Don Alman 【Analog Reflections works from the 80’s & 90’s】

Friday, September 18, 2026 5:00 PM 17:00
Sunday, October 11, 2026 10:00 PM 22:00

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Don Alman
Analog Reflections works from the 80’s & 90’s
curated by Clayton Harley

Friday Sep 18th -Oct 11th
43 Porter Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Synesthesia is pleased to present chips of photographic topaz from the master himself Don Alman.

What is a cibachrome?

What is a serenade in blue?

You have to come in person or you can’t see it true.

Don managed to understudy with Lenore Davis of the NY Times, Nathan Farb, Amy Stromsten, Martha Rosler, & George Tice back in the prime days of analog. Having worked in several labs as a pro printer, he broke off on his own in the hayday of dog-eat-dog, quality-over-obscurity, “Absolutely Custom” printing.

He made hay for Annie Liebovitz, Fred Conrad of the NY Times, Peter B. Kaplan, Al Satterwhite, Gilles Larrain, Brian Ashley White & Bill King. He seldom admits his prowess but it oozes off him the minute you ask him about mission or technique.

In the biz he made a living assisting Richard Lovrich of Rapid Eye Movement, Steve Ladner & M. Lorrain. He caught assignments shooting such subjects as space shuttle launches, studio fashion for Vogue Magazine, album covers, & period fashion for Victoria Magazine.

Don, over the years, has worked in multiple photographic supply houses, most notably helming the used dept at K&M in Manhattan forever, taking care of the needs of fellow photographers, and even teaching fledglings our way to fall. Hats off to Don tonight and always.

Please be our guest to see his magnificent B&W’s printed large. And if you have a developed palate, come for his exquisite cibachromes, a rare color delicacy which, if you don’t know what it is, you can’t learn about it from looking at pictures unless they are in the flesh, something no data or digifile can adequately copy, only to be understood in flagranti. Magnificent.