Photography
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CRIME SCENES British photographer Tom Hunter stages and photographs elaborate tableaux based on crime reports from his local newspaper, the Hackney Gazette. The works on view in the exhibit “Living in Hell and Other Stories” recall the paintings of Gauguin, Le Nain Brothers, and other artists. Through Saturday, March 25, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Yancey Richardson Gallery, 535 W. 22nd St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 646-230-9610, free.
BIG SKY COUNTRY An exhibit of 19thcentury American mammoth plate photographs features the work of Carleton Watkins, William Henry Jackson, and Frank Jay Haynes. The photographs on display in “Celebrating the American West” were taken with cameras that held glass negatives as large as 18 inches by 22 inches. They depict Western scenes including Yellowstone and Yosemite. Through Saturday, April 29, Wednesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Gitterman Gallery, 170 E. 75th St., between Third and Lexington avenues, 212-734-0868, free.
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