Gallerist Kana Manglapus trains her camera on her immediate surroundings and travels she has made to San Francisco and Mexico through a wry, irreverent and personal lens.
Her prolific participation in social media, Instagram in particular, has provided the forum for re-discovering her everyday environments in the mode of a tourist and the role of local voyeur.
In expanding beyond her Instagram audience, Manglapus, who shot the collection entirely with an iPhone, collaborated with the Cadillac Hotel to showcase “#beatourist,” offering a site-specific selection of photographs to inspire travelers and locals alike.
Join Manglapus as she takes one step back, reconsiders the ostensibly commonplace and goes for a ride down the road less traveled by, even if it is sometimes the one you drive down every day. You’ll be surprised…
Maximillian Chow is the world's most accomplished procrastinator. The son of Michael and Tina Chow, people more interesting and charismatic than himself, Maximllian relies on the world around him to provide the energy and beauty in his photography which he lacks. Anything interesting and worthwhile in his work should not be attributed to him but instead to the things he stumbles upon and the fantastic equipment
he has been fortunate enough to pay too much for. Raised in London, New York and Los Angeles, Maximillian had the incredible good fortune to be surrounded in his formative years by luminaries in the Art world. Too bad nothing worhtwhile rubbed off. Humourless, talentless, boring, and lazy one shouldn't call him a Photographer or an Artist, a Writer or a Chef because it would go straight to his already gargantuantly inflated head. Just call him Maximillian, hope he doesn't respond, and never approach him with something interesting to say.
Brad Elterman’s career started with a borrowed camera at the age of 16. His first photo, of Bob Dylan performing onstage, was published in 1974.
That lead to endless nights of covering the rock scene in Hollywood encompassing pop, punk and rock bands including Joan Jett and The Runaways, Rod Stewart, David Bowie, the Sex Pistols, Kiss, Queen, Blondie, the Ramones, the Bay City Rollers, Abba, Boney M, Kenny Rogers, The Who, Leif Garrett, Michael Jackson, etc.
“It was my education in life,” says Brad, who left school to travel with bands and visit European magazine editors at the age of 19. “I had a front row seat in life which took me everywhere from Munich to Tokyo to Rio." Brad toured Japan with teen idol Leif Garret, traveled to South America with German pop stars Boney M, and did tour dates with The Eagles and Rod Stewart, just to name a few.
Some of the magazines that Brad contributed to include:US: Creem, Circus, Rolling Stone, People Magazine, Hit Parader, Phonograph Record Magazine, Rock Magazine, Rock Scene, New York Post, JAPAN: Music Life, Rock Show, EUROPE: Muzeik Express, Photo Foto, Pop, Pop Rocky, Bravo, Das Freizeit, Magazun, Popcorn, Poster Magazine, Oh Boy, Fabulous 208, Jackie, Sounds, New Musical Express, Melody Maker. Often Brad was hired to do official publicity photos by major record labels including RCA, Warner Bros, MCA, Mercury, Columbia, RSO and Capitol Records.
In 1980 Brad formed one of the first Los Angeles-based photo agencies, California Features International, Inc. which specialized in providing celebrity coverage to magazines and newspapers worldwide. Brad covered Award Shows including The Oscars, Awards, American Music and Grammy Awards countless times.
In 1992 Brad co-founded Online USA, Inc. one of the first Digital Photo Agencies employing some of the finest American and British photo-journalists, again specializing in photos of celebrities. Online USA was subsequently purchased by Getty Images in 2000, in a deal that CBS MarketWatch called “the deal of the day”. Brad remained with Getty Images as a consultant for a year following the sale.
