E. Lit - Peter Hujar

Peter Hujar


Peter Hujar is another artist like Elinor that can extract certain subtle expressions our of their subject and create works that have depth, and meaning to it. The humanistic qualities of a person tend to be the things that we general lock away and keep to ourselves. When the subject gives into vulnerability, that is when the true nature the subject comes to the surface.

E. Lit - Lorna Simpson

Lorna Simpson

Lorna Simpson is an African American artist that works with stereotypes placed on the black community with regarding the women, typical food, and also names given to black people over the past couple hundred years. Her image and text work is some of the most appealing images that use that technique because of the blatant content behind it. 

E. Lit - Elinor Carucci

Elinor Carucci

-       Elinor’s work is strikingly sensual and intimate in nature because of the subject in what she is portraying. Her technique is relatively snapshots, but executed in a way where she is aware and anticipates expression. Her whole body of work is based on connection and family and simple gestures of emotion or expression. The lighting, the poses, the almost touching hands all creates a natural emotion that is honest to the subject, and to the artist creating the image.

Jess K reviews Jeff Wall

Though these photos depict very normal subject matter, they are largely staged photos that are presented in extremely large format and in shadow boxes, to enhance their artificial nature. Wall is interested in post-war filmmaking, and unconventional narratives.

Jess K reviews Lori Nix/ Kathleen Gerber

Over four years, Nix and Gerber collaborated to create "Empire," a series of nine large scale photos depicting strangely beautiful apocalyptic images of different landscapes. The process took such an extensive amount of time because these are actually dioramas, set up and lit with extreme precision. Beautiful yet disturbing, these photos are extremely impressive in detail.

REB reviews Haley Morris-Cafiero

Haley Morris Cafiero series Wait Watchers was created on accident, while she was photographing herself in public places to get her out of her comfort zone, she soon realized her in stills that people reacted to her presence, some would sneer and stare. She then started to capture stranger’s reactions to her body and she did it purposefully. Cafiero takes her photos in high volume locations and the rate with which Cafiero succeeds at documenting onlooker's obvious disdain of her body seems disheartening but in truth she finds it inspiring to turn the camera back onto the spectators. Her process is setting up a camera and record people as they pass by her while either she is sitting in Time Square or she is putting sun block at a beach, she is engaging the discussion of body acceptance and ideal beauty standards that are unrealistic and unwanted by many people.

Jess K reviews Paul Graham

Unintentionally, Graham began taking photos inside his home instead of out in the world, which was what he was used to. Not posed at all, this ongoing work features different subjects in relaxed states as they watch the TV in the room.