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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

In Sound Affects New York based photographer Christian Patterson celebrates the artifice of an atmosphere in large C-prints.  Tacky bars bathed in neon light and kitsch decor, trinkets collecting dust, and destinations like Skateland that conjure a sense of nostalgia.  Christian Patterson guides us in the footsteps of a stranger, a subject that is never […]

We came across the series Dreaming California by Los Angeles photographer Pej Behdarvand on the Dkrm Gallery list of past exhibitions.  Rarely do we consider the Pacific Ocean at night, but lit but a luminous moon endless shades of black and grey emerge.  A native Angeleno the large-scale oceanic landscapes felt inspired by the noire […]

Installation Magazine has had the opportunity to collaborate with Tim Navis on our debut issue California and in 20+20, that’s because we’re inspired by the beauty that he captures in the humble perimeters of the camera lens.  While we share the same free-wheelin’ California spirit, Navis’s editorial and travel photographs are daring, gorgeous, and irresistible […]