“January at Soho Photo Gallery”
Soho Photo Gallery
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Ronaldo Aguiar
Convergence
“This work is a video installation inspired by vintage image apparatuses, and the ecstatic cinema. With the use of slow motion and street photography techniques, this project is, literally, a convergence between my background in film and photography. Creating video photographs, my idea is to make the viewer stop and see the complexity of daily ordinary scenes unfolding on the screen in a hypnotic, almost zen-like experience.”
Susan Bowen
Street Abstractions
“This work is an exploration of the abstract shapes I find on the streets and sidewalks of New York City, mostly in the neighborhood where I live. Often created by leaks from garbage bags left at the curb, dropped liquids, residue of winter street salt, and the like, most people would see only ugliness… if they notice at all. I like to find beauty in these unexpected places.”
Leslie Hanes
Chamber of Illusions
“Changes in life often come unforeseen. I felt this forcefully when almost all I had was destroyed by a devastating hurricane. Amazingly, I was able to salvage my 4x5 view camera and I took this as a sign to return to the slow, contemplative process of shooting film. As I did so, I attempted to re-discover aspects of myself as a woman, wife, mother and artist, which before had been obscured in the flickering chamber of life and illusions.”
Robert Kalman
I’m Not a Woman and I’m Not a Man. I Am Simply Myself
“I went to Israel to photograph transgender people. I had the same intent when travelling to Panama to meet the Omeggid, members of the indigenous Kuna community who consider themselves to be women, despite being born male. I found that in these markedly different transgender cultures, striking similarities exist.”
Tony Kirman
The Abstract Landscape
Air. Water. Earth. Everything in between. Images from Cape Cod.
Joel Morgovsky
Kansas Idyll
“Few photographers would consider northeastern Kansas a creative destination. Kansas Idyll challenges that preconception and may challenge yours too. Each photograph is strongly matter-of-fact while also graphically luxurious, delightfully evocative and multi-layered. These Kansas roads may be less traveled, but if you stroll along them slowly, paying attention to your emotional responses, it is possible that you and I will share an experience because mine are reflected in these photographs.”
Paul Stein
Alibis
“These photographs are from an ongoing book project titled Alibis. Alibis are proof of presence. We lead parsed lives. We are in one place, and not another. We believe and feel one thing, and not another. And, we look at one thing in a constructed way, and not another. Alibis are the records of the visual choices to create certainty in a contingent world.”
Contemporary Photographers Speaker Series
John Isaac, photographer
The Art of Seeing
Thursday, January 11 from 6-7:30pm, free and open to the public.
John Isaac’s philosophy is to treat every living thing with respect and awe. “I love every aspect of photography and want to be involved in the whole package: coming up with a concept, hunting around to take the photos, the post production work and making the final print.” Referring to his current work, he says, “These abstracts are challenging because I have to really search for the image I’m hoping to capture. I am not in my comfort zone and I am exploring new territories, which is exciting.”
Media
Schedule
from January 05, 2018 to February 03, 2018
Opening Reception on 2018-01-05 from 18:00 to 20:00