This exhibition brings together the work of three photographers, all women, who are at the forefront of new pictorialism in contemporary photography. Each artist has expanded upon the traditional subjects of portraiture, genre, and landscape photography to create her unique and individual voice. Common themes of personal identity, role-playing, and storytelling, are at the essence of this provocative exhibition.

Beth Yarnelle Edwards currently lives in San Carlos, California. As she says, her photographs are “visual explorations of people, places, and things in middle-class California suburbs.” Included in this exhibition will be a selection of works from the series “Suburban Dreams,” which casts an even and undiscriminating eye on everyday life and social conventions. Ms. Edwards captures subjects in situations surrounded by objects that reflect their personal identity and individualism. The cinematic style informs her heavily saturated color photographs.

Laurie Long also lives in California. An internationally recognized photographer, the exhibition will include a selection of works from her series “Becoming Nancy Drew”, which blurs fact, fiction and childhood memory. In these photographs, Ms. Long stages tableaux re-enacting the stories of the fictional “teen” detective Nancy Drew, the series that a generation of women grew up with. Her work combines elements of humor, feminism and pop culture with a critical eye.

Magali Nougarède is a French-born photographer, currently residing in England. Her photographs have been described as metaphors and meditations on emotions and mental states. The exhibition includes a selection of work from her series “Toeing The Line”, a commission by PhotoWorks. The series documents the lives of women in the seaside town of Eastbourne, UK, by juxtaposing genteel elderly women with young girls of the village. The poetic cropping of the images offers a new spin on the documentary style of photography.

This exhibition offers a unique opportunity to see the work of these three artists for the first time in New York City.