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Down the Rabbit Hole - Week 18

Down the Rabbit Hole - Week 18
A last remnant of winter in April, 2026. image: Bud Parr

AIPAD

Friday was AIPAD day in New York City, which means a lot of photographers and gallery and publishing people all in one room. It's an odd thing. I don't know many people in this world—though I ran some folks from a class I took!—so it's really just to make you understand as a photographer that there are gazillions of people on the business end of the art photography world. It can feel a bit overwhelming.

Entrance to Park Ave Armory with people walking in both directions and the AIPAD sign with The Photography Show is hanging on the side of the building.
Entrance to Park Ave Armory where AIPAD's The Photography Show was held last week

Emmet Gowin

A highlight of my year was to see Emmet Gowin speak at Pace Gallery on the Friday of AIPAD. It feels as though he is a fulcrum for all of photographic history with his stories of Harry Callahan and Edward Steichen. His deep roots, love and compassion show in his photographs as well as words.

See this piece by Janelle Lynch (one of my teachers this year) in LensCulture about the work he discussed at Pace and the book.

Emmet Gowin’s Devotion - Photographs by Emmet Gowin | Book review by Janelle Lynch | LensCulture
A collection of photographs taken over the course of four decades bears witness to the enduring intimacy of family life and the tenderness of Emmet Gowin’s photographic gaze
LensCultureEmmet Gowin | LensCulture