November 2, 2009

Julie Blackmon in Paris Photo

38,000 visitors are expected at Paris Photo, “the world’s leading event for photography.” Photographers from 23 countries will be represented across 89 galleries. Among the 500 artists that are showing at Paris Photo, Julie Blackmon is among the 20 short-listed works exhibited during the fair for the BMW Paris Photo Prize. The theme of the exhibit is “When was the last time you experienced something for the first time?”. Julie Blackmon’s artist statement for her photograph “Baby Toss”:

“This photograph expressed the universal primary experience of becoming aware of your own body in a new way. When being released from trusted hands into the unknown, you are as left weightless, gleeful, fearful, and euphoric.”

Paris Photo runs from Novembr 19-22, 2009 at Carrousel Du Louvre.