Édouard Baldus, Le Moine, ca. 1861, currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

An August weekend in New York is usually just an excuse to get out of town, but if you are stuck in the city (or are visiting) there are a few photography shows closing soon that you should probably know about.

You have one week left to catch the Bechers at MoMA, two weeks to see the phenomenal “Framing a Century” exhibition at the Met, and only a few weeks for Mapplethorpe’s “Polaroids” at the Whitney, and “When Color Was New” at the Julie Saul Gallery, which includes vintage color photographs from Harry Callahan, William Christenberry, William Eggleston, Mitch Epstein, Walker Evans, Luigi Ghirri, Joel Meyerowitz, Stephen Shore, and Joel Sternfeld (just to name a few).

If you are near Washington D.C., it would be a crime to miss the Richard Misrach show at the National Gallery. It closes on September 1.

Summer goes by so quickly. Soon it will be time for corduroy again and we’ll have a new crop of exhibitions to choose from. I just discovered Abelardo Morell on Aline Smithson’s blog and will definitely be visiting his show at the Bonni Benrubi gallery in September.

Are there any exhibitions, current or in the near future, New York City or elsewhere, that you would recommend or are looking forward to seeing?

I just happened upon the announcement of this upcoming show at Bond Street Gallery in Carroll Gardens:

Photo by Gerald Edwards

Young Curators, New Ideas

Organized by Amani Olu

Curated by Alana Celii & Grant Willing, Michael Bühler-Rose, Jon Feinstein, Laurel Ptak, Amy Stein, and Lumi Tan

Opening Reception: Wednesday, August 13, 2008
RSVP: rsvp@bondstreetgallery.com
Press Review: 4 — 6 pm | Public Reception: 6 — 9 pm
On View: Wednesday, August 13 — Saturday, September 6, 2008

Exhibition Artists:

Charles Benton, Alison Brady, Brian Bess, Victor Boullet, Mikaylah Bowman, Olga Cafiero, Talia Chetrit, Tyler Coburn, Petra Cortright, C. Coy, Gerald Edwards III, Daniel Everett, Thobias Fäldt & Per Englund, Martin Fengel, Jason Fulford, Nicolas Grider, Pierre Hourquet, Konst & Teknik, Eke Kriek, Emily Larned, Bryan Lear, Miranda Lehman, Seth Lower, Matt MacFarland, Katja Mater, Kelci McIntosh, Mark McKnight, Erin Jane Nelson, Ilia Ovechkin, Robert Overweg, Alex Prager, M. River, Noel Rodo-Vankeulen, Asha Schechter, Trevor Shimizu, Alix Smith, Jo-ey Tang, Jesper Ulvelius, Anne De Vries, Hannah Whitaker, Karly Wildenhaus, Ofer Wolberger, Ann Woo and Damon Zucconi

Bond Street Gallery can be found online at http://www.bondstreetgallery.com

I was on Brian Ulrich’s blog the other day and noticed that he will be participating in a group show at Bond Street in October. I’m looking forward to it.

I’ve been reading The Exposure Project blog for quite a while now for their great taste in photography, but I didn’t know much about the group itself until today. They are a photography collective, and they are having an exhibition and releasing a book of new work next month. The opening and release party is at Tillie’s in Forte Green on August 18.

Photo by Fran Osborn-Blaschke

Photo by Anastasia Cazabon

The details:

The Exposure Project
Tillie’s of Brooklyn
248 DeKalb Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205

August 18- September 20
Opening Reception: Monday, August 18 from 7-9 pm

Includes photographs by Ben Alper, Anastasia Cazabon, Lauren Edwards, Kate Emerson, Adam Marcinek, Fran Osborn-Blaschke, Justin James Reed & Eric Watts

To be honest, I still don’t know anything about these characters, but it sounds good to me. See you there?