Judy Glickman Lauder: Sept 26-Oct 26, 2019 Fred Zinnemann: Talking Pictures Sept 26-Feb 26, 2020 New York, New York!: Sept 26-Feb 26, 2020 Peter Fetterman Gallery, in collaboration with Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, is pleased to present a selection of works from Judy Glickman Lauder’s recent series and publication titled Beyond the Shadows: The Holocaust and the Danish Exception (Aperture, 2018). In Beyond the Shadows, Judy Glickman Lauder responds to the Holocaust in photographs, depicting the death camps where six million Jewish people, and millions of others besides, perished during World War II. Often deploying the ghostly reversed-out effect of infrared film, her photographs are personal and expressive. They serve as contemplative spaces to reflect on the scope and horror of the Holocaust, and upon those who survived, and those who lost their lives. “Hatred, injustice, and genocide did not end with World War II, and evil is present with us today, in too many parts of the world. ‘“The other”’ continues to be vilified. We must challenge ourselves to step out of the comfortable role of bystander, and to stand in the way of all forms of hate. We need the moral courage to act against all injustice. As Edmund Burke famously warned, all that is necessary for evil to truimph in the world is for enough good people to do nothing.... “Ultimately, this isn’t just about the Holocaust, nor about the Nazis, the Jews, and the Danes. It is about all of us: our capicity for hate and destruction, and our capacity to stand in their way and to make a difference.” ~ Judy Glickman Lauder ---- With over twenty major films and an accolade-studded career spanning fifty years within the film industry, it would be short sighted to merely stop with Fred Zinnemann’s filmmaking ability when understanding the depths of his creativity. Outside of film, Zinnemann was an equally gifted photographer, with the belief that every great director should have a personal experience with the main components of filmmaking (writing, acting, cinematography, and editing) in order to fully explore the boundaries of the medium. Before his trek to Hollywood, Zinnemann spent just around a year in New York City in pursuit of understanding the magic behind the “talking pictures” as he called it. The exhibition explores this unique body of work from a very formative time in the young director’s life. The images intimately share the movement of commerce and people in the midst of New York’s dynamic urban landscape. Although Fred Zinnemann only spent a year observing the inner workings of New York, his visual capacity was of someone well beyond his years, one who spent a lifetime admiring the architectural and cultural beauty of the city, and executed his perception through masterfully printed silver gelatin photographs. Whether it’s the grand scale of the newly built high rises of Manhattan, the announcement of the president in Times Square, or the bicycle races in Madison Square Garden, the power of the images is not solely derived from their composition, but also through the admiration Zinnemann shares for life within such a momentous city.