Please join us for an artist talk
& reception w/
PLATON
at the Leica Gallery
Thursday June 3, 2004 / 6:30pm
The Leica Gallery
670 Broadway, Suite 500
New York City
We are pleased to offer a very special event in NYC for CPW members and friends. Join us as renown photographer, Platon, offers an intimate look into his never-before-published documentary photographs in the exhibition,
ON A CLEAR DAY (Song for my Father), currently at Leica Gallery in NYC
(on display through June 19).
Platon’s images captures scenes of tenderness and spontaneity. In what Platon calls "a search for human dignity," this very personal project was originally conceived as an on-going collaborative travelogue, and visual and verbal dialogue, between Platon (through his photographs) and his father (through his writings). Regretfully, his father unexpectedly passed away this January. Platon states, "His experience and vision - a mixture of design, ethics, architecture, and culture - has made an everlasting impression on me. Like a parent showing a child how to walk, he allowed me to be a humble beginner in the ways of the world, and this project taught me about cultural tact, communication on an instinctual level, and above all, humility."
This event is free and open to the public and has been made possible by the generous support of Jay
& Rose Deutsch and the Leica Gallery.
All images courtesy Platon.
Born in 1968, Platon was raised in the Greek Isles and London by his English mother, an art historian, and Greek father, an architect. He studied graphic design at St. Martin's School of Art and photography and fine art at the Royal College of Art .As a student, he received British Vogue's 'Best up-and-coming Photographer' award in 1992, Since the early 1990s, Platon has shot fashion, portrait, and documentary work for a range of international publications, including George, The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Newsweek, Premiere, Arena, and The Face. His advertising credits include campaigns for Motorola, Nike, Levi's, Issey Miyake, Moschino, among others. PLATON'S REPUBLIC, a collection of over 120 portraits, will be published by Phaidon Press in June. This book was conceived and designed by Platon. Platon will be leading a workshop at the Center August 14-15, 2004. For more information about Platon, click here.
ABOUT LEICA GALLERY
Since Leica Gallery opened in 1994, it has mounted more than 40 exhibition including shows of work by
Alfred Eisenstaedt, Ralph Gibson, Leonard Freed, Alex Webb, Erich Hartmann
and Karl Lagerfeld, Antonin Kratochvil, Elliott Erwitt, and Eugene Richards.
It is located at 670 Broadway, Suite 500 in Greenwich Village, New York
City, in a 19th-century building. Platon is one of the youngest photographers ever to have a show at Leica Gallery.
For more information about the Leica Gallery, click
here.