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Shen Wei
Shanghai-born and New York photographer Shen Wei explores the vulnerability of his subjects and his own body in his series I Miss You Already and Almost Naked. Working within the painterly tradition of the nude, the human form is exposed and captured in contemplative moments that feel meditative, sorrowful and stripped to a bare minimum. […]
November 12, 2013
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Marc Yankus
There is a distinctively painterly quality about the photographs of Marc Yankus. The landscape of New York becomes an urban collage of decay, grime, optimism, and renewal all while appearing as a blur straddling the past and the present. Yankus went into greater detail on Saatchi Online about the source of his inspiration as being” […]
November 12, 2013
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Amy Stein
Brooklyn-based Amy Stein documented that strange holiday where children dress like their favorite animation character or superhero and go door-to-door in their neighborhoods asking for candy. Halloween in Harlem presents a new spin on this tradition- what happens when the neighborhoods are enclaves of small business owners? In an urban environment like New York City, […]
November 11, 2013
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Chris Buck
Chris Buck documents spaces that would otherwise be innocuous, except that somewhere in the frame, unseen to the viewer is a figure of particular interest to us, a chance to become a voyeur into the private space of a celebrity. By assigning an empty room, vacant car or abandoned storefront to pop culture figures like […]
November 8, 2013
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Lisa M. Robinson
The air is still. The snow is like a cocoon, swallowing the land it touches, and outlines the geometry of domestic environments. In her series Snowbound Lisa M. Robinson presents controlled compositions of outdoor destinations like a basketball court and a trampoline that have no function in the winter months other than to collect the […]
November 7, 2013
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Uta Barth
Uta Barth paints her photographs with light. An intangible force that dictates composition, determines atmosphere, and manipulates interpretation. The suggestion of her presence in the work is suggested by subtle shifts in light- a shadow cast on concrete or hand reaching across fabric. Her photographs initiate a dialogue not only about what we see but […]
November 7, 2013
