Following the Month of Photography, Translations
Gallery is honored to present five distinguished photographers.
Three of them are making a big splash locally while two are located in
other Southwest cities, and all are receiving regional and national
attention for their work. Denver based artists Alex Benison,
Izah Gallagher and
Diane Huntress have each flourished in photographing and
documenting Colorado. Cecelia Feld and
Bryan David Griffith
offer complimentary perspectives on the space, texture and time of the world in
which we live. The show will take place at Translations
Gallery from April 7th to May 14th. An opening reception
will he held on the evening of April 7th from 5-8:30 pm.
Alex Benison showcases the grandiose beauty of rural landscapes that are
conflicted between human influence and nature reclaiming its space.
This young, accomplished Denver photographer's work has been essential to
CU marketing and has been featured on National Geographic's website.
Each photograph is a compilation of multiple images: disregarding any
focal point, but allowing the entirety of the image to be in focus.
Izah Gallagher describes herself as a "run-away lawyer" with a passion for
film and photography. Her images are large-scale negative prints of horses in
movement, often in sequences of motion emphasizing time and memory and their
role in shaping identity, particularly her own. Gallagher's inspiration derives
from her family's history of ranching in the southwest during the early 1900s,
rooting her and her work in the past and future of Colorado's history.
Diane Huntress's work draws its strength from her origins.
She grew up on the plains of Kansas which taught her about the importance of
people in one's life, the simple aesthetic, and the fun that resides within a
landscape. Diane has traveled the world taking images of cities and people. Her
work has been in numerous publications including: Newsweek, New York Times on
Sunday, Self Magazine, Skiing Magazine and the Wall Street Journal.
Cecelia Feld
uses the
dynamics and surface textures of the city to document contemporary life. In her
work, she brings attention to the markings and alterations our presence has
created within urban settings. Her series, called
"underfoot," emphasizes the little moments that are easily overlooked, but if
given a second glance, tell a lot about who we are as a civilization.
Bryan David Griffith is a self-taught photographer whose work is about
slowing down and noticing beauty, especially that which is in danger of being
lost or taken for granted. He travels nationwide capturing dynamic landscapes
and intimate experiences within nature. For each exposure, he spends many days "waiting for the rare moment when
season, time, and weather add up to just the right light." Bryan uses an
'old-fashioned' large-format film camera, and does not digitaly enhance his
work.
Images: (top to bottom) Alex Benison,
Eats Profits/
Eats Interest, 60"w x 48"h; Izah Gallagher,
Unknown/ Forgotten By
All, 53"w x 45"h; Bryan David Griffith,
Ford Grill detail, 30"w x
24"h; Diane Huntress, Icon:See Co
; Cecelia Feld,
Underfoot
3, 24"w x 20"h.
All photography is available in various
sizes.
