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Alfred Gescheidt at Higher Pictures:

I have to agree with Erin on this one, this exhibition was refreshingly unique - the 85 year old artist's first show was held at Higher Pictures. He made images by cutting photos and creating composites by hand, then finally rephotographing them to show as one image. This show is definitely working checking out. I especially liked this one on the right of the little girl dressed as a bride.






Jacques Henri Lartigue at Howard Greenberg:

The images in the show were beautiful, but they didn't surprise me the way Gescheidt's images did. Many of them were very 'Cartier-Bresson'-esque, like this one of his cousin jumping over stairs.





Richard Avedon at ICP:

Chris Phillips was right when he said the fashion shows at ICP were a big hit this year. The museum was overcrowded with people (mostly twenty-something girls) when I visited the exhibition, 'Avedon Fashion'. The show does a great job of showing the world how much of a genius Avedon was when it comes to photographing beauty. This show was one of the best fashion shows I've seen.. but I'm not quite sure it beats the Met's 'The Model as a Muse: Embodying Fashion' show.