James and Karla Murray

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James and Karla Murray are American photographers. The husband and wife duo have photographed storefronts of small businesses in New York City and elsewhere. They have also constructed a sculptural installation based on their photographic work. [1] [2] [3]

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Books

The Murrays have published two volumes of their photographic work, Store Front: The Face of Disappearing New York (2008, ISBN   978-1-58423-227-8) and Store Front II: A History Preserved: The Disappearing Face of New York ( ISBN   978-1-58423-604-7). [4] The New York Society Library awarded the New York City Book Award to the Murray's 2012 book, New York Nights. [5]

in 2008, the Murray's were the subject of a documentary film, Store Front New York, directed by Greg DeLiso which was shown at the 2009 Red Hook Film Festival. [6] In March 2019 the Murrays and some of the East Village storefronts they have done work about were the subject of a local piece on WNBC channel four's lifestyle program, New York Live; the pair took the reporter of the story, Joelle Garguilo on a walking tour. [7]

Exhibitions and permanent collections

In 2018, the Murrays created and exhibited an architectural assemblage created from storefronts they photographed. The work is named L.E.S. and was installed in Seward Park on the Lower East Side in Manhattan, New York City. [8] Other exhibitions of their work have been held at Brooklyn Historical Society, [9] Clic Gallery, [10] Fotogalerie Im Blauen Haus, [11] the Museum of Neon Art, and the New-York Historical Society.

Permanent collections of their work are housed at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and the New York Public Library. The Murray's received the 2015 Regina Kellerman Award by the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (GVSHP). [12]

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  1. ↑ "Storefronts Highlight Stories of Independent Shops and Their Proprietors". Hyperallergic. August 9, 2018.
  2. ↑ "James & Karla Murray". Aesthetica Magazine.
  3. ↑ "Store Front". The New Yorker. March 30, 2009 – via www.newyorker.com.
  4. ↑ Teicher, Jordan G. (27 June 2016). "When New York's Mom-and-Pop Businesses Disappear, so Does a Neighborhood's Character". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  5. ↑ "Store Front II". Gingko Press. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  6. ↑ "Red Hook Film Festival". redhookfilmfest.com.
  7. ↑ "Storefronts with James and Karla Murray". NBC New York.
  8. ↑ "Seward Park Events – Public Art Opening: Karla and James Murray's 'Mom-and-Pops of the L.E.S': NYC Parks". www.nycgovparks.org. Archived from the original on 2018-07-21. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  9. ↑ "Brooklyn Storefronts - Center for Brooklyn History". Center for Brooklyn History. December 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  10. ↑ "Clic - Blog". Clic. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  11. ↑ "Exhibition Opening and Artist Talk: "Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York" Photographs by James and Karla Murray". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  12. ↑ "Village Awardee — James and Karla Murray". Village Preservation. 2015-06-16. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
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