Don't Miss NYC's Photography Show at the Park Avenue Armory

The Photography Show, presented by the Association of International Photography Art Dealers, (AIPAD), is up and running this weekend at the historic Park Avenue Armory. The show features fine art photography spanning from the founding of lens-based art to contemporary experimental works. Visitors can enjoy featured programs like artist visits, walkthroughs, and lectures with thought leaders, as well as a special section of the show highlighting the importance of publishing. Several specialty publishers have rare and autographed books for sale. Don't miss your chance to visit through April 27th!

Upon entering the hall, I was greeted with a stunning set of fascinating gold leaf cell images on glass by Jeremiah Chechik in the Galerie XII booth. Turning the corner, I found the work of Koyoltzintli, an indigenous female interdisciplinary artist who uses multiple mediums that culminate in large-scale photo works on display at the Miyako Yoshinaga Booth.

Throughout the show, you can see current, contemporary works alongside classics. One place to spot this dichotomy is at the Weston Gallery booth, of the infamous Edward Weston, which holds vintage California landscapes and work from current West Coast photographers. There are photo documentary masters such as Nick Brandt with his breathtaking larger-than-life “Echo of Our Voices" series, which features people impacted by climate change in the Gilman Contemporary booth. All of this can be found in a small section of the over 60 booths on display, even before you hit the bar and snack pavilion. 

Continue walking to view galleries like Throckmorton Fine Art, which higlights the classics of Latin American photography, Galerie Julian Sander, great grandson of August Sander who shows an eclectic collection of esoteric German prints from the family collection, a booth exclusively for Larry Fink, and multiple rows of booths that contain all sorts of specialized galleries that showcase artists working in alternative processes such as cyanotype, collage, digital manipulation and printing on unusual surfaces.

I especially love the introduction of threads, sewing, and embellishment using handwork techniques like Orly Cogan (Robert Mann Gallery booth) uses. There is the 19^th Century Rare Books and Photography Shop booth (check out the Lincoln Portrait), a special women's photography section, plenty of booths offering enormous shiny prints for the collector with loft size spaces to fill, and more delicate, smaller objects such as triptychs incorporating altarlike pieces like "Yellow Triptych" by Joanne Leonard in the Hackel Bury booth.

Variety and history shine in this year's show! Grab your tickets online.