Florian Bohm "Wait for Walk"
Amador Gallery
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In the series, "Wait for Walk," Böhm's temerity manifests itself in photographs of New Yorkers literally waiting for the walk signal to cross the street. Using a medium format 6 x 7 or 6 x 17 camera, Böhm shoots at the same level as his subjects, in well-lit conditions, at busy intersections thereby establishing a photographic paradigm that illuminates similarities and differences between his photos and the subjects. Though certainly influenced by American street-photography, Böhm's methods recall Bernd and Hilla Becher, whose style highlighted the individuality of things through strict, repetitive photographic tactics. By focusing on this momentary cessation of action, Böhm simultaneously elucidates the individual in the subliminally daunting metropolis, while highlighting a moment of social, economic and racial transcendence: everybody has to wait as the cars speed by: individuality, through the mannerisms exhibited during the simple act of waiting, flourishes.
[Image: Florian Böhm "48th Street / Fifth Avenue" (2005) Archival Pigment Print 20 x 25 in.]
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Schedule
from September 10, 2008 to October 18, 2008
Opening Reception on 2009-09-10 from 18:00 to 20:00