The Daily Holga, Artist in Residence: March 20 – 26, 2023
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March 9, 2023
Krappy Kamera (Members Show): March 15 – April 2, 2023
Soho Photo Gallery, 15 White Street, NYC. 3/15-4/2/2023.
Reception: Thursday, March 16, 6 – 8 pm.
This was my first exhibited print, which was accepted into Soho Photo Gallery’s annual national photography competition exactly 20 years ago!
Interesting note: When I submitted to the competition I submitted slides I took of contact prints… as at that point I had not yet made my first print (well since college anyway). And I was accepted.
The print I ultimately made for the exhibition was this gelatin-silver print done using an 8×10 enlarger.
This was amongst my first overlapping exposure Holga pictures, a Times Square image shot for a four-week class at the New School (where I was first introduced to the Holga).
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January 23, 2023
Rounds Found Around: February 8 – March 5, 2023
Solo Show
Soho Photo Gallery, 15 White Street, NYC. 2/8 – 3/5/2023.
Reception: Thursday, February 9, 6 – 8 pm.
For the past few years I’ve been exclusively showing my work via Instagram and more recently the European (and better) equivalent called Vero True Social. I’ve shot and posted almost daily during these years and further refined my photographic eye. A Vero friend, Yvonne Gorman, describes my work this way: “[Susan] specializes in taking abstract snippets of urban life and can create something very interesting, even beautiful, out of everyday sights that most people would walk straight past! I love that and am secretly really pleased that I’ve found someone else who likes to take abstract photos of quirky things I might very well take a shot of too!”
Artist Statement: This exhibit is a selection of 20 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 viewing straight down. I’ve paired them as having something in common with their partner. I’ve also presented them in groupings of 4, 2, and 3.
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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January 15, 2023
Follow Me Too on Vero (@susanbowenphoto)
I am actually more on Vero these days than Instagram. You can find me here: vero.co/susanbowenphoto. Sign up to follow me. I have also re-joined Soho Photo Gallery, so an exhibit is coming soon.
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October 7, 2022
Picturing New York: August 18 – Sept. 11, 2022
A Celebration of Soho Photo Gallery’s 50th Anniversary
Soho Photo Gallery, 15 White Street, NYC. 8/18 – 9/11/2022.
Opening Reception: Thursday August 18, 6 – 8 pm.
Closing Reception: Sunday September 11, 2 – 5 pm.
People Walking #3380
People Walking #4985
I will be exhibiting 2 pieces from my New York Walking series: “Shot at various busy street corners in New York City, I like to record the swirl of activity around me. The vantage point is low; I am often sitting on the ground with a small tripod and rapidly capturing people as they walk by.”
This will be a gallery-wide group show of New York City images, celebrating Soho Photo Gallery’s 50th anniversary.
Show Statement: “Picturing New York”
[still to come]
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July 30, 2022
Best of My Instagram Posts
I’ve uploaded the best of my Instagram posts to this website… under Portfolios->Instagram Posts->Best Posts by Topic. Enjoy!
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April 10, 2022
Masquerade: October 21 – November 9, 2019
Soho Photo Gallery, 15 White Street, NYC. 10/21 – 11/9/2019.
Reception: Tuesday October 22, 6 – 8 pm.
Group show in the front and upstairs galleries. I will be exhibiting four of my Holgarama images of the Halloween Parade in Greenwich Village.
Show Statement: “Masquerade: the role of masks and make-up in assuming an alternative persona”
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August 17, 2019
2020 Vision-Save Our Planet Save Our Country:
May 14 – June 30, 2019
Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue, NYC. 5/14 – 6/30/2019.
Reception: Wednesday, May 22, 5:30 – 8 pm.
Group show curated by Carolyn Ratcliffe and juried by Art Loisaida Foundation.
Show Statement: “This exhibit examines the impact of the present political environment where the arts, the environment, immigrants and health care are under attack and threatened with extinction by the present federal administration.”
This exhibit is work of artists who live and/or work in the Lower East Side.
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May 14 – June 30, 2019
May 14 – June 30, 2019
June 29, 2019
