Frank Gehry Receives Kalisher Original

Famed interior designer and restauranteur Barbara Lazaroff gave one of Jesse's limited edition, silver gelatin prints of the Disney Music Hall to world-renowned architect Frank Gehry. "It's an amazing shot," Barbara said, "And it made the perfect gift to an old friend." Gehry reportedly loves the picture and it now hangs in his office.
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Jesse's Photography Selling Well in Target!

Six of Jesse's pictures hit store shelves in Target across the country at the end of December. Images of Paris, New York, San Francisco, Venice, Las Vegas and Hollywood - priced at $9.99, framed! This is a limited time sale in Target stores, and we're already receiving reports of empty shelves... so run and get them while they're still in stock. Jesse says he's thrilled to be in Target stores as this is a great extension of his philosophy that everyone should have access to affordable art. Read his blog post on Target here.
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Green Product Re-Introduced for Interior Designers

We're pleased to re-launch our Earth Friendly line of Green products for Interior Designers. These pieces are printed on renewable Bamboo Paper, framed with 100% recycled mat board, 100% recycled and formaldehyde free MDF frames and uses glass that's 60% recycled. If you're a Designer, Specifier or Buyer and are interested in learning more about this product, please contact Shelly Francisco or Margaret Irvin.

NYT Hails Design of New Restaurant
using Jesse's Photography

Granted it's a restaurant review, and granted most of the article focuses on, as it should, the food. But forgive us if our favorite two words in the article are "strikingly beautiful." You can read the article (and see the bottom of Jesse's photography) in the New York Times article here.

The Louvre Acquires Kalisher Prints

The Louvre acquired 11 of Jesse's limited edition, silver gelatin prints and added them to their permanent collection. Among the prints—all from Jesse's 'Art Watching' series—was his famous Mona Lisa at the Mona Lisa. "Naturally, I'm thrilled," Jesse says of this latest acquisition. While his prints are already at the vaulted Paris museum, Jesse and family plan to visit The Louvre in person next August.
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Lexar Media Celebrates Jesse's Photography

Lexar Media began officially sponsoring Jesse's work this year and this past month they added Jesse to their online photographer's gallery. You can see what Lexar Media has to say about Jesse here: http://www.lexar.com/dp/pro_photo/jesse_kalisher.html

Nikon Pro

Nikon hired Jesse to coach other photographers on its Flickr
discussion group. "I've been shooting with Nikon forever,"
Jesse says. And it's terrific to expand my relationship with them."

Fifth Annual Auction to Support
Military Wounded Raises $1,525

We're proud to report that we've raised a record amount in our annual auction to support The Fisher House Foundation. This year's auction brings our gallery's total fundraising to $4,525. This year we auctioned off one of our historic prints of Barack Obama.

100,000 people using our new, free iGoogle skins

Amazing... Google asked us to provide Jesse's images for their new iGoogle skin launch and within a few days of the launch more than 100,000 people were using his images on their Google homepages... Check out the themes >

First Obama Prints Acquired by Smithsonian

The Smithsonian National Museum of American History acquired 10 of Jesse's limited edition prints and added them to their permanent collection. Among the prints were two of President Obama - and these were the first two Obama prints acquired by the museum's department of Photography. Art Business News reports on the acquisition.
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Publication for Hotel Owners Interviews Jesse

Jesse was recently interviewed by Hotel Vikas, a publication geared toward hotel owners. You can read his interview online here.

Anthem Gallery Takes on Jesse's Work

New York based Anthem Gallery has begun selling Jesse's Limited Edition, Silver Gelatin originals. Jesse and Anthem Gallery owner Laura Loving have known each other for years and the relationship seemed both "natural and inevitable" Jesse says. You can visit The Anthem Gallery online.

Lexar Media now sponsoring Jesse's work

Close on the heels of signing a sponsorship agreement with Nikon, Lexar Media stepped up and asked to sponsor Jesse and his work. "Perfect match," says Jesse who has been using Lexar Media cards exclusively since he went digital in the summer of 2005. "Four years and no card failures," Jesse says of his experience with Lexar, "Now that's a brand I can get behind."

N.C. gallery has auction
to help hurt troops

The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Nov 12, 2009 9:51:47 EST

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A North Carolina gallery is holding its annual auction to benefit wounded troops, and among this year's offerings is a photo of President Barack Obama.
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Beverly Hills Gallery Has Exclusive on Kalisher Originals

Jesse's limited edition, silver gelatin originals are now available
exclusively from the David Streets Beverly Hills art gallery. For more
information, contact david@davidstreetsbeverlyhills.com

Jesse Featured on
Lowepro Website

Jesse's expanding relationship with Lowepro now includes a nice feature on their website. Jesse does indeed use Lowepro packs exclusively - his favorite model is the NatureTrekker AW.

Quoted in Museum Curator's Blog -
is it Art or Craft?

Jordana Pomeroy, Chief Curator for the National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington, DC), quoted Jesse in a recent blog post. The question she posed is how to define the difference between commercial and fine art photography. You can read Jesse's answer here: http://curatorialchaostheater.blogspot.com/

DuSable Museum Exhibit

The DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago's Hyde Park district has acquired two of Jesse's Limited Edition prints of President Obama - these are currently on display as part of the museum's "Tracing the Civil Rights Movement" exhibit.

