Angela Strassheim Shoots Bloody Mess

Using techniques she picked up with the Miami Forensic Imaging Bureau, photographer Angela Strassheim captures black and white bloodstains. After a violent incident at the college where she taught, the Manhattan-based photographer began researching crime scenes and convincing new residents, some oblivious to the unpeaceful past, to let her photograph their homes. Sprayed down with “Blue Star,” hidden spatters and streaks of blood are illuminated and captured through long exposure photographs which are now on view at Chelsea’s Marvelli Gallery.

“Evidence,” November 19 – December 31, Marvelli Gallery, 526 West 26th Street, 2nd Floor

Like an arty upscale porn magazine, a new exhibition of experimental photos challenges “the proliferation of glossy, overemphatic, staged images.” Tomorrow night, “Palomar: Experimental Photography” opens at Marvelli Gallery in Chelsea, featuring artist investigations into atypical photo techniques that sometimes challenge the definition of photography altogether. The group show opens tomorrow from 6 to 8 PM and is on view through June 27 at 526 West 26th Street, 2nd Floor. Click the images above for a preview of the experimental work.