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Now extended through Tuesday, coupon code RIDONK giveds you 20% off your entire order at 20x200 checkout. Only six prints remain of the 8x10" size of my amnh #62 shown above. (Click on the image for more info.) Go forth and purchase. |
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Today through Saturday, coupon code RIDONK will give you 20% off your entire order at 20x200 checkout. That's a discount on any print currently in the 20x200 archive, including my "Prospect Park (#2)", which sold out the 8x10" and 16x20" editions in a matter of days back in February. Read Jen's newsletter on the print. With the discount, you can pick up an 11x14", for ten bucks off — or take $200 off the big big big 24x30" print. There are also a few amnh prints left at various sizes. 20x200 seldom runs discounts, so opportunities to snap up affordable prints at even more affordable prices are few and far between. If you want to be among the first to hear about events like this, sign up for Jen's newsletter at http://www.20x200.com/mailinglist. |
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Four prints from "LCD" series will hang at the PRC Gallery, May 22 - June 28. Come say hi at the opening, May 21, 5:30 to 7:30. |
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This just in from my friends at Jen Bekman Projects
Jen Bekman Projects, Inc. is now accepting entries for Hey, Hot Shot! 2009.
What is Hey, Hot Shot!? We are also pleased to announce that photographer and former Creative Director of Colors magazine, Stefan Ruiz, has joined ranks with our seasoned panelists, Jen Bekman, Christine Collins, Dana Faconti, Caterina Fake, Stephen Frailey, Raul Gutierrez, Darius Himes, Jenni Holder, Julia Leach, Nion McEvoy, Lesley A. Martin and Kent Rogowski. Stefan is just one of many exceptional additions + surprises we have in store. As Hey, Hot Shot! is becoming, increasingly, well, competitive, we're working hard to ensure that it continues to bring photographers — at all stages of their careers — the exposure, recognition, and support they deserve. Stay tuned for more details!
five hot shots x NYC exhibition + (20x200) = incomparable exposure
cold hard cash
ultras go solo
in it to win it So what are you waiting for? Get your work out there:Apply Now! Not quite ready to apply? Join our mailing list to keep up to date. We only accept submissions online, via this website. The deadline for entries is Friday, May 1st, 2009 @ 8pm (EDT). Hot Shots will be announced on Thursday, May 28th, 2009.
There is a $60 handling fee for your entry. |
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My "LCD" series was selected by juror Russell Hart for the 14th Annual Photographic Resource Center's Juried Exhibition. Four prints from the series (LCD #2800, 1463, 765, and 443) will hang at the PRC Gallery, 832 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, May 22 - June 28. The opening reception is May 21, from 5:30 -7:30. I hope to make it, so if you're near Boston, come say hi! Photographic Resource Center at Boston University |
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Just up yesterday at 20x200 -- my latest print, Prospect Park (#2)! If you're reading about it here first, I have bad news: two of the sizes sold out in the first hour -- my fastest sales ever. The 8x10" At this point, only the $50 and $1000 editions have not sold out... If you're not familiar with 20x200, the project offers archival, editioned, fine art prints at ridiculously low prices, starting at $20. Here's the whole story. Don't forget to sign up for the 20x200 newsletter, and for my own joe's nyc announcements. |
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wall space gallery in Seattle presents
Chibi by Joe Holmes -- 13 x 19" $150, edition of 50,
11 November - 31 December 2008 Photographs to collect priced at under $200. Wall space is excited to announce limited edition images from a select group of new and emerging photographers with a price point you can afford to start building, or add to your existing collection. Each image is priced under $200. Limited creations – once in a lifetime images. So many artists. So many ideas. Surround yourself with something beautiful. Look at it everyday and find something new. Collectible is art that fits. Fits your wall, your budget, your conscience. Support these talented artists and fill your world with incredible photography. for more information about the participating artists contact the gallery. |
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To celebrate my show at wall space in Seattle, two newly-shot amnh prints just went live on Jen Bekman's 20x200 project, including amnh #10 (above) and amnh #62 (below). These are the first newly-shot amnh images I've released. If they go as fast as my previous 20x200 prints (here and here), they'll sell out soon — if you want one for yourself (and maybe a couple for gifts, right?), act fast. The 8x10" is an edition of 200 at just $20 each; If you're not familiar with 20x200, the project offers archival, editioned, fine art prints at ridiculously low prices, starting at $20. Here's the whole story. Don't forget to sign up for the 20x200 newsletter, and for my own joe's nyc announcements.
