BEYOND THE SURFACE-Ellen Jantzen > EXHIBITION #3
EXHIBITION #3
AMERICA by Norman Aragones
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DISTORTED GENERATION by Norman Aragones
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DREAMS by Norman Aragones
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Norman Mark Aragones says, "The main paradigm in my photographic art revolves around the concept of depth (having some level of meaning within the photo and thus attempting to elicit a viewer's reaction through deliberate imagery).
My hope is that the viewer comes away with some feeling, idea, and/or perspective from seeing my photo(s). The techniques I use in creating photographic images are not something specific. I just try to work diligently in creating something in particular (that I had envisioned previously in my mind's eye)."
Norman was born in San Francisco, California. As a young person, he learned how important art was in his life. He was sickly throughout much of his childhood. Thus, he had to learn to use his imagination, and it fueled his creativity in art. Currently, he is experimenting with numerous photographic theories and techniques in an attempt to express ideas in a meaningful way visually.
IMAGES FOR SALE:
America.
16" H x 20" W
Metallic paper/Acrylic
$350
Limited edition of 10
Signed on back
Distorted Generation
16" H x 20" W
Aluminum metal
$350
Limited edition of 10
Signed on back
Dreams
11" H x 14" W
Metallic paper/Acrylic
$350
Limited edition of 10
Signed on back
Contact:
norman.aragones@gmail.com
My hope is that the viewer comes away with some feeling, idea, and/or perspective from seeing my photo(s). The techniques I use in creating photographic images are not something specific. I just try to work diligently in creating something in particular (that I had envisioned previously in my mind's eye)."
Norman was born in San Francisco, California. As a young person, he learned how important art was in his life. He was sickly throughout much of his childhood. Thus, he had to learn to use his imagination, and it fueled his creativity in art. Currently, he is experimenting with numerous photographic theories and techniques in an attempt to express ideas in a meaningful way visually.
IMAGES FOR SALE:
America.
16" H x 20" W
Metallic paper/Acrylic
$350
Limited edition of 10
Signed on back
Distorted Generation
16" H x 20" W
Aluminum metal
$350
Limited edition of 10
Signed on back
Dreams
11" H x 14" W
Metallic paper/Acrylic
$350
Limited edition of 10
Signed on back
Contact:
norman.aragones@gmail.com
FAMILY by Norman Aragones
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GROWING UP by Norman Aragones
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UNTITLED by Norman Aragones
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Norman Mark Aragones says, "The main paradigm in my photographic art revolves around the concept of depth (having some level of meaning within the photo and thus attempting to elicit a viewer's reaction through deliberate imagery).
My hope is that the viewer comes away with some feeling, idea, and/or perspective from seeing my photo(s). The techniques I use in creating photographic images are not something specific. I just try to work diligently in creating something in particular (that I had envisioned previously in my mind's eye)."
Norman was born in San Francisco, California. As a young person, he learned how important art was in his life. He was sickly throughout much of his childhood. Thus, he had to learn to use his imagination, and it fueled his creativity in art. Currently, he is experimenting with numerous photographic theories and techniques in an attempt to express ideas in a meaningful way visually.
IMAGES FOR SALE:
Family
16" H x 20" W
Metallic paper/Acrylic
$350
Limited edition of 10
Signed on back
Growing Up
11" H x 14" W
Metallic paper/Acrylic
$350
Limited edition of 10
Signed on back
Untitled
10" H x 10" W
Metallic paper/Acrylic
$350
Limited edition of 10
Signed on back
Contact:
norman.aragones@gmail.com
My hope is that the viewer comes away with some feeling, idea, and/or perspective from seeing my photo(s). The techniques I use in creating photographic images are not something specific. I just try to work diligently in creating something in particular (that I had envisioned previously in my mind's eye)."
Norman was born in San Francisco, California. As a young person, he learned how important art was in his life. He was sickly throughout much of his childhood. Thus, he had to learn to use his imagination, and it fueled his creativity in art. Currently, he is experimenting with numerous photographic theories and techniques in an attempt to express ideas in a meaningful way visually.
