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Garry Gross
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Here is the tail of how Garry
Gross went from fashion
photography to the dogs. For
30 years Gary photographed the
covers of magazines like GQ,
Cosmopolitan, and New York
Magazine and celebrities like
Calvin Klein, Gloria Steinem,
Whitney Houston, and Lou
Reed. That, after apprenticing
with Francesco Scavullo, Lisette
Model, and Richard Avedon.
Unexpectedly the bottom
dropped out of his career and
it served as a warning to all
photographers that signed
model releases are no guarantee
of protection. In 1975 Gary
photographed a nude 10-year
old Brooke Shields. Despite two
properly executed releases,
Shield’s mother sued him in
civil court. Fortunately the
judge in the case concluded that
Next PAI Meeting
Thursday, October 21
12 Noon Luncheon
National Arts Club
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“Garry Gross is not a pornographer
but a photographer
of extraordinary talent.” That
should have settled the matter,
but the tremendous publicity
in the case caused his previous
employers to turn away. That
effectively ended his fashion
career.
What does a man do at such
a juncture in life? Look for
something that he would really,
really like to do. So he wrote on
a piece of paper things that
excited him. As a child he loved
animals. He had fish, cats,
hamsters, and lots of dogs.
The dogs won out.
In 2002 Garry attended and
graduated from the Animal
Behavior Center of New York as
a certified dog trainer. It was
only natural that Garry joined
his two loves, dogs and photography.
Looking at his detailed,
beautifully lighted portraits
on his website, I am reminded
of the exquisite images of the
Canadian portrait photographer
Joseph Karsh. Garry’s images
have an inherent intimacy.
The dogs look out at you as if
expecting you to whisper some
secret. The techniques he has
developed in working with dogs
are based on his deep love and
understanding of them. Older
dogs in particular have a
message in their eyes.
How Garry works with his
subjects I leave for the luncheon.
A combination of the methods
of the psychologist BF Skinner
and the lighting techniques he
used with cosmetics. As well as
a generous helping of patience.
—Bob Sharpe
President’s Note
I have been President and Treasurer of PAI for many years. It has been an opportunity to meet
great photographers and see their work. And it has been an opportunity to honor the
work of our own talented members.
It has also been a long and consuming experience. Tina and I have deferred many trips, many opportunities to see
and do other things. So I think it time to listen to that inner voice, the one that says,” Do things while you still can.”
Therefore, I will be stepping down as PAI President on January 1, 2011. I will continue on the board and provide
whatever help I can. I am sure that the PAI has in its ranks other members who will successfully lead PAI into the future.
With all best wishes,
BOB SHARPE
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Exhibitions | News | & Updates
Currently on view
herb Fixler is having a six-month revolving exhibition of work featuring
all new black and white and color imagery captured in 2009 & 2010 at the
Manhattan Athletic Club Gallery (entrance on 48th Street between Park
and Lexington Aves. opposite the Inter-continental Hotel). See the
Gallery section for one of his color images from the show.
October 10–November 15
ross Lowell invites you to view two dozen banners of nature photography,
artist’s opening Sunday October 10 from 2-4 pm. The 30 square images are
suspended from stately trees along a serpentine trail in the “Forest of
Possibilities” at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Routes 121 and 35 in Cross
River, NY. See the Gallery section for one of his images from the exhibit.
Monday, October 18: Lecture 3–5 pm
Susan may tell will be lecturing at the B & H Event Space located on the
2nd floor, 420 9th Avenue, NYC. She will share work from her exhibitions
(Constructed Moments; A Requiem: Tribute to the Spiritual Space at Auschwitz;
and Real/Unreal: Urban Landscapes of the 1980s), recent projects, and
discuss her personal work and anecdotes about her friendships with Andre
Kertesz, Helen Gee and several others. http://www.bhphotovideo.com
through October 23
marvin E. newman will be a featured photographer in Beyond Color:
Color in American Photography 1950-1970, at the Bruce Silverstein Gallery,
535 West 24th Street, NYC. See the Gallery section for one of his images
in the show. www.brucesilverstein.com/artist/230/Beyond-COLOR
through January 2
Erika Stone’s photograph Woman in Curlers, East Harlem, NY, is included
in the exhibition: Recollection: Thirty Years of Photography at The New York
Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Print Gallery & Stokes
Gallery located at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, NYC.
through January 10
rebecca Lepkoff’s New York City street photographs are included in
Cheryl Dunn’s film Everybody Street, presented at the Alfred Sieglitz:
New York show at the Seaport Museum, 12 Fulton Street, NYC. Rebecca
is renowned for her Lower East Side street images taken in the 1930’s.
