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The Art + Commerce Festival of Emerging Photographers is to promising young snappers what the CFDA/Vogue Initiative is to Proenza Schouler types: a chance to get noticed by the pros and possibly land a gallery or a gig.
Eligible applicants—more than 1,100 of them—were required to be new to the field. Read: No rep. No tear sheets.
A panel of photographers, gallery owners, publishers, and collectors—including Steven Meisel and Fabien Baron—narrowed the field to 24 finalists.
The exhibition features 150 examples of their work. Look for interiors, portraiture, and, of course, fashion photography.
The most fashion-fixated of the finalists is Sung Jin Park, whose Kid Nostalgia series of black-and-white pictures of young Koreans is informed by a moody James Dean-style toughness.
Click to view Style.com's exclusive portfolio of Sung Jin Park's work >
Visitors expecting the typical exhibition experience—white walls, hushed atmosphere—will be disappointed. The photographs are installed in the 19th-century roofless Tobacco Warehouse in Brooklyn's DUMBO. "Europe has photography exhibitions in public spaces," says Art + Commerce founder Jimmy Moffat. Why not New York?
Calling all wannabe interns: Among the 3,000 people who rsvp'd to the invite-only opening party are boldface shutterbugs like Annie Leibowitz and Mark Seliger.
If your frequent-flier miles won't get you to Brooklyn, wait for the traveling exhibition or order a copy of the accompanying catalog, PEEK.
—Laird Borrelli
The Art + Commerce 2005 Festival of Emerging Photographers runs from Oct. 15-25 at the Tobacco Warehouse. It's free to the public and open 10-6 daily, and 10-10 on Oct. 15-16. More information is available at www.artandcommerce.com/festival/
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