Galerie Paul Andriesse Amsterdam. October 22nd – December 10th
Opening saturday October 22nd 17:00 - 19:00
Immediately following the attacks of 9/11, nearly 100 trained search dogs and their handlers –enlisted from 18 US states– were deployed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to join the rescue efforts at the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington. Alongside firemenand other teams sorting through the debris, the dogs worked tirelessly around the clock to locate survivors in the rubble –images of which deeply intrigued Charlotte Dumas as the events unfolded in the news media. One decade later, discovering that only 15 of these dogs were still alive, Dumas succeeded in tracking each of them down, visiting and photographing the dogs at their homes throughout the US, where they all still live with their handlers. Composed at close range in natural light, Dumas’ powerful portraits offer an intimate view into the everyday lives of these highly specialized working animals, now sharing the vulnerability of old age as they once pursued a common heroic goal.
Book signing Retrieved at MoMA PS1 - NYC September 30th
During the New York Art Book Fair the book singing of Retrieved will be held at MoMA PS1 on September 30th, 4:00 p.m. 22-25 Jackson Avenue at 46th Avenue, Long Island City, NY
Book presentation and benefit for the First Responder Alliance - NYC September 29th
Held at Clic Bookstore 255 Centre Street, NYC on September 29th from 6.00-8.00 PM
During a very special one-night-only silent auction, five of Photographer Charlotte Dumas’favorite photographs from the sixteen-part series Retrieved will be offered up to benefit the First Responder Alliance. All seven prints will be accompanied by Charlotte’s personal notes on the depicted rescue veterans, dedicated to each highest bidder. The notes will include visual memorabila and snapshots of the dog at work during the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. None of this material will be available otherwise, and it is not included inRetrieved, the book, which she will be signing throughout the evening.
´Retrieved´ at Julie Saul Gallery NYC. September 8th – October 15th
The Julie Saul Gallery is pleased to present a selection of photographs from Charlotte Dumas’ new project and book Retrieved. Earlier this year Dumas set out to photograph the surviving rescue dogs that, in the aftermath of 9/11, worked at the sites at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Out of the group of almost 100 dogs originally deployed by FEMA, she located 15 surviving rescue dogs and arranged to photograph them. The now retired dogs are all still living with their owners, and she visited them in their homes in twelve different states. At the time of the attacks, all of the dogs were at least 2 years old, so today they are in their old age.