Seeking a sense of what’s new in photography, we headed up to the Park Avenue Armory for the 32nd edition of the AIPAD Photography Show New York, which runs through April 1. Once inside the fair, we blocked out all of the marvelous vintage prints on view in order to focus on photos from the past few years that are taking the medium to new heights. From Matthew Brandt’s landscapes of lakes that are beautifully altered by the very water from those ponds and Laura Letinsky’s deconstructed still lives made from her previous prints to Michael Wolf’s screen grabs of mishaps from Google Street Views and Jim Campbell’s urban scenes with shadowy figures digitally moving through them, photography is shown to still be an open field with endless possibilities. Click through to view a few of our favorites.
Matthew Brandt, Mary’s Lake, MT 4, 2012, From the series Lakes and Reservoirs, Chromogenic print soaked in Mary’s Lake water, Unique, 72″ x 105″ (182.88 x 266.7 cm), Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Untitled, from the series East of Eden, 2011. Inkjet print, 40 x 49 1/2 inches, 101.6 x 125.7 cm, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner, New York
Chip Simone, Ron Paul Ripped, Atlanta, 2007 (printed 2012). Courtesy of Steven Kasher Gallery, New York
Jim Campbell, Fundamental Interval Rain, 2012. Custom electronics, LEDs, and Duratrans, 33″x44″. Courtesy Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery
Michael Wolf, A Series of Unfortunate Events #01, 2010. Chromogenic print, 40 x 50 inches. © Michael Wolf. Courtesy of Bruce Silverstein, NY
Abelardo Morell, Two Women in Hopper Book, 2011. 50 x 60 inches. Courtesy Bonni Benrubi Gallery
Laura Letinsky, Untitled #29, 2011, from the series Ill Form and Void Full. © Laura Letinsky, Courtesy the artist and Yancey Richardson Gallery
Moby, Sweet Apocalypse, 2011. 38.5″ x 80.” © Moby. Courtesy Kopeikin Gallery
Didier Massard, The Tower of Babel, 2012. Chromogenic print, 37 x 47 inches. Courtesy Julie Saul Gallery
Hendrik Kerstens, Aluminium, 2012. Courtesy the artist and Danziger Gallery
Karen Knorr, The Return of the Hunter, 2012. Courtesy Eric Franck Fine Art, London
Valerie Belin, Cape of Good Hope, 2011. Courtesy Michael Hoppen Gallery
Benoit Aquin, Carnaval II, Jacmel, Haïti, 2011. ©Benoit Aquin. Courtesy Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto
Julie Blackmon, Olive and Market Street, 2012. Archival pigment print, 35 x 49 inches. Courtesy Robert Mann Gallery
Jen Davis, Untitled No. 39, 2010. Chromogenic color photograph, 11 x 14 inches. Courtesy of Lee Marks Fine Art