Exhibition

School of Visual Arts presents the MPS Fashion Photography 2013 Graduate Exhibition, featuring work by 16 photographers from around the world who are actively expanding the medium's capacity for expression, whether in service of a brand or artistic vision. The exhibition will be on view November 23 through December 17 at the SVA Gramercy Gallery, 209 East 23rd Street, New York City. Due to Thanksgiving Recess, the gallery will close at 1:00pm on Wednesday, November 27 and re-open at 9:00am on Monday, December 2. Admission is free and open to the public.
 
The Class of 2013 includes Amina Altamimi, Alberto Maria Colombo, Laura Ganem, Richard Gerst, Paul Jung, Damien Kim, Courtenay Nearburg, Philip Park, James Perkins, Marc Pilaro, Lucas Flores Piran, Ricardo Rivera, Emese Tot, Bonnie Turtur, Jun seob Yoon and Matin Zad.

The MPS Fashion Photography department is an intensive one-year degree program offering practicing photographers the opportunity to advance their bodies of work under the guidance of photographers, editors, creative directors and digital retouchers working at the forefront of fashion today. Bridging the gap between “high” and “low” culture, commercial and fine art photography and still and moving images, the program is dedicated to exploiting the full potential of fashion photography as a platform for invention, creativity and subversion.

“This work endeavors to engage with the full complexity of fashion photography, as a narrative and conceptual venue, free from aesthetic compromise, and toward a redefinition of the genre in a global community,” says department co-chair Stephen Frailey.