by Kristina Feliciano
"Ten," a three-day exhibition and silent auction taking place at the PromaxBDA Conference in Los Angeles this week, features limited-edition prints by photographers including Jim Fiscus, Nadav Kander, Michael Muller, and Art Streiber.
This year's PromaxBDA Conference, taking place June 18–20 at the JW Marriott in Los Angeles, features a very special event: a silent auction and exhibition of limited-edition photographs, with 100 percent of the proceeds benefiting Promo Pathway, a career-development organization that brings entertainment business training to youths in under-served communities.
Titled for the number of artists who were invited to participate, "Ten" showcases a selection of the most iconic names in contemporary photography within an environment dedicated to the television and entertainment industry's most innovative marketing and creative leaders—specifically, Jim Fiscus, Nadav Kander, Michael Muller, Art Streiber, Patrick Demarchelier, Mark Seliger, Martin Schoeller, Ellen von Unwerth, Frank W. Ockenfels 3, and Stefanie Schneider. "Ten" marks the first time that works from this group of photographers have been showcased together.
The exhibition was curated by Steph Sebbag, president of bpg—which was named PromaxBDA North American Agency of the Year in Promotion, Marketing and Design last year—and bpg producer Karla Braun.
"We are extremely honored to be able to bring together this caliber of talent, at PromaxBDA, and to have the chance to showcase works by artists who have made immeasurable impact within the world of advertising and fine art," Sebbag said in a press release for the event (downloadable here). "With the funds raised during the Promo Pathway auction we will ultimately help to shape and craft the careers of our industry's future leaders by allowing youth who are not able to afford college, but are highly motivated to work in creative industry, to enter the workforce."
The show includes 17 signed collectors prints, including Demarchelier's iconic "Cheetah, Tanzania, 1993," a 20-year-old archival print, as well as "Neil Patrick Harris; Certainly Red" and "Martin Scorsese in 3D" by Streiber, who American Photo magazine named one of the "100 Most Important People in Photography." Other prints include Kander's "David Lynch I," signed exclusively for the "Ten" exhibition.
The silent auction is exclusive to conference attendees and will end on June 20 at 7PM.
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