IMAGES FOR SALE:
Family
16" H x 20" W
Metallic paper/Acrylic
$350
Limited edition of 10
Signed on back
Growing Up
11" H x 14" W
Metallic paper/Acrylic
$350
Limited edition of 10
Signed on back
Untitled
10" H x 10" W
Metallic paper/Acrylic
$350
Limited edition of 10
Signed on back
Contact:
norman.aragones@gmail.com
EARLY AFTERNOON II FACING EAST by R Webb
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Rebecca Webb says of her series, 'Beyond Index (Fire Skies over Mount Laguna)', "My most recent site-specific, digitally altered landscape series takes place during the summer of 2021 on the ridgeline of Mount Laguna, at an elevation of almost 5,000 feet.
Over many visits, I documented the mutable, shape shifting elements of wind and light created by the forest fires miles away in Northern California, in the divide between desert and forest.
California is experiencing unprecedented drought and massive forest fires, the effects felt and seen many miles away, as far away as Europe. Some areas around California were listed as “beyond index,” meaning that “everyone should stay indoors and reduce activity levels,” according to air quality monitors. The air quality measurements reached 626, far beyond the 0-500 scale.
Much of my photo-based work addresses Place Identity; a core concept in the field of environmental psychology that proposes our identities form in relation to environments. For most of my life I have lived in urban cities of the east coast. But since living in San Diego for the last fourteen years of my life, I have developed a strong connection to the Southern California desert landscape.
And over time I am witnessing the effects of climate change on these exotic terrains that have shaped my identity as an older adult -- from the complete elimination of desert flora and fauna species, to the smoky, unbreathable air.
The images from this series are fantastical in nature, capturing a heightened sense of environmental effects that are imperiling our air and land. Color intensity shifts occur when layers of the atmosphere are denser due to increased particulate matter, ironically creating a strange yet beautiful hue that actually denotes the degradation of our environment.
The work is meant to be viewed in pairs, yet each image in the diptych offers a different experience of the Mount Laguna landscape, to speak further to the mercurial atmosphere and the elements affected by smoke. My aim is to draw attention to the sublime beauty of these vast horizons and create a sense of place and connection, but especially empathy and awareness."
Rebecca Webb (b. Radford, VA, 1967), received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University in 1990. In addition, she completed courses in New York University’s graduate studies program (Steinhardt School of Education and Community Practice), as well as photography and museum studies courses at Harvard University. Webb’s photo-based work draws upon a directorial mode; fusing mythology, land art, and place identity.
Through this lens she explores the meaning, significance, and symbolism of specific places and how these perceptions contribute to an individual’s conceptualizations of self and self within the greater society.
Recently, her series America Deserta II was selected as a finalist for the highly competitive and international Critical Mass competition top 200. Webb’s work has been shown in exhibitions at: The San Diego International Airport, Griffin Museum of Photography, Cannon Gallery, Thomas Kellner Atelier, Center for Fine Art Photography, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, The Cooper Union, San Diego Art Institute, and JDC Fine Art. Webb’s photographs have appeared in both print and online features in: Goldenrod Editions, Luupe, Musee Magazine, Trans Architecture Journal, Fraction Magazine, Fotovisura, among others.
Past honors include: two grants from the William Male Foundation, a residency at the Millay Artist Colony, a finalist for the 2019 San Diego Orchid award for her celebrated series Hado, a nomination for the 2017 San Diego Art Prize, and shortlisted for the John Chervinsky Award (Griffin Museum of Photography).
Her work is held in both private and public collections, including the collection of Hugh Davies, MOPA, and the City of San Diego. Webb is also an independent curator for the Oceanside Museum of Art. In 2018, she produced an immersive "24 hour" installation Ama: Into the Deep for Wonderspaces at the Lafayette Hotel in San Diego, California, and curated the exhibition San Diego: The Architecture of Four Ecologies at the La Jolla Historical Society in La Jolla, California. ‘Four Ecologies’ was called one of the “most memorable” exhibitions in San Diego by the San Diego Union Tribune “2018 shows us what San Diego's art scene aspires to be.” In 2014, Webb launched and curated/produced the Filmatic Festival at UCSD to present immersive experiences at the intersection of science, cinema, and technology, which ran annually until 2016.
