To live with you alone, Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee by Taj Forer

Blind Spot, the tri-annual journal of photography, is holding their annual benefit auction next Tuesday, December 15th at the X Initiative space in Chelsea. If you're not familiar with Blind Spot, they're a wonderful non-profit whose mission is to present new photographic work by living photographers in a context unhindered by commercial or editorial content. In the spirit of Blind Spot, I'll refrain from rambling and get to the point. Check out this jaw-dropping list of photographers whose work is on the block:

Michele Abeles, John Baldessari, Davide Balula, Lawrence Beck, Richard Benson, Walead Beshty, Mark Borthwick, Marco Breuer, Jane Rule Burdine, Peter Coffin, Lois Conner, Sam Contis, Reuben Cox, Moyra Davey, Tim Davis, Constance DeJong, Wijnanda Deroo, Dru Donovan, Barbara Ess, Roe Ethridge, Sam Falls, Robert Flynt, Taj Forer, Brendan Fowler, Jason Fulford, Chris Gentile, Jim Goldberg, Daniel Gordon, Bryan Graf, Amy Granat, Gary Green, Janice Guy, Hans Haacke, Estelle Hanania, Christina Hejtmanek, Corin Hewitt, Katie Holten, Peter Holzhauer, Susanna Howe, Whitney Hubbs, Gemma Hart Ingalls, Jodie Vicenta Jacobson, Ron Jude, Matt Keegan, David La Spina, Zoe Leonard, Jonathan Lewis, Miranda Lichtenstein, Matt Lipps, Catherine Maloney, Tanya Marcuse, Glynnis McDaris, David Melrose, Richard Mosse, Katherine Newbegin, John O, Boru O'Brien O'Connell, Arthur Ou, Ted Partin, Isabel Penzlien, Bradley Peters, Matthu Placek, Matthew Porter, Mariah Roberts, Amanda Ross-Ho, Hanna Sandin, Noah Sheldon, David Benjamin Sherry, Stephen Shore, Susan Silton, Roman Signer, Colin Smith, Rebecca Soderholm, Matthew Spiegelman, Elaine Stocki, Joe Mama-Nitzberg, Marc Swanson, Josh Tonsfeldt, Michael Vahrenwald, Sara Vanderbeek, Catherine Wagner, James Welling, Angela West, Ida Weygandt, Hannah Whitaker, Grant Willing, Katherine Wolkoff, Brenna Youngblood, Wintergarten LTD, and more!

Among some of the world's most renowned photographers, you might recognize our own 20x200 edition-maker Taj Forer. In fact, Taj's print being auctioned is from the same Threefold Sun series that we pulled his two 20x200 editions* from.

If you haven't already rushed off to buy your ticket, a preview of the lineup is available online. And even if you can't make it to New York for the sure-to-be-show-stopping live auction, you can register ahead of time to bid online or by fax. Word on the street is that Ms. Jen Bekman herself, who is serving on the benefit committee, will so be there.

Blind Spot 2009 Benefit Auction
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
7:00-9:30pm: Cocktails, Hors d'Oeuvres & Silent Auction
8:00pm: Live Auction
X Initiative Space
548 West 22nd Street NYC 10011

*Most sizes of Taj's two gorgeous editions To live with you alone, Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee and Boots and raincoats, San Diego, California are available on 20x200.