January 4, 2008 | 12:00am
Magnum photographer Charles Harbutt exhibits in the Philippines for the first time in silverlens gallery from January 10-February 9, 2008. This mini-retrospective will feature 30 black and white photos personally selected by the artist. Everyone is invited to the exhibit’s opening reception at 6pm on January 10, 2008. Charles Harbutt will be present.
For the first twenty years of his photographic life, Charles Harbutt was a photojournalist, working mostly through MAGNUM PHOTOS (of which he was twice president) for magazines in Europe, Japan and the United States. Since 1980, Harbutt has increasingly pursued more personal interests in photography, especially the extension of documentary into the everyday. He is a full time faculty member of the PARSONS School of Design Photography Program and a teacher at the INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY in New York City, where he lives.
As part of the gallery activities for this exhibit, Charles Harbutt will be having an Artist Talk on January 15, Tuesday, from 4-6pm, and a slideshow of his works on January 17, Thursday, from 4-6pm. Harbutt will also be conducting a workshop entitled “Learning How to See” on January 11, 12, 18 and 19 (Portfolio review required). silverlens gallery is located at 2320 Pasong Tamo Extension, Warehouse 2,
Yupangco Building. Gallery hours are 10 to 7pm, Mondays to Fridays and 1 to 6pm on Saturdays. For more information, call 8160044, 09052650873, email manage@silverlensphoto.com or visit www.silverlensphoto.com
