The reception takes place on Ansel Adams birthday, Friday, February 20, from 4-6pm. Obscura Gallery 225 Delgado Street Santa Fe, NM 87501 obscuragallery.net

Lightening your feed today with some beauty. 📷 Jerry Uelsmann, Untitled (Boat with Cloud Sphere), 1982, 19 x 15", gelatin silver print, signed print verso. Please inquire for more information.

Happy Winter Solstice from our 3rd annual One-of-a-Kind exhibition! 📷 Sara Silks, Before the Burn, Platinum palladium w hand tinting (handmade pigment and gum), 10 x 8”, unique 📷 Sara Silks,Tiny Moon, Soliloquy, film transparency over handmade gold-coated lokta paper, metallic pigment, 10 x 6”, AP

Open House this Saturday, November 29, from 1-4pm! One-of-a-Kind III is a group show of unique photo-based artworks priced under $1,500, and found exclusively at our gallery. We are also debuting local Santa Fe jewelry artist, Karin Worden. Read all about it here! conta.cc/432YGmo

Great shout out in this article to Obscura Gallery artist Douglas Miles' show at the Museum of Contemporary Native American Art (Mocna) in downtown Santa Fe!

Join us - Nelson Ramirez de Arrellano, Jennifer Schlesinger and Carlos Otero for a Cuba Workshop with OneWorldSeen! Cuba Curated: Havana & Viñales: Feb 3 - Mar 2, 2026 Read all about it here! conta.cc/4mL2G1I © Jennifer Spelman

"In an isolationist, door-slamming political moment it’s good to be reminded how cosmopolitan American culture has actually become."

Opening Tonight, 5-7pm Louviere+Vanessa: Dust of the Stars Read all about it here! conta.cc/4nvyOYg

RULE ABOUT AMERICAN FLAGS: If you burn the fabric part, you're looking at jail. But it you use the pole part to assault a police officer, you get a presidential pardon, praise, and some cash.

Museums are not stages for loyalty. They are civic laboratories. They are places where we wrestle with contradictions, encounter the unfamiliar and widen our circle of empathy. But only if they remain free. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

In honor of celebrating Santa Fe for being named #1 travel destination by @travelz.bsky.social, we are highlighting newly available works by and of artists who long ago knew how special Santa Fe and the Southwest was for its beauty, arts, culture, and landscape. Check it out here: conta.cc/4lLkFFB

Words out on Santa Fe being #1 travel destination in the US (by Travel & Leisure) www.esquire.com/lifestyle/a6...

Our Summer Exhibition is now on view! LYNN STERN: Echoes of Light Stern's abstract and luminous work is intimately tied to the history of the photographic medium through her innovative use of natural light, still life, and large-format cameras and film. Read all about it here: conta.cc/3TOdzDX

Booksigning this Saturday 12:30 - 2:30pm for Danny Lyon 'JUNK: America in Ruins'. JUNK is a spectacular visual journey through the great forgotten junkyards of the West, where the historic gas-guzzling monsters of the 1950s and ’60s lie wrecked and rusting in the relentless western sun.

This is the last week to view our exhibition, Luis González Palma: Möbius, on view through this Saturday, June 21! 📷 Luis González Palma, Mobius, 2014, 12 x 12", Photograph on canvas with acrylic paint. Unique.

OPENING TODAY at IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA), Obscura Gallery artist’s exhibition ‘Douglas Miles: Always & Forever’ from 5:00–7:00 pm.

The Library of Congress has acquired the photographs and manuscripts of Raúl Ruiz, a leading journalist in the Chicano Movement in Los Angeles during the 1960-70s. The acquisition was one of the last obtained under LoC’s Carla Hayden before Trump fired her early May. www.axios.com/2025/05/09/l...

Luis González Palma: Möbius On view through June 21, 2025 📷 Luis González Palma, Möbius, 2014, 20 x 20", Photograph on canvas with acrylic paint. Unique 1 of 1. obscuragallery.net/artwork/inve...

Podcast about Obscura Gallery's exhibition: Luis Gonzalez Palma: Mobius, with Jennifer DeCarlo from jdc Fine art, Jennifer Schlesinger, Owner Obscura Gallery, and artist Matthew Chase Daniel - click below link to listen. www.chasedaniel.com/coffeecultur...

Opening tonight @ Obscura Gallery 225 Delgado Street, Santa Fe 4-6pm LUIS GONZÁLEZ PALMA: Möbius Through Personal and universal stories, Guatemalan artist Palma explores the boundaries between photography and painting, emotion and reason, & aesthetics and politics. Read more here: conta.cc/3EClIYr

We are thrilled to be working again with Charlene Holy Bear, from the Standing Rock Lakota Sioux Tribe and carrying her and her son, Just Us Holy Bear's, magnificent beaded jewelry. Come in the gallery and check it out!

Opening This Friday 4-6pm LUIS GONZÁLEZ PALMA: Möbius Through Personal and universal stories, Guatemalan artist Palma explores the boundaries between photography and painting, emotion and reason, & aesthetics and politics. Read about the exhibition in our recent newsletter here conta.cc/3EClIYr

Great to see Douglas Miles getting so much press lately. Here's one from Santa Fe Magazine regarding the SWAIA Native Fashion Week happening next week.

Indigenous Humor and Resistance Shines at The Photography Show The most striking works on view at this New York fair channel political urgency into personal explorations, embracing sincere introspection. Douglas Miles @ Obscura Gallery hyperallergic.com/1006446/indi...