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Jen Bekman Gallery is now accepting entries for the Second Edition of Hey, Hot Shot! 2008. The deadline looms: Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 @ 8pm. Hey, Hot Shot! offers unrivaled opportunities for emerging photographers to have their work promoted online, reviewed by top-notch panelists and exhibited in the Bekman gallery in Manhattan. Now entering its fourth year, the international competition has been lauded by curators, critics, educators and journalists. Got questions? |
under | exposedphotographs by Joseph O. Holmes wall space 7 October - 8 November
featuring selections from: CBGB: Noiseless amnh Workspace
Hours: Tuesday - Friday 10.30 - 5.00, others by appointment |
auction of contemporary art to benefit Issue Project RoomThursday, September 18, 6-10pm Phillips de Pury & Company
including works by live performances by admission: $50 - 150, sliding scale reception 6-10pm Phillips de Pury & Company shown above: 110 Livingston Arches, Stage Left, 2008, Joseph O. Holmes, 17 x 25" edition of 10 |
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Seattle photo gallery wallspace, which represents me, will be showing the first print I've exhibited from my CBGB series in its summer group show, "New Works from Wallspace Artists."
In fall 2006 I spent five days shooting the interior of the legendary CBGB rock club on the Bowery in Manhattan, going in every morning while the club was deserted and shooting in the near dark until the dirt and smell exhausted me. Six weeks later the club closed forever. I've exhibited the CBGB cash register image as part of my Workspace series, but none of the rest have ever before been shown. For this show, I prepared a 24 x 36" print of one of my favorite images, taken from the center of floor in front of the stage (above). It's a pigment ink print on Museo Portfolio Rag all-cotton paper in an edition of 3, as well as 17 x 22" in an edition of 12 and 20 x 30" in an edition of 6. I'll be showing many more prints from CBGB this fall at wallspace -- details on that to follow. |
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Three 20 x 30" prints from my Workspace series were selected by Rod Slemmons, Director, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College Chicago, to hang in the Photographic Center Northwest's 13th Annual Photographic Competition Exhibition, "Please Ring Bell." The show runs from July 11 - August 28, 2008. (Above, "Tony, Ganmar Electronics" 2008, 20 x 30" edition of 6.) |
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Two large-format prints from my Workspace series will hang in the Houston Center for Photography's 26th Annual Juried Members' Exhibition. Juror Dr. Alison Nordstrom, Curator of Photographs at George Eastman House, selected "Ganmar Elecronics (bench #2)" (above) and "Third Avenue Scrap Shop" (below) for the show.
