Umbrage Editions presents the work of Dreamboats Collective, a new agency specializing in fine art and editorial from four young photographers—Adam Golfer, Joe Leavenworth, TJ Proechel, and Daniel Shea—who founded and direct the collective collaboratively.

As a group, Dreamboats adds to the growing disambiguation between working personally and working editorially. Members of the collective, who met at Maryland Institute College of Art, are primarily engaged in contemporary fine art and social documentary practices, but their professed intention is to circumvent the traditional photographic establishment to create a self-sustaining network of distribution and support for the creation of new photographic works. The works selected for the exhibition are from each artist’s recent body of work: Adam Golfer’s series, Kin*, Joe Leavenworth’s Pictures from Home, TJ Proechel’s Dream House, and Daniel Shea’s Untitled (Baltimore).

The exhibition will be on view from November 5th through December 22nd, Monday through Saturday 11–6 pm. A special preview will be shown on, Thursday October 22^nd 6-8PM. As a special holiday feature, each artist will make available

a limited edition 8”x10” and 11”x14” affordable print series (ranging from $35 to $200) for sale at the gallery.

Dreamboats Collective is simultaneously launching a new website (www.photodreamboats.com) that will include comprehensive portfolios from each artist and an ongoing quarterly affordable print editions.

Umbrage Editions strives to be a leader in the presentation of contemporary visual arts and to provide a voice for emerging photographers internationally. So we are especially pleased to be supporting the Dreamboats on their maiden voyage. In our history, in addition to works by masters and accomplished midcareer artists, we have published the first books and or curated launch exhibitions of numerous photographers whose reputation has soared, such as Taryn Simon, Lillian Bassman, and recently, Tim Hetherington. This opening and multifaceted event is one of many Umbrage projects to highlight the expanding photography community and recognize those that are forging new paths as innovators.

Adam Golfer’s Kin* is a photographic investigation into the abstract relationship between Germany and the Jewish people over 60 years since the fall of the Third Reich. This project began as a way to explore Golfer’s personal feelings and biases towards Germany, as a grandson of Holocaust survivors. In 2008 Golfer traveled throughout Germany, exploring the landscape and spending time with young people in their twenties, coming-of-age as part of the third generation, on the other side of a shared history. The photographs created during Golfer’s travels throughout Germany focus on the ways in which psychological aftereffects and trauma are passed down through generations through family, national identity and religion. Golfer is a Brooklyn based photographer who has worked with clients such as W Magazine, NEON, and The Guardian. His first solo show in New York with be at the 92nd street Y in January, where he will be featuring his entire Kin series. www.adamgolfer.com

Joe Leavenworth’s Pictures from Home is a selection of photographs created when he returned to live in his native home of Woodbury, Connecticut for the first time in four years. Interested in revisiting landscapes familiar only in memory, Joe walked to collect traces of a past in present. Leavenworth began his career in New York as a preparator at Pace/MacGill Gallery and as an archivist for the Museum of the City of New York. He is currently based in Woodbury,

CT and continues freelancing for such clients as W Magazine.

www.jleav.net

T.J. Proechel’s Dream House is an exploration of the foreclosure crisis in Minnesota. Dream House started in late 2008 in the midst of the housing crisis. During this time, Proechel took a job as an REO housing contractor and began photographing the houses he worked on and the people he met whose lives were affected by the foreclosure. Proechel is based in St. Paul Minnesota and has had 4 impressive solo shows. He has received a multitude of grants throughout his time at MICA and continues to freelance. www.tjproechel.com

Daniel Shea’s Untitled (Baltimore) attempts to demystify Baltimore, Maryland, a city whose reputation is frequently enlarged through the lens of pop culture. Untitled (Baltimore) doesn’t represent a value judgment; rather, a fascination with the congruous relationship between its cold reality and its larger, passive representation. Shea currently runs an intensive after school photography program for teens in addition to freelancing in Chicago IL. He has worked for clients such as NPR, Rolling Stone, Russian Esquire, W Magazine, and

Vox Pop. Shea was also represented by Catherine Edelman Gallery for the Chicago Project, where he recently exhibited work. www.dsheaphoto.net

For more information about the Dreamboats exhibition, please contact Ashley Singley, Director of Exhibitions, at ashley@umbragebooks.com, 212.796.2707