festival 2013 guide atlanta celebrates photography [ welcome welcome Welcome to the 15th annual published by atlanta Celebrates photography festival! 260 Peachtree Street Suite 300 through this festival, AcP seeks to involve anyone who has taken or shared Atlanta, GA 30303 a photograph—that means You! ] 404-527-5500 atlantamagazine.com every part of the city is touched by a variety of events and exhibitions—at the world’s busiest airport, in the weekend bustle of Piedmont Park, or tucked away in quiet corners of Atlanta’s outskirts—photographers transform retail shops, galleries, museums and PubliSher public spaces into a coordinated cultural experience! sean Mcginnis editoriAl director Month-LONG, City-Wide. delight YOUR eyes, inspire YOUR Mind! Kevin benefield • featured aCp events highlighted on pages 22–37 deSiGn director • all aCp festival events are listed chronologically in the main Section of the Guide Katy Miller • Calendar at the front of the Guide is the most comprehensive display of all AcP director of S AleS events, and is a handy one-stop planning tool for all of your AcP festival adventures. Clint smith • index of Artists and Venues to aid your search for a particular event. Art director Mark Ziemer Disclaimer: The listings compiled in this guide are submitted by companies and individuals, and are Cover art Alison wright considered as advertisements. Although every effort has been made to ensure that this information is correct, the publisher cannot guarantee accuracy. Please note that the information herein is meant to Malagan Ceremonial Mask lissengung island, new ireland, be used as a guide only. Exhibitions, dates, locations, and services may be subject to change without Papua new Guinea, 2010 notice. 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By producing the largest Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Inc. is annual community-oriented photo festival in the United States, we provide exper- t a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts organization. iences that engage and educate diverse audiences through lens-based media. 1 [ t A We’re So digitial! taBle content of ble of festivalguide.aCpinfo.org View the Festival by week, contentS neighborhood, artist or venue. 1 a message from ACP S ] Join our newsletter to receive weekly festival event 4 ACP Program sponsors notificationsACPinfo.org 5 For the Kids: an ACP outreach download the aCp 2013 festival iphone app! See which exhibitions and events are happening near 6 teen spirit you! to download for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, please visit the App Store, or scan the code here: 8 nicholas nixon Plus, there’s a downloadable Pdf of the entire festival guide, 10 american beauty and a google Map of all AcP 2013 participating venues! 12 merits of Portfolio review other online features of aCp our blog aCp now! is the most comprehensive source for 14 calendar of events all things photography happening in Atlanta (and beyond). updated weekly so you will be in the know. You can also 22 ACP Featured events subscribe to email updates whenever a new blog post is made. acpinfo.org/blog 40 Participating Venues find us on facebook (facebook.com/AtlantaPhotofestival) 72 event supporters & credits and become a part of our larger community of photo lovers. for 74 Venue index timely, insider festival info, follow us on twitter @aCptweets! t 76 artist index 3 ] We LOVE—and S thanK—our or S sponsors! major funding for on this organization SP is provided by the m A fulton county board r of commissioners LUBO fund G under the guidance ro of the fulton county P P Arts council. this c program is supported A [ in part by the Georgia Massey Charitable trust council for the Arts through the appropri- ations of the Georgia General Assembly. the Georgia coun- cil for the Arts also receives support from its partner the national endowment for the Arts. this program is also sup- ported in part by the city of Atlanta office of cultural Affairs. fay gold gallery t ACP is a member of Festvial of Light, an international consortium of photography festivals 4 [ h appy Happy Birthday to ACP—we’re 15 years old! birthd in 1997, a seed was planted during a conversation between two people on a road trip. they were brainstorming about how to build stronger connections ay between photographers. why not have an event that would bring everyone together to form a real photography community in Atlanta? to A the next year a 501(c)(3) was formed and AcP’s first event, a lecture and c P dinner, was attended by 100 people. AcP’s tradition of partnering with ] other organizations was evident from its earliest beginnings. from a single successful event, the festival has grown to almost 150 events, exhibitions and experiences showcasing almost 1000 photographers. the AcP festival is currently the largest annual community-oriented photography festival in the united States! our vision? through excellent, highly-relevant programming, Atlanta celebrates Photography will help make Atlanta a 21st century, international hub for photography. why? Photography touches everyone’s life, every single day. it is the way we share our stories. it is the language that we speak—the medium of our era. Photographs transcend language barriers. they communicate power, love, tragedy and beauty. Photography is the common thread that connects AcP to so many people of all ages, all races and all places. lets Celebrate together! t 5 ] irit SP teen spirit teen [ neW ACP program giveS teenS With cameraS and penS a neW perSpective what does a portrait say about a person? what does it leave to the imagina- tion? these are questions being explored by teens admitted to Scottish rite and egleston children’s hospitals. it’s part of a special program created by AcP to comfort those with chronic illnesses who often find the hospital to be their second home for weeks, even months. My name is Shuron, A team of volunteers, led by corinne Adams, organizes the groups and and I am the abnorm. their discussions on portraiture. the teens first take self-portraits, then When you look at a perform a writing exercise that’s raw and heartfelt. person, you wonder how this expressive outlet is proving to be tranformative for the patients, does that person get who are just discovering who they are. the hospital environment doesn’t along with their day. allow for much control, so this program gives teens control of the camera Normal is just a word. and the freedom to express themselves. the end results are powerful No one is normal. portraits and statements such as the ones to the right. Everyone has a diagnosis. AcP would like to express its gratitude to the outstanding child life But no one’s diagnosis Specialists at children’s healthcare of Atlanta; to bill boling, the project’s defines them. founder; to Showcase; to morris, manning and martin; to digital Arts Studio; What is really normal? to charlotte dixon; and to the incredible volunteers for being so integral to Is normal a form of the success of this program. judgement? t See for yourself at the exhibit at wing and a Prayer Studio (see page 36 Normal is just a setting 6 for more info). on a washing machine. [ teen SP irit ] Teens Sarah (left) and Cole (right) bravely share their self-portraits and writings through an introspective ACP program. t 7 ] ixon ixon n as nicholas nixon ichol Behind the lenS With thiS year’S Keynote SpeaKer n [ Since the 1970s, boston-based photographer nicholas today. Each year, the photographer records an image of nixon (born detroit, 1947) has practiced large-format his wife beverly (bebe) brown together with her three portraiture and documentary photography, forging a rich sisters. Setting up his 8- x 10-inch camera at eye level and varied body of work celebrated for its humanistic with his subjects, nixon captures the sisters congregated approach and meticulous detail. together in the same order from left to right, recording nixon rose to prominence after being included in the their incremental aging and evolving demeanor over time. groundbreaking 1975 New Topographics exhibit at the Although multiple exposures are made, only one is chosen George eastman house in rochester, new York—a show to represent the women in print each year. that is widely considered a turning point in the history of nixon received his b.A. in english from the univer- landscape photography. Nixon’s subsequent subjects have sity of michigan in 1969 and m.f.A. from the university ranged from porch life in the rural South, the intimacy of new mexico in 1974. Since 1975, nixon has worked as shared between couples, cityscapes, and schools in the a part-time professor of photography at the massachu- boston metropolitan area. He has become particularly setts college of Art and design. He is the recipient of well known for his close depictions of family, which simul- three national endowment for the Arts fellowships and taneously bear a personal meaning to the artist, while two Guggenheim fellowships, and has had solo exhibi- communicating on a universal level. tions at major museums including the museum of modern t nixon’s best-known series, The Brown Sisters is a Art (1976, 1988), Art institute of chicago (1985) and the 8 serial portrait study that began in 1975 and continues Victoria and Albert museum (1989).