Exhibit This: May’s Photography Shows and Book Releases

The Stereotypes of Motherhood

“Untitled (2 photographers), 2008.” Photo © Fred Hüning

Artists: Various
Exhibit: “Home Truths: Photography and Motherhood”
Venue: Museum of Contemporary Photography
Date: present – July 13, 2014

“Home Truths: Photography and Motherhood,” which is currently on view at the Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) in Chicago, explores the issues behind gender roles, composition of a family, the body and domesticity in nine photographers’ documentary-style, semi-autobiographical images. This exhibit aims to spark discussion of the representation of the maternal figure with “at times subtle, at times bold” work, says the exhibition’s curator, Susan Bright.

“Untitled (Lake), 2011.” Photo © Fred Hüning

“It displays a sense of seriousness and intense reflection, often with a haunting quality,” Bright says. “It has the ability to move, but also to question and disrupt assumptions without being judgmental. Like photography itself, the expectations and demands of motherhood are in flux; both subject and medium grapple for new meaning in a changing world.” “Home Truths” runs at the MoCP now through July 13, 2014.

“Paparazzo Extraordinaire” Ron Galella Releases New Book

Courtesy of Damiani Editore

Artist: Ron Galella
Book: Ron Galella: New York

Dubbed as the “godfather of U.S. paparazzi culture,” Ron Galella is one of the few paparazzi photographers to receive prominent exposure—he’s been published in countless major newspapers and magazines, released over a dozen photography books and has been exhibited in the art world’s top venues around the globe—yet he still remains one of the most controversial photographers of the late 20th century. Known for his undying perseverance, Galella had an ongoing obsession with Jackie Onassis, who was granted restraining orders against the shooter in a Supreme Court decision, and he was very famously punched in the face by Marlon Brando. Having sustained a broken jaw and lost five teeth from that incident, Galella audaciously wore a football helmet when he returned to photograph Brando. A new book published by Damiani Editore called Ron Galella: New York will be the first to focus on Galella’s celebrity photography in New York. The book will showcase some unpublished photos of stars such as Madonna, Al Pacino and Bianca Jagger in and around nightclubs, theaters and the gritty cityscapes of the 1970s and ‘80s. Ron Galella: New York is scheduled for release at the end of May.

A Garry Winogrand Retrospective

“New York, c. 1962.” Photo © The Estate of Garry Winogrand/Courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

Fashion Photographer Alexi Lubomirski’s Decade of Work

Courtesy of Damiani Editore