Ed Kashi "Three"
power House Arena
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About the photography book Three:
In a world inundated by visual imagery, our ability to take in more than one image at a time has become innate. In fact, our attention span demands it. Three, a book of triptychs by acclaimed photographer Ed Kashi, plays on the visual appetite of a hectic world. These triptychs span eras and continents, challenging our notions of perspective and the individual image. Contained in a format dating back to Christian art in the Middle Ages, Kashi’s images examine current issues of social and political significance, bringing together the joy, sorrow, destruction, and reconstruction of a world in flux. These triptychs compel us to see the relationships between extreme ends of the human experience and to appreciate the strange beauty inherent in that experience.
The grouping of photographs in Three is deliberate and provocative, asking us to read not only the individual photographs but also their cumulative stories. The triptychs defy the confines of any single frame by presenting them in a lyrical, dynamic context, exploring the intersecting points when decisive moments converge, and opening a dialogue between images. A celebration of the language of photography, Kashi’s work layers color, form, and content, while allowing time to pass in the course of three images and offering multiple screens to order the chaos that surrounds us.
About the author and panelists:
Ed Kashi was born in New York City and received a degree in Photojournalism from Syracuse University. Kashi's first major documentary project, a study of the Protestant community in Northern Ireland, garnered him an NEA grant. His book When The Borders Bleed: The Struggle of the Kurds (Pantheon, 1994) was the result of his cover story for National Geographic. Kashi has received numerous awards, including prizes from the World Press and Pictures of the Year competitions. The author of Aging in America: The Years Ahead and Curse of The Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta (powerHouse Books, 2003 and 2008), Kashi has also published his work in National Geographic, The New York Times Magazine, Time, Fortune, Geo, Smithsonian, Newsweek, Natural History, US News & World Report, The Atlantic Monthly, Audubon, Granta, Aperture, and American Photo, among others. He lives in New Jersey.
Daryl Lang is the Online Managing Editor for Photo District News. He has been a PDN editor since 2005 and oversees PDN’s online editorial content including its blogs and Twitter feed.
Sean Corcoran is the Curator of Prints and Photographs at the Museum of the City of New York. He previously served as Assistant Curator of Photography at the George Eastman House.
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Schedule
July 16, 2009 from 19:00 to 21:00
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Artist(s)
Ed Kashi et al.