Steven Amedee

Happy Valentine’s Day @felixdeonr in 22kt gold leaf over red clay with antique burnish #custompictureframing #custompictureframe #22kgold #gildedframe #goldleaf #gayartistsoninstagram #handmadeinnyc #tribeca #stevenamedee

So pleased to have framed these original silver gelatin prints by David Lebe, Self: 11:98" 1981 and "Self Portrait with Orchid" 1982. David Lebe’s first light drawings were self-portraits made in his small apartment in 1976. Using a 35mm camera on a tripod, he outlined his naked body with the flashlight, adding other lines and squiggles along the way. Like the earlier pinhole photographs, the light drawings required long exposure times, allowing Lebe to come out from the beh...ind the camera and interact with his subjects. In this sense, his images became records of events rather than of frozen moments in time. Lebe continued to make light drawings for about a decade, becoming more and more adept at controlling and manipulating the light sources, which could include flashlights, strobes, and ambient light. In 1987, following the death of a close friend from AIDS, he began creating abstract, figureless photos drawn freehand with a flashlight. Calling them Scribbles, Lebe made a number of these images, which often feature light emerging from a glass vase in the middle of a darkened space. At first, he felt that the photos were frivolous and silly, and that I really had a responsibility to be making work that dealt with AIDS. As he shared them with other people, however, he started to see them as representing the spirits of the dead and came to realize that they were indeed a response to the disease that was ravaging the gay community. The pictures were really a defiance of the fear and the pain, a kind of celebration of the spirits of so many who had died. - edited from Wikipedia, see site for footnote references and more of Lebe’s story. #silvergelatinprint #filmphotography #fineartphotography #custompictureframing #custompictureframe #pictureframing #pictureframe #handfinishedframes #museumglass #handmadeinnyc #tribeca #stevenamedee

Fred, still watching over the shop #birdseyemaple #charcoalstain #linenmat #museumglass #bestbuddyever

Thank you to our client for this installation shot of this Alex Katz's "Yellow Tulips" we recently framed. This 48" x 78" piece is shown in a 22kt gold leafed beveled frame with black sides. For optimum viewing we glazed it with anti reflective, UV filtering Optium museum acrylic. #22ktgold #gildedframe #goldleaf #alexkatz #optiummuseumacrylic #truvueoptiummuseumacrylic #conservationframing #custompictureframing #custompictureframe #pictureframing #pictureframes #tribeca #stevenamedee

Loving this original watercolor by @joshua.huyser in our appropriately fitting, rounded corner acrylic frame made from a single 1 slab in sanded grey. #cassettetapes #retromusic #sandedacrylic #frostedacrylic #acrylicframe #acrylicpictureframe #custompictureframing #custompictureframe #pictureframing #pictureframe #tribeca #stevenamedee

Self portrait by the very talented @johnarsenaultphoto framed in opaque white lacquer with an 8ply conservation rag mat and anti reflective UV filtering museum glass #finishedcornerframe #seamlesscorner #conservationframing #selfportraitphotography #museumglass #custompictureframing #pictureframing #customframing #handmadeinnyc #tribeca #stevenamedee