Elliott Kaufman

Street Dance 5 22 10 2 (Abstract Black and White Urban Grid of Bikers)

2010

archival chromogenic digital print image size: 19 x 23 inches unframed Elliott Kaufman describes New York City as a laboratory in constant movement. In his series “Street Dance,” Kaufman photographs repetitive actions of passersby – such as riding a bicycle or entering a subway station – from a single vantage point and arranges the images in a grid. Key to his series, Kaufman explains, was calculating how changing light would affect the environment. “The bicycles had to be back-lit at the very end of the day,” he says. “The subway steps were calculated so that the light would cast perfect north/south shadows.” He also shot a varying number of exposures at each scene to relay the “staccato rhythm” he sought – as many as 225. “The camera catches the commonality of movement,” he says, “until what endures is a patter of dance and motion.” A number of artists have led him in this direction, including the Bauhaus and the collaborative media which they pioneered, the 1977 film Powers Of Ten, which depicts the relative scale of the universe in factors of ten, Mike Figgis...

Abstracted landscape photograph of a snowy creek bed during winter Archival digital print, 45 x 40 inches, made to order Edition of 15 Additional sizes available: 36 x 32 inches, ed...

This contemporary, archival digital print was made by fine art photographer, Lisa Frank, in 2009. The white and grey paletted print from the artist's 'Nature of Pattern' series featu...

Digital pigment print, 45 x 40 inches. Artist's Statement: I make large scale photographs that depict complex patterns. These patterns are composed from elements of nature and are presented in the form of traditional wallpaper...

Abstracted Baroque style still life photograph of colorful green vegetarian and flowers. Available in multiple sizes (listed below) Lisa Fran...

Abstracted floral still life color photograph, yellow magnolias in an abstract motif Archival digital print 30 x 30 inches, edition of 30 Print is unframed and made to order Addition...

Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...

Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 15. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to ord...

A photograph on fine art Baryta paper mounted to Dibond and floated in a black wood frame with a UV 70 Glass. A limited edition of 10 in total plus artist proofs. About the Artist:...

Photo-respiration Yura #340, 1998 by Japanese artist Tokihiro Sato is a contemporary abstract photograph signed by the artist. Sato used a large-format camera for a long exposure ima...

Joy of Color, 2002 by Yasuhiro Ishimoto is a contemporary color photograph from an extensive documentary photography series of Japan that Nagano shot on assignment. The image is hand-signed on recto (front left margin) by the photographer. This is an archival pigment print on Hahnemule Fine Art paper printed 2005 under the direction of the photographer. The 19" x 13" work is from the portfolio "Masters of Modern Photography. Japan," Tokyo. Edition available: 87/100. Provenance: Private Collector *** Artist’s Bio: Yasuhiro Ishimoto a Japanese photographer was born in 1921. His work was chosen by Edward Steichen to appear in the Family of Man exhibition and catalogue at the Museum of Modern Art in 1955, and Steichen also selected his work for a three-person exhibition in 1961. From 1973-1993 Ishimoto produced a number of in-camera color abstractions that appeared as covers for a Japanese magazine. Ishimoto's exhibitions, include New Japanese Photography at the Museum of Modern Art in 1974, solo shows in 1960 and 1999 at the Art Institute of Chicago, a retrospective in 1989–1990 at Seibu Museum of Art in Tokyo, and an exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, in 1996. His later photography addressed the transitory nature of life as shown in photographs of clouds...

'Spring Rain' ('Mono No Aware' Series) 24 x 36" edition Limited edition archival photograph, hand signed and numbered. Unframed _________________ The cherry blossoms burst from naked...