I CURATED AN ONLINE EXHIBITION FOR "THE DAILY PHOTOGRAPH"

I was delighted to be invited to curate a 30-day section of photographs for The Daily. For this month long period, I present one photographer each day that is a symbol of inspiration to me - many times they are not only an inspiration as an artist, but as a multi-faceted talent in the photo industry. Many of the artists being presented here are teachers, curators, writers, assistants to other fantastic photographers, and on and on. I think it is safe to say that most artists would love to be devoted to their art full-time, but many of us gain much satisfaction out of being involved in our industry in a myriad of ways. Here I get the chance to present a broad array of artists that have inspired me on a multitude of levels. Thank you Daily for the opportunity!

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2016 WORKSHOPS

HANDCOATED ALBUMEN WORKSHOP, TWO-DAY INTENSIVE

@ Art Intersection

Phoenix, Arizona

Workshop: February 20-21, 2016

Lecture: February 19, 2016

REGISTER HERE!

In this hands-on workshop, the history and process of albumen will be discussed. Students will learn how to make albumen and coat paper with albumen, then sensitize paper with silver nitrate, print and tone with selenium. Each student will be able to leave with their own batch of albumen, and a few of their own albumen prints. Troubleshooting will be discussed in regards to paper, negatives, and chemical issues and students will walk away with a print, and an understanding of achieving the best albumen results in order to practice this medium independently. Students will be printing with digital negatives tailored specifically to the albumen process, but in order to maximize workshop printing time, these negatives will be prepared ahead of time. More details will be provided closer to the workshop date. This workshop is intended for students of all levels, as it is introductory to albumen, but students with understanding of alternative processes may achieve a greater understanding of technicalities.

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HANDCOATED ALBUMEN WORKSHOP, TWO-DAY INTENSIVE

@ Santa Fe Photographic Workshops

Workshop: August 13 & 14, 2016

Email me for more information @ jfsfoto04@yahoo.com

SPECIAL HOLIDAY PRINT SALE 2015

Artists 4 Artists Holiday Print Sale

 

Artists 4 Artists have decided to offer special limited edition prints from our collection for the Holiday season. The offerings are limited editions and exclusive to this print sale. In my case - I am offering a special limited edition of two archival pigment ink prints selected from my albumen work - one from the Utopia series and one from the Here nor There series. Each are $95 plus shipping. A portion of my proceeds from my Holiday Print sales every year are always donated to Doctors Without Borders. See my image offerings below!

On sale now through January 4, 2016!

Other artists participating are as follows:
Susan Burnstine
Polly Chandler
Michael Crouser
Sharon Madden Harkness
Michael Kirchoff
Blue Mitchell
Ken Rosenthal
Traer Scott
Caitlyn Soldan

Click this link for more information!

 

SOLO EXHIBITION AT CATHERINE COUTURIER GALLERY

Jennifer Schlesinger: In Silver and Albumen
Opening reception with the artist October 24, 2015, 5-7pm
Artist talk, 5:30 p.m.
October 24 - November 25, 2015

Catherine Couturier Gallery
2635 Colquitt Street
Houston, TX 77098

This exhibition by Jennifer Schlesinger will show three bodies of work: Utopia, Here Nor There, and Object Diaspora.

SOLO EXHIBITION AT TILT GALLERY

Really excited about this! I will be at the opening reception on Thursday, September 10th in Scottsdale at TILT, hope to see you there!

ALONG THE PECOS - NEW MEXICO HISTORY MUSEUM

Along the Pecos
A photographic and sound collage
June 19, 2015 through June 19, 2016 
Opening Reception: Friday, June 19, 2015, 5-7pm
New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico

One of the staples of desert life is the presence—or scarcity—of water. Its importance can be seen across eastern New Mexico, where the Pecos River strives to quench a fragile, 926-mile riparian environment. Along the Pecos, a collage of photographs and sounds, opens June 19 on the second floor of the New Mexico History Museum. Developed by photographer Jennifer Schlesinger and the late composer Steven M. Miller, the materials were recently donated to the Palace of the Governors Photo Archives, whose Photo Legacy Project collects the work of contemporary photographers.

PHOTO LAB AT THE NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF ART

On display May 1, 2015 - July 26, 2015  

New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM

The Photo Lab features photographs from the collection made with two historic processes: cyanotypes and albumen prints. Both were popular in the nineteenth-century and examples are on view by early practitioners including Francis Frith, Julia Margaret Cameron, and Arthur Wesley Dow. These processes have been revived by contemporary artists -- such as Rita Dewitt, Betty Hahn, Robin Hill, Jennifer Schlesinger, Nancy Sutor, and Zoë Zimmerman – whose work is exhibited alongside the earlier masters. Find out about these colorful photographic process and check out a selection of historic cameras, a comment board, touch-screen videos, books, and more!

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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