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This week I enjoyed the privilege of reviewing portfolios, of graduating students at the @icp, here in NYC. Thank you to everyone involved—an intelligent, thoughtful, and creative afternoon!

It was a pleasure to meet with:

@daniushkabb
@maxwelln_
@ayyysia___
@jnny_kuo
@anavijj
@9.lay.fotos
@varun.senthilnathan
@mathildebrandi

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Delighted to be working with the @sva_digitalphoto Class of 2026, as we begin the process of prepping for their Thesis Exhibition. It’s always a pleasure to partner up with @greggormanphoto on our photo selection day. HUGE thank you to all the students, for presenting such a great range of artworks, and for trusting the curation process.

@svanyc #ThesisExhibition #SVA

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Sheila Soleimani at the @yanceyrichardsongallery

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#throwbackthursday with @whereismissyb in NYC 🙌🏻💫

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Book an online review with me.
30-minute reviews via Zoom
$125+Eventbrite Fee

Book: 🔗 in my LinkTree

Dates: May 2nd and May 16th

“… Your perspective gave me fresh insights, and inspiration …”—Peter C.

#portfolioreviews #artcritique #photography #artistadvisory #debraklompching

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This is a photograph. Read my review from AIPAD shortly …

#aipad2026 #fotostaal

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NEW ON THE BOOKSHELF

Isn’t X Beautiful!, by Odette Elix England
Publisher: The Ice Plant

#onthebookshelf #goodreads #photobooks @the.ice.plant @odetteengland #autobiography

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This painting is growing on me …

KARL HORST HODICKE
Columns Of Hercules, 1982
Acrylic on canvas

✨ WSP FESTIVAL 2026 ✨
April 10–12 | New York City

Presenting Debra Klomp Ching @debraklompching , WSP Festival Speaker and a panelist.

Three days of photography, conversation, and community.

Debra Klomp Ching is the co-owner of the Klompching Gallery @klompchinggallery (est. 2007) in Brooklyn, New York. The gallery specializes in the exhibition and sale of contemporary fine art photographs. Artworks by its international roster of artists can be found in the collections of MoCP, George Eastman Museum, LACMA, MOMA and Victoria & Albert Museum among many others. In addition to owning and operating the gallery, she is a freelance consultant, writer, curator and educator. Her writing has been published in several publications, including being a guest editor for Photography Quarterly (issue No. 99) and the commissioning editor/publisher of (re)collect – Jonathan Shaw (2006). She is a regular judge for photography awards, including the LensCulture Emerging Talent Award (2017), San Francisco Bay International Photography Show (2018), and the Arnold Newman Portrait Award (2018). Debra Klomp Ching is also an Adjunct Faculty member at the School of Visual Arts (SVA), the co-founder of the Fresh Annual Photography Exhibition and the Rhonda Wilson Award. @klompching_editions

🎟 Festival talks and programming require a ticket
🎉 Opening night exhibition is free and open to all

Register: womenstreetphotographers.com

✨ WSP FESTIVAL 2026 ✨
April 10–12 | New York City

Presenting Debra Klomp Ching @debraklompching , WSP Festival Speaker and a panelist.

Three days of photography, conversation, and community.

Debra Klomp Ching is the co-owner of the Klompching Gallery @klompchinggallery (est. 2007) in Brooklyn, New York. The gallery specializes in the exhibition and sale of contemporary fine art photographs. Artworks by its international roster of artists can be found in the collections of MoCP, George Eastman Museum, LACMA, MOMA and Victoria & Albert Museum among many others. In addition to owning and operating the gallery, she is a freelance consultant, writer, curator and educator. Her writing has been published in several publications, including being a guest editor for Photography Quarterly (issue No. 99) and the commissioning editor/publisher of (re)collect – Jonathan Shaw (2006). She is a regular judge for photography awards, including the LensCulture Emerging Talent Award (2017), San Francisco Bay International Photography Show (2018), and the Arnold Newman Portrait Award (2018). Debra Klomp Ching is also an Adjunct Faculty member at the School of Visual Arts (SVA), the co-founder of the Fresh Annual Photography Exhibition and the Rhonda Wilson Award. @klompching_editions

🎟 Festival talks and programming require a ticket
🎉 Opening night exhibition is free and open to all

Register: womenstreetphotographers.com

✨ WSP FESTIVAL 2026 ✨
April 10–12 | New York City

Presenting Debra Klomp Ching @debraklompching , WSP Festival Speaker and a panelist.

Three days of photography, conversation, and community.