Career Highlights 2020-21
My series America Deserta II was selected as a Critical Mass competition top 200 finalist, 2021
A large print from my series Hado was purchased for the SD Art Practice collection, San Diego, 2021
My Hado series was installed at the San Diego Airport 2018-2020
William Male Grant Foundation recipient, 2018 and 2020
IMAGES FOR SALE-
Early Afternoon II, Facing East (Mount Laguna)
40x26 (paper size)
Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308
$1350 unframed
Limited edition of 12/Signed on verso
Dusk, Facing East (Mount Laguna)
40x26 (paper size)
Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308
$1350 unframed
Limited edition of 12/Signed on verso
Late Afternoon, Facing East (Mount Laguna)
40x26 (paper size)
Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308
$1350 unframed
Limited edition of 12/Signed on verso
Contact: Rebecca Webb
rebecca@rebeccawebbstudio.com
Over many visits, I documented the mutable, shape shifting elements of wind and light created by the forest fires miles away in Northern California, in the divide between desert and forest.
California is experiencing unprecedented drought and massive forest fires, the effects felt and seen many miles away, as far away as Europe. Some areas around California were listed as “beyond index,” meaning that “everyone should stay indoors and reduce activity levels,” according to air quality monitors. The air quality measurements reached 626, far beyond the 0-500 scale.
Much of my photo-based work addresses Place Identity; a core concept in the field of environmental psychology that proposes our identities form in relation to environments. For most of my life I have lived in urban cities of the east coast. But since living in San Diego for the last fourteen years of my life, I have developed a strong connection to the Southern California desert landscape.
And over time I am witnessing the effects of climate change on these exotic terrains that have shaped my identity as an older adult -- from the complete elimination of desert flora and fauna species, to the smoky, unbreathable air.
The images from this series are fantastical in nature, capturing a heightened sense of environmental effects that are imperiling our air and land. Color intensity shifts occur when layers of the atmosphere are denser due to increased particulate matter, ironically creating a strange yet beautiful hue that actually denotes the degradation of our environment.
The work is meant to be viewed in pairs, yet each image in the diptych offers a different experience of the Mount Laguna landscape, to speak further to the mercurial atmosphere and the elements affected by smoke. My aim is to draw attention to the sublime beauty of these vast horizons and create a sense of place and connection, but especially empathy and awareness."
Rebecca Webb (b. Radford, VA, 1967), received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University in 1990. In addition, she completed courses in New York University’s graduate studies program (Steinhardt School of Education and Community Practice), as well as photography and museum studies courses at Harvard University. Webb’s photo-based work draws upon a directorial mode; fusing mythology, land art, and place identity.
Through this lens she explores the meaning, significance, and symbolism of specific places and how these perceptions contribute to an individual’s conceptualizations of self and self within the greater society.
Recently, her series America Deserta II was selected as a finalist for the highly competitive and international Critical Mass competition top 200. Webb’s work has been shown in exhibitions at: The San Diego International Airport, Griffin Museum of Photography, Cannon Gallery, Thomas Kellner Atelier, Center for Fine Art Photography, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, The Cooper Union, San Diego Art Institute, and JDC Fine Art. Webb’s photographs have appeared in both print and online features in: Goldenrod Editions, Luupe, Musee Magazine, Trans Architecture Journal, Fraction Magazine, Fotovisura, among others.
Past honors include: two grants from the William Male Foundation, a residency at the Millay Artist Colony, a finalist for the 2019 San Diego Orchid award for her celebrated series Hado, a nomination for the 2017 San Diego Art Prize, and shortlisted for the John Chervinsky Award (Griffin Museum of Photography).
Her work is held in both private and public collections, including the collection of Hugh Davies, MOPA, and the City of San Diego. Webb is also an independent curator for the Oceanside Museum of Art. In 2018, she produced an immersive "24 hour" installation Ama: Into the Deep for Wonderspaces at the Lafayette Hotel in San Diego, California, and curated the exhibition San Diego: The Architecture of Four Ecologies at the La Jolla Historical Society in La Jolla, California. ‘Four Ecologies’ was called one of the “most memorable” exhibitions in San Diego by the San Diego Union Tribune “2018 shows us what San Diego's art scene aspires to be.” In 2014, Webb launched and curated/produced the Filmatic Festival at UCSD to present immersive experiences at the intersection of science, cinema, and technology, which ran annually until 2016.
