May 31

Behind the Veil / Eve and Marilyn

Shot in the harem of the ruling family of Dubai, Behind the Veil offers a fascinating glimpse into a mysterious, legendary world. Eve Arnold documents the preparations of a young sheikha as she awaits her upcoming marriage. Arnold begins the film with images that one might "expect" in a harem, but gradually reveals how many of the traditional practices give way under the pressure of a new generation.

Eve Arnold may have photographed Marilyn Monroe more than anyone else. What is certain is that during their many sessions, they developed a unique and surprising relationship. Rosemary Bowen-Jones explores the dynamics of the photographer/sitter relationship, always a charged situation but especially when the sitter is one of the century's most iconic figures.

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May 31

Three Films by Jean Gaumy

Magnum photographer Jean Gaumy has alternated throughout his career between film and still photography. These three pieces, all dealing with the sea, are excellent examples of Gaumy's lyrical approach to filmmaking.

On the Rowanlea Trawler (1992) is a short, impressionistic journey on a Spanish fishing trawler, a project made in parallel to a photo book created on the same subject. La Boucane (1984) documents the women who prepare fish for smoking on the coast of Normandy. Stunningly composed, with an enormous sensitivity to these women's remarkable faces, La Boucane at times recalls the "poetic realism" of Jean Renoir.

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May 31

The Magnum Story II: The Savage Years / The Russian Prison: A Separate Life

Part two of this history of Magnum focuses on the '60s, a decade whose nearly constant turbulence was ably captured by Magnum photographers. Cornell Capa, Burt Glinn and Elliott Erwitt documented the changes in styles that characterized the Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon administrations, while Philip Jones Griffiths and Marc Riboud devoted much of their work to the war in Vietnam. Part two also looks at photographer Eve Arnold's work and experiences on the set of John Huston's The Misfits, with Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable.

The Russian Prison: A Separate Life: A rare and revealing visit to a Russian prison.

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May 31 - July 1

David Alan Harvey - Living Proof

In 2005 David Alan Harvey began photographing local emcees in the Bronx River Projects as part of an exploration into hip hop. Hip hop, which first began on the streets of the South Bronx in the early 1970s, has traveled the globe, finding a home in every corner of the planet. It is this phenomenon that Harvey has captured - from Hollywood celebs to the local cultures of Spain, France, Gambia, Senegal, South Korea, and Thailand.

Artist Reception: June 14, 7pm - 10pm

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May 31

Rare Early Shorts

THE FLYING DOCTORS OF EAST AFRICA (1969) Western physicians bring humanitarian aid and medical relief by airplane to poor villages in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. HANDICAPPED FUTURE (1971) Herzog explores how treatment of disabled children in Germany and the US differ. NO ONE WILL PLAY WITH ME (1976) A preschooler is odd kid out until a classmate meets his talking (!) pet raven. THE UNPRECEDENTED DEFENCE OF FORTRESS DEUTSCHKREUZ (1966) Four men slowly go crazy as they guard an abandoned castle in Austria from an imaginary attacking army.

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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 3 - July 1

Trent Parke - Minutes to Midnight

"The Fate of the world's largest island hangs in the balance..." The exhibition, the result of Trent Parke's two-year road trip around Australia, is a bold fusion of documentary traditions and a radical contemporary imagination. Minutes to Midnight is an intense and darkly beautiful vision of Australia - one man's attempt to find his place within a country vastly different from the one in which he grew up.

Artist Reception: June 10, 2pm - 5pm

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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 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 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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May 31 - June 24

David Sokosh - Gay 90's

Photographs created between 1990 and 2000, documenting Gay Pride celebrations in New York.

Opening Reception: May 31, 6pm - 8pm

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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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