George Woodman's camera obscura photographs in "Contrapposto & Other Stories," Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, 2014
L to R: "War Sadness Escape," 1999. 42 x 39 in. | 2 & 4: Installation views, “Contrapposto & Other Stories,” Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, 2014 | "Boboli: Fountain of Neptune,” 1997. 71 3/4 x and 41 1/4 in. All gelatin silver prints. All works by George Woodman © Woodman Family Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Summertime is here again, and each year it has brought with it a fresh crop of summer group shows around New York City. Here’s one from 2014: George Woodman’s camera obscura photographs were included in Contrapposto & Other Stories, curated by Katia Rosenthal at Jeff Bailey Gallery in Chelsea. These unique, large-scale black and white photographs combine the human figure and still life into complex positive and negative compositions, offering a contemporary and nuanced interpretation of this Classical concept.