Posts Tagged "Elements of Water"
ELEMENTS OF WATER // MANJARI SHARMA
(Photo Credit: Ron by Manjari Sharma)
Two photographs by Manjari Sharma, entitled Ron and Born, were selected by juror John Paul Caponigro for the Center’s “Elements of Water” exhibition. Manjari is a Brooklyn-based photographer, originally from Mumbai, India, who often photographs people and water—usually incorporating both within the same composition. One of her selected images, Ron, comes from her well-received Shower Series, which has been featured as a PDN Photo of the Day and discussed in an interview at Nymphoto.
Most recently, the Shower Series caught the eye of a German brand that manufactures fine bathroom accessories called Grohe, particularly a woman named Kapila Sethi. Manjari told the Center,
“The art director Syed Usman came upon the Shower Series during a random search on water based images and presented me to the client. I was thus commissioned to photograph 10 Indians in the shower. The tag line for Grohe is appropriately ‘Enjoy Water.’ It makes me so happy to work with a client that is hiring me to create a series entirely based off of my aesthetics.”
(Photo Credit: Born by Manjari Sharma)
She has also recently been added to Richard Levy Gallery’s Project Room, which allows collectors to purchase work by emerging artists of varying mediums.
More of Manjari’s work can be found at:
http://www.manjarisharma.com/
ELEMENTS OF WATER // LLOYD ZIFF
(Photo Credit: Zoey, Lake Michigan, Chicago, IL by Lloyd Ziff)
Lloyd Ziff’s photograph, Zoey, Lake Michigan, Chicago, IL, is featured in the Center’s “Elements of Water” exhibition.
Throughout his professional career, Ziff has gone from working as the Design Director for Condé Nast magazines such as House & Garden, Vanity Fair and Condé Nast Traveler to working as an independent photographer for the past decade. Ziff has been consistently photographing his whole life but only recently did he realize that his personal desire to photograph could also be translated into a profession. His photography work has been published in Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine, Blind Spot, and GQ, among others.
While studying as an illustration and graphic arts major at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, he took only one photography course. Ziff recalls how this one class activated his interest in photography:
“The professor, Arthur Fried, taught me the most valuable lesson I learned at Pratt: HOW TO SEE. I wish I could tell you how he did it but I can’t … I remember learning how much easier it is to take a ‘mean‘ photograph than a loving one. I remember spending many Saturdays in Arthur’s darkroom learning how to print. It must have been during these sessions I somehow also learned TO LOOK at photographs. Photography and the magic of the darkroom gave me a medium to express what only I felt. Now, after over 40 years, I see the sensibility that links all my best photographs—my sensibility—is the basic joy of living.”
More of Lloyd’s work can be found at:
http://www.lloydziffphotography.com
ELEMENTS OF WATER // GEORGE CANNON
(Photo Credit: Steam Power – View of Cayuga Lake from Camp Barton by George Cannon)
Based in upstate New York, photographer George Cannon has been photographing the landscape of the area since the mid-1970′s. His photograph, Steam Power - View of Cayuga Lake from Camp Barton, was selected for the Center’s “Elements of Water” exhibition.
George recalls the scene when he made the photograph:
Read More“The shore was covered with a thin blanket of snow and the lake was still in the late light of day. The power plant up the eastern shore bled a cloud of steam into the cold air that glowed bright in the last of the sunlight.”
ELEMENTS OF WATER // JEAN-CLAUDE LOUIS
(Photo Credit: Iguazu Falls, Brazil by Jean-Claude Louis)
Jean-Claude Louis is a physician and scientist turned itinerant photographer. His work takes him all over the world and mostly focuses on cultural, social, and ecological issues. His photograph, Iguazu Falls, Brazil, was selected for the Center’s “Elements of Water” exhibition. Four other images by Louis were selected for the Center’s “Documentary” exhibition in November 2009. His photograph, Monks, Serchul Monastery, Kham, Tibet, 2007, was awarded the Juror’s Selection by juror Ed Kashi.
(Photo Credit: Rainy Day in Tagong, Kham, Tibet, 2007 by Jean-Claude Louis)
(Photo Credit: Monks, Serchul Monastery, Kham, Tibet, 2007 by Jean-Claude Louis)
(Photo Credit: Nomad Woman Preparing The Tea, Kham, Tibet, 2007 by Jean-Claude Louis)
(Photo Credit: Susana, Cerebral Palsy Patient, Kampala, Uganda, 2008 by Jean-Claude Louis)
More of Jean-Claude’s work can found at:
http://www.jeanclaudelouis.com/
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ELEMENTS OF WATER // KAREN GLASER
(Photo Credit: Dust Storm at Catfish Sink by Karen Glaser)
Working as an Artist-in-Residence at Big Cypress National Preserve and the Everglades National Park in Florida, Karen Glaser has been “documenting and interpreting the primitive grandeur of the Greater Everglades ecosystem and its primordial swamps [since 1992].” Her photographs—most of which are shot under or looking down upon a surface of water—demonstrate the visual filtration and refraction of water, light and colors. Her photograph, Dust Storm at Catfish Sink, was selected for the Center’s “Elements of Water” exhibition. The image examines the flow of an underwater ecosystem as it comes in contact with the chaotic, windblown conditions that exist above water.
The following is an excerpt from Glaser’s artist statement:
“Dust Storm at Catfish Sink was shot beneath the water’s surface in a geographical location that is both seductive and sickening. This place is Florida; home to some of the most unique and breathtaking ecosystems in the world, but a home that must live alongside unceasing development … We all know what post Disney strip malls, towering condominiums and McMansions look like. I want to show you what you haven’t seen. I bring you unique views of rare landscapes.”
More of Karen’s work can be found at:
http://www.karenglaserphotography.com/
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