Bill Burke booksigning at Eye Studio Gallery

The photographer Bill Burke will be signing copies of his books at the Eye Studio Gallery on Saturday November 17^th from 2 to 4pm. Burke is the author of six titles including the 1987 classic I Want To Take Picture which has just been reissued in a facsimile edition by Twin Palms.

"In 1982, years after Viet Nam, I decided to give myself my own Southeast Asia experience. I wanted to make pictures in a place where I didn't know the rules, where I'd be off balance. Friends who had been there recommended Thailand; nice people, easy transportation, good food. Another friend told me that as long as I was going to Thailand I should go see the refugees coming out of Cambodia. He set me up with The International Rescue Committee, which was working at the Thai-Cambodian border." -Bill Burke, from I Want to Take Picture

Saturday November 17^th will also be the last day to see the Books of Sergio Larrain exhibition before it ends. So come over and see the show, buy a book, bring a book, get a book signed and introduce yourself.

The Eye Studio Gallery is an exhibition and work space for the photographers Ed Grazda, Jason Eskenazi, Jimmy Katz, Doug Sandhage and Jeffrey Ladd. The exhibition schedule will alternate between presenting original works of these photographers and other exhibitions dedicated to the widening awareness of the photobook as a work of art.

The Eye Studio Gallery is located in Manhattan’s Chelsea gallery district at 526 West 26th Street in suite #507 on the fifth floor. Besides specific event dates or opening reception times, the gallery will be open by appointment only. Appointments can be arranged by calling (212) 242-1593.