Career Highlights 2020-21
My series America Deserta II was selected as a Critical Mass competition top 200 finalist, 2021
A large print from my series Hado was purchased for the SD Art Practice collection, San Diego, 2021
My Hado series was installed at the San Diego Airport 2018-2020
William Male Grant Foundation recipient, 2018 and 2020
IMAGES FOR SALE-
Early Afternoon II, Facing East (Mount Laguna)
40x26 (paper size)
Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308
$1350 unframed
Limited edition of 12/Signed on verso
Dusk, Facing East (Mount Laguna)
40x26 (paper size)
Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308
$1350 unframed
Limited edition of 12/Signed on verso
Late Afternoon, Facing East (Mount Laguna)
40x26 (paper size)
Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308
$1350 unframed
Limited edition of 12/Signed on verso
Contact: Rebecca Webb
rebecca@rebeccawebbstudio.com
EARLY AFTERNOON FACING EAST by R Webb
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LATE AFTERNOON by R Webb
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LATE AFTERNOON II by R Webb
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MIDDAY FACING EAST by R Webb
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SUNSET FACING SOUTH EAST by R Webb
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Rebecca Webb says of her series, 'Beyond Index (Fire Skies over Mount Laguna)', "My most recent site-specific, digitally altered landscape series takes place during the summer of 2021 on the ridgeline of Mount Laguna, at an elevation of almost 5,000 feet.
Over many visits, I documented the mutable, shape shifting elements of wind and light created by the forest fires miles away in Northern California, in the divide between desert and forest.
California is experiencing unprecedented drought and massive forest fires, the effects felt and seen many miles away, as far away as Europe. Some areas around California were listed as “beyond index,” meaning that “everyone should stay indoors and reduce activity levels,” according to air quality monitors. The air quality measurements reached 626, far beyond the 0-500 scale.
Much of my photo-based work addresses Place Identity; a core concept in the field of environmental psychology that proposes our identities form in relation to environments. For most of my life I have lived in urban cities of the east coast. But since living in San Diego for the last fourteen years of my life, I have developed a strong connection to the Southern California desert landscape.
And over time I am witnessing the effects of climate change on these exotic terrains that have shaped my identity as an older adult -- from the complete elimination of desert flora and fauna species, to the smoky, unbreathable air.
The images from this series are fantastical in nature, capturing a heightened sense of environmental effects that are imperiling our air and land. Color intensity shifts occur when layers of the atmosphere are denser due to increased particulate matter, ironically creating a strange yet beautiful hue that actually denotes the degradation of our environment.
The work is meant to be viewed in pairs, yet each image in the diptych offers a different experience of the Mount Laguna landscape, to speak further to the mercurial atmosphere and the elements affected by smoke. My aim is to draw attention to the sublime beauty of these vast horizons and create a sense of place and connection, but especially empathy and awareness."
Rebecca Webb (b. Radford, VA, 1967), received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University in 1990. In addition, she completed courses in New York University’s graduate studies program (Steinhardt School of Education and Community Practice), as well as photography and museum studies courses at Harvard University. Webb’s photo-based work draws upon a directorial mode; fusing mythology, land art, and place identity.
Through this lens she explores the meaning, significance, and symbolism of specific places and how these perceptions contribute to an individual’s conceptualizations of self and self within the greater society.
Recently, her series America Deserta II was selected as a finalist for the highly competitive and international Critical Mass competition top 200. Webb’s work has been shown in exhibitions at: The San Diego International Airport, Griffin Museum of Photography, Cannon Gallery, Thomas Kellner Atelier, Center for Fine Art Photography, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, The Cooper Union, San Diego Art Institute, and JDC Fine Art. Webb’s photographs have appeared in both print and online features in: Goldenrod Editions, Luupe, Musee Magazine, Trans Architecture Journal, Fraction Magazine, Fotovisura, among others.
Past honors include: two grants from the William Male Foundation, a residency at the Millay Artist Colony, a finalist for the 2019 San Diego Orchid award for her celebrated series Hado, a nomination for the 2017 San Diego Art Prize, and shortlisted for the John Chervinsky Award (Griffin Museum of Photography).
Her work is held in both private and public collections, including the collection of Hugh Davies, MOPA, and the City of San Diego. Webb is also an independent curator for the Oceanside Museum of Art. In 2018, she produced an immersive "24 hour" installation Ama: Into the Deep for Wonderspaces at the Lafayette Hotel in San Diego, California, and curated the exhibition San Diego: The Architecture of Four Ecologies at the La Jolla Historical Society in La Jolla, California. ‘Four Ecologies’ was called one of the “most memorable” exhibitions in San Diego by the San Diego Union Tribune “2018 shows us what San Diego's art scene aspires to be.” In 2014, Webb launched and curated/produced the Filmatic Festival at UCSD to present immersive experiences at the intersection of science, cinema, and technology, which ran annually until 2016.
