AIPAD Fair NYC - APRIL 16-19

A selection of my albumen work can be viewed April 16-19, 2015 at The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) Fair in NYC courtesy of Catherine Couturier Gallery at Booth 421. I will be there as well representing VERVE Gallery and our amazing stable of artists at Booth 113! Stop by and say hello if you are able to attend!

Click here for more AIPAD info.

LENSCRATCH MIXTAPE TRANSLATED INTO RUSSIAN!

My LENSCRATCH Mixtape by Aline Smithson has been translated by Olga Gubanova into Russian for The Saint Petersburg Photographer Magazine! I'm excited to reach a Russian audience, thanks for your hard work Olga!

Старинный плейлист в редакции Дженнифер Шлессингер Хансан

 

MY PODCAST INTERVIEW WITH BROMIDE DRAG

By David Ondrik

In this edition of the Bromide Drag Podcast I talk with Santa Fe-based photographer Jennifer Schlesinger about her latest body of images, Utopia, the ins and outs of albumen printing, and running a half marathon.

I’ve pulled three images that we discuss from her web site: Here Nor There 1, Utopia 8, and Utopia 9. You can see more at http://www.jenniferschlesinger.com/.

ALMOST HEAVEN: A photographer uses 19th-century techniques to create dreamy visions

By: Michael Abatemarco
Posted: Friday, November 21, 2014 
Pasatiempo, Santa Fe New Mexican

Utopia calls to mind a peaceful, harmonious, and just society where there is no poverty or war and citizens enjoy a fair portion of prosperity and happiness. It is a society where there is no want, an idyllic state not unlike heaven but similarly difficult, perhaps even impossible, to reach. The photographs of Jennifer Schlesinger Hanson, on view in Figments of Reality: An Exhibition of Contemporary Landscape Images at Verve Gallery of Photography, underscore the notion of the idealized world as unattainable, ephemeral as a dream. Her Utopia series is an uncanny body of work in black and white, made using the 19th-century albumen-print process. “It has yet to be determined whether or not the series is complete but there are 10 images here,” Schlesinger Hanson, who is represented by Verve and also serves as the gallery’s director, told Pasatiempo. “They’re kind of exploring the idea of whether or not a perfect society can exist. I wanted to tweak them a little bit so that there would be something just a little off. I tried to make them these ideal, perfect landscapes — but with just a little slight something that makes them imperfect. That’s the idea behind the series.”

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FIGMENTS OF REALITY : AN EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE IMAGES

VERVE Gallery of Photography is pleased to present Figments of Reality: An Exhibition of Contemporary Landscape Images, work by six fine art photographers examining the many ways in which a landscape can be interpreted. The exhibition includes:

Duane Monczewski

Beth Moon

Jennifer Schlesinger

Takeshi Shikama

Blue Mitchell

Keith Taylor

The public reception will be held on Friday, November 7, 2014, from 5 to 7 pm

The exhibition is on view through Saturday, January 10, 2015

OTHER WORLDS - DREAMY NARRATIVES BY THREE VISIONARY PHOTOGRAPHERS

Jennifer Schlesinger Hanson, Ann George, and Emma Powell.

LIONHEART GALLERY
September 12 - October 26, 2014
Opening Reception with Ann George and Emma Powell: September 27, 5-7pm
Reception with Jennifer Schlesinger Hanson: October 17, 5-7pm

27 Westchester Ave
Pound Ridge, NY
914-764-8689
thelionheartgallery@gmail.com

LENSCRATCH: THE SCHLESINGER HANSON MIXTAPE

Aline Smithson did a great interview with me about my career in Photography on Lenscratch today!
 
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INTERVIEW: JENNIFER SCHLESINGER HANSON, DIRECTOR AT VERVE GALLERY

A little interview of me with Tom Persinger from F295.org!
Click here for the interview!

MY LATEST EMAIL NEWSLETTER

My latest newsletter with information on the Albumen Workshop I am teaching at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops in July and some new images!

ASSIGNMENT FOR DON'T TAKE PICTURES

A fun assignment - I wrote for Don't Take Pictures "Rule Breakers" series on April 21, 2014 featuring Elinor Carucci, click here for the link!

 http://www.donttakepictures.com

TRADITIONAL ALBUMEN WORKSHOP

Intensive: Traditional Albumen Process at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops

July 5 - July 6, 2014

When the albumen print process was perfected in 1850, for the first time in photographic history there was a means of inexpensively producing multiple paper-based images from a single negative. Albumen then became the dominant method of creating photographic positives from 1855 to the turn of the 20th century, when it was eventually replaced with silver gelatin. Prints on albumen produce a wonderful tonal range, with a unique sheen of a pearl essence that no other medium can achieve.

In this intensive, hands-on introduction to the medium, Jennifer discusses the history and process of albumen printing and demonstrates how to make albumen, as well as how to coat paper with albumen, sensitize paper with silver nitrate, and print and tone with selenium. We also explore troubleshooting in regards to paper, negatives, and chemical issues.

Participants of all levels are welcome, but those with an understanding of alternative processes may achieve a greater understanding of the technicalities involved. Regardless of prior experience, you walk away with an albumen print and the know-how to achieve the best results in the medium—as well as the confidence to practice that knowledge independently.


http://www.santafeworkshops.com/photography-workshops/workshop/1323