We are super excited to be a part of Project Amelia.

Thanks to Resource Magazine:

Two weeks ago, twenty-eight year old, Brooklyn-based photographer Amelia Coffaro was diagnosed with stage III inflammatory breast cancer.  Starting her chemotherapy on Valentine’s Day, Coffaro and her family faced another daunting challenge as the realization that she had no health insurance set in.  Coffaro, who is described by (Stephen) Mallon to be a “loving, caring, talented young photographer,” has “spent a great deal of time taking care of the photography community and volunteering for numerous humanitarian projects. Project Amelia was formed by many of the same professionals and friends that she has helped, interned with, and volunteered for in the past.” When the group found out the shocking news of Coffaro’s diagnosis and financial situation, Mallon says they immediately thought, “We got to get on this.” The project was launched on the same day as her first chemotherapy treatment.

Our co sponsors (so far) are  Shadowbox Shop, B&H  and Project Amelia has already raised $22,000 in a little over a week, and we aim to reach $100,000 by May 1^st.

To get more information and updates on Project Amelia, click here for Project Amelia’s Facebook page and here for Project Amelia’s twitter page.

To make a donation, please visit Give Forward.

TAGS: Amelia Coffaro, emerging photographers, Give Forward: Project Amelia, Project Amelia, Resource Magazine, Shadowbox Shop, stage III inflammatory breast cancer, stephen mallon, uninsured artists

Look what I have. A gorgeous new framed piece to add to our personal collection. For Andrew’s darkroom print by photographer Tom Baird it had to be special.

I described what I wanted to Jennifer over at Shadowbox Shop in Brooklyn: warm but not too warm, masculine but not black, traditional but not a snooze.

What I received is spectacular. Maple, hand splined and finished in Van Dyke brown and an 8 ply cotton rag mat. Perfection.

TAGS: Andrew Buckland, Custom Framing Brooklyn, Shadowbox Shop, Tom Baird

Sean Fader

I have loved Sean from 2 seconds into meeting him back in grad school at Maryland Institute College of Art. So pleased to be working together again here in NYC. Sean has several shows lined up this season. For this work titled Sup? we printed on Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl 290 gsm.

“Sup? Is a lived performance piece.  For 365 days I trolled online dating and hookup websites looking for men who interested me.  I looked at their profile and pre-visualized a portrait of who I thought they might be.  Then I contacted them and asked them out on a date. The date consisted of arriving at their home (never having met them in person)  pouring them a glass of wine, and photographing them immediately. I directed them to enact my preconceived ideas of who I imagined them to be.  After our shoot, I took them out on a date.  This allowed me to consider how I might alter my first portrait of them.   After our date, we collaborated on creating an image that we both felt represented them.”

Looks Like Torture
Curated by Nicholas Cohn and Amy Kisch
HERE Art Center 

Opening Reception: Thursday, February 21 from 5-8:30pm
On view: February 21 – March 30, 2013
145 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY 10013-1548 (Enter on Dominick St.)

TAGS: archival pigment prints, Brooklyn fine art printer, HERE Art Center, Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl 290 gsm., lived performance piece, Looks Like Torture, Maryland Institute College of Art, pigment prints Brooklyn, Sean Fader