Debra Klomp Ching is the co-owner of the Klompching Gallery @klompchinggallery (est. 2007) in Brooklyn, New York. The gallery specializes in the exhibition and sale of contemporary fine art photographs. Artworks by its international roster of artists can be found in the collections of MoCP, George Eastman Museum, LACMA, MOMA and Victoria & Albert Museum among many others. In addition to owning and operating the gallery, she is a freelance consultant, writer, curator and educator. Her writing has been published in several publications, including being a guest editor for Photography Quarterly (issue No. 99) and the commissioning editor/publisher of (re)collect – Jonathan Shaw (2006). She is a regular judge for photography awards, including the LensCulture Emerging Talent Award (2017), San Francisco Bay International Photography Show (2018), and the Arnold Newman Portrait Award (2018). Debra Klomp Ching is also an Adjunct Faculty member at the School of Visual Arts (SVA), the co-founder of the Fresh Annual Photography Exhibition and the Rhonda Wilson Award. @klompching_editions

🎟 Festival talks and programming require a ticket
🎉 Opening night exhibition is free and open to all

Register: womenstreetphotographers.com

✨ WSP FESTIVAL 2026 ✨
April 10–12 | New York City

Presenting Debra Klomp Ching @debraklompching , WSP Festival Speaker and a panelist.

Three days of photography, conversation, and community.

Debra Klomp Ching is the co-owner of the Klompching Gallery @klompchinggallery (est. 2007) in Brooklyn, New York. The gallery specializes in the exhibition and sale of contemporary fine art photographs. Artworks by its international roster of artists can be found in the collections of MoCP, George Eastman Museum, LACMA, MOMA and Victoria & Albert Museum among many others. In addition to owning and operating the gallery, she is a freelance consultant, writer, curator and educator. Her writing has been published in several publications, including being a guest editor for Photography Quarterly (issue No. 99) and the commissioning editor/publisher of (re)collect – Jonathan Shaw (2006). She is a regular judge for photography awards, including the LensCulture Emerging Talent Award (2017), San Francisco Bay International Photography Show (2018), and the Arnold Newman Portrait Award (2018). Debra Klomp Ching is also an Adjunct Faculty member at the School of Visual Arts (SVA), the co-founder of the Fresh Annual Photography Exhibition and the Rhonda Wilson Award. @klompching_editions

🎟 Festival talks and programming require a ticket
🎉 Opening night exhibition is free and open to all

Register: womenstreetphotographers.com

✨ WSP FESTIVAL 2026 ✨
April 10–12 | New York City

Presenting Debra Klomp Ching @debraklompching , WSP Festival Speaker and a panelist.

Three days of photography, conversation, and community.

Debra Klomp Ching is the co-owner of the Klompching Gallery @klompchinggallery (est. 2007) in Brooklyn, New York. The gallery specializes in the exhibition and sale of contemporary fine art photographs. Artworks by its international roster of artists can be found in the collections of MoCP, George Eastman Museum, LACMA, MOMA and Victoria & Albert Museum among many others. In addition to owning and operating the gallery, she is a freelance consultant, writer, curator and educator. Her writing has been published in several publications, including being a guest editor for Photography Quarterly (issue No. 99) and the commissioning editor/publisher of (re)collect – Jonathan Shaw (2006). She is a regular judge for photography awards, including the LensCulture Emerging Talent Award (2017), San Francisco Bay International Photography Show (2018), and the Arnold Newman Portrait Award (2018). Debra Klomp Ching is also an Adjunct Faculty member at the School of Visual Arts (SVA), the co-founder of the Fresh Annual Photography Exhibition and the Rhonda Wilson Award. @klompching_editions

🎟 Festival talks and programming require a ticket
🎉 Opening night exhibition is free and open to all

Register: womenstreetphotographers.com

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Larissa Bates
Untitled (after Nicolas’s Paussin), 2008
Gouache and ink on canvas

One of the outstanding artworks viewed this week. This was part of the smartly curated ‘Paint’ exhibit at Special K Exhibitions, located in the Perez Arts District. Big thank you to Jeff Kerns for being such a wonderful host.

@specialkexhibitions #LarissaBates #livewithart

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fotostaal150
Now on Substack and Patreon

fotostaal150 No. 5 | ‘Bound’ by Vaune Trachtman, is a 14.25” x 17.5” hand-pulled polymer gravure …

#fotostaal #fotostaal150 #debraklompching @vaune.art #vaunetrachtman@patreon @substack

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OPEN CALL
Theme: Water
Deadline: February 8, Midnight PST

I’m delighted to be working with the New York Center for Photographic Art, as the judge for their open call, with the broad theme of Water. I’m looking forward to seeing what is submitted, and curating a wonderful online showcase of the selected photographs.

The image posted, is Confluence (2017), from the Terrestra series by Lisa M. Robinson. I admire the abstraction created by water in two states—liquid and solid. Also, the fact that ice is washing up onto a shoreline; dazzled by light.

Website to submit: https://www.nyc4pa.com/water

#opencall #nyc4pa @nyc4pa #ohotography