Have some time to read this weekend? Foto-Fika will get you up to speed on what’s happening in the photo world today. So grab a cup of coffee and a tasty pastry and peruse the links below.
On View: The Past Is Prologue: Vernacular Photography, Pop Photographica, and the Road to Selfie Culture, an exhibition featuring vernacular photography. – ArtYard
On View: New color photographs by Alec Soth, coinciding with the release of his book I Know How Furiously Your Heart Is Beating. – Fraenkel Gallery
Interview: Lyle Rexer interviews Alec Soth. – Photograph Magazine
Article: Over 40 Art Shows to See Right Now; From Bushwick to Harlem, with many stops in between, our art critics take stock of the best shows this spring. – NY Times
Opening: Jeff Wall, new works at his first exhibition with the Gagosian. – The Gagosian Gallery
Opening: Bruce Davidson – SUBJECT: CONTACT. – Howard Greenberg Gallery
Opening: Joel-Peter Witkin: From the Studio. – Catherine Edelman Gallery
On View: Modern Masters: Group ƒ/64 features forty-four photographs by five of its legendary members—Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Willard Van Dyke, Brett Weston, and Edward Weston. – Morris Museum of Art
Essay: The Woman Behind the First-Ever Photograph of DNA. – Aperture
Article: Almost 50 Whitney Biennal Artists Sign Letter Demanding Removal of Warren Kanders from Museum Board – Hyperallergic
Opening: Beyond Boundaries: LensCulture Discoveries in Contemporary Photography at Aperture Gallery – LensCulture
Tech: Instagram Updates Camera, Adds Commerce Features – PDNPulse
Call for Entry: Landscape 2019 | In Relation to the Land – C4FAP
Call for Proposal: SPE Conference topic, All-Inclusive: Photography for Social Justice – SPE National
Call for Art: Female in Focus, work by female photographers, a new award from 1854 Media – British Journal of Photography