YONKEROS on press in Seoul, Korea

For the past few days I've been on press in Seoul overseeing the publication of YONKEROS. The long airplane ride from NYC only seemed to underscore the great anticipation and excitement of it all.

As many of you know, my fiancée Hye-Ryoung Min is a gifted photographer and being a native of Seoul it was wonderful to share this experience together. She lent an additional pair of - very sharp! - eyes to this process. 

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Being on press is a supremely challenging and complex process: every signature involves juggling multiple images, and in my case sometimes a mix of both black and white and color photos. However it is also an incredibly rewarding experience and there is really no substitute for supervising the printing in person. I'll never forget the feeling of watching the first image of the book rolling off the press, accompanied by the text of Francisco Goldman's luminous title essay.

The book is being published under the imprint of La Fabrica Editorial (Madrid) and will be distributed worldwide starting January 2013.

Talking shop with Vince Cianni and Graham Macindoe

Had a chance to catch up with Vince Cianni -who took this photograph(s)- over lunch in NYC.  Over the years Vince has been a mentor and a very good friend to me and I was glad to break bread together.  Midway through our meal we were joined by Graham Mcindoe.  We were introduced and as we started talking it dawned on me that Graham and I had actually met about 15 years ago when he used to work for Howard Greenberg Gallery and I was printing for Gilles Peress.  Man, did that bring back some memories.

LATITUDES exhibition in the Guatephoto festival

Candid moment

Loved this moment, photographed by exhibition curator Fabian Goncalves just minutes before the opening of "On Labor" at Art Museum of the Americas.

Visit with Charles Krause

One of the highlights of my trip to DC last week was visiting with Charles Krause, the former Washington Post Latin America Correspondent and PBS McNeil Lehrer News Hour Foreign Correspondent. His newest venture, a gallery for fine art that focuses on political themes.

Well worth stopping in: http://www.charleskrausereporting.com/

Opening night at Art Museum of the Americas, Washington DC

On Novemeber 7th, Art Museum of the Americas presented the exhibition "On Labor: A Visual Dialogue" which is currently on view and features 25 works from my series YONKEROS and 25 works by photographer Ian Wagreich who is also interested in the current state of labor in the United States.  The exhibition was organized and curated by Fabian Goncalves Borrega.

I was honored to have the Permanent Representatives to the Organization of American States, Ambassador Rodrigo Vielmann of Guatemala and Joel Hernandez of Mexico attending on opening night. Not pictured but also in attendance was the Ambassador of the Dominican Republic Hector Alcantara and former Washington Post Latin American correspondent and PBS News Hour Foreign correspondent Charles Krause.

Two nights later, a second exhibition featuring my work "Tranisitional Bodies" opened at the former residence of the Spanish Ambassador in Washington DC.  Both events are part of Fotoweek DC.

Installation view from Guatephoto Festival 2012

One of my photographs exhibited on the streets of Guatemala as part of the 2012 Guatephoto Festival.  Photograph courtesy of my colleague Alejandro Cartagena. The original can be seen here.

"On Labor" selected as pick by the Washington Post

The exhibition "On Labor" at Art Museum of the Americas opened last week.  It was classic Washington DC style, with Ambassadors from Guatemala, Mexico and the Dominican Republic on hand to help kick things off, with introductory remarks by Rodrigo Vielmann, Guatemala's representative to the Organization of American States.  The Washington Post highlighted the event in its weekly Going Out Guide as their pick for Wednesday night.

Transitional Bodies in Fox News Latino

Featured in the exhibition "Transitional Bodies", my images from The Completely Visible World are mentioned in this article in Fox News Latino

Transitional Bodies exhibition at FOTO DC festival

Two images from my series The Completely Visible World are included in the exhibition Transitional Bodies which opens in Washington DC on November 9th.

As per the press release:

'Transitional Bodies / Cuerpos en Transición' presents cutting-edge artists from Latin America, Portugal and Spain that move away from the typical stereotypes and propose provocative, modern vanguard photography.  Along those lines, the Iberoamerican Cultural Attachés Association has been participating for the last four years in the annual FotoweekDC Festival, giving the opportunity to photographers in Latin America, the US and Europe to showcase their work in what is a fast changing photography scene. Curator of the exhibition Fabián Goncalves highlights,  “Transitional Bodies proposes a glance at different point of views of the Iberoamerican photographic techniques from transition to transformation of the human body. Grouped in different series this exhibition does not intend to represent Iberoamerica, but to express in great part its cultural eclecticism.”

November 09 2012  06:30 PM - December 09 2012  05:00 PM       

Former Residence of the Ambassador of Spain , 2801 16th St NW
Washington, DC 20009, Northwest
Gallery Hours: Wed - Fri, 4pm - 8pm / Sat & Sun, 12pm - 5pm (Except Thanksgiving week)

Featuring the works of seventeen Iberoamerican emerging photographers. Curated by Fabián Goncalves. Organized by Iberoamerican Cultural Attachés Association - Committee for FotoweekDC. With the support of IDB Cultural Center.

Admission : contact@spainculture.u

YONKEROS at Art Museum of the Americas, Washington DC

I am thrilled to announce that 25 works from my series YONKEROS are included in an exhibition entitled "On Labor" which opens next week at the Art Museum of the Americas in Washington DC as part of the FOTO DC Photography Festival. 

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Lenscratch portraiture selection for GuatePhoto

Aline Smithson curated a selection of 100 portraits by 50 photographers featured in Lenscratch to be exhibited in the 2012 Guate Photo Festival.  Here's one of two images from YONKEROS which are part of the exhibition.

Jaime Permuth nominated for the 2012 Smithsonian American Art Museum's Contemporary Artist Award

I am thrilled to announce that I am one of 15 artists nominated nationwide for the 2012 Smithsonian American Art Museum's Contemporary Artist Award.   "The award was established in 2001 to recognize an artist younger than 50 who has produced a significant body of work and consistently demonstrates exceptional creativity.  Nominated artists work in a diverse range of media, including painting, sculpture, photography, film and video. Artists must be nominated by a juror to be considered for the award; there is no application. The $25,000 award is intended to encourage the artist’s future development and experimentation".  More details here:

Staten Island Ferry, 2012

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