This coming week we're headed to The Photography Show presented by @aipadphoto.bsky.social in NYC in the coming days we'll be sharing what is in our booth! In the meantime you can preview our booth here:

Watch the AIPAD Talks with OG Artist Lynn Stern and Associate Curator, George Eastman Museum, Phil Taylor as they discuss the full-breadth of her work, tracing connections among recent abstractions & early work including landscapes & still lives with examples from the Eastman Museum collections.

Always a good day when your crates for the #AIPAD photo show get picked up on time and are on their way! Even a better day when they arrive in the booth in one piece 🤞

We're gearing up for the Photography Show presented by AIPAD! April 23-27 Park Avenue Armory New York City Booth B04 See you there! 📷 Douglas Miles, from the Res Skate Demo, 2024 series

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Legendary photography collector, dealer and founder of Center for Photography at Woodstock, Howard Greenberg caught up with me to speak about the early days of photography dealing in New York as part of the collaboration with @aipadphoto.bsky.social

Amazing speaking with such an inspiring group of women for our Female Leaders episode of the podcast collaboration with @aipadphoto.bsky.social Huge thanks to - Yancey Richardson - Anna Skillman - Arnika Dawkins and - Adélie Genestar de Ipanema For your contributions to the field of photography

Was an honour recording a podcast with 30 years of @aipadphoto.bsky.social presidents & legends of dealing fine art photography from the 1970's until today. - Lee Marks - Robert Klein - Stephen Bulger - Richard Moore Lots of great insights & stories about the history of AIPAD & selling photos.

Great speaking with Andra Russek (Scheinbaum & Russek) and Sophie Wright (@fotografiska.bsky.social) about collecting photography for our podcast collaboration with @aipadphoto.bsky.social Series begins in April, subscribe via @deepcast.bsky.social so you don't miss out! podsite.fm/subtext-disc...

Yesterday we recorded the first of eight podcasts as part of a collaboration between The Association of International Photography Art Dealers @aipadphoto.bsky.social and Subtext & Discourse | Art World Podcast.

AIPAD Talks 'Abstract as a Verb' Lynn Stern, Obscura Gallery artist in Conversation with Phil Taylor, Associate Curator, George Eastman Museum Monday, April 7, 11am MST Read more about it here: conta.cc/4ci87Sm REGISTER HERE FOR THE FREE ONLINE ZOOM EVENT: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

See you in three weeks, NYC!

Coco Fronsac: Chimères et Merveilles On view through April 12, 2025 Read all about the exhibition here or visit the link in our bio: conta.cc/41OvwpC 📷 Coco Fronsac,Les bambous Kanak, série Chimères et Merveilles, 2011, 10.25 x 7.75", mixed media on early 20th Century photograph, unique 1 of 1.

I'm now an accredited member of the Appraisers Association of America specializing in photography. Please reach out for your photo appraisal needs including donation appraisals, estate tax, and insurance appraisals.

Coco Fronsac: Chimères et Merveilles Starting Today, 11-4pm Read all about the exhibition here:: conta.cc/41OvwpC 📷 Coco Fronsac, En parfaite communion avec la Leptomedusa , de la série chimères et merveilles, 2014, 12 x 9.5", mixed media on early 20th Century found photograph, unique 1/1.

Thanks @santafereporter.bsky.social for the plug on Obscura Gallery's new exhibition - Coco Fronsac: Chimères et Merveilles - starting this Friday!

New exhibition starts this Friday, March 14! COCO FRONSAC: Chimères et Merveilles While visiting Paris Photo this past November, we were thrilled to be able to meet with Coco Fronsac and gather some new inventory for our gallery!

Happy Anniversary to us! We're celebrating 8 years of Obscura Gallery being in business this month! My how time flies when you're having fun dealing in photography! 🎉 📷 KRZYSZTOF WLADYKA, Animaly #16

On view just a few more weeks - Ian Markus: Fragments of the Frontier, thru 3/8. Through ethereal, large-format gelatin silver prints, Markus uses a 4x5” film camera and darkroom composite techniques to create ghostly, visceral imagery that reflects the challenges faced by contemporary ranchers.

Don't forget we are collaborating with our local ski basin, Ski Santa Fe this season! -Take a photo of your winter experience at Ski Santa Fe. -Post it to Instagram including hashtag #skibueno -Images chosen weekly & one 'best-in-show' to receive a 2025-2026 ski pass as the winner.

Thrilled to have Luis González Palma make the cover of our local arts magazine @Pasatiempo shining light on exciting upcoming exhibitions happening around Santa Fe this Spring! We're so excited to be collaborating with @jdcfineart to bring Luis's work to Santa Fe this May.

📷 Gordon Parks, Drinking Fountains, Mobile, Alabama, 1956, 12 x 18", archival pigment print, from sold-out edition of 15. Please inquire for more information. #BlackHistoryMonth #GordonParks #FSAPhotographer #LifeMagazinePhotographer

A couple walks into the gallery and asks if we do Aura photography? That's a new one.

We are so excited to now be representing New York artist Lynn Stern. Lynn's work is intimately tied to the history of the medium through her innovative use of natural light, still life, and large-format cameras and film. Read more about Lynn's work here: tinyurl.com/ycxmpthw

📷 Danny Lyon, Dr. Martin Luther King Just Before He Speaks at Birmingham, 1963, from Lyon's Civil Rights archive which is now housed at Duke University.

OPENING TODAY, 1-3PM IAN MARKUS: Fragments of the Frontier Obscura was on the Richard Eeds radio show this week chatting about the show, have a listen here: santafe.com/podcast/rich...