Hunter Barnes is a documentary photographer who focuses his artistic gaze on the faces of proud groups of people who are consistently misrepresented in the modern American narrative. Under the tutelage of Dr. R. Heist, he earned a Degree in Photography and Photochemistry. Distinguishing himself from his photographer peers through the integrity of his process from concept to print, he shoots exclusively in Black and White Film and Polaroid 665 Negatives and prints his own images adhering to the archival darkroom methods of the generations of masters who preceded him. In his home and creative retreat, nestled in a valley in the natural reserves of Oregon, he produces silver gelatin, fiber-based limited edition masterpieces each year. His photographs flash us into moments and scenes most people will never get to experience first-hand during their lifetime. Barnes cherishes the friendships he builds with people who recognize his sincerity and allow him access to their private worlds. After establishing their trust over meaningful dialogue and shared experiences, he frames his subjects as they are and where they dwell.
Peter Tunney, the legendary NewYork artist, lives life to fullest. As life itself is the greatest artistic achievement, Peter brings art and life to everything and everyone he encounters. A gum wrapper, one hubcap, photographs of photographs, evidence of his actual footsteps, a leaf from Bhutan, a beautiful
nude, these and everything is captured, collected, catalogued and added to his overflowing pockets, or left for another day, another time, each piece waiting for its own chance to become a part of Peter Tunney’s art.
It is like reading notes to oneself left in the margin of a favorite book. Peter works painstakingly and meticulously to bring to life the art that resides in all things.
Her work is a rarity within the photography world. Image-makers today tend to concentrate their attention on anything but the positive. However, this photographer from the suburban acres of upstate New York focuses her lens on the good things. The sweet things; crushed cherries, burst bubblegum, fields of flowers, and mischievous stares. The places and people that trigger instantaneous responses of untainted ecstasy. For over ten years, Gabrielle’s provocative-yet-chic images have illuminated the pages of the world’s most dynamic glossies and advertising campaigns. In 2006, she held her first solo exhibition entitled, “I Only Have Eyes for You”, at Milk Gallery in NYC. One hundred percent of the proceeds raised from the exhibition were donated to causes whose mission is to transform and inspire the empowerment and self esteem of children in need. In September 2009, Gabrielle’s solo show “I Remain, You Desire” opened at Sotheby’s NYC to much acclaim. Clients include: PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), Sony BMG Music, Warner Brothers Records, Leo Burnett Adv., Latina, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, and Flaunt Magazine, among others.
Her work is a rarity within the photography world. Image-makers today tend to concentrate their attention on anything but the positive. However, this photographer from the suburban acres of upstate New York focuses her lens on the good things. The sweet things; crushed cherries, burst bubblegum, fields of flowers, and mischievous stares. The places and people that trigger instantaneous responses of untainted ecstasy. For over ten years, Gabrielle’s provocative-yet-chic images have illuminated the pages of the world’s most dynamic glossies and advertising campaigns. In 2006, she held her first solo exhibition entitled, “I Only Have Eyes for You”, at Milk Gallery in NYC. One hundred percent of the proceeds raised from the exhibition were donated to causes whose mission is to transform and inspire the empowerment and self esteem of children in need. In September 2009, Gabrielle’s solo show “I Remain, You Desire” opened at Sotheby’s NYC to much acclaim. Clients include: PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), Sony BMG Music, Warner Brothers Records, Leo Burnett Adv., Latina, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, and Flaunt Magazine, among others.
Kwaku Alston has a passion for social documentary photography and is inspired to capture truth and honor, whether in his portraits, landscapes or still life images. Kwaku’s world travels form his work and remind him that encouragement and sincerity communicate beyond words in any language. His current direction and vision is to document human interaction and our role in the natural world landscape. His images encourage the viewer to consider the less obvious truths hidden from view in our normal day-to-day existence.
After several years in the New York shooting for The New York Times Magazine, Sony Music, Rolling Stone and Miramax, Kwaku moved to Venice, California in 2000. He has taken portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama, Robert Downey Jr., and Jennifer Aniston.
Career highlights include photographing Nelson Mandela, Quincy Jones, and Maya Angelou.
