One of the most important things I've learned as a photographer is to slow down when looking at images. I've become so used to scanning visuals, from channel surfing to surfing the net, when I come upon photographs that ask me to look more closely I have to physically slow myself down. The most recent example for me are Barbara Bosworth's photographs now on exhibit here at SAAM.
We've created a interesting way to view these images online. If you're familiar with iTunes's cover flow that allows you to move from one album cover to the next, you'll recognize the format. Just use the scroll bar or drag an image to move to the next photo. Double-click to find out more about an image. And take your time. Your datebook is blank. (I've canceled all your appointments for the rest of the day.)
Born in Novelty, Ohio in 1953, Barbara Bosworth names the deep forest surrounding her family's home as the earliest influence on her photography. She works like a naturalist, collecting specimens of flora and fauna, tracing the profiles of mountains and rivers, taking careful measure of the world with her lens. Rather than a simple accumulation of facts, however, her photographs describe a world far richer than the sum of its parts. Bosworth seeks fluid, transient elements of the landscape that are less easily categorized, unfolding a personal and spiritual connection to the world around us. Her prints, made exclusively with a large-format view camera, capture the afternoon light shimmering though the forest canopy or the mercury-like surface of a river with elegance and emotional resonance. This exhibition surveys two decades of her career, revealing an artist who speaks with a singular passion and sentiment for the American landscape.
Haluk Soykan and Elisa Frederickson generously donated the photographs in this exhibition. The Bernie Stadiem Endowment Fund supports the exhibition of Earth and Sky: Photographs by Barbara Bosworth
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