“We’re feeling very disconnected right now, and if we just look at our neighbors and have relationships across the window space, it takes us out of these bubbles we’ve created for ourselves, and we realize that our neighbors’ lives aren’t that different than our own.”  

-Gail Albert Halaban, BBC July 2020

Weinstein Hammons Gallery is pleased to present Out My Window, an exhibition of fifteen large-format photographs by the internationally recognized, New York based artist Gail Albert Halaban. The works will be on view by appointment beginning September 10, 2021, and will be the artist’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. 

Out My Window began in 2007 when Albert Halaban moved to New York City from Los Angeles, and it has now expanded to five continents and over twenty five cities. In an attempt to foster new connections, she started using her camera to interact with the people and architecture she encountered in the city. Always connecting with the subjects before photoshoots, Albert Halaban creates unexpected interactions between strangers in close proximity beyond the camera. In each city, these connections and the resulting works often prove emblematic of her location, representing individuals and architecture in the same frame. Included in this exhibition are photographs from New York City, Paris, Venice, Rome, Naples, Milan, Istanbul, and Buenos Aires. 

Revealing the tensions between private and public life, Albert Halaban has a unique way of bringing observers and their subjects together. Despite appearing “natural”, each image is a result of a collaboration with her subjects. Both photographer and sitter participate in the making of the image, including the location, time of day, and the sitter’s activity. Gail Albert Halaban redefines how we see and interact with one another in our communities. 

Gail Albert Halaban received her BA from Brown University and earned her MFA in Photography from Yale University. The artist has three monographs of her work, including Out My Window (PowerHouse, 2012), Paris Views (Aperture, 2014) and Italian Views (Aperture, 2019). Her work is in the collections of the George Eastman Museum, Yale University Art Gallery, Nelson-Atkins Museum, Cape Ann Museum, Getty Museum and Wichita Art Museum.