ALEX GALAN | DATE 3/4/2011

Yelena Yemchuk: Gidropark Signing at Clic Gallery, March 2, 2011

Christiane Celle, Clic Gallery's founder, hosted a book signing reception on Wednesday, March 2nd with Ukranian born photographer Yelena Yemchuk, whose new book Gidropark is published by Damiani. Yemchuk is highly regarded for her fashion work, but this book, her first, focuses on a more personal project - portraits of sunbathers and picnickers at a public park in Kiev. Yemchuk's black-and-white photographs recall the work of Boris Mikhailov, but with a more romantic edge and an affinity for the beauty of the figure in a landscape. The crowd at Clic was made up of family, friends and admirers, including Yemchuk's partner Ebon Moss-Bachrach and their two children, actors Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, supermodel Carolyn Murphy, and fashion designers Victoria Bartlett and Jane Mayle. Tom Gitterman and Elena John of Gitterman Gallery will be mounting a show of the Gidropark photos in May.

Supermodel Carolyn Murphy with photographer Yelena Yemchuk and friends.

Vogue Mexico fashion editor Sarah Gore-Reeves (L) with daughter Danielle and photographer Yelena Yemchuk (R).

D.A.P.'s Alex Galan (L) with actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach, the photographer's husband (R).

Yelena Yemchuk signing her book for friend Peter Sarsgaard (R).

From left, Tom Gitterman and Elena John of Gitterman Gallery with Clic's Angharad Coates.

From left, Richard Brown, artist Neil Grayson, and fashion designer Victoria Bartlett.