Career Highlights 2020-21
My series America Deserta II was selected as a Critical Mass competition top 200 finalist, 2021
A large print from my series Hado was purchased for the SD Art Practice collection, San Diego, 2021
My Hado series was installed at the San Diego Airport 2018-2020
William Male Grant Foundation recipient, 2018 and 2020
IMAGES FOR SALE-
Late Afternoon II, Facing East (Mount Laguna)
40x26 (paper size)
Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308
$1350 unframed
Limited edition of 12/Signed on verso
Midday, Facing East (Mount Laguna)
40x26 (paper size)
Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308
$1350 unframed
Limited edition of 12/Signed on verso
Sunset, Facing Southeast (Mount Laguna)
40x26 (paper size)
Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308
$1350 unframed
Limited edition of 12/Signed on verso
Contact: Rebecca Webb
rebecca@rebeccawebbstudio.com
Over many visits, I documented the mutable, shape shifting elements of wind and light created by the forest fires miles away in Northern California, in the divide between desert and forest.
California is experiencing unprecedented drought and massive forest fires, the effects felt and seen many miles away, as far away as Europe. Some areas around California were listed as “beyond index,” meaning that “everyone should stay indoors and reduce activity levels,” according to air quality monitors. The air quality measurements reached 626, far beyond the 0-500 scale.
Much of my photo-based work addresses Place Identity; a core concept in the field of environmental psychology that proposes our identities form in relation to environments. For most of my life I have lived in urban cities of the east coast. But since living in San Diego for the last fourteen years of my life, I have developed a strong connection to the Southern California desert landscape.
And over time I am witnessing the effects of climate change on these exotic terrains that have shaped my identity as an older adult -- from the complete elimination of desert flora and fauna species, to the smoky, unbreathable air.
The images from this series are fantastical in nature, capturing a heightened sense of environmental effects that are imperiling our air and land. Color intensity shifts occur when layers of the atmosphere are denser due to increased particulate matter, ironically creating a strange yet beautiful hue that actually denotes the degradation of our environment.
The work is meant to be viewed in pairs, yet each image in the diptych offers a different experience of the Mount Laguna landscape, to speak further to the mercurial atmosphere and the elements affected by smoke. My aim is to draw attention to the sublime beauty of these vast horizons and create a sense of place and connection, but especially empathy and awareness."
Rebecca Webb (b. Radford, VA, 1967), received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University in 1990. In addition, she completed courses in New York University’s graduate studies program (Steinhardt School of Education and Community Practice), as well as photography and museum studies courses at Harvard University. Webb’s photo-based work draws upon a directorial mode; fusing mythology, land art, and place identity.
Through this lens she explores the meaning, significance, and symbolism of specific places and how these perceptions contribute to an individual’s conceptualizations of self and self within the greater society.
Recently, her series America Deserta II was selected as a finalist for the highly competitive and international Critical Mass competition top 200. Webb’s work has been shown in exhibitions at: The San Diego International Airport, Griffin Museum of Photography, Cannon Gallery, Thomas Kellner Atelier, Center for Fine Art Photography, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, The Cooper Union, San Diego Art Institute, and JDC Fine Art. Webb’s photographs have appeared in both print and online features in: Goldenrod Editions, Luupe, Musee Magazine, Trans Architecture Journal, Fraction Magazine, Fotovisura, among others.
Past honors include: two grants from the William Male Foundation, a residency at the Millay Artist Colony, a finalist for the 2019 San Diego Orchid award for her celebrated series Hado, a nomination for the 2017 San Diego Art Prize, and shortlisted for the John Chervinsky Award (Griffin Museum of Photography).
Her work is held in both private and public collections, including the collection of Hugh Davies, MOPA, and the City of San Diego. Webb is also an independent curator for the Oceanside Museum of Art. In 2018, she produced an immersive "24 hour" installation Ama: Into the Deep for Wonderspaces at the Lafayette Hotel in San Diego, California, and curated the exhibition San Diego: The Architecture of Four Ecologies at the La Jolla Historical Society in La Jolla, California. ‘Four Ecologies’ was called one of the “most memorable” exhibitions in San Diego by the San Diego Union Tribune “2018 shows us what San Diego's art scene aspires to be.” In 2014, Webb launched and curated/produced the Filmatic Festival at UCSD to present immersive experiences at the intersection of science, cinema, and technology, which ran annually until 2016.
