Inside the 2016 Aperture Spring Party & Dinner

Spring Party co-chairs Julie Meneret and Jessica Nagle, Photo by Owen Hoffmann/PMC © Patrick McMullan

Cathy Kaplan, Jim and Missy O'Shaughnessy, Jessica Nagle, Darius Himes, Julie Meneret, Photo by Owen Hoffmann/PMC © Patrick McMullan

Malú Alvarez and Celso Gonzalez-Falla, Photo by Owen Hoffmann/PMC © Patrick McMullan

Elizabeth and William Kahane. Photo by Patrick McMullan © Patrick McMullan

Bruce Barnes, Neal Slavin, Lisa Hostetler, Denise Wolff, Stephen Shore, Chris Boot, Stanley and David Zabar. Photo by Patrick McMullan © Patrick McMullan

Atmosphere. Photo by Max Mikulecky

Darius Himes. Photo by Max Mikulecky

Neal Slavin and Anita Slavin. Photo by Owen Hoffmann/PMC © Patrick McMullan

Nadiya and Whit Williams. Photo by Patrick McMullan © Patrick McMullan

Alexander Hurst and David Meneret. Photo by Owen Hoffmann/PMC © Patrick McMullan

Chris Boot and Lindsay McCrum. Photo by Owen Hoffmann/PMC © Patrick McMullan

Ashley Dennig and Brianna Martin. Photo by Patrick McMullan © Patrick McMullan

Emory Lecrone and Meredith Hinshaw. Photo by Patrick McMullan © Patrick McMullan

Yasu Nakamori, Barbara Tannenbaum, Darius Himes. Photo by Owen Hoffmann/PMC © Patrick McMullan

Stephen Shore with dinner guests. Photo by Max Mikulecky

Alvise Marino. Photo by Owen Hoffmann/PMC © Patrick McMullan

Sasha Frolova. Photo by Patrick McMullan © Patrick McMullan

Cathy Kaplan and Anne Stark Locher. Photo by Max Mikulecky

EXP. Photo by Patrick McMullan © Patrick McMullan

EXP, Karin Kuroda, Bora Kim, Samantha Yung Shao. Photo by Patrick McMullan © Patrick McMullan

Cathy Kaplan, Jim O'Shaughnessy, and Missy O'Shaughnessy. Photo by Owen Hoffmann/PMC © Patrick McMullan

Stefan Ruiz. Photo by Owen Hoffmann/PMC © Patrick McMullan

Zenith Richards. Photo by Patrick McMullan © Patrick McMullan

Ilva Heitmann. Photo by Patrick McMullan © Patrick McMullan

Aliza and Gabrielle Sena. Photo by Owen Hoffmann/PMC © Patrick McMullan

Severn Taylor, Martha Posner, Elizabeth Kahane, Susan Dumke. Photo by Patrick McMullan © Patrick McMullan

Laurent Claquin and Chris Boot. Photo by Owen Hoffmann/PMC © Patrick McMullan

Chris Boot and Deborah Barsel. Photo by Sita Fidler

Stephen Shore’s pie was just the beginning. Celebrating the pre-launch of The Photographer’s Cookbook, copublished by Aperture and the George Eastman Museum, the more than 325 guests who attended Aperture’s second annual Spring Party were treated to inventive fare by BITE inspired by some of the most photogenic recipes around. The event was co-chaired by Jessica Nagle and Julie Meneret and co-hosted by Aperture’s executive director Chris Boot and Darius Himes on behalf of presenting sponsor Christie’s. During the Host Committee Dinner, guests had the opportunity to chat with Cookbook contributors Stephen Shore and Neal Slavin.

Proceeds from the event support Aperture’s youth education programs and educational and community partnerships, including Aperture on Sight: Teaching Visual Literacy Through Photography, designed to cultivate visual literacy through photography and photo book creation. Under the sparkle of lights at Aperture Gallery in Chelsea, where the photographer Doug DuBois’s current exhibition, In Good Time, is on view, guests danced to disco music by DJ and photographer Stefan Ruiz or watched professionals—the K-pop phenomenon EXP—take the floor. Of the two night’s two prizes, one winner took home a basket with The Photographer’s Cookbook and sundries from Zabar’s, the iconic Upper West Side emporium and cosponsor of the Spring Party, and another guest won a Key Lime Pie Supreme straight from the kitchen of Shore himself.

Additional party photos are available on patrickmcmullan.com.

Click here to make a donation to Aperture’s Annual Fund.

For a sensational and sold-out evening, Aperture wishes to thank co-chairs Jessica Nagle and Julie Meneret; Presenting sponsors Christie’s and Zabar’s; contributing artists Stephen Shore and Neal Slavin; Bruce Barnes and Lisa Hostetler of the George Eastman Museum; AIPAD; Brooklyn Brewery; Hotel Americano; Espolon Tequila; Foto Care; Jean Perrier et Fils; Patrick McMullan Company; Pro Sho; and Smilebooth; DJs Stefan Ruiz & Al-Veez; and EXP (Bora Kim, Karin Kuroda and Samantha Y. Shao). Additional thanks to all of the Aperture staff, work scholars, volunteers, and ambassadors for their time and dedication.

Host Committee

Allan Chapin and Anna Rachminov

Andrew Lewin

Anne Stark Locher and Kurt Locher

Barbara and Donald Tober

Bill and Victoria Cherry

Cathy M. Kaplan*

Christine Symchych

Crystal McCrary and Raymond J. McGuire

D. Severn Taylor and J. Scott Switzer

Darius Himes, Christie’s*

David Solo

Elaine Goldman

Elizabeth and William Kahane

Frederick M. R. Smith

Jessica Nagle and Roland Hartley-Urquhart*

Julie and David Meneret*

Kasper

Kate Cordsen

The Lauder Foundation–Leonard & Judy Lauder Fund

Malú Alvarez

Marcy Morgan

Melissa and James O’Shaughnessy

Michael Hoeh*

Nion McEvoy*

Olivia Marciano

Peter Barbur and Tim Doody

Priscilla Rattazzi

S. B. Cooper and Rebecca Besson

Scott Martin and Lauralee Bell Martin*

Sondra Gilman Gonzalez-Falla and Celso Gonzalez-Falla

Stanley Zabar, Zabar’s and Zabars.com*

Susan Dumke

Whit Williams

Willard Taylor and Virginia Davies

*Leader

Spring Party Committee

Alexander G. Clark

Alexander Hurst

Dianna Cohen

Esther Zuckerman

Isabelle Friedrich McTwigan

Liz Grover

Olivia Marciano

Sarah Krueger

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