Photographer extraordinaire Zoe Strauss needs help getting to the Gulf Coast a.s.a.p. to document the BP oil spill and its impact on the region. That’s where you come in. All she needs is $4,000 to cover travel. She’s leaving Monday for L.A. and has plans to fly over the oil spill as well as to [...]
It was a hot and sticky afternoon but that didn’t keep the crowds away for Zoe Strauss‘ final Under I-95 exhibition and sale. Here’s some pictures and a few facts:
My friend Kitty and I had our Polaroid photo shoot with Zoe Strauss last weekend and among the several shots of the two of us is this one which I truly love for its pretty great chiaroscuro and its lovely moody atmosphere. Thanks Zoe and thanks Polaroid!
By libby | October 27, 2009
Portraits are everywhere, right now, major portraits. I had a nice conversation with myself after seeing two terrific shows of Philadelphia portraits in the same week–the show Personal Views: Contemporary Photographic Portraiture in Philadelphia, at Gallery 339; and the paintings in Barkley L. Hendricks’ Birth of the Blues at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
For the first time, I came home empty-handed from Zoe Strauss’ Under I-95 photo exhibit today, her spring bouquet to South Philadelphia in South Philadelphia, now in its ninth year, with one more year to go. What a crowd!!! They beat me to the punch on all the pictures I was trying to snag. It [...]
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The biggest art event this weekend is Sunday, May 3: Zoe Strauss will exhibit a huge number of photographs–231 of them– under I-95, in South Philadelphia.
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This week’s Weekly has my Spring Roundup article. Below is the copy with some pictures. Openings are de rigueur in the art world. But this spring grand openings trump all as Tyler School of Art launches its flagship space, Temple Gallery, in the school’s new building at 12th and Norris streets in North Philadelphia.
By libby | February 4, 2009
Zoe Strauss sets her eyes on Alaska and here’s some of what she sees. Photos in this post courtesy Zoe Strauss, resporting from Alaska. This is a post directed especially at our readers from Alaska! It sounded like Philadelphia photographer Zoe Strauss was about to land on the moon when she went for a residency [...]
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Like children staring down a box of candy and a bowl of oatmeal we went straight for Chelsea Dec 12 instead of to the museums. The day was sunny and brisk and we took our chances wandering in candyland. Trenton Doyle Hancock at James Cohan. We knew before we walked into James Cohan Gallery that [...]
By libby | December 10, 2008
Oh, we have to give a shoutout to our girl Zoe, who, marching to her own drummer, has still managed to get the attention she richly deserves!!! The photo The thumbnail
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