Images Courtesy of the Artist

You have probably seen New York based photographer Flora Hanitijo’s work at some point, as her work has been featured in prominent publications, including W magazine, I.D, Surface, amongst others.

Hanitijo has had some big faces pose for her lens, including Arcade Fire and Emma Stone. This Friday, Hanitijo will offer a completely different experience of her work with a deeply personal collection of photographs in While You Were Sleeping.

These photos are a result of Hanitijo’s ‘[obsession] with collecting, capturing, remembering, and preserving the minutia of every day life.’ According to Hanitijo, ‘these preserved instances of unremarkable moments and places mirror [her] everyday joys, struggles and disquiet.’ The calm, mundane scenes in While You Were Sleeping elicit moments of sadness, forsakenness at times, and also, nostalgia. According to Hanitijo: ‘It is my way of preserving my thoughts and stirring memories of days gone. These are the days while you were sleeping and I was awake.’ While You Were Sleeping is on view until the end of April at Primary Photographic.

While You Were Sleeping
Opening: April 1, 2011, 6-9 pm
On view until April 30
Primary Photographic
195 Chrystie St.
New York, NY 10002

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Photo by DigitalGlobe, via Reuters

Japan needs our help! We have been receiving numerous emails from dear friends asking us to spread the word on where to make much-needed donations to help the country recover from the tsunami. You can choose to donate from one of the organizations listed below, or PayPal your donation to Shinji Masuko of Japan-based band the Boredoms at . Masuko is also gathering funds into a PayPal account which he will distribute to different organizations.

Civic Force

Peace Winds

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Galerie Susan Nielsen in Paris invites you to enter the dark world of Marian Wijnvoord in I Can’t Believe It.

The show will feature Wijnvoord’s latest work, which are inspired by the realist paintings of Gerhard Richter and Marlene Dumas. In addition to checking out the show, you’ll have the chance to meet the mind behind these disturbing works of art at the opening on March 26, in which the artist will be present. More about Wijnvoord here.

I Can’t Believe It
Opens March 26, 2011, 6-9 pm
On view March 26- May 7, 2011
galerie susan nielsen
14 rue des Coutures, St. Gervais
75003 Paris, France

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