The New York Optimist
Was it part of some secret master-plan coordinated by the
galleries this week, or was it an unbelievable coincidence?  Of
the eight galleries with openings we went to, seven of them
were showcasing photography.  Or is it the economical
climate encouraging the sales of more reasonably priced work,
such as photographs which often come in editions, allowing
for lower price tags?  Whichever it is, the results were rather
pleasing.  It was sort of like a photographic survey, offering a
wide variety of approaches and techniques, subject-matter and
intent: from intimate vintage silver gelatin prints to large-scale
digital C-prints on dibond aluminum, from documentary
photography to the imaginary, the fantastic and the sublime.


Humor, Irony and the Law
Stan Douglas at David Zwirner
533 W. 19th Street
October 30-December 23, 2008
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