Hellen van Meene at Yancey Richardson

Dutch photographer Hellen van Meene is known for traveling around the world to capture still, exquisite images of young people; her latest solo show at Chelsea’s Yancey Richardson Gallery zeros in on girls closer to home, photographing them with pets to study the interaction between them.  (Through Dec 21st).  

Hellen van Meene, Untitled #390, from the series ‘Dogs and Girls,’ 16 x 16 inches, 2012.

Hellen van Meene at Yancey Richardson Gallery

Hellen van Meene, Untitled #307, (Heiloo, Netherlands), c-print, 2008.
Hellen van Meene, Untitled #307, (Heiloo, Netherlands), c-print, 2008.

Chelsea is slowly coming back to life, post-Sandy.  Yancey Richardson Gallery just reopened a show of panorama photos by Hellen van Meene including this portrait of an exquisite girl in a dilapidated interior, taken in Heiloo, Netherlands in ’08. (Though Nov 24th.)