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The Armory Show New York 2013
and New York Arts Week
March 6 - 10
New York Arts Week opened Wednesday, March 6 and continued through March 10. 
Besides The Armory Show 10 satellite art fairs took place in New York during The New York Arts Week.
The Armory Show celebrated 100 years since its legendary show of 1913.
For the first time we saw a fair dedicated to contemporary Russian, Baltic, and East European Art – 
The Russian Pavilion NY.

Nine Elms on the South Bank is at MIPIM – visit the model in the London Pavilion   With 26 development sites under construction or in the planning pipeline, Nine Elms on the South Bank is the UK’s biggest regeneration programme:   ·         £1 billion Northern line extension financing guarantee from the UK Government   ·         16,000 new homes with planning consent   ·         6.4million sq ft commercial space with planning consent   ·         Five major projects now under construction – including the first 3,000 homes   Nine Elms on the South Bank is the £1 5billion opportunity area betw

Victoria Gallardo, Founder & Creative Partner, Creative Orchestra:
In advertising they say the pen is mightier than the sword. I'll take on anyone armed with a pen. And watch them run!
Dr Cecilia d'Felice's psychological interpretation:

Trevor Chambers, Executive CD, Start Creative:

Tom Evans, CD, Sapient Nitro:
Keep it simple
Dr Cecilia d'Felice's psychological interpretation:
This relaxed composition suggests a man who is at ease with himself and the world. In this monochrome there is a sense of nostalgia, redolent of times less frantic and a chance to sit, talk and think.

Suzanne Dean, CD, Random House:
Rodchenko wrote: "One has to take several different shots of a subject, from different points of view and in different situations, as if one examined it in the round rather than looked through the same key-hole again and again."
 
I took inspiration from my love of Rodchenko’s innovative, graphic photographs.  I wanted a portrait that was both simple and complex at the same time. That incorporated his use of contrast and experimental perspective. 
 

Stuart Dickinson, CD, FutureBrand London:

Silas Amos, CD, JKR:
I‘ve long admired Gered Mankowitz’s portrait of Marianne Faithful (taken in the equally beautiful Salisbury Pub) for obvious reasons - but also because I love the guy in the mirror, caught staring for all eternity. As a camera-shy wallflower, I thought paying homage to this great original would mean I could bask in some reflected glamour, and would happily pass an hour at the bar. It did.
(with thanks to the Salisbury pub and M and P models)
Dr Cecilia d'Felice's psychological interpretation:

Roy Wylam ,CD, Kirk Wylam:
The reason I chose this particular theme, in the style of the great Hollywood photographer Laszlo Willinger, is I am always in my own design work drawn to strong contrast, and this style of photography so well taken by Yves, produces a strong, memorable result.
Simplifying the picture to black and white always helps to exemplify this contrast and bring out the character of the subject, producing dramatic results.