Lynn Davis "Recent Work"
Edwynn Houk Gallery
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Lynn Davis’ recent work features large-scale photographs from her most recent trips to India and Iguazu Falls. In 1986, Lynn Davis began her travels as an expeditionary photographer, visiting the coast of Greenland where she began shooting her renowned series of Icebergs. With meticulous attention to detail and a painstaking printing process that involves subtly toning each print, Davis has captured the far corners of the world, in an ongoing exploration of architecture and natural wonders. Davis’ latest compositions of India reveal her ability to overcome the boundaries of time and space. She photographs the 7th century Virupaksha Temple from a distance, allowing our eye to take in the full structure, and offers us a close-up glimpse of the Bahá’í Temple, constructed less than 25 years ago. We do not immediately take note of the centuries that separate the two structures. By carefully editing her compositions and stabilizing them in a balanced, square format, she unites modern and ancient temples through the simplicity of the geometric line, transcending the years and the distance that separates them. The viewer is left to consider something larger than the walls of these man-made constructions: a feeling of spiritual grandeur.
[Image: Lynn Davis "Jantar Mantar, Delhi" (2007)]
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Schedule
from October 24, 2008 to December 06, 2008
Opening Reception on 2008-10-23 from 18:00 to 20:00