Gold Standard
These works on paper pay homage to the 1970’s, an era when National Geographic, with its iconic yellow border, was a portal to distant cultures. Before pixels replaced film, the monthly print magazine was the gold standard for photography, and inspired many young artists (myself included) to pick up a camera for the first time. The technical skill, persistence, and fortitude required to produce a single Kodachrome slide worthy of the magazine was legendary, and far beyond the digital fast food standards of today.
These one-of-a-kind monoprints mourn both the loss of film and its more disciplined analog form of image making. They also celebrate and modernize these archetypal images of culture and humanity.
Exhibition opening 12/09/23.
