homeSOME RECENT PRESS
PDN PHOTO ANNUAL 2012 /THE YEAR IN PHOTOGRAPHY
BEST PHOTO BOOKS
http://pdnphotoannual.com/gallery/2012/
Photo-Eye Magazine BEST BOOKS
THE MARK OF ABEL
"Exceptional portraiture that is evocative, compelling,
timeless. Each image gradually peels the layers of psyches
belonging to family members and friends in her life. This
is a treasure of a book".
Susan Burnstine, Photographer, Writer / Underexposed Blog
http://www.photoeye.com/
WALL STREET JOURNAL BLOG
By Rebecca Horne
April 3, 2012
http://blogs.wsj.com/photojournal/2012
NEWCITY ART
Review: After Classical Portraiture
Michael Weinstein
May 2012
http://art.newcity.com/2012/05/15/
POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY April 2012
Planning Portraits by Peter Kolonia
FOTO International
Eight Page Feature Article by Hans-Michael Koetzle
Germany
February 2012
From THE MARK OF ABEL
New MONOGRAPH
Published by Kehrer Verlag
Photographs by Lydia Panas
"Lydia Panas is fearless in confronting human subjects, and frankly curious about
human interaction, but her interest is tender. Hidden underneath the hood of her field
camera, she gives her models space to reveal themselves, and their connections to each other,
and they do - in all their complex glory".
Author, Maile Meloy 2011
http://www.mailemeloy.com
From THE MARK OF ABEL
Photographs by Lydia Panas
"These photographs look easy. But while there is simplicity in Panas’ project,
it has the kind of motive force that sweeps waves of meaning and density with it".
Curator and Writer, George Slade 2011
http://rephotographica-slade.blogspot
Photographic Series Goes Beneath the Skin
The Morning Call, Steve Siegel
February 19, 2012
"The evocative, often disarming photographs of Kutztown photographer
Lydia Panas reveal that behind most smiles lie uncertaintly and self-consciousness.
Her subjects speak to us not with words, but with distracted gazes and enigmatic body language,
unconsciously revealing the flaws and fears that make us so wonderfully,
gloriously human. More than portraits, they are precarious character studies."
http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/arts/museums
Photo Gallery Morning Call, Allentown, Pennsylvania
http://www.mcall.com/entertainment
FLAK PHOTO FEATURE / February 12, 2012
Excerpt from George Slade's excellent essay
"State of Nature: Encountering Lydia Panas Deeper in the Woods"
"The mesmerizing gazes, frank self-presentation, and utter absorption in the
photographic exchange propels Panas' standers (can't call them sitters, can we?)
from within their contained frame and through the fourth wall of spectatorship
into a discomfiting engagement within our space of viewing".
http://flakphoto.com/
BOOK REVIEW / GUP, Amsterdam
by Marie-Charlotte Peze
December 11, 2011
"Flipping through the Mark of Abel for the first time is a little bit like a first date.
It will take longer, more effort, a second chance, to dig and scratch at the surface
to discern what the person truly holds. It implies a commitment to decipher-and-
surrender to- their masks, and the task becomes engrossing, as almost each
photograph seems to carry a plethora of secret emotions and subplots begging
to be interpreted. If you look long enough inthe eyes of her subjects,
the staring down contest fades away and you start to discern what makes
each person unique, you imagine the cracks in the wall of their severity, and
you end up moved to the core by their frailty".
http://www.gupmagazine.com
"Lydia Panas' ability to capture and convey the complexity of human
relationships has made her a rising star in contemporary portraiture."
PHOTO DISTRICT NEWS / February 2010
Conor Risch
FUSE
Kiki Nienaber/ Director
April 2012
The Mark of Abel is a show of quietly captured imagery featuring nuanced
group (or pair) dynamic. These roughly 40 x 30" photographs breach the
viewer/voyeur's comfort zone. The subject's self-consciousness, slightly
disguised as hostility,charm, unareness, projects onto the viewer and makes
him/her part of the dynamic...This show provided me a much needed art
experience.
INFORM, ENLIGHTEN, ENTERTAIN
Life: The Year's Best
"Haunting me are the lush, eery photographs of American children,
teens, couples and families in Lydia Panas' first monograph,
"The Mark of Abel".
Anne Moore, Chicago
http://www.annemoore.net/
Lydia Panas lives on a farm in Pennsylvania, but her work has become an international phenomenon.
