May 30

Beauty Knows No Pain / Think of England

Two works by longtime Magnum photographers that expand the concerns and styles seen in their still work to moving pictures. Elliott Erwitt's delightful Beauty Knows No Pain is a poker-faced look at the selection and training of the Kilgore College Rangerettes, a female marching and cheerleading squad run by the exacting Gussie Nell Davis, who could hold her own against any Marine drill sergeant. In Think of England, Martin Parr travels around his native England with the question "What is Englishness?" He comes up with some surprising answers as he moves from north to south, from lawn parties to working-class neighborhoods.

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May 30

Cambodian Odyssey / Video Diaries: Dying for Publicity

Author of the highly regarded photo book Vietnam Inc., Philip Jones Griffiths has made Southeast Asia one of his particular specialties, becoming familiar with the histories and cultures of the region through over three decades of travel. Director Richard Traylor-Smith accompanies him on a trip to Cambodia, during which Jones Griffiths talks not only about his experiences in the area but also of his approach to photojournalism.

In his work as a photographer, Chris Steele-Perkins has been to some of the world's most troubled spots, recording at times scenes of almost unimaginable suffering. In Video Diaries: Dying for Publicity, Steele-Perkins has the chance to reflect on his role as witness, what he looks for, why he looks for it, and what role he might or should play in the lives of his subjects. A poignant meditation on creating art that hopes to make a difference.

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May 30

The Magnum Story I: Decisive Moments / El Otro Lado

Part one focuses on Magnum's four founders - Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger and David "Chim" Seymour - from their work in the 1930s and the war to the early years of the agency. A time in which photojournalism was having a greater impact on the public than ever before, the late '40s and '50s saw the agency defining its mission while expanding to include many emerging talents; Part one traces the agency's growing pains, as it struggled to establish itself critically and financially in a highly competitive market.

El Otro Lado is a deeply moving look at immigrants attempting to cross the border into the U.S. illegally.

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May 30 - June 30

Constantine Manos - Greek-American

Constantine Manos shares two bodies of work, one made early in his career and the other much later. Of the black and white photographs in A Greek Portfolio, Manos visits Greece, the land of his ancestors, in a romantic search for the village he heard of so much as a child. In American Color, a more mature Manos makes color photographs of the America which once intrigued him as a strange and exotic place.

Artist Reception: June 20, 5pm - 8pm

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May 30 - May 31

Huie's Sermon / God's Angry Man

(Both 1980) HUIE'S SERMON: A black preacher's Sunday sermon in a Brooklyn church escalates to an ecstatic climax which brings the entire church to its feet. GOD'S ANGRY MAN: Dr. Gene Scott, a thickly sideburned three-piece-suited televangelist preacher - and one time NYC late-night regular - collects several hundred thousand dollars within 30 minutes, but never mentions faith. "Imagine Travis Bickle with his own late night talk show." - Paul Arthur, Film Comment. Plus PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FANATICS (1969).

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May 30 - July 27

Group Show - Apocalypse: Contemporary Visions

The exhibition concerns the notion that we share a collective angst, a sort of shared psychological burden that is present as a cumulative effect of all the threatening events occurring in the world. Featuring Magnum's Jonas Bendiksen, Trent Parke, Dennis Stock, among others.

Opening reception: May 30, 6pm - 8pm

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May 25 - August 31

David Hurn - Here There and Everywhere

The Morrison Hotel Gallery will feature some of the most iconic photographs ever taken of the Beatles. This special exhibition includes exclusive, never-before-seen prints and highlights the works of Magnum's David Hurn together with legendary rock 'n' roll photographers Jim Marshall, Roland Scherman and Robert Whitaker.

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May 10 - September 9

Chim: Photographs by David Seymour

David Seymour, known professionally as "Chim," was a co-founder of Magnum Photos. The exhibition includes iconic photographs from his UN commissions, a series titled "Orphans of the Greek War," and stunning, little-seen photographs of women munitions factory workers during the Spanish Civil War.

Cocktail Reception: June 22, 6:30pm - 8:30pm

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May 4 - June 16

Leonard Freed - A Memorial Retrospective

Leonard Freed, 1929 - 2006, is regarded as one of our country's finest photojournalists. Freed began taking photographs in his twenties while in the Netherlands and became a full member of Magnum Photos in 1972. In Freed's words, "For me, photography has a lot to do with curiosity and wonderment. It's getting excited about little things... It's being a child in a child's world while wandering through it as the adult that we are."

Opening Reception: May 3, 6pm - 8pm

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May 17 - August 2

Bruce Davidson - Time of Change: Civil Rights Photographs, 1961-65

In 1961 Bruce Davidson joined a group of Freedom Riders, marking the beginning of his exploration into the heart of the Civil Rights Movement. His journey later included an early Malcolm X rally in Harlem, steel workers in Chicago, a Ku Klux Klan cross burning near Atlanta, migrant farm camps in South Carolina, protest demonstrations in Birmingham, and the heroic Selma march that led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Davidson's lyrical images are both poignant and profound as they describe the prevailing mood during the Civil Rights era.

Opening Reception: May 17, 6pm - 8pm
Artist Lecture: May 22, 6:30pm

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May 21 - June 3

Bruce Davidson - Central Park

The legendary Bruce Davidson has challenged himself in a remarkable new way, taking on the visual and metaphorical scope of Central Park. Davidson's photographic approach to the park's wildlife - human and otherwise - varies in format and in emotional quality. Always compassionate, often idiosyncratic, this work reveals a sublime and at times transcendent vision.

Bruce Davidson is the recipient of the National Arts Club 2007 Gold Medal.

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May 15 - June 9

Group Show - Documenting Personal Vision

Curated by Marilyn Stevenson

Featured Artists: Chana Benjamin, Irit Saidoff Bishburg, Joseph de Paul, Mary Durkee, Fritz Erismann, Janet Glazer, Lauri Levy, Laurie Foster McCoy, Myra Nissim, Maurice Rosenblum, Marilyn Stevenson, Mia Wisnoski

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"Wilfred Zogbaum 1" Green River Cemetery Series. Copyright Marilyn Stevenson

May 3 - June 30

Micha Bar-Am

Micha Bar-Am has been Israel's preeminent photojournalist since 1956. The exhibition, featuring images from the 1950s through the 1990s, includes coverage of the Six-Day War and the Yom Kippur War, as well as portraits of politicians and heroes, revealing the breadth of Bar-Am's career and his commitment to capturing the complexity of Israeli life.

Opening Reception: May 3, 6pm - 8pm

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May 3 - June 30

Thomas Dworzak - M*A*S*H

The 1970s television series M*A*S*H followed a hapless US medical corps stationed in the Korean War. Today, as the US continues to fight in Iraq, doctors, nurses, and medics are working on the front lines to keep their casualties down. Thomas Dworzak was with them - embedded with the 44th Medcoms 50th and 150th Medical Companies in Iraq over several periods in 2005.

Artist Reception: June 15, 6:30pm - 8:30pm

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Through June 23

Astrid Korntheuer - Glor/Loh

The otherwise really very 'nice' nature, as we repeatedly believe, becomes in Astrid Korntheuer's photographs an impassable wall which repels you all the more you engage in her game of color, light and shadow.

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