"one of the most courageous persons the Civil Rights Movement ever produced"

Photo  ©Timothy Hyde

Congressman John Lewis with Sidney Monroe, Monroe Gallery Booth,

DC Fine Art Photography Fair. To the right of Congressman Lewis' shoulder is:

 

 © Steve Schapiro Martin Luther King Marching for Voting Rights
with John Lewis, Reverend Jesse Douglas, James Forman
 and Ralph Abernathy, Selma, 1965

Photo ©Timothy Hyde

Congressman John Lewis viewing Ernest C. Withers' iconic

"I Am A Man" photograph

 

 

 

 © Steve Schapiro: John Lewis, Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1963

 

 

 

 

 

Monroe Gallery of Photography at the DC Fine Art Photography Fair

Monroe Gallery of Photography is pleased to be a returning exhibitor for the second Annual  DC Fine Art Photography Fair. The Fair takes place on Saturday and Sunday, October 5 and 6. The show will be held at the West Hall Conference Center, George Washington University's MOUNT VERNON CAMPUS, conveniently located at 2100 Foxhall Rd, NW, Washington, DC. [Whitehaven Parkway Entrance].

The Second Annual DC Fine Art Photography Fair will feature 18 of the best fine art photography galleries from across the United States, each representing the masters of photography, from classic 19th- and 20th-century photographs to cutting-edge contemporary images. 

Monroe Gallery will be exhibiting a special collection of significant 20th and 21st Century Photojournalism, featuring important civil rights photographs, selections from the acclaimed 1963 exhibition, a rare vintage portrait of Robert Capa taken on board a ship prior to the Normandy landing, Stephen Wilkes' stunning large format print of Hurricane Sandy, Seaside Heights, NJ, 2012, and much much, more.

Fair Hours:

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4: Evening Preview by Invitation of the Exhibitors
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5: 12noon to 7pm
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6: 11am to 5pm

A Saturday morning panel discussion, “On Collecting Photography: Advice from the Experts,” will be held from 11am to 12noon in the West Hall Conference Center Black Box Theater.

All Saturday and Sunday events are FREE and open to the public. We look forward to seeing you!

Its a great weekend of photography in Washington, DC and Santa Fe, NM!

The DC Fine Art Photography Fair continues today, 12 - 7, and Sunday, 12 - 5.

Bob Gomel will be in the gallery in Santa Fe following last night's gala opening reception for

 the exhibit "Bob Gomel: Life in the 1960s"

Winds have cancelled today's festivities at the Albuquerque Balloon Festival, so its a great day to come meet this legendary Life magazine photographer.

The DC Fine Art Photography Fair: "I want to encourage people to educate their eyes”

Stephen Wilkes/Monroe Gallery


Via The Washington Post

Photography fair offers opportunity for collectors

By Michael O’Sullivan
Friday, October 5, 2012

With the (e)merge art fair’s exclusive focus on up-and-coming artists, the organizer of another art fair hopes there’s room in the spotlight this weekend for more established names.

On Saturday and Sunday, Washington photography dealer Kathleen Ewing will unveil the inaugural DC Fine Art Photography Fair, featuring 15 booths by photography dealers she invited from across the country, each of whom specializes in more traditional imagery than one can expect to see at (e)merge.

Ewing will offer a wide range of prints, including a $12,000 photograph by the great Edward Weston (1886-1958) and a $450 image by MacDuff Everton, a contemporary photographer based in California. Washington’s Hemphill Fine Arts also will showcase a diverse mix of artists, including Colby Caldwell, William Christenberry, Don Donaghy, Godfrey Frankel, Max Hirshfeld, Franz Jantzen, Tanya Marcuse, Kendall Messick, Anne Rowland, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Julie Wolfe.

Dealers include the far-flung and the homegrown. San Francisco’s Scott Nichols Gallery, which is known for handling work by Ansel Adams and other members of the famous Group f/64, will participate, along with Multiple Exposures, a contemporary cooperative gallery based at Alexandria’s Torpedo Factory Art Center.

Ewing says visitors to the fair should expect something completely different than the edgy (e)merge and FotoWeek DC, a photography festival -- returning next month for its fifth year -- that’s known more as a broad celebration of all things photographic than as a breeding ground for collectors. Ewing says she thinks that with Washington’s educated, culturally connected and visually sophisticated population -- not to mention its booming economy -- the time is ripe for a commercial fair offering a range of price points for both the aspiring and the established collector.

“I want to encourage people to educate their eyes,” says Ewing, who hopes her fair will introduce the “passion of possessing beautiful works of art” to a new generation. To that end, the fair will feature a free panel discussion on collecting Saturday at 11 a.m.

Event Information

Details:

Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 6-7

Information:

202-986-0105

» Web site

Price:

Free

Former Spanish Ambassador's Residence

2801 16th St. NW
Washington, DC

Washington, DC - Santa Fe, NM

Photo by Bob Gomel

 

 

Visit Monroe Gallery of Photography this Columbus Day weekend at the inaugural DC Fine Art Photography Fair - or meet renowned LIFE magazine photographer Bob Gomel at the opening reception for his exhibition "Bob Gomel: Life in the 1960s"

Monroe Gallery at the Inaugural DC Fine Art Photography Fair

 

Monroe Gallery of Photography is pleased to join fifteen established fine art photography galleries from across the United States for the inaugural DC Fine Art Photography Fair.  An extraordinary range of photographic images—from 19th-Century Images to cutting-edge contemporary visions—will be on display and available for purchase. Monroe Gallery will feature selected highlights from the gallery's renowned collection of 20th and 21st Century Photojournalism, as well as Stephen Wilke's acclaimed Day To Night series.

LOCATION
2801 Sixteenth Street, NW (former residence of the Ambassador of Spain) Columbia Heights neighborhood, accessible by Metro and major bus routes

HOURS
Friday, October 5: Opening Night Preview (by invitation only)
Saturday, October 6: Noon to 7pm
Sunday, October 7: 11am to 5pm

Exhibitors

Addison/ Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC
Catherine Couturier Gallery, Houston, TX
Gary Edwards Gallery, Washington, DC
Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC
Gallery 339, Philadelphia, PA
Halsted Gallery, Franklin, MI
HEMPHILL, Washington, DC
Rebekah Jacob Gallery, Charleston, SC
Alan Klotz Gallery, New York, NY
Monroe Gallery of Photography, Santa Fe, NM
Multiple Exposures Gallery, Alexandria, VA
National Geographic Image Collection, Washington, DC
Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, CA
21st Editions, South Dennis, MA
Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY