Jason Tannen says, "For over three decades my work has explored the urban landscape. An ongoing inspiration for me has been Film Noir, a genre of American film from the 1940s and 50s, usually set in the urban jungle and featuring desperate people in dire situations. Film Noirs took full advantage of their city locations and a low-key black and white style to create a mood of anxiety, mystery and anticipation.   
 
My photographs feature characteristically Noir settings, with stark light, dramatic shadows and characters whose faces are mask-like or without emotion. My interest in cinematic form and narrative structure extends to the type of images I created for this series, including establishing, reaction, and cutaway shots. Thus, these images can be sequenced to suggest any number of dark narratives."
 
Jason Tannen is a photographer, gallery curator and educator. He has exhibited his works widely in the United States and internationally, with recent exhibitions in Tucson, AZ, Sacramento, CA, Las Vegas, NV, New York, San Francisco, Portland, OR, Seattle, WA, Rome, Italy, and Budapest, Hungary.   
 
Tannen is represented in many public collections, including the Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL; the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; and San Francisco General Hospital Acute Care Building, San Francisco, CA.    

 From 1998 to 2014, he directed the University Art Gallery at California State University, Chico, where he also taught Film Studies and the History of Photography.  
 
He received his MFA in Photography from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and his BFA from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, PA.  
 
Recent Career Highlights:  

2021    
Jason Tannen + Tiera May: Remnants + Rituals, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA  
In Between Moments, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN  
BLUE, Decode Gallery, Tucson, AZ  
Language, LoosenArt, Rome, Italy  
TWELVE: Hindsight 20|20, Viewpoint Photographic Art Center, Sacramento, CA  
Storied References, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, Dekalb, IL  
 
2020    
The Shadow Aspect, Praxis Gallery and Photographic Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN  
Silent Cities, LoosenArt, Rome, Italy  
Merced College Art Gallery, Merced, CA 
Color: The Visual Spectrum, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR  
Trust the Story, The Baldwin Photographic Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN  
Viewpoint: Landscape and Architecture, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR  
 
2019    
portal, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX  
Dusk to Dawn, New York Center for Photographic Art, Jadite Gallery, New York, NY   
Remnant, Charleston Heights Art Center, Las Vegas, NV  
 
2017    
Stories Six, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA  
––SCAPES, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary  
Black and White, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO  
 
Titles and images for sale: 

Chicken Steak 9" H x 13.75" W
Archival pigment print
$250 unframed
Signed on back

 
Empty Phone 9" H x 13" W
Archival pigment print
$250 unframed
Signed on back

 
Letter 9" H x 13" W
Archival pigment print
$250 unframed
Signed on back

 
Station 9" H x 13.75" W
Archival pigment print
$250 unframed
Signed on back

 
Trophy 9" H x 13.75" W
Archival pigment print
$250 unframed
Signed on back

 
Witness 9" H x 13.75" W
Archival pigment print
$250 unframed
Signed on back

Contact: Jason Tannen
jtannen@csuchico.edu 
 
Website: www.jasontannen.com  
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasontannen/ 
 

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-


Hope
16" H x 24" W
Aluminum metal
$400 
Limited edition of 10
Signed on back



America.
16" H x 20" W
Metallic paper/Acrylic
$400
Limited edition of 10
Signed on back




Growing Up
16" H x 24" W
Metallic paper/Acrylic
$400 
Limited edition of 10
Signed on back




Grandmother Praying
16" H x 20" W
Metallic paper/Acrylic
$400
Limited edition of 10
Signed on back




Family
16" H x 20" W
Metallic paper/Acrylic
$400 
Limited edition of 10
Signed on back



Alone
15" H x 10" W
Metallic paper/Acrylic
$400
Limited edition of 10
Signed on back

Contact artist norman.aragones@gmail.com

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