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Selected by TIME Magazine as one of the world’s “Top Design Influencers,” international fashion blogger Scott Schuman, better known as The Sartorialist, is fast becoming known as one of the internet’s pioneer photographers for his blog of street photographs of stylish people. Traveling both the world’s fashion capitals and further afield, The Sartorialist brings an original and contemporary twist to the photographic tradition of August Sander.

The gallery will be the place to be seen by the Eye of Street Style himself.

Exhibition runs August 31-September 25, 2010

Hagedorn Foundation Gallery
425 Peachtree Hills Avenue, Suite 25
Atlanta, Georgia 30305
404.492.7718

An artist talk with Atlanta artist, Elyse Defoor and New Orleans artist, Lori Gordon, and with special guest, Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Natasha Trethewey.

Natasha Trethewey (NPR interview) will discuss her upcoming book, “Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.” Trethewey is the author of three collections of poetry: Domestic Work, Bellocq’s Ophelia, and Native Guard, for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. She holds the Phillis Wheatley Distinguished Chair in Poetry at Emory University.

The Today Show will air an an interview with Elyse Defoor as she discusses her project X.U.ME. on Saturday, August 28, at 7:00 AM on WXIA (NBC) in Atlanta.

Spruill Gallery
4681 Ashford Dunwoody Road
Atlanta, GA 30338

Did you know some of Atlanta’s most skilled and dedicated physicians are also quite accomplished photographers? Part of the citywide art walk on August 21. Exhibition is up through Oct. 9.

Jennifer Schwartz Gallery
75 Bennett Street, Suite K2
Atlanta, GA 30309