Career Highlights 2020-21
My series America Deserta II was selected as a Critical Mass competition top 200 finalist, 2021
A large print from my series Hado was purchased for the SD Art Practice collection, San Diego, 2021
My Hado series was installed at the San Diego Airport 2018-2020
William Male Grant Foundation recipient, 2018 and 2020
IMAGES FOR SALE-
Late Afternoon II, Facing East (Mount Laguna)
40x26 (paper size)
Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308
$1350 unframed
Limited edition of 12/Signed on verso
Midday, Facing East (Mount Laguna)
40x26 (paper size)
Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308
$1350 unframed
Limited edition of 12/Signed on verso
Sunset, Facing Southeast (Mount Laguna)
40x26 (paper size)
Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308
$1350 unframed
Limited edition of 12/Signed on verso
Contact: Rebecca Webb
rebecca@rebeccawebbstudio.com
FREE THROW by Rusty Weston
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INVARIABLY by Rusty Weston
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PREMONITION by Rusty Weston
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Rusty Weston says of the series, 'Night Glass', "Our built environment is changing as many local businesses adjust to changing economic conditions. Many have closed; some permanently. Restaurant parklets have become a center of nightlife. At night, light moves by parklet “windows” in volatile ways creating unique abstractions that change shape in a matter of moments.
After spending a year documenting my city in turmoil and transition, I’ve embraced abstraction to explore how the city has adapted, how I’ve changed—and am now seeing things differently. These images from my series Night Glass, shot through San Francisco parklets at night, express what I’d rather not parse into words— a glassy layer removed from daily life."
Rusty Weston is a fine art photographer and content creator in San Francisco, Ca. His work explores the tensions between growth and decay and highlights the unnatural beauty of dense urban places. To see clearly in a dark time, one must be willing to accept and learn from what they see, and changing your perspective is the biggest challenge of all. Weston is a member of the Bay Area Photographers Collective.
Career Highlights -
In October 2021, a photo called Take Out from the series Cerrado, set in SF during the pandemic, was juried into a group show at the Gray Loft Gallery in Oakland, Ca. In January, 2021, three images from his Game Faces series about the Smash community of video gamers appeared in the Bay Area Photographers Collective exhibition at Arc Gallery & Studios in San Francisco. In September of 2020, a photo called 2200 Mission Street from the series Cerrado was included in the Thriving-in-Place group show at the Abrams Claghorn Gallery in Albany, Ca. In June of 2020, Cocktail Hour from Cerrado was named a finalist in FOCUS Photo LA. In January of 2020, a photo called Hesitation from his series Unrealized earned first place in an L.A. Photo Curator competition called “No Happy Accidents.” In April 2019, four images from his Unrealized series were featured in a group show at KG+, part of Kyotographie in Kyoto, Japan.
IMAGES FOR SALE-
Free Throw - 18"H x 12" W
Archival paper
$375 unframed
Limited edition of 10
Signed on back
Premonition & Invariably - 12"H x 18" W
Archival paper
$375 unframed
Limited edition of 10
Signed on back
Contact-
info@rustyweston.com
www.rustyweston.com
www.instagram.com/rusty.weston/
After spending a year documenting my city in turmoil and transition, I’ve embraced abstraction to explore how the city has adapted, how I’ve changed—and am now seeing things differently. These images from my series Night Glass, shot through San Francisco parklets at night, express what I’d rather not parse into words— a glassy layer removed from daily life."
Rusty Weston is a fine art photographer and content creator in San Francisco, Ca. His work explores the tensions between growth and decay and highlights the unnatural beauty of dense urban places. To see clearly in a dark time, one must be willing to accept and learn from what they see, and changing your perspective is the biggest challenge of all. Weston is a member of the Bay Area Photographers Collective.
Career Highlights -
In October 2021, a photo called Take Out from the series Cerrado, set in SF during the pandemic, was juried into a group show at the Gray Loft Gallery in Oakland, Ca. In January, 2021, three images from his Game Faces series about the Smash community of video gamers appeared in the Bay Area Photographers Collective exhibition at Arc Gallery & Studios in San Francisco. In September of 2020, a photo called 2200 Mission Street from the series Cerrado was included in the Thriving-in-Place group show at the Abrams Claghorn Gallery in Albany, Ca. In June of 2020, Cocktail Hour from Cerrado was named a finalist in FOCUS Photo LA. In January of 2020, a photo called Hesitation from his series Unrealized earned first place in an L.A. Photo Curator competition called “No Happy Accidents.” In April 2019, four images from his Unrealized series were featured in a group show at KG+, part of Kyotographie in Kyoto, Japan.