The opening is August 8, from 6 - 8 pm (I won't be able to attend the opening) and the show runs through September 7. |
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Last Tuesday, March 25, Jonathan, Elizabeth and I shot a total of 450 Polaroids in 90 minutes. Then we each built a mosaic and presented them to the assembled throngs. Now it's time to VOTE! |
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3 PHOTOGRAPHERS
Tuesday, March 25, PHTHRD II Using nothing but stock Polaroid cameras, wits, bare hands, and lots of expensive accessories, Joe dukes it out with ever-fabulous Elizabeth Weinberg and how-did-I-miss-this-guy-but-nonetheless-obviously-fabulous Jonathan Harris in a three-photographer smackdown. PHTHRD in NYC invites three artists to tell a story using hundreds of Polaroid pictures to craft a mosaic narrative. This will happen LIVE in Brooklyn. That means you watch them do it and you get to be in the pictures. Buy TICKETS |
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My daughter Sophia and I just spent two long, long days as extras on the set of a Gogol Bordello video shoot in Brooklyn. I wasn't there to take pictures, but I did manage to grab a few, and the highlights are available in a Flickr slideshow. Enjoy! (If you were present at the shoot, email me for more photos.) |
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Until the jenatjoe.com site is up and running (stay tuned) here's a quick announcement for Joe's NYC - the Exhibition
Feb 1 through Apr 25, 2008 that's this Sunday at Joe, the Art of Coffee |
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Jen Bekman's 20x200 project now offers gift certificates. So if you just know that your Secret Santa pals would love amnh #30, but you fear they might like a print from some other artist even more (there's no accounting for taste), now you can let them do the picking. And gift certificates can be bought and printed out immediately -- no shipping delays. If you're hot on a certain print, though, maybe something along the lines of amnh #30, order in the next few days if you want your art by Xmas. |
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The complete run of 200 8.5 x 11" prints of amnh #30 sold out in less than a day -- thanks to all of you who bought one! And the medium size is a quarter of the way there. Jen sends out an announcement and write-up for each of 20x200's offerings. (Sign up here.) She included the nicest write-up of my amnh series in her latest mailing:
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I'm back! In a special holiday promotion, Jen Bekman's 20x200 project is offering editioned prints of "amnh #30," from my amnh series. Order (here) in any of 20x200's three editions: 8.5 x 11" in an edition of 200 for just $20; The $20 print is a no-brainer. Hey, at that price it's a stocking stuffer; thumb-tack one to your wall or stick it on the fridge. (But then you'll want to order a second copy for your climate-controlled archives.) The big $2000 print is, well, big! Bright, bold, big. At that size, I feel like I'm back in the Museum of Natural History peering through the viewfinder. And there's only two of those. But, as I've written before, the 17 x 22" is the sweet spot. The size really shows off the colors and the depth of field, and at this price, it's a steal. We're having all the editions printed on the wonderful Museo Silver Rag paper (in archival pigment ink, as always). And a reminder: The small and medium editions of my last 20x200 print sold out within days. I'm just saying. ----- Dear Joe,
----- And what's 20x200 you ask? Read what Jen has to say. (large editions + low prices x the internet = art for everyone) ----- Enough sales pitch. Have a fabulous holiday. |
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The Coalition for the Homeless / ArtWalk NY will be auctioning a 20 x 30" print of Sophia, San Miguel next Tuesday evening, November 27, at the Metropolitan Pavillion. Tickets start at $125. Other artists whose work will be auctioned include Ed Ruscha, Jenny Holzer, Jeff Koons, and Yoko Ono. The print is archival pigmented ink on Crane Museo Portfolio paper, and is courtesy of the Jen Bekman Gallery, Ken Allen Studios, and, of course, me. This is your chance to fill that empty spot above the sofa and benefit the homeless at the same time. Don't miss it. |
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I constantly hear from visitors that they're confused about which of my prints are for sale -- only a few of the roughly 1000 images on joe's nyc are available, and they appear sporadically, typically after a gallery show. But now all the images that are editioned for sale are linked from one page, with info at the bottom about contacting my two galleries. Go forth and purchase without confusion. |
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Thanks to all of you who snapped up the editioned prints of "Prospect Park" at Jen Bekman's 20x200 Project. The 8.5 x 11 edition of 200 sold out quickly last week, and the 17 x 22" edition of 20 soon followed. There are only two prints left, the huge 27 x 40" $2000 edition. Thank you all. |
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Seattle's wall space gallery (which represents me) is now accepting submissions for its annual New Directions exhibition, which will run from January 2 through February 1, 2008. The competition is juried by Clint Willour of the Galveston Arts Center. Deadline is November 25. For more info and an application, visit wall spaceand click "call for entries." |