Just this year, she has exhibitions in Poland, Italy, Germany, and China, many in the U.S. and her work
has appeared in just about every major publication, including The New York Times and Photo District News.
Her masterful psychological portraits, captured with a view camera,
have resonated with collectors and curators in a significant way".
LENSCRATCH, October 7, 2010
Aline Smithson
http://lenscratch.blogspot.com
PRC, Boston, Essay by Jennifer Urhane, 2011
http://www.bu.edu/prc/newsletters/
"The more one looks at Lydia Panas' photographs, the more one realizes
what a nuanced version of the contemporary portrait they are. Though
this work could have been another series of blankly staring faces, instead it
is a quiet and careful observation of human behavior and feelings. Among
numerous photographers working in the so-called deadpan aesthetic, Panas
stands out for her subjects that are not unemotional or detachd. Where other
portraits quickly betray their emptiness, Panas' draw in and sustain the viewer
because of their layered content and striking beauty.."
Jennifer Urhane October 2011
HIGHLY CHARGED PSHYCHOLOGICAL PORTRAITS
featured on "artdaily" / December 7, 2011
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp
LA LETTRE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE
March 7, 2012
http://www.lalettredelaphotographie.com
MILLENIUM IMAGES/London
http://www.milim.com/news
Underexposed Blog / Susan Burnstine
Highlights of 2011
http://blog.susanburnstine.com/post/
FLAKPHOTO / NOVEMBER 28, 2011
http://www.flakphoto.com/
"Lydia Panas at Foley Gallery (plus some thoughts about reviews)"
"What I really would like to stress is the visual richness of the work
and the connections these group portraits force upon the viewer. They
will pull you in, whether you want it or not, and that certainly is something
that any photographer can only wish for. The work is also intensely beautiful.
The Mark of Abel-Highly Recommended"
Joerg Colberg
Conscientious Blog, April 2010
http://jmcolberg.com
"The pictures are a remarkable accomplishment, especially for a parent.
After all, every parent is an archivist, holding up a camera to try to capture posterity.
In contrast, Panas lets her children reveal themselves gradually for her photographs
and in so doing, reveals that the camera cannot stop the clock and hold back time.
Her children, standing on her lawn for the minute, will soon leave the nest and enter a
more sophisticated, more urban world. Or at least that's what it feels like from these
pictures. But the world of their futures will not be more complex or more troublesome.
They have already experienced the full range of human challenges-the challenge of
getting along with siblings and the challenge of bonding with their peers-sometimes
failing at these basic primal experiences. All of this can be seen in these photographs,
so different and so much more poignant than your average photo album."
DEAR DAVE/ ISSUE 07, April 2010
Barbara Pollack
"Somewhere between conceptual art and portraiture lie the evocative
and often disarming photographs of photographer Lydia Panas. Her subjects
seem at once familiar yet somehow disconnected, their eyes watching us as
we watch them. They are enigmas that beg for interpretation, with gazes
revealing as much --or as little-- about themselves as those who view them."
THE MORNING CALL, April 3, 2010
Steve Siegel
http://articles.mcall.com
SLIDELUCK POTSHOW LEHIGH VALLEY
Falling from Grace to Corduroy by Pearl Jam
http://www.slideluckpotshow.com
NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE
July 31, 2011
"A Drug for Down Syndrome"
http://www.nytimes.com/2011
fotoMAGAZINE / EDITION MAY 2011
SHOOTING STARS 2011 "Portfolios, Portraits & Paradiesvogel"
"First portfolio only, XXL - sized fotoMAGAZIN EDITION
at German newstands since Friday, May 20, including
exciting work by Lisa M. Robinson, Lydia Panas, Simen Johan
and many more!! And for those of you who live abroad:
Soon there is going to be a digital version available through
Facebook." Manfred Zollner
fotomagazin.com
FOTOMAGAZIN
AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY 27
And the winners are...
Check out the slide show of the American Photography 27 photographs.
Enjoy the show!
AP27 Slideshow
MONTHLY PHOTOGRAPHY Magazine
Feature Story with Essay by Sujong Song
March 2011
South Korea
BLINK Magazine Issue 2
Feature Story, Interview with ARam Kim Take a look inside/ See the video!
March 2011
South Korea
Take a look inside/ Scroll Down to see the video!
Harper Collins, 2010 Canadian Book Jacket
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE
December 20, 2009
The Last Decision, by Darshak Sanghavi
Photographs/ Lydia Panas
www.nytimesmagazine.com