IMAGES FOR SALE-
Free Throw - 18"H x 12" W
Archival paper
$375 unframed
Limited edition of 10
Signed on back
Premonition & Invariably - 12"H x 18" W
Archival paper
$375 unframed
Limited edition of 10
Signed on back
Contact-
info@rustyweston.com
www.rustyweston.com
www.instagram.com/rusty.weston/
GROWING PAINS by Thomas Oscar Miles
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INFINITE HOPE by Thomas Oscar Miles
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MY ARMOUR by Thomas Oscar Miles
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Thomas Oscar Miles says, "My art looks to inspire self empowerment, through embracing our vulnerabilities. This is celebrated through fragile and detailed imagery, centered around the narratives. In my work, I talk about personal fears and darker experiences. I give my characters opportunities to wear these like a crown.
How can we appreciate our light when we brush the darkness under the bed, ignored? I hope that my work can show people how multi-layered each one of us is, showing a unity in our humanity.
I talk in my work about personal experiences such as mental health and my ever-growing relationship with my autism. I choose to represent these in my work through visuals such as decay, bones, and shadow filled corners of a woodland.
My new series 'Our Beautiful Demise' speaks on a similar theme: wearing our fears with pride, binding them tightly to our flesh. I have grown up fearful of my personal shadows, I now instead hope to educate others on this and create a platform to spotlight issues we all go through."
Thomas Oscar Miles is a fine art photographer, based in the West Midlands, UK. He began photography in 2013, later studying at Stafford College on a BTEC Level 3 Diploma and a HNC Level 4 Diploma.
He has since been in multiple magazine publications, both online and physical, featured in numerous exhibiting opportunities, the latest being a cash prize and exhibiting opportunity in Wentworth Woodhouse, partnered with ArtWorks Together. As well as working with a creative team to work on commissioned portraits.
CV:
https://www.thomasoscarmiles.com/curriculum-vitae
IMAGES FOR SALE-
'My Armour', 'Growing Pains' & 'Infinite Hope.' Parts of my 'Our Beautiful Demise' Series. - All 10"H x 8" W
Archival 310 GSM Canson Infinite Rag Photographique paper
$550 unframed
Limited edition of 20
Signed on front.
Contact: tomoscarmiles@gmail.com
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www.thomasoscarmiles.com
www.instagram.com/thomasoscarmiles
Fine Art / Fairytale Photographer
West Midlands, UK
@thomasoscarmiles
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How can we appreciate our light when we brush the darkness under the bed, ignored? I hope that my work can show people how multi-layered each one of us is, showing a unity in our humanity.
I talk in my work about personal experiences such as mental health and my ever-growing relationship with my autism. I choose to represent these in my work through visuals such as decay, bones, and shadow filled corners of a woodland.
My new series 'Our Beautiful Demise' speaks on a similar theme: wearing our fears with pride, binding them tightly to our flesh. I have grown up fearful of my personal shadows, I now instead hope to educate others on this and create a platform to spotlight issues we all go through."
Thomas Oscar Miles is a fine art photographer, based in the West Midlands, UK. He began photography in 2013, later studying at Stafford College on a BTEC Level 3 Diploma and a HNC Level 4 Diploma.
He has since been in multiple magazine publications, both online and physical, featured in numerous exhibiting opportunities, the latest being a cash prize and exhibiting opportunity in Wentworth Woodhouse, partnered with ArtWorks Together. As well as working with a creative team to work on commissioned portraits.
CV:
https://www.thomasoscarmiles.com/curriculum-vitae
IMAGES FOR SALE-
'My Armour', 'Growing Pains' & 'Infinite Hope.' Parts of my 'Our Beautiful Demise' Series. - All 10"H x 8" W
Archival 310 GSM Canson Infinite Rag Photographique paper
$550 unframed
Limited edition of 20
Signed on front.
Contact: tomoscarmiles@gmail.com
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www.thomasoscarmiles.com
www.instagram.com/thomasoscarmiles
Fine Art / Fairytale Photographer
West Midlands, UK
@thomasoscarmiles
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