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In November 2021, the High Museum of Art, Atlanta will present Picturing the South: 25 Years, a major exhibition that brings together all of the commissions for the first time. Exhibiting artists include Sally Mann, Dawoud Bey, Richard Misrach, Alex Webb, Emmet Gowin, Alec Soth, Martin Parr, Kael Alford, Shane Lavalette, Abelardo Morell, Debbie Fleming Caffery, Alex Harris, and Mark Steinmetz; and new commissions by An-My Lê, Sheila Pree Bright, and Jim Goldberg, which will debut in the exhibition.

I'm thrilled to be in such good company, and the exhibition will mark a decade since I made the photographs that would eventually become One Sun, One Shadow. I'll be sharing some more exciting news connected to this exhibition as we get closer to to the opening.

Read more about the exhibition in the official announcement.

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Follow me this week on Smithsonian Magazine’s Instagram feed, where I'm sharing some interesting stories and unpublished work from my photography commissions archive. 

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New Monuments at The Eye Sees as part of  of the wonderful series of window installations by artists. This will be on view through May 15, 2021 in Arles, France. Thanks, Olivier!

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Introducing Assembly. Assembly is a gallery, agency, and creative studio supporting an innovative roster of visual artists who are engaging in some of the most important social and cultural issues of our time. David Alekhougie (@davidalekhuogie) Poulomi Basu (@poulomi07) Alejandro Cartagena (@alexcartagenamex) Alinka Echerverría (@alinkaecheverria) Alanna Fields (@alannafields) Fumi Ishino (#fumiishino) Sarker Protick (@sarkerprotick) Rodrigo Valenzuela (@rodrigovalenzuela_studio) Cristina Velasquez (@cristinavelasquezstudio) Vasantha Yogananthan (@vyogananthan) Explore www.assembly.art

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Thank you all for such a beautiful response to my last post! 🌹 Assembly will operate in a multitude of ways—as a gallery, agency, creative studio, and art advisory, with an innovative approach to providing holistic support to a diverse group of artists working with photography and the moving image. Assembly will offer value-driven consulting for collectors, museums, and institutions, creative production and art buying services for magazines and brands, and work with an expansive network of creatives to develop unique projects that tell memorable stories about the world we live in. Assembly launches on March 1, 2021. Visit www.assembly.art to join the newsletter and follow along on Instagram at @assemblyprojects

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Ahead of the premiere of her new work Con Alma, composer Paola Prestini talks about the joy of exploring and combining styles.

Photographed for FT Weekend

More at www.shanelavalette.com/editorial

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Sarah Hennies’ highly personal explorations of “queer and trans identity, love, intimacy and psychoacoustics” are increasingly played by others. Photographed for The New York Times. 

Read (and listen) online, or find it in Arts & Leisure on Sunday. 🔔 🎶

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Happy to be a part of the States of Change fundraiser featuring 150+ artists, all prints made by Light Work Lab. At this crucial moment, States of Change will benefit Movement Voter Project (MVP) and 42 grassroots organizations working to fight voter suppression and get out the vote in AZ, FL, MI, PA and WI—the 5 states most likely to decide the election. All prints are $150. Available for 5 days only. All net proceeds support local groups in their crucial work. Ends Oct 18 at midnight PST. Visit www.statesofchange.us

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“When Allie transitioned, the sadness and anger went, and this beautiful person popped out.” Thank you, Tommy and Allie. Photographed for The Guardian Weekend.

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Cleaning up the studio this week, I uncovered copies of a few out of print books and decided to make them available for this month only. It's a difficult time in the world and I want to make these photobooks as accessible as possible, so they've all been discounted up to 50% off. The discounts are only available at this link and will expire on August 31 or when any items are out of stock: http://bit.ly/StudioSaleAug 

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Rocket Science Magazine is hosting a photography fundraiser featuring $100 prints, in which all proceeds from the print sales will go to a charity of the photographer’s choice. All charities center around supporting Black lives and the ongoing fight against racism, and new prints will be added each week. I'm happy to say that Light Work Lab will be supporting the printing and fulfillment of these works. The print that I've offered comes from the ongoing project I've been working on in Syracuse, and all funds raised from it will support the Central New York Chapter of The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU). View the available prints and purchase my print edition here.

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I’ve made a few signed copies of my out of print book One Sun, One Shadow available for $95, along with the Special Edition which includes an 8x10 in. print inside of a handmade walnut slipcase for $450.

As with the raffle, these are available through June 19, and 100% of the proceeds raised will support the good work being done by NYCLU/ACLU.

Purchase a signed or Special Edition of One Sun, One Shadow here.

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RAFFLE TO SUPPORT AND DEFEND CIVIL LIBERTIES 🖤🖤🖤 Pledge $10, $50, $300, $1,000 (up to any amount you can afford) by Friday, June 19 to be entered to win this signed framed print by @shanelavalette, valued at $2500. Each $10 contribution gets you one “ticket” in the raffle (for example, $100 = 10 tickets), and all proceeds raised after shipping will support The New York Civil Liberties Union and ACLU. The winner will be selected at random, so the more you pledge the better your chance to win and the more we can raise together. Pledges can be made via Venmo to @shanelavalette or at http://PayPal.me/shanelavalette Help spread the word by tagging a few friends on Instagram that might like this framed print. Thank you!

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A City is a Language featured on Booooooom

Copies of LOST, Syracuse can be purchased from Kris Graves Projects

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Can Genetic Engineering Bring Back the American Chestnut?

Photographed for The New York Times Magazine.

More at www.shanelavalette.com/editorial

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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Études has launched YES FUTURE, a print sale of photographs to raise funds for All United Against Coronavirus. Funds raised will be donated to finance research projects needed to accelerate treatment and vaccine development, support local social workers, and contribute to charities working with the most vulnerable. April 23 – May 10, 2020 Prints will be available for a donation of 100 euros Prints are 24 x 30 cm, signed by the artists Each print is a limited edition of 10, available for the duration of the fundraiser Prints will be made and shipped when the lab resumes its normal activity Explore the available prints here.

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Zaid Kurdieh of Norwich Meadows Farm is a darling of NYC’s Greenmarkets, and until the pandemic hit grew for some of the city’s best chefs (supplying specialty ingredients to Contra, Wildair, Gramercy Tavern, Shoji at 69 Leonard Street, Marta, Eleven Madison Park, Blue Hill, Momofuku Ko, among others). “It’s navigation with no compass,” Kurdieh says about the pandemic. “All of that market is gone, and no one knows what’s going to happen or how people’s behaviors are going to change.” Read the story online via The New York Times.