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"Prospect Park," one of my all-time favorite images, is the latest offering at Jen Bekman's 20x200 Project! The prints are officially available for purchase as of today, November 8 at 2 pm. All prints are signed and numbered, and available in three sizes/editions: 8 x 10" in an edition of 200 for just $20 The $20 print is such a bargain. Buy one for yourself and one for a gift. (Think: upcoming holidays.) The $2000 print is stunning. Let's call it sofa-sized. At this size you'll feel the chilly breeze coming out of that grove. But the sweet spot is the 17 x 22" — if I do say so myself. $200 is a bargain for an editioned print like this, and the size really shows off the gorgeous details of the trees, the bridge, and the lamps lining the path. All the prints are made with pigmented, archival ink on archival matte paper. To my eye, it's halfway between a traditional matte photo feel and watercolor paper. And what's 20x200 you ask? In Jen's words:
So don't wait — some of Jen's 20x200 releases have completely sold out. If you miss out, don't come crying to me. |
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joe's nyc was named #68 in the Top 100 Architecture Blogs ranked by "worldwide luxury real estate" website International Listings. Architecture? Sure, in the photography category, because I "reveal intimate details in urban architecture and landscapes." |
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A print from a new edition of "Prospect Park," one of my favorite images, and one of my most popular, is up for auction at the Prospect Park Alliance's 20th Anniversary Gala. Number 1 in an edition of 10, this 13 x 20-inch archival pigment image was printed for the auction on 17 x 22" Crane Museo Portfolio Rag paper by Ken Allen Studios, Williamsburg. It's signed and numbered by me, and it's unframed, unmatted, unmounted. Value: $900; starting bid $400. And thanks to Jen Bekman for donating her cut. You can bid online until October 19 and then in person at the Prospect Park Gala in Brooklyn on Saturday, October 20, 2007 • 6:30 p.m. to midnight. |
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File Magazine, "a Collection of Unexpected Photography," features twelve images from my Workspace series this week. File has published a couple of my images over the years: this underground shot from 2005 and this brooklyn image from earlier this year. But this is the first time they've run one of my series, and I'm really pleased to see how great it looks on the site. |
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Inscribed by my pal Dwight: For Joe, on Christmas In the summer of 1979 I was offered a temporary third-shift job supervising a janitorial crew at the Knox County Fair in Ohio. The fair was a great old-fashioned farm-country fair with livestock judging, tractor pulls, demolition derbies, etc. The job lasted for only a week and it paid well and since I needed the cash, I took it, while at the same time I was teaching at a school in the same town. I'd finish teaching every day at 3:00, sleep until 11:00, and then head to the fairgrounds at midnight, just as everything was shutting down and they were ready for the cleaning crew. I was mostly there to keep an eye on things, and the crew was fast, so after the first night, we had the whole job down to about two hours, and then everyone would head off to cars to sleep the rest of the night until the shift ended at 8:00 am. I didn't sleep, though, because I got my sleep during the day. So I brought some books with me. I got into the habit of buying a pork sandwich at the beginning of the night, before the Knox County Porkettes (the wives of the local pork farmers) closed up their stand. Then I'd keep the sandwich in my car until the middle of the night. Some nights I explored the grounds. One rainy night I hung out with a bored, dope-smoking carny and we talked for hours but he wasn't nearly as interesting as the situation would suggest. Another night I brought a laboratory laser with me, a gray metal thing the size of gun, which a friend had asked me to keep for a while in case the school he'd stolen it from came looking for it. I spent part of the night shining the beam on clouds and distant mountains. For some reason, the same black cat walked through the fairgrounds every night at the same time, around three in the morning, marching with a purpose and disappearing out of sight. I tried calling it, I tried tempting it with my pork sandwich, but it was clearly not to be distracted. One night I decided to follow it, but I lost it somewhere around the livestock barns and never did find out what its mission was. For the last couple nights I got out my copy of "On the Road," which my pal Dwight had given me for Christmas. After everything had settled down and the crew was asleep, I'd grab my pork sandwich, find a comfortable seat on the Merry Go Round (which ruled out the horses) with a street light over my shoulder, and I'd read Jack Kerouac. And I soon decided that no place on earth was better for reading Jack Kerouac than on a carousel in the country in the middle of a summer night. |
