“Photographs open doors to the past, but they also allow a look into the future.” Sally Mann
Artists can find inspiration anywhere, but it was a severe horse-riding accident six years ago that catalyzed Sally Mann to create her latest series, “Upon Reflection,” opening tomorrow night at Edwyn Houk Gallery.
Banged-up and physically incapacitated from the accident, Mann did what any artist impelled to create does: she looked within. Unable to carry around her large format camera, Mann took self-portraits whose reflections go deeper than the surface of her skin.
Choosing to use a mid-19th Century historical printing process, ambrotype, (with her own modern modifications) Mann’s handmade prints are a metaphor for her own recovery. These images are blurred, scratched, pitted, grainy, over/under exposed—all providing an organic reflection of an important artist who has never shied away from revealing the depths of her own psyche. —Lane Nevares
Syrian Revolutionary Photography: Jaber Al Azmeh
At a time where an army kills the very same people it swore to protect, and expressing views of freedom is condemned, Jaber Al Azmeh broke the barrier of fear and silence through his photography.
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