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“Come Together”: a Beatles-Themed Exhibition Opening Tomorrow at FotoWeekDC

by Alison Zavos on November 9, 2012 · 0 comments

Happiness is a Warm Gun: (L) Brandon Juhasz; (R) Peter Andrew

When planning for this exhibition, Come Together (opening tomorrow at FotoWeekDC), co-curator Amanda Gorence and I knew it would be showing at a time when the nation would be divided: half of us breathing a sigh of relief in reaction to the election results, with the other half wanting to leave the country. [Click on images to bring them up at a larger size.]

With this in mind, we wanted the theme of the show to be fun and lighthearted with a universal appeal: our attempt to make viewers forget about politics, Syria, Iran, the economy and impending holiday madness, if only for a few minutes. Randomly, we came up with the idea of doing a Beatles-themed exhibition with the reasoning that The Beatles, a band still relevant and popular after all these years, bridges generations and political parties.

For the exhibition, we’ve taken photos from 18 different photographers (hailing everywhere from Singapore to Dallas) and paired them up in order to make up a well known song title from The Beatles. There are no titles at the exhibition, so the challenge lies with the viewer to try and figure out what song title each photo set corresponds to (there is a key at the very end).

In order to cover all bases, some of the song titles are easier to figure out than others, as we all have varying degrees of Beatles knowledge. One of the easier ones (we think) is “Rocky Raccoon” (pictured below). But when testing them out, we find that even Beatles walking encyclopedias are stumped on a few.

All work in the exhibition is for sale. If you are unable to make the show and are interested in seeing the entire exhibition and a price list, please contact me for details (alison@featureshoot.com).

FEATURING: Sarah Wilmer, Brandon Juhasz, Rogier Houwen, Burcu Avsar, Peter Andrew, François Trézin, Jamie Chung, Kathryn Parker Almanas, Jess Gough, Noah Sheldon, Jesseca Davis, Parsley Steinweiss, Jonathon Kambouris, Andrew Querner, Laurisa Galvan, Matt Henry, Steven Paneccasio and Andrew Hall.

Rocky Raccoon: (L) Andrew Hall; (R) Jesseca Davis

Golden Slumbers: (L) Laurisa Galvan; (R) François Trézin

Octopus’s Garden: (L) Burcu Avsar; (R) Sarah Wilmer

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds: (L) Rogier Houwen; (R) Parsley Steinweiss

Photographs of Aged Beer Cans

by Alison Zavos on January 20, 2012 · 3 comments

Jonathon Kambouris was born in 1982 and raised outside Detroit, Michigan. He moved to New York in 2001 to study photography at Parsons The New School for Design. Since then, he’s been shooting many editorial and commercial assignments, while keeping a strong emphasis on personal work.

His new series, Beer Garden, documents 20 beer cans at the end stages of their life. This project captures the aging details and textures of the cans and gives the viewer a little insight into the life of the objects. While some of the beer cans came from around the streets of Brooklyn, others are from a much farther location and period of time.

Jonathon Kambouris, New York

by Alison Zavos on August 4, 2011 · 0 comments

Morocco: Strawberry and lavender ice cream, mixed berries berry syrup drizzle, turmeric mint leaf garnish

Jonathon Kambouris was born in 1982 and raised outside Detroit, Michigan. Growing up, he had a strict balance of suburban normalcy with strong roots to the inner-city of downtown Detroit. He moved to New York in 2001 to study photography at Parsons The New School for Design. Since then, he’s been shooting many editorial and commercial assignments, while keeping a strong emphasis on personal work.

This work was inspired by a New York Times story, also shot by Kambouris, and the inspiration for the ingredients and nail design were from different countries from around the world.

THE CREW

Food Stylist: Ed Gabriels
Manicurist: Honey
Producer: Sally Berman/Run Red Creative
Hand Model: Lareysa Smith

Greece: Pistachio ice cream, fresh chopped pistachios, honey drizzle, lemon peal

South Africa: Cinnamon and chocolate ice cream, fudge caramel chocolate toffee, cookie crumble

Japan: Green tea ice cream, black sesame seeds, ginger syrup drizzle, candied ginger

India: Mango ice cream, gold and silver sugar crystals, orange peal, cinnamon stick

Exploding pill photography series by Jonathon Kambouris

by Alison Zavos on May 16, 2011 · 1 comment

Jonathon Kambouris was born in 1982 and raised outside Detroit, Michigan. Growing up he had a strict balance of suburban normalcy with strong roots to the inner city of downtown Detroit. He moved to New York in 2001 to study photography at Parsons The New School for Design. Since then he’s been shooting many editorial and commercial assignments, while keeping a strong emphasis on personal work. This work is from his series, ‘RX’.