The Arts

Through photographs, the prism of time is illuminated and breaks to clarity. We see the components and how they fit together. They take us on unexpected paths, they bring us to other lives we could know if life were to turn another way; they foster empathy. They allow us to recognize that life is not a story that flows to a neat finale; it warps and branches, spirals and twists, appearing and disappearing from our awareness.

Manuel Franquelo, Things in a Room (25 yrs), 2013. 34 1/4 x 70 7/8 in. © Manuel Franquelo, Courtesy Michael Hoppen Gallery ~~~ Upcoming exhibitions – two thematic (and conceptual) shows on view January 28 through May 2, 2022. Both A Trillion Sunsets: A Century of Image Overload and Actual Size! Photography at Life Scale question basic assumptions about […]