Kwaku looks forward to publishing his work and to further exhibiting his photographs in galleries and museums around the world.
Bryan Schnelle was born and raised in Southern California where his work has become a reaction to the values and ideals of the false world that capitalism and consumer culture has created. Pulling directly from the source, he appropriates imagery from gossip, fashion, pop culture, and current events magazines to include some element of reality. By lifting the veil on what our society deems valuable and markets as important, he exposes the abysmal nothingness just beneath the surface. Bryan currently lives and works in Los Angeles and he has exhibited both locally and nationwide.
Born in 1974, in Plymouth, Indiana, Andrew currently lives and works in NYC and Brooklyn.
Studying Fine Art and Painting at the Savannah College of Art & Design and early experimentation in fabrication and welding led to the artist’s technical and large-scale aesthetic, blending disparate media and industrial application modes.
Andrew’s first solo exhibit “Ten Tigers” (2004) at Milk Gallery in NYC expressed fortitude and optimism in uncertain times by appropriating the symbol of the indomitable Bengal tiger from Shakespearean theater, 19th century literature and Chinese proverbs. Evidencing his intent to produce visual content at once remedial and emblematic of our socioeconomic landscape, Andrew’s work incorporates synthetic elements of latex, enamel and automotive paint on steel and canvas to exude the optimism of a shiny, new sports car. The “Ten Tigers” opening event was hosted by Jocelyn Wildenstein, a living tiger metaphor, and covered by the New York Times and other publications.
Andrew’s personal abhorrence of violence and the media’s sensationalism of brutality was the foundation of his most recent solo show “Happiness…,” exhibited in Miami Art Basel (2008) and Milk Gallery NYC (2009). In this series, Andrew gives context to our culture of aggression. Paintings of guns and skulls (objects of death) become glossy and highly desirable products. In this way, Andrew not only exposes the fatalistic implications of mass consumerism but also evokes the decadence and desensitization of idolized violence throughout history. Creating “photo-abstract” paintings (relaying digitally manipulated objects onto canvases with oil and enamel) and renderings on tempered glass, he fuses classical and contemporary techniques to illustrate the mutability of beauty and perception. “Jury Skull” (2007), for example, embodies the decay of the individual perspective apropos amorphous plastic membranes in a glass cube. Likewise, “Transmogrification” (2007-08) subverts our concept of aggression via the lucid disintegration of a handgun.
Andrew has exhibited in various group shows in NYC. He is currently working on a series of abstract portraits.
Her work is a rarity within the photography world. Image-makers today tend to concentrate their attention on anything but the positive. However, this photographer from the suburban acres of upstate New York focuses her lens on the good things. The sweet things; crushed cherries, burst bubblegum, fields of flowers, and mischievous stares. The places and people that trigger instantaneous responses of untainted ecstasy. For over ten years, Gabrielle’s provocative-yet-chic images have illuminated the pages of the world’s most dynamic glossies and advertising campaigns. In 2006, she held her first solo exhibition entitled, “I Only Have Eyes for You”, at Milk Gallery in NYC. One hundred percent of the proceeds raised from the exhibition were donated to causes whose mission is to transform and inspire the empowerment and self esteem of children in need. In September 2009, Gabrielle’s solo show “I Remain, You Desire” opened at Sotheby’s NYC to much acclaim. Clients include: PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), Sony BMG Music, Warner Brothers Records, Leo Burnett Adv., Latina, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, and Flaunt Magazine, among others.
Her work is a rarity within the photography world. Image-makers today tend to concentrate their attention on anything but the positive. However, this photographer from the suburban acres of upstate New York focuses her lens on the good things. The sweet things; crushed cherries, burst bubblegum, fields of flowers, and mischievous stares. The places and people that trigger instantaneous responses of untainted ecstasy. For over ten years, Gabrielle’s provocative-yet-chic images have illuminated the pages of the world’s most dynamic glossies and advertising campaigns. In 2006, she held her first solo exhibition entitled, “I Only Have Eyes for You”, at Milk Gallery in NYC. One hundred percent of the proceeds raised from the exhibition were donated to causes whose mission is to transform and inspire the empowerment and self esteem of children in need. In September 2009, Gabrielle’s solo show “I Remain, You Desire” opened at Sotheby’s NYC to much acclaim. Clients include: PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), Sony BMG Music, Warner Brothers Records, Leo Burnett Adv., Latina, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, and Flaunt Magazine, among others.
Kwaku Alston has a passion for social documentary photography and is inspired to capture truth and honor, whether in his portraits, landscapes or still life images. Kwaku’s world travels form his work and remind him that encouragement and sincerity communicate beyond words in any language. His current direction and vision is to document human interaction and our role in the natural world landscape. His images encourage the viewer to consider the less obvious truths hidden from view in our normal day-to-day existence.
After several years in the New York shooting for The New York Times Magazine, Sony Music, Rolling Stone and Miramax, Kwaku moved to Venice, California in 2000. He has taken portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama, Robert Downey Jr., and Jennifer Aniston.
Career highlights include photographing Nelson Mandela, Quincy Jones, and Maya Angelou.
Kwaku looks forward to publishing his work and to further exhibiting his photographs in galleries and museums around the world.
Born in 1974, in Plymouth, Indiana, Andrew currently lives and works in NYC and Brooklyn.
Studying Fine Art and Painting at the Savannah College of Art & Design and early experimentation in fabrication and welding led to the artist’s technical and large-scale aesthetic, blending disparate media and industrial application modes.
Andrew’s first solo exhibit “Ten Tigers” (2004) at Milk Gallery in NYC expressed fortitude and optimism in uncertain times by appropriating the symbol of the indomitable Bengal tiger from Shakespearean theater, 19th century literature and Chinese proverbs. Evidencing his intent to produce visual content at once remedial and emblematic of our socioeconomic landscape, Andrew’s work incorporates synthetic elements of latex, enamel and automotive paint on steel and canvas to exude the optimism of a shiny, new sports car. The “Ten Tigers” opening event was hosted by Jocelyn Wildenstein, a living tiger metaphor, and covered by the New York Times and other publications.
Andrew’s personal abhorrence of violence and the media’s sensationalism of brutality was the foundation of his most recent solo show “Happiness…,” exhibited in Miami Art Basel (2008) and Milk Gallery NYC (2009). In this series, Andrew gives context to our culture of aggression. Paintings of guns and skulls (objects of death) become glossy and highly desirable products. In this way, Andrew not only exposes the fatalistic implications of mass consumerism but also evokes the decadence and desensitization of idolized violence throughout history. Creating “photo-abstract” paintings (relaying digitally manipulated objects onto canvases with oil and enamel) and renderings on tempered glass, he fuses classical and contemporary techniques to illustrate the mutability of beauty and perception. “Jury Skull” (2007), for example, embodies the decay of the individual perspective apropos amorphous plastic membranes in a glass cube. Likewise, “Transmogrification” (2007-08) subverts our concept of aggression via the lucid disintegration of a handgun.
Andrew has exhibited in various group shows in NYC. He is currently working on a series of abstract portraits.
Kwaku Alston has a passion for social documentary photography and is inspired to capture truth and honor, whether in his portraits, landscapes or still life images. Kwaku’s world travels form his work and remind him that encouragement and sincerity communicate beyond words in any language. His current direction and vision is to document human interaction and our role in the natural world landscape. His images encourage the viewer to consider the less obvious truths hidden from view in our normal day-to-day existence.
After several years in the New York shooting for The New York Times Magazine, Sony Music, Rolling Stone and Miramax, Kwaku moved to Venice, California in 2000. He has taken portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama, Robert Downey Jr., and Jennifer Aniston.
Career highlights include photographing Nelson Mandela, Quincy Jones, and Maya Angelou.
Kwaku looks forward to publishing his work and to further exhibiting his photographs in galleries and museums around the world.
Her work is a rarity within the photography world. Image-makers today tend to concentrate their attention on anything but the positive. However, this photographer from the suburban acres of upstate New York focuses her lens on the good things. The sweet things; crushed cherries, burst bubblegum, fields of flowers, and mischievous stares. The places and people that trigger instantaneous responses of untainted ecstasy. For over ten years, Gabrielle’s provocative-yet-chic images have illuminated the pages of the world’s most dynamic glossies and advertising campaigns. In 2006, she held her first solo exhibition entitled, “I Only Have Eyes for You”, at Milk Gallery in NYC. One hundred percent of the proceeds raised from the exhibition were donated to causes whose mission is to transform and inspire the empowerment and self esteem of children in need. In September 2009, Gabrielle’s solo show “I Remain, You Desire” opened at Sotheby’s NYC to much acclaim. Clients include: PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), Sony BMG Music, Warner Brothers Records, Leo Burnett Adv., Latina, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, and Flaunt Magazine, among others.
Her work is a rarity within the photography world. Image-makers today tend to concentrate their attention on anything but the positive. However, this photographer from the suburban acres of upstate New York focuses her lens on the good things. The sweet things; crushed cherries, burst bubblegum, fields of flowers, and mischievous stares. The places and people that trigger instantaneous responses of untainted ecstasy. For over ten years, Gabrielle’s provocative-yet-chic images have illuminated the pages of the world’s most dynamic glossies and advertising campaigns. In 2006, she held her first solo exhibition entitled, “I Only Have Eyes for You”, at Milk Gallery in NYC. One hundred percent of the proceeds raised from the exhibition were donated to causes whose mission is to transform and inspire the empowerment and self esteem of children in need. In September 2009, Gabrielle’s solo show “I Remain, You Desire” opened at Sotheby’s NYC to much acclaim. Clients include: PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), Sony BMG Music, Warner Brothers Records, Leo Burnett Adv., Latina, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, and Flaunt Magazine, among others.
Her work is a rarity within the photography world. Image-makers today tend to concentrate their attention on anything but the positive. However, this photographer from the suburban acres of upstate New York focuses her lens on the good things. The sweet things; crushed cherries, burst bubblegum, fields of flowers, and mischievous stares. The places and people that trigger instantaneous responses of untainted ecstasy. For over ten years, Gabrielle’s provocative-yet-chic images have illuminated the pages of the world’s most dynamic glossies and advertising campaigns. In 2006, she held her first solo exhibition entitled, “I Only Have Eyes for You”, at Milk Gallery in NYC. One hundred percent of the proceeds raised from the exhibition were donated to causes whose mission is to transform and inspire the empowerment and self esteem of children in need. In September 2009, Gabrielle’s solo show “I Remain, You Desire” opened at Sotheby’s NYC to much acclaim. Clients include: PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), Sony BMG Music, Warner Brothers Records, Leo Burnett Adv., Latina, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, and Flaunt Magazine, among others.
Kwaku Alston has a passion for social documentary photography and is inspired to capture truth and honor, whether in his portraits, landscapes or still life images. Kwaku’s world travels form his work and remind him that encouragement and sincerity communicate beyond words in any language. His current direction and vision is to document human interaction and our role in the natural world landscape. His images encourage the viewer to consider the less obvious truths hidden from view in our normal day-to-day existence.
After several years in the New York shooting for The New York Times Magazine, Sony Music, Rolling Stone and Miramax, Kwaku moved to Venice, California in 2000. He has taken portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama, Robert Downey Jr., and Jennifer Aniston.
Career highlights include photographing Nelson Mandela, Quincy Jones, and Maya Angelou.
Kwaku looks forward to publishing his work and to further exhibiting his photographs in galleries and museums around the world.
