BOOK RELEASE EVENT
Memory Orchards:
Join us Thursday, February 1st, from 6pm to 10pm as we celebrate the book release and companion exhibition for Memory Orchards, an anthology about photographers and their families.
Come take a walk through the exhibition, meet some of our book artists, and enjoy some snacks and karaoke! Earlybirds will get a chance to snag an early release physical copy of the book.
Because we will be ordering food for attendees and hosting artists in-house, we ask that you confirm your attendance in advance below.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Memory Orchards presents a broad survey of family experience, through highs and lows, through lust and loss, creating a survey of work which reflects our understanding of ‘family’ in this moment. The work is derived from long term documentary projects, from archive based explorations, from mundane interactions to moments of intimacy, from family snapshots to artful portraits. While the motivations of any given photographer are always distinctly individual, there are some foundational ideas which persist and are shared widely. Some artists write of their desire to remember, to document their own peculiar and beautiful realities. Others write of their desire to share their experience in hopes of adding to larger conversations about representation or identity. Taken as a whole, this engaging collection of work is complex and personal but deeply relatable.
Featuring 186 photos from 60 photographers:
Thomas Alleman
Hannah Altman
Debe Arlook
Niki Boon
Nancy Borowick
Tommy Bruce
Emily Buckley
Edgar Cardenas
Justin A. Carney
Velianna Catalano
Adrain Chesser
Daniel Coburn
Jess Dugan
Matt Eich
Kristen Joy Emack
Kev Filmore
Amy Friend
Riley Goodman
Elijah Gowin
Karla Guerrero
Rashed Haq
Jessica Todd Harper
Kate Izor
Susan Rosenberg Jones
Rachel Jump
Priya Kambli
Takako Kido
Gillian Laub
Judith G. Levy
Pixy Liao
Louviere + Vanessa
Monika Merva
Linda Moses
Nadiya Nacorda
Lydia Panas
Toni Pepe
Greta Pratt
Lissa Rivera
Emily Schiffer
Betsy Schneider
Maria Jose Sesma
Safi Alia Shabaik
Jennifer Shaw
Sarah Stellino
Zachary Stephens
Gordon Stettinius
Jerry Takigawa
Ron Tarver
Rashod Taylor
Rachel Elise Thomas
Al J. Thompson
Stephanie Thulin
Paul Thulin-Jimenez
Anne Vetter
Melanie Walker
Becky Wilkes
John Willis
Susan Worsham
Megan Wynne
Arin Yoon
Essay from Rebecca Senf PhD, curator at the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson.
Essay from Andy Grundberg, independent curator, writer, and educator.
Edited by Gordon Stettinius, founder and senior director of Candela Gallery.
Designer Jeff Louviere, New Orleans.
Printing in Barcelona. Production coordinator is Matt Harvey, formerly of Aperture.