Seeing Red: May 29 – June 23, 2024

Upcoming Solo Show

Soho Photo Gallery, 15 White Street, NYC. 5/29 – 6/23/24.
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 30, 6 – 8 pm


 
Red is my favorite color. The silver lining to the city installing dedicated bus lanes on my neighborhood bus route (and taking away my beloved just-around-the-corner bus stop… and LOTS of parking spaces)… is that they painted these lanes red. Granted not as vibrant a red as shown in these images, but a pretty good proximity. Most of these pictures are of their process of painting these lanes, and I’ve included a few other ground surfaces that share the color red.

These images are part of my broader ongoing series of things found on the ground.


Most of the subjects in my various “looking down” series are ephemeral in nature… that what I am shooting will likely be gone or changed at any moment.  I enjoy the element of chance in my work; I never know what I will find.  To me few subjects are out of bounds; what might be considered trash to others is for me an opportunity for self-expression and the surprise of unexpected beauty.

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Brand New: Feb 1 – 29, 2024

Online Group Show
Treat Gallery, treatgallery.org, 2/1 – 2/29/24.

From the Treat Gallery Website: “Reinvention is no stranger to the contemporary art world. Artists have had to pivot repeatedly, most recently; during the recession, the coronavirus pandemic, and the rise of artificial intelligence. To reinvent is to change (something) so much that it appears to be entirely new, or to take up a very different job or way of life. To re-establish something as new is to begin a process, or make significant changes or improvements to (something.) Words commonly associated with reinvention are: transform. disrupt. redesign. experiment. modify. reclaim. Artists were challenged to create and submit new work following these visual or conceptual guidelines.”

Exhibitors include: Alina Andriushchenko, Allen Morris, Amie Hollmann, Blaine White, Cheryl Safren, Daria Burobina, Farras Abdelnour, Jia Hao, John Romi, Luke Woodford, Marni Mutrux, Matt Perrin, Michael N. Meyer, Randall Steinke, Sabrina Skinner and Susan Bowen.


The below two images from my spills series are included in the show.

 Susan Bowen
 Susan Bowen
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Mexican Gate Doors

 

 
These are doors in storefront roll-down gates in Mexico City. I’d never seen such before so picked it for a series. Above shows them in video format; below as a grid of images.

 


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Book: Splash, Splatter, Splat

Book Available Now

In conjunction with my exhibit in December 2023, I have created a book to include many more spills than could be exhibited (122 images, 108 pages).

I have been photographing spills for over eight years now. Over time I’ve gotten better at noticing these found abstractions, sometimes quite tiny, and I’ve come to know the color/tonality I can pull from the raw image. As with much of my photography, the chosen subject would likely go unnoticed by people walking by.

These images all originated as Instagram posts. I have pulled out the best of the bunch and associated them to each other either as diptychs or triptychs. The paired/triad images were likely shot years apart.


Available on Amazon, Mixam, and Blurb; available in softcover and hardcover.

To preview on Blurb… Click image below:

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Splash, Splatter, Splat: Dec 13, 2023 – Jan 7, 2024

Solo Show
Soho Photo Gallery, 15 White Street, NYC. 12/13/23 – 1/7/24.
Opening Reception: Thursday, December 14, 6 – 8 pm
Closing Reception: Sunday, January 7, 4 – 6 pm

Spills Diptych #2, Susan Bowen
 
I have been photographing spills for over eight years now. Over time I’ve gotten better at noticing these found abstractions, sometimes quite tiny, and I’ve come to know the color/tonality I can pull from the raw image. As with much of my photography, the chosen subject would likely go unnoticed by people walking by.

These images all originated as Instagram posts. I have pulled out the best of the bunch and associated them to each other either as diptychs or triptychs. The paired/triad images were likely shot years apart.

I hope you enjoy this exhibit of abstractions found spilled, splattered, or dripped right there on the street. Keep an eye out, you can find them too!


Most of the subjects in my various “looking down” series are ephemeral in nature… that what I am shooting will likely be gone or changed at any moment.  I enjoy the element of chance in my work; I never know what I will find.  To me few subjects are out of bounds; what might be considered trash to others is for me an opportunity for self-expression and the surprise of unexpected beauty.

 Susan Bowen
 Susan Bowen
 Susan Bowen
 Susan Bowen
 Susan Bowen
 Susan Bowen
 Susan Bowen
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Book: Rounds Found Around

Book Available Now

I have also released a book related to my exhibit of February 2023, which includes many more round things (44 pages, 93 images) than could have been exhibited at Soho Photo Gallery at the time.

This is a selection of images shot on my morning walks, primarily in the East Village where I live. They were originally posted on my Instagram feed, 2015 to the present. Most of my Instagram shots are of objects, spills, and other things found on the street. This selection are images are categorized by their graphic nature and round shape. They are all presented in plan view (straight down). I’ve paired them as having something in common with their partner.

Most of the subjects in my various “looking down” series are ephemeral in nature… that what I am shooting will likely be gone or changed at any moment. I enjoy the element of chance in my work; I never know what I will find. To me few subjects are out of bounds; what might be considered trash to others is for me an opportunity for beauty and self-expression.


Available on Amazon and Blurb

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YourDailyPhotograph, Featured: Oct 16, 2023

YourDailyPhotograph Feature (daily email)
yourdailyphotograph.com, 10/16/2023.

I am thrilled to be featured today in the YourDailyPhotograph.com email, third photo down. Selected works of Soho Photo Gallery members are being presented in the Guest Curator section for a number of days.

From the announcement: “Congratulations. We are pleased to announce our curators have chosen your image for inclusion into YourDailyPhotograph.com. We select a very small percentage of photographs submitted… You’re in good company — in the recent past images from Henri Cartier-Bresson, Andreas Gursky, Richard Misrach, Andre Kertesz, Edward Burtynsky and other photography legends have appeared in YDP.”

From their website: “YourDailyPhotograph.com is a daily email sent to collectors of fine art photographs every day since May 5, 2012. Each morning our email is sent to international subscribers offering a few photographs for sale at a special price for just 24 hours or until the first collector contacts us to purchase. It’s free to subscribe at Shop.YourDailyPhotograph.com.”

Thanks to Daniel Miller and our contact person at Soho Photo, Alan Chimacoff.


 

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The Pictorial List, Featured: June 23, 2023

The Pictorial List Feature (their website and Instragram)
thepictorial-list.com, Instagram: @thepictorial.list, 6/23/2023.

I am thrilled to be the feature today on The Pictorial List website, and as their Instagram post of the day. The quite lengthy feature article is about my “holgaramas”, insight into my doing of them and such. It also includes a number of those overlapping multiple exposure images on view.

If you make it to the bottom of the page there is a link to my Pictorial List portfolio, which shows more recent work.

I am grateful to Karen Ghostlaw Pomarico for the article and Melanie Meggs for help more in the background (and maybe other staff I don’t know about!).

[If you have any trouble accessing the article it can also be read the pdf here]


 


 

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