If you're in NYC this week you may be fortunate enough to catch the last few days of Myra Greene and Sama Alshaibi's beautiful exhibition at Umbrella Arts Gallery.
Using wet plate ambrotypes on black glass (a beautifully raw and delicate medium) Myras work entitled "Character Recognition" was "a visual reaction to the self imposed question 'What do people see when they look at me?'" Across the room, Sama Alshalbi's work "negotiates the shifts between personal and family history, creating a context to understand the impact of war and exile."
The exhibition is produced by En Foco, a non-profit organization that aims to support the creation of work by photographers of diverse cultures, primarily U.S. residents of African, Latino, Asian, Native American and Pacific Islander heritage.
If you're in NYC and have a moment, it's well worth a look.
Umbrella Arts + Projects
317 East 9th Street (between 1st & 2nd Ave)
New York, NY - 212.505.7196