery celebrates the art of Black & White photography featuring Gordon Parks, Robert Herman, Bryce Lankard, Robert Frank, and other
Henry Gregg Gallery
111 Front St.
Dumbo
6pm - 9pm

Bonni Benrubi Gallery is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of new work, "Turkana" by Jehad Nga

Bonni Benrubi Gallery
41 East 57th Street
6pm - 8pm


THE NAKED TRUTH Curated by Ruben Natal-San Miguel
A photographic and video visual survey of 50 years of Voyeurism, Nudity and Sex.From Bert Stern's Marilyn Monroe 1962''Last Sitting'' to the 2010 Jen Davis- Skype/Webcam series.
hous projects gallery
31 Howard Street 2nd Floor
6pm


For those of you who live in and around NY or are planning a spring trip to the city, we are thrilled to announce the first annual Foundation Rwanda: An Evening of Food & Fotos benefit. You can help sponsor a child's education in Rwanda, acquire some great contemporary photography and enjoy some fantastic local cuisine at the same time!
The evening will include an exhibition of portraits from Rwanda by photographer Jonathan Torgovnik and a silent auction of luxury culinary items, wine tastings and contemporary photographs selected by New Yorker magazine's visual editor Elisabeth Biondi, Aidan Sullivan of Getty Images and Bill Hunt of Hasted Hunt Kraeutler gallery. Photographs include images by Platón, Eugene Richards, Steve Pyke, Nigel Parry, Gillian Laub, Elinor Carucci, Pieter Hugo, Ruven Afanador, Paulo Ventura & Martin Schoeller among others. Click here to view the auction items.
Bonhams
580 Madison Ave.
7:00- 9:00 pm, $125 in advance, $150 at the door
VIP Admission: 5:30-7:00 pm, $350 *Sponsors 1 child for 1 year of school.
*Includes VIP access to cuisine, silent auction, champagne and exclusive gift bag.
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BED TWO Curated by Harvey Stein

Umbrella Arts
317 East 9th Street
6pm - 8pm


Sound Foundation & Major Tom
216 E. 45th St. 15th floor
6pm - 9pm

FRIDAY MAY 14

Join Andrea Narins for the opening of her black & white "Night Stories and Landscapes" at The San Francisco Zen Center, 300 Page Street at Laguna.

SATURDAY MAY 15

Remember Slideluck Potshow comes to the New York Photo Festival
Manhattan Bridge Archway
Water & Pearl Streets
Dumbo
Beautiful Bountiful Brooklyn Tasting Hour at 6pm
Potluck at 7pm
Slideshow at 9pm