This final segment includes a gallery interview, the day of Platform talks by Elles x Paris Photo, the Sophie Calle take over of the Picasso Museum, and a group exhibition at Le Bal.

Dot Fifty One Gallery in Miami took the bold move of presenting one artist, Anastasia Samalyova. This exemplifies the galleries confidence in her work, and reflects the stature of the artist. Anastasia has had global note over the past three years with simultaneous exhibitions on several continents. Her work is all in camera with no constructed layering as in collage - they are found images in a straight shot. The realities of climate change are juxtaposed with idealized luxury ad campaigns found in our globalized world. I discuss these issues in our podcast conversation on Image Cities, here. I appreciate the generous viewpoints expressed by the Gallery Director, Issac Perelman Mizrahi. The gallery has provided a comprehensive coverage of her work and their booth at the fair here. 

In it’s 6th year at the fair, Elles x Paris Photo, commemorated with a book comprised of all the women photographers they have featured. This initiative towards gender parity has increased the exhibtion of women from 20 % - 36% over the past five years. All the talks were recorded. I appreciated listening to Yelena Yemchuk a Ukranian photographer featured on my podcast to discuss her book Odessa, a shortlisted book for the Aperture Paris Photo Book Awards last year. Our conversation took place the week after the Russian invasion, listen here. 

The all day platform panels concluded with a tribute to Dr. Deborah Willis in conversation with Dr. Mark Sealy. Their combined scholarship has vastly expanded the history of photography and addressed issues of racism within the field. Please delve into both of their copious contributions and seminal books!

Sophie Calle took over the Picasso Musuem in her bold, witty and provocative style. Her transgressive art practices include photography, performance, video and installation. She explores our assumptions and challenges constructed belief systems. This comprehensive retrospective is a tour de force I am thrilled to have experienced! 

And my final exhibition late on my last day was at Le Bal, a renowned, if off the beaten path, gallery, education center, bookstore and cafe. The group show was a compilation of work by 25 artists dedicated to their perspective on their relationship with their mothers. In image and video the work challenged notions and complexities of this intimate relationship. I found the tone was rather bleak, though acknowledge it was authentic and raw in its explorations. Here is a video trailer from the website.