November 5–January 8
E. Peter Schroeder is having an exhibition at the Leica Gallery, of his Paul
Newman photographs taken when Paul first appeared on Broadway.
The plays’ were Picnic (1953), Desperate Hours (1956) and Baby Want a Kiss
(1964). Also included are photographs taken in Greenwich Village; Lower
Fifth Avenue; Hollis, Queens; and the Jersey Shore. PAI members are invited
to the private opening Thursday, November 4, from 7 to 9 pm. Leica
Gallery, 670 Broadway, NYC.
Romare Bearden, 1980,
© Marvin E. Newman
Cynthia matthews shares
several worthwhile photography
exhibitions/ auctions that are
free and interesting events:
Sotheby’s
October 1–5
Auction: October 5–6
1334 York Avenue, NYC
http://sothebys.com
Christie’s
October 2–6
Auction: Friday, October 8
20 Rockefeller Plaza, NYC
http://christies.com
Phillips, de Pury
& Company
October 2–8
Auction: Friday, October 8
450 West 15th Street, NYC
http://phillipsdepury.com
Swann galleries
Fine Photographs and
Select Photobooks
Auction: Tuesday,
October 19 at 2 pm
104 East 25 Street, NYC
http://swanngalleries.com
marvin E. newman is pleased to
announce The United States
Postal Service will issue a stamp
of his photograph of the artist
Romare Bearden, with a print run
of five to ten million.
Dr. marcus reidenberg recently
submitted a group of 58 photo
graphic prints from his New York
Street Trades series to the New
York Historical Society. The society
now has 120 prints of his street
trades and other contemporary
New York scenes for their collection.
See the Gallery for one of his
images submitted to the NYHS.
Len Speier’s image Rome, Ice
Cream Cones was selected for the
Texas Photographic Society’s
TPS 19: International Competition
Annual Exhibition at the A. Smith
Gallery, Johnson City, TX. Curator
of Photography at the Museum of
Art in Santa Fe, NM, Katherine
Ware, juried the exhibition.
michael Sender announces that
a book is being planned on The
Village Camera Club that was
located on Bank Street in the 1950s
and 60s, then moved to Bleecker
Street and then to Varick Street.
A few members he recalls are Peter
Moore, Aaron Rose and Sid Kaplan.
If anyone can provide information
or know any members that
belonged to the Village Club,
please get in touch with him.
msender33@yahoo.com
Please submit information for the
Exhibitions, News & Updates column to
Deborah yale at
imagisteditor@gmail.com
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preceding publication. Materials received
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the following month.

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PAI’s 50th Anniversary Luncheon
Touching, informative, funny, inspiring and nostalgic, just a few
of the adjectives heard describing PAI’s historic 50th celebration.
In addition to stories told by our past presidents Marge Neikrug,
Len Stern, and Al Francekevich, we saw Nobles Lowe, Tony Vaccaro,
Marvin Newman, Al Gescheidt and Rebecca Lepkoff.
Alden James, President of the National Arts Club, dropped by with
opening remarks about PAI’s early beginnings at the NAC and assured
members that the club will continue rolling out the red carpet for
our programs.
Marge Neikrug, up from Florida for the occasion, shared her memories
of the genesis of PAI and recalled the days she and Regina Reynolds
were the first women invited to join the group.
With the time capsule opened, others followed, recounting fascinating
and hilarious stories. Marvin Newman’s tale of unwittingly causing a
major chemical spill in the Time Life darkroom; Tony Vaccaro’s spirited
saga of Flair magazine’s editor assigning him a fashion shoot when his
only photographic experience had been in combat; and Al Francekevich’s
astonishment that he was seated at the same table as Philippe Halsman
and Leopold Godowsky (co-inventor of Kodachrome). So many
wonderful stories and clearly a magical time.
One last note, members enjoyed Bob Sharpe’s slide show of Imagist
covers throughout the years. Running only six minutes, it condensed
dozens of images taken by the talented photographers who have
spoken at PAI.
Being privy to stories like these was a reminder that this is precisely
the reason I joined PAI. It doesn’t exist anywhere else.
—Cynthia Matthews
PAI President Bob Sharpe (l) with Past Presidents Marge Neikrug, Len Stern
and Al Francekevich, holding an image of the historic first chartered flight on
TWA in 1958.
Tony Vaccaro shares his magical memories at PAI’s 50th Anniversary
luncheon, held at the National Arts Club.

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