The long awaited installation of  “TWINS” will premiere at “HAIRED” during this year’s Art Basel Miami at LMNT Gallery.

Developed around the theme of hair, “Haired” explores various concepts through this specific malleable part of the human form. This theme showcases hair as a tool available for creativity and a medium for artistic practice. In this exhibit artists will explore the concept of hair in multiple ways and through different angles, highlighting how it serves as a marker of social class, age, marital status, racial and cultural identification, political and spiritual beliefs, gender and sexual orientation. Hair expresses people’s identity to the extent that different hairstyles represent a person’s different phases in life. Ultimately, Haired wants to present a fresh outlook on societies, cultures, trends and lifestyles through an unusual point of view.

For more information on the opening reception and after party at Tree House featuring Tiefschwarz and Basti+Danyelino visit the HAIRED website.

CREDITS:
Models: Diandra Forrest and Justin Passmore at Red Model Management
Hair: Cesar Ramirez at Top 5 Management for Redken
Makeup: Linda English
Stylist: Ni’ma Ford
Production: ADV Associates
Music: Ayumi Hatai

STILL CREDITS:
Model: Eva Kass of Q Models
Hair: Lizzie Arneson using L’Oréal infinium
Makeup: Brit Cochran
Stylist: Ni’Ma Ford
Assistants: Ben Vaccaro, Brian Hahn, Alex Mercado, Sarah Bures

VIDEO CREDITS:
Model: Natalie Sorrell of Muse Models
Hair: Cesar Ramirez at Top 5 Management for Redken
Makeup: Linda English
Stylist: Ni’ma Ford
Assistant Stylist: Jennifer Swanson
Assistants: Alex Mercado, Sarah Bures
VFX Supervisor: Alessio De Vecchi
Production: ADV associates
Music: Ayumi Hatai

“CUT+PASTE” was presented at NYPH11 by WIN initiative + Z!NK magazine.

Come check out ESSENTIAL this Saturday, May 21st, at CVZ Contemporary Gallery in Soho.  Live music and personal works (including photographs and my new short “VEER”) will be exhibited in the group show Inner Light. This is not a show to miss!  For information and a list of artists please visit Contaminate NYC’s website.

Come join us at Win-Initiative‘s booth located at 1 Main St. Storefront, Dumbo, NY (corner opposite Powerhouse Books). This Sunday from 12-3PM I’ll will be demonstrating my recent shoot for Zink Magazine.

“LIVE ON SET,” allows photographers to showcase how they achieve their eclectic work during the four days of ongoing, large scale photo productions. Get intimate and discover many tricks of the trade from professionals bursting with creativity. All shoot days start at noon and go until 7pm.

The list of shooters include:
SEBASTIAN SMITH
LUKAS ZPIRA
BRETT BEYER
ANDREW ECCLES
GEMMA FLEMING
SARAH SMALL

Be sure to find our LIVE ON SET event studio space, centrally located in the same building as the NYPH11 main sponsors on the corner across from Powerhouse Books.

“LIVE ON SET” lighting courtesy of Broncolor and support from Adorama, Bron Imaging, and Follow Focus Productions.

Win Initiative has announced details for the event “LIVE ON SET” set to exhibit at this year’s New York Photo Festival. The showcase will feature an interactive photo shoot by  Gemma Fleming and ADV Associates in collaboration with Zink Magazine. “LIVE ON SET” will be an informal way to learn from and interact with photographers as they engage in four days of ongoing large-scale photo productions.

More information for dates and schedule can be found on NYPF’s website of events:

New York Photo Festival Special Events

GATE 535 Presents “GEMMA FLEMING: Not a Fairy Tale”

Curated by Virginia Villari
March 16th to April 27th 2011
OPENING RECEPTION: March 16th from 6:30 to 9:30 PM
CONTESTA ROCKHAIR
535 Hudson St. (corner Charles St.), New York, NY

“Not a Fairy Tale” is the second project presented by Gate 535, a joint venture between Contaminate NYC and Contesta Rockhair. It is the solo show of New York-based photographer Gemma Fleming.
Gemma creates photographic series that always tell a story, the story of female character. Those young women inhabit and act in different contexts, from Midwest America households to abandoned warehouses, from bathrooms to bedrooms, from nature to metropolis. What links the variety of places and situations is the dark, psychotic nature of Gemma’s subjects as well as the desperate storylines she develops. These females are portrayed as beautiful fallen angels always looking for something: something or someone they’ve lost, their revenge, mercy, peace or just themselves. They are heroines of a gothic, bizarre, almost masochistic quest for identity.

“Not a Fairy Tale” gathers works from different series, aiming to transcend single stories in order to tell a broader tale: the tale of every woman and her fight to find a place in this world. Photographs depict complicated physical and mental states and the violent conflicts a woman faces throughout her life. Her psychology is multiple, contradictory, hermetic for herself and for others. A woman’s soul reaches dark depths and sometimes it’s hard to go back to the surface. Every piece in this exhibition represents a chapter of this story: a female’s journey across the intricate forest of her inner self. Happy ending in not at all guaranteed in what is definitely not a fairy tale.

A couple years back I was approached by Hans Neleman and his team to join WIN-Initiative. Since then I’ve had the opportunity to speak and showcase my work throughout the photography community and form a great relationship amongst compassionate and creative people. Check out this video on WIN-Initiative including a few vignettes from the last “Take 5ive” event.

This coming Thursday Win-Initiative’s “Take 5ive” event will feature my videos, including “SPARE”.
If you missed it last Sunday, come see it!

Come check out some of my works including a short film “SPARE” at Heaven No More’s group exhibit “PAIN” this Sunday.

My piece will screen at 8:30 SHARP. Join us for other amazing pieces, bottomless libations, and a good time.

Hope to see you there!