Thursday, April 8
7:00 p.m. EDT
Aperture and Rockefeller Center, in collaboration with Parsons School of Design and MACK, is pleased to present an artist talk with Irina Rozovsky as she discusses her project
In Plain Air (2011–20), featured in the “New York” issue of
Aperture magazine. For ten years, Rozovsky has been making lyrical portraits of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park both of the landscape and its visitors perfectly capturing the democratic nature of the space. From images of women fishing to family barbeques to young couples in the grass,
In Plain Air is a lover letter to Prospect Park and all those who spend time there.
One Year after the City Shut Down, Aperture Presents “New York”
Announcing
Aperture magazine’s new issue and a month-long photography program celebrating New York, in the heart of the city.
Roe Ethridge,
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One year after New York City shut down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic,
Aperture magazine releases “New York,” an extraordinary issue honoring the city through photographs and essays by visionary artists and writers, reminding us of how much there is to discover, and relish, when New York comes roaring back.
New York is a city of improvisers and there has been no shortage of creative solutions to surviving the trauma of the pandemic and meeting a moment of social unrest and public demands for social justice and equity. The “New York” issue features newly commissioned portfolios by Farah Al Qasimi and Roe Ethridge, alongside never-before-seen photographs by Rosalind Fox Solomon and Saul Leiter. Acclaimed photojournalist Philip Montgome
Irina Rozovsky captures Brooklyn s Prospect Park in a romantic light creativereview.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from creativereview.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
I thought I knew Prospect Park. Living in Brooklyn, I had visited many times. It was always nice there but I never thought much about it, nor was it so interesting to me photographically. Then, one early summer evening in 2011, a friend invited me to join her on a boat ride on the lake for her birthday. I had no idea there was a lake, and I remember being disoriented and getting lost trying to find it. Finally on that boat, floating slowly.