On the rare opportunity I get to New York City, my favorite place to stay is the hipster-decadent Soho Grand Hotel. The hotel's restaurant doubles as a contemporary photography gallery called, appropriately enough, The Gallery. Last year, I made it to The Gallery twice. The first time, I was absolutely blown away by Nat Finklestein's Warhol Factory photos that I'd previously only admired in books. A few months later, 70s rock documentarian Mick Rock's work was on display. It was fun eating breakfast with Ziggy Stardust and Lou Reed (again) looming above. Right now, fashion photographer Jamie Isaia is showing in The Gallery. I didn't know Jamie's work before but her surreal, haunting portraits still flood my brain with eerie afterimages weeks after I saw them. The show runs until January 15. (Image here from an editorial portfolio on Art + Commerce.)
From the GrandLife Art page:
Jamie Isaia evokes mood and atmosphere in a color-saturated, expressive photographic style that suggests dream-like, otherworldly scenarios. Though her images are thoughtfully scripted, they also reveal the unexpected and the spontaneous, resulting in a rich blend of performative elements rendered in a painterly photographic style. In this exhibition, her talent for bringing together landscape, portraiture and fashion is also apparent.
Isaia's first ventures into fashion and portrait photography have demonstrated how successfully her unique and subtle vision translates to the page. Her work for iD, Italian Vogue, and W Magazine reveals a talent in ascendance within the sphere of fashion photography. She is also a regular contributor to Muse magazine and has ongoing collaborations with fashion designer Zac Posen.
Link to GrandLife Art page, Link to Jamie Isaia's site at Art+Commerce