Kalisher Joins Walk Carrboro Effort

“Carrboro is a remarkable town,” Jesse says of the small North Carolina town where he and Helen located their gallery last year. “We have world class coffee, chocolate, comedy, pottery, organic and local food and so much more.” The gallery is part of the new Walk Carrboro campaign which includes a colorful walking map and advertising on North Carolina Public Radio. “If you’re in the neighborhood, come visit us and see all that Carrboro has to offer.”

Zimmer Childrens' Museum Auction

Jesse & Helen have donate a limited edition, silver gelatin print of the John Lennon Imagine Memorial in Central Park to Los Angeles’ Zimmer Children’s Museum. The Zimmer museum will auction the print off alongside other notable artwork as part of its annual fundraiser in March.

$1,200 Raised for Fisher House ™ Foundation

We’re pleased to announce a record fundraising event this year, in our 4th annual Fisher House auction. Congratulations to Ken Tang who had the winning bid at $1000. He won a $1,600 framed limited edition, silver gelatin print. Other print sales added an additional $200 to the Fisher House collection. The Fisher House ™ Foundation provides military families with free housing within walking distance of hospitals when visiting wounded loved ones. “Helping Fisher House is one small way we can step up and support our men and women in uniform,” Jesse said. Both Jesse and Helen Kalisher marched in opposition to the war in Iraq before the war began and have, for the past four years expressed their support for the troops through this annual event.

San Francisco Starbucks

We’re pleased to announce that Jesse’s San Francisco imagery is being installed at the Starbucks inside Macy’s at Union Square. This is the second Starbucks to feature Jesse’s work. The first one is in Vail, Colorado.

Herald Sun Praises New Gallery
The Durham-Herald Sun named our new place, “an important addition to the area’s galleries.” In addition, noted national art critic John Villani named Carrboro one of America’s top 100 Art Towns. All things considered, we’re thrilled to be here.

Annual SF Camerawork Auction

Jesse was once again part of the annual SF Camerawork Auction. His “San Francisco Sunrise” print was part of a silent and online auction and sat alongside work by Ansel Adams, Ruth Bernhard, Dorothea Lange and others. It sold for $700. To learn more, please visit sfcamerawork.org.

Taj Mahal Review

Jesse contriuted to the December issue of the Taj Mahal review - an international journal of short stories, poetry, drawings and photographs published in India by Santosh Kumar. "Mr. Kumar asked to include two of my images in his latest issue," Jesse says, "and I was all too happy to contribute."

Kalisher Gallery Goes Green!

Last month our popular reproductions hits HomeGoods in a smart looking pallet display. We printed all of these on paper certified environmentally friendly by the Forest Stewarship Council. In addition to being earth-friendly, this is a premium paper stock which gives us brilliant whites and very strong blacks. While we didn't have the space to announce this on the framed prints themselves, all of these are also matted in 100% recycled mat board. "Green Lodging News" noted last month that our Interior Design customers can now create custom cutting-edge 100% green framed products using earth-friendly, recylced components. Contact Shelly Francisco (919) 967-4300, xt.32 or shelly@kalisher.com for details.

Richard Roeper Supports Kalisher Effort

Richard Roeper (Ebert & Roeper) came out in support of Helen and Jesse Kalisher's efforts to remove violent scenes from publicly viewable in-flight films. "This is great news," Jesse said. "We welcome Mr. Roeper's involvement in resolving this issue as quickly and easily as possible. To see Roeper's commentary online, visit www.kidsafefilms.org. This website and the entire issue of violent "R" rated films being shown on publicly viewable screens on airlines was reported in a recent New York Times article.

Meals on Wheels Donataion

Jesse and Helen donated a $1,500 limited edition, hand-sigend print of Napa Valley to Barbara Lazaroff, to be auctioned off in her annual Meal on Wheels fundraiser. This will be part of the 25th Annual Food & Wine Festival which takes place in Los Angeles - this year, at the Universal Studios back lot.

"if you find the Buddha" Keeps Plugging

Nineteen (100%) 5-Star reviews on Amazon. The San Jose Museum of Art recently reviewed "if you find the Buddha". They wrote: "All over the world, Buddhas appear in every conceivable setting—from the sublimely beautiful to the utilitarian everyday. In his evocative photographs, Jesse kalisher has captured the complexity and subtle gradations of humanity's relationship to the Buddha—in the East and the West alike."

3rd Annual Auction to Raise
$ for the Troops

Congratulations to Bob Schwartz of Chapel Hill, NC who had the winning bid for this collector's limited edition, hand-printed, numbered and signed, silver gelatin printof the World Trade Center, taken by Jesse in July, 2001. This is silver print is valued at $1,300.

One hundred percent of the proceeds from the winning bid will be donated to The Fisher House ™ Foundation. Raising awareness and money for Fisher House ™ through this auction is an annual event for the gallery. To-date, the Kalishers have raised$2,000 for Fisher House ™. “This year,” Jesse says, “with nearly 30,000 wounded Americans coming out of Iraq, I’m thrilled that we've been able to raise $1,000. My thanks to Bob Schwartz and to all those who participated in the auction.