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Mark Klett, “Dinner — 32 Minutes, 11/13/04,” silver gelatin print, will be seen in “Time Tracers.”

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Dulce Pinzón’s “Catwoman,” 2005, C-print, depicts New York nanny Minerva Valencia, from the state of Puebla, who sends home $400 a week.

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CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK PRESENTS ‘SUPERHEROES,’ TIME TRACERS w/2 cuts

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WOODSTOCK, N.Y. — CPW presents the exhibitions “Time Tracers” and “Dulce Pinzon / The Real Story of the Superheroes”; both are on view through December 16.

“Time Tracers,” curated by Ariel Shanberg, features CPW artists Rebecca Cummins (Seattle, Wash.), Blake Fitch (Charlottesville, Va.), Mark Klett (Tempe, Ariz.), Chris McCaw (San Francisco), Junsik Shin (New York City).

The traditional use of a photograph has been to capture the ubiquitous encapsulating “moment,” that fraction of a second that seeks to represent/reflect a larger span of time. The five photographers featured in “Time Tracers” defy that tendency, seeking to trace the passage of time through the single image or the grouping of multiple images. To do so, they employ a variety of techniques, including long exposures (ranging from minutes to days), the sequencing of multiple images to map time’s mark on their subjects, and push the boundaries of the photographic medium’s ability to record the passage of time on a single sheet of film/paper.

“The Real Story of the Superheroes” is a solo exhibition of work by Dulce Pinzon, a New York City-based photographer.

In the shadow of the events of 9/11 and those which followed, Pinzon became interested in “heroes” who make great sacrifices not within the mythologizing setting of the battlefield but who do risk immeasurable life and welfare in their day-to-day lives for the good of others and who do so in a far less spectacular setting. To do so, she focused her attentions on the controversial subject of the Mexican immigrant workers, who in Pinzon’s view, were a perfect example of the hero who has gone unnoticed.

“The Real Story of the Superheroes” pays homage to these determined individuals that somehow manage, without the help of any supernatural powers, to withstand extreme conditions in order to help their families and communities survive and prosper. They subsequently save those wages at great cost and sacrifice to themselves and send them to their families and communities in Mexico who rely on their heroism to survive.

Pinzon was born in Mexico City in 1974. She holds a MFA in photography from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. In 1995 she moved to New York where she studied at The International Center of Photography. As a young Mexican artist living in the United States, Dulce soon found new inspiration for her photography in feelings of nostalgia, questions of identity, and political and cultural frustrations.

Pinzon’s work has been exhibited throughout the world, including shows in Mexico, the United States, Australia, Argentina and across Europe. Her images have been published in The New York Times, The Guardian UK, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, and others. In 2001 one of her images was used for the cover of a reprinting of Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States. Pinzon lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.

The Center for Photography at Woodstock is at 59 Tinker Street. For information, 845-679-9